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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Sea Shell, post: 261792, member: 5241&quot;]I recently purchased this choirboy(?) statue/sculpture at a thrift store. The sculptor/artist and its history are unknown. There is no signature or marking anywhere on it that I could find. The bottom of the base is smooth with no markings. It stands about 15.5 inches tall. The base is 3.75 inches by 3.75 inches. It is very heavy. See photo with can of beans for reference.</p><p><br /></p><p>What is this made of? Is it made of alabaster? Marble? (It is definitely not resin.) It appears to be carved from pieced-together or joined-together sections of stone. How the pieces were joined, I don&#039;t know. The areas of transition from one section (color) to another are perfectly smooth.</p><p><br /></p><p>The only place that is rough (less than perfectly smooth) is at the back neck where perhaps the head did break off and was rejoined (glued?) at one time. There is some daylight in the cracks on either side of the neck. Since the neck transitions from dark stone to light stone right at the seam, I can&#039;t tell for sure if it was ever broken, or if this is where the pieces of material were joined in the first place. I handle this so very, very carefully because I am afraid that all of the &quot;seamed&quot; areas could be fragile.</p><p><br /></p><p>I feel so lucky to have found this piece and think it’s is gorgeous. I’m hoping it is really “something”, but even if it isn’t anything (valuable), it is to me because I love it.</p><p><br /></p><p>Does anyone recognize this work or this type of work? Can anyone help me get better identification? Is there a forum or site where I could post photos and get more information? I would be so grateful.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]81996[/ATTACH] </p><p>[ATTACH=full]81997[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]81998[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]82000[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]82001[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]82002[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]82003[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]82004[/ATTACH]&nbsp;&nbsp; </p><p>More photos to be uploaded to the following post.</p><p><br /></p><p>Thanks,</p><p>Susie[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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