Weathered But Beautiful Antique Carved Santos in Blue and Gold Polychrome on Pedestal Base Longellow's Voice's of the Night Hayes Lithography Co as documented in photos

as documented in photos

There is some dirt/dust adhered to the surface that one can see when closely inspected

a few of which are faintly stamped 'Made in Japan' on the back sides

with some paint loss and small dings to a couple of the red columns

But I have a feeling it's better this way anyway--just a pure field of hands and silhouetted bodies interrupting each other in a sort of endless dance of stop and go (or Mother May I

Weathered But Beautiful Antique Carved Santos in Blue and Gold Polychrome on Pedestal Base Longellow's Voice's of the Night Hayes Lithography Co as documented in photosThough much of the paint on his face has been lost to time, I find this antique santos very beautiful, including for the glorious blue and gold paint still covering his cloak, and for his little bare feet poking out below it! And while its hard to sense from photos, the carved modeling of his face makes it such that one really doesn't miss the paint, or at least I don't. At some point a peg post was added to the base of the figure that fits squarely