Large, Extremely Weathered and Hol(e)y Carved Head of Christ (?) Figure hair wreath Distinctly mid-century but also timeless

Distinctly mid-century but also timeless

There is some crazing visible in the white glaze of the flower and a bit of bleed of the brown glaze

and this little imperfection just adds to what I read as a sense of anxious eagerness and vulnerability

and quite misshapen

and with that straight line of a mouth and deep set eyes I think he's got a bit of a young Ebenezer Scrooge aspect

Large, Extremely Weathered and Hol(e)y Carved Head of Christ (?) Figure hair wreath Distinctly mid-century but also timelessHoley Christ! The hole in the underside of this very old, much weathered carved head suggests it was once attached to a large caved figure I presume representing Jesus himself, though perhaps a female santo; hard to tell for certain! The wood is more or less petrified one assumes from years and years of the figure living out in the elements, through perhaps the head was thrown in the ocean at some point, then by true miracle washed up again on shore!