Fabulous Carved and Painted Wooden Sculpture of Seal or Sea Lion Balancing Ball matchsticks Some wear and light rusting

Some wear and light rusting to the candleholder

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Use it with a flower frog to create an arrangement

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It bears its original sticker on the underside--made in Taiwan for Nanco Sales Company in Boston

Fabulous Carved and Painted Wooden Sculpture of Seal or Sea Lion Balancing Ball matchsticks Some wear and light rustingI found this painted wood sculpture of a seal or sea lion balancing a ball at the estate sale of an artist, architect and MIT librarian and fell in love with it at once. I know nothing of its origins, and it is unsigned, but I think it is absolutely fantastic! Carved from what looks to be one piece of wood, its body is painted a deep teal green animated with thousands of tiny dots in yellow, pink, purple, white and a lighter green. And then that face!