Lady With Veiled Hat Marble Bust Sculpture - 65cm Elephants a hand-painted trunk anchors the

a hand-painted trunk anchors the tree through the centre of the composition

with sapphire-blue and emerald-green crystal forms catching light at every facet

The illusion only resolves when the viewer stands directly in front of the piece — from oblique angles the slats read as pure vertical pattern

each disc incised with a central slit that introduces shadow

The red-green-gold palette against the light ground pairs particularly well with cream

Lady With Veiled Hat Marble Bust Sculpture - 65cm Elephants a hand-painted trunk anchors theDescription The Lady With Veiled Hat Marble Bust Sculpture is a 65cm hand carved natural marble bust depicting a woman wearing a veil, rendered in the finest white statuary marble. The composition captures the subject with extraordinary fidelity delicate facial features visible beneath the fine folds of the veil, which fall naturally across the face and shoulders with a translucent, almost weightless quality that belies the solidity of the stone