Carved Wood Folk Art Man with Bowler and Graphite Drawn Face antique parquetry blocks and mounted to tan

and mounted to tan

I might guess these are Japanese

Just a fun

A couple of dominoes show minor damage

I find this a very beautiful example

Carved Wood Folk Art Man with Bowler and Graphite Drawn Face antique parquetry blocks and mounted to tanThis guy looks to me as if he just rode into town with some schemes up his sleeve or snake oil to sell quite a character! He came out of the same estate as a few other carved figures I'm listing today. A few graphite marks on his chest suggest perhaps his maker planned to do a bit more work on him, but I think he's pretty great as he is. Graphite drawn mustache and brows and a bit of hair, and a bow drawn around the brim of his bowler, too. He's