Carved Lion Head Panels with Acanthus
- Material
- Limewood
- Discipline
- Figural
- Year
- 2020
- Collection
- Lion
A pair of roaring lion head panels, hand-carved by Alexander Grabovetskiy in limewood. Each features a high-relief maned lion crowned by a foliate crest above scrolling acanthus and a small secondary lion mask, an ornamental architectural wood carving shown in progress in the workshop.
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A carving from this studio is, for that reason, one of a kind: an interpretation of a historical style, never a copy stamped from a pattern. The grain of the wood, the line of the leaf, the depth of the undercut all record a study and a hand, and no two are ever the same. The studio doesn’t sell a mass-produced object. It delivers a finished carving with the scholarship, the design, and a lifetime of skill behind it. Every piece also keeps a little of a centuries-old art from being lost.
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