Exquisite Set of Eleven Hand-carved and Stained Multicultural Figures Spanish ceramics to reveal the white body

to reveal the white body beneath

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

cylindrical vase with sculpted

as well as two sets of initials

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

Exquisite Set of Eleven Hand-carved and Stained Multicultural Figures Spanish ceramics to reveal the white bodyI 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!