Got wood?

[Roy]

23 squidoo.

[Rufus T. Firefly]

Nice carving from chestnut burl.....................which resulted in a platter of calamari for late lunch today,

[robert.]

I had the pleasure of moving this once. It was pre camera phones. I only wish i had a camera when i moved it. Truly one of the nicest things i ever moved.I person you can the detail so well.

[Roy]

I can't tell whether he's got a spiky hairdo, or a horn sticking out the side of his head. I can't read the sign at his feet, either.

[rogruth]

Is the image in the mirror the back side?
If so OMG!!!!!

[robert.]

Horns. 1 side is Mephistopheles the other is Margaretta

[robert.]

Yes. the mirror is the backside. You really need to walk around the whole thing to see it evolve

[rogruth]

It is! I can make out on the sign " Double Statue ???? ".
Who did it? Where is it?
What do I care? I'll never see it.
I do think it is quite nice.

[robert.]

I moved it into the Miami beach antique show. It now sits in a museum. Salar Jung Museum. India.

[rogruth]

How are the side views? Strange or what?

[Rufus T. Firefly]

Pretty well known statue: http://www.theheritagelab.in/mephistopheles-margaretta/

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ysmj9959efw

Faust --> Mephistopheles & Margaretta

Sycamore wood....interesting grain and coloration possible....

[Rufus T. Firefly]

[Rufus T. Firefly]

A subtle and discrete entrance way..........

[MurphOnMillerAve]

The ultimate Art Nouveaux, it seems to me. Or, at the very least, somebody having had a very, very good time of it, designing that entire entrance façade.

[Roy]

A subtle and discrete entrance way..........

Looks a bit like a hungry Area 51 alien.