Beautifully Aged Antique Relief Carved, Painted Figure doll paint including a 1850-60s photo featuring

including a 1850-60s photo featuring a group of likely abolitionists standing in front of Harriet Beecher Stowe's home in Andover

Both in very good condition

According to the Japanese zodiac

with the two links crossed above them

The painting has not been touched

Beautifully Aged Antique Relief Carved, Painted Figure doll paint including a 1850-60s photo featuringThis is one of my favorite carved figure I've found, and I like it more and more the more I look at it. I don't know much at all about it, which I purchased from a dealer with many wonderful and eclectic things, who thought it European, but didn't know much more than that. I would guess the figure represents a saint of some sort, seated and with hands clasped before him, with remnants of paint still covering parts of his body, and layers of color