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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;2manybooks, post: 614931, member: 8267&quot;]Can you share any information on where you acquired these objects?</p><p>The style of your figures looks similar to Central Asian objects, such as carvings from the ancient state of Gandhara (Afghanistan-Pakistan), and may represent apsaras - female spirits in Hindu and Buddhist culture. Apsaras are sometimes represented with flowing clothing appearing/acting like wings. Some Gandharan sculptures are described as being made of gray schist. The one you have posted appears to have originally been painted. I suspect that, rather than being unfinished, the rough back edges are the result of the carvings being chiseled/broken off of some larger object or architectural structure. </p><p>For comparison as to style, here is a Gandharan example:</p><p><img src="https://66.media.tumblr.com/665131659b359cecf0bae78b661cb2b6/tumblr_nf7qjguO5J1sjjdtyo1_1280.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><a href="https://arjuna-vallabha.tumblr.com/post/102923868267" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://arjuna-vallabha.tumblr.com/post/102923868267" rel="nofollow">https://arjuna-vallabha.tumblr.com/post/102923868267</a>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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