Large Carved Marble Veiled Woman Sculpture with Raised Arm schoenut circus stand which I especially love for

which I especially love for the pips (the lush red and shape of shape of these hearts makes me swoon

image is 5 1/2" x 3 7/8"

which has a bit of a sheen to it

Sold in the inexpensive frame I found it in: 21 1/2" x 16 1/8"

the other 10 7/8" tall including handle of the axe

Large Carved Marble Veiled Woman Sculpture with Raised Arm schoenut circus stand which I especially love forI purchased this one from an antiques shop in southern Maine that has been the source of many an interesting thing, and she just called to me. I take her as an iteration of a "veiled lady" a subject that became popular in marble sculpture in the 18th century and reached a height of popularity in the form of veiled vestal virgins in the mid to late 19th c.; I had a Grand Tour example a year of two ago. There was a strong connection between these veiled