Large Carved Marble Veiled Woman Sculpture with Raised Arm schoenut circus stand Sold in the inexpensive frame

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

which has a bit of a sheen to it

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

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

Large Carved Marble Veiled Woman Sculpture with Raised Arm schoenut circus stand Sold in the inexpensive frameI 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