Abstracted Figure(s), Modernist Mid Century Carved Sculpture antique chalkboard Scuffs and scattered paint loss

Scuffs and scattered paint loss all over as well as soil stains to the pointy tips

When I spotted this one

but this bowl does have irregularities

which I don't think detract one bit

giving it a sense of movement and also

Abstracted Figure(s), Modernist Mid Century Carved Sculpture antique chalkboard Scuffs and scattered paint lossThis carving, which I purchased from a mostly mid century dealer with a really nice eye, just struck me with every turn it seems just about to resolve into something, like a pair of embracing figures, or a figure carrying a child, but it never quite does and so feels perpetually elusive and dynamic. From a few angles it also really appears as if there are the features of a face, or two, trapped just below the surface, waiting to emerge! 9 1 2 t x 3 3