Risque Small Relief Carved Plaque of Woman from Behind antique wooden train I keep going back to

I keep going back to the same seller in Russia to purchase paintings by Chaloi Leonty

which I think this guy most definitely is

or tea bags--is a great example

So I grabbed it for a longtime New Yorker to hang proudly

wheelbarrow interior

Risque Small Relief Carved Plaque of Woman from Behind antique wooden train I keep going back toI purchased this charming, sexy little carving from a dealer in my neck of the woods, who found it and many other carvings at a sale in Newburyport, MA, done many years ago by an uncle of the owner. (Someone else had purchased the others, but I think left the best of all behind!) The carving was done in very low relief, then the ground and (what there is of a) garment were painted stained green, and I find it just exactly right super seductive in a