Extra Large Stone Fruit Orange picture frame with bird with a little surface wear

with a little surface wear in a few spots as documented

each side measures 2 7/8" and the carved area measure 3 7/8" wide on the angle

Clearly this one

with Norman Arsenault at the Boston Museum School

and there is certainly wear to the tunic though it remains pretty well intact--I rather love it more for the wear

Extra Large Stone Fruit Orange picture frame with bird with a little surface wearA huge stone fruit orange, which almost feels as if made of cast iron it is heavy! Most often with stone fruit is is the subtleties that get me the veins and bruises and color variation but in this case it is the completely iconic feeling of this big, very orange orange, as if just having arrived in a crate from Florida or California (and really it makes me want to stick a straw right in it!) I'm also rather amazed at the ability to carve stone to