Beautifully Aged, Serene Antique Carved Santos with Colorful Base carved bluebird and really love the combination

and really love the combination of greens and purples and deep reds

and there is something especially special

This is the third of a group of three small 19th century theorem ink and watercolors I found last summer in Pennsylvania

embossed with crowns" but believe they date to the 1860s-70s

It is signed LOHMAN on the right side of the back side

Beautifully Aged, Serene Antique Carved Santos with Colorful Base carved bluebird and really love the combinationSuch a tall and gentle, serene feeling one, perhaps representing St. Francis, my favorite saint of all, but I'm not entirely certain. With a wonderfully carved face, the wood softened in the best way over the years, and perfect craquelure to the polychrome. The head was carved as a separate piece, and can be pulled out as the arms were somewhere along the way. The nicely colorful painted base is part of the carving, not a separate piece. 12 1 2" t. 3