Exquisite Set of Eleven Hand-carved and Stained Multicultural Figures Spanish ceramics its maker has managed to

its maker has managed to make what is quite a striking and dynamic piece

particularly around the shoulders and near the base further animate the surface

This is an old wood--I think perhaps beech--and forged iron spokeshave

It is stamped CBP on the bottom

Exquisite Set of Eleven Hand-carved and Stained Multicultural Figures Spanish ceramics its maker has managed toI think these hand carved and stained wooden figures are exquisitely elegant, super tender and just completely lovely. The faces! The postures! The palette! I have not been able to find anything quite like them online, but have a slight hunch they may be Korean and would guess they date from the 1940s or early 50s. With their varied heights running in pairs, it seems possible that they were chess piecesif so, what an amazing set they would have made!