with an interesting long double ended link
This giant whimsy feels more like a piece of architecture than a carving
There are small tears to the 7 of clubs and 9 of spades as pictured and light fold lines on a few others
and which I'd definitely think of more as a sculpture than a vase
I'm thinking it is a wolf--though not far off in visage to wild boars and also bears in the Black Forest manner--and inexplicably more finally carved on one side than the other (which I suppose could mean it represents two different creatures
Ultra Minimal, Ultra Smooth, Masterfully Carved Dark Green Stone Inuit Whale, Signed in Syllabics, 1990 antique paper diolls with an interesting long doubleThe Inuit artist who carved this whale seems to have had a very deep feeling for the stone itself, making exquisite use of its naturally occurring irregularities, which are sublimated through the spareness and smoothness of the carving. To my eye that ridge in the stone running diagonally from top center to bottom edge, showing near white along the edge, is an exceptionally beautiful thing, animating and lending a sense of both movement and