{"product_id":"antique-art-nouveau-alabaster-bust-of-hooded-maiden-signed","title":"Antique Art Nouveau alabaster bust of hooded maiden, signed","description":"\u003cp data-pm-slice=\"0 0 []\"\u003eA quietly beautiful carved alabaster bust of a young woman in a hood, her eyes lowered, and her cloak caught mid-gust behind her. The carving is soft and confident — you can see the wind in it, the way the drapery lifts off her shoulder and folds back on itself, and how the stone thins almost to a shell at the edges. The alabaster itself does half the work: creamy white through the face and throat, warming to honey and smoke through the hood, with faint rust-colored veining running like weather across the surface.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eShe sits on her original tapered plinth, signed on the reverse. Turn her, and she changes — pensive from the front, almost melancholy in profile. The kind of piece that gives a shelf or console some real presence.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 13\" H x 5 1\/4\" W x 5 1\/4\" D (\u003ci\u003eW \u0026amp; D measured at base\u003c\/i\u003e)\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eMedium:\u003c\/strong\u003e Alabaster\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAge:\u003c\/strong\u003e Circa 1900–1910 (Art Nouveau period)\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eOrigin:\u003c\/strong\u003e Unknown, likely European\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSignature\/mark:\u003c\/strong\u003e Incised \"Schoek\" on the reverse of the drapery\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDisclosures:\u003c\/strong\u003e Sold as-is in antique condition. A corner of the hood has been broken and reattached — the repair line is visible across the back of the hood with a small associated loss at the break edge (see photos). There is also visible natural veining and a faint hairline near the temple, along with light surface soiling and minor edge nicks consistent with age. Alabaster is a soft, porous stone and should be kept dry and dusted gently.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Crazing About Patina","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52665778209080,"sku":null,"price":475.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0953\/0513\/8488\/files\/IMG_1532.jpg?v=1784428345","url":"https:\/\/crazingaboutpatina.com\/products\/antique-art-nouveau-alabaster-bust-of-hooded-maiden-signed","provider":"Crazing About Patina","version":"1.0","type":"link"}