Beautifully Aged, Serene Antique Carved Santos with Colorful Base antique christmas which also seems ripe for

which also seems ripe for becoming common once again

with a great shape and arc to the teeth

or maybe an offering to the gods in hopes of love

I want to see a whole wall of them

Beautifully Aged, Serene Antique Carved Santos with Colorful Base antique christmas which also seems ripe forSuch a tall and gentle, serene feeling one, perhaps representing St. Francis, my favorite saint of all, but I'm not entirely certain. With a wonderfully carved face, the wood softened in the best way over the years, and perfect craquelure to the polychrome. The head was carved as a separate piece, and can be pulled out as the arms were somewhere along the way. The nicely colorful painted base is part of the carving, not a separate piece. 12 1 2" t. 3