Woman with Fat Rolled Curls, Wonderful Antique Carved Bust Willem Klinj and with these almost wave-like

and with these almost wave-like patterns of decoration animating the rest of it

wooden game board is covered with a printed green

or at least some sort of Medieval warrior

4 1/4" l x 1 1/4" t x 3/4" w

5 1/8" x 7 5/8"

Woman with Fat Rolled Curls, Wonderful Antique Carved Bust Willem Klinj and with these almost wave-likePurchased from a New Hampshire based dealer, I am not certain the origins of this beauty, but presume she's European, and certainly quite old (based on the hairstyle I would guess mid 18th c.), with a patch of what I believe are worm holes on the left side of the bust. I love her not quite symmetrical face, which makes this feel much more like a specific portrait than a generalization, and especially the fat, rolled curls of her hairstyle, which make