Wonderful Small Stone Carved Kneeling Figure with Raised Arm Romany Spartan Ceramics which has lead me nowhere

which has lead me nowhere

My knowledge of post WWII French Abstraction is not very strong

No notable tears

and shows age toning--I believe it likely early 20th century

and hard to argue with the loveliness of these two gentle creatures

Wonderful Small Stone Carved Kneeling Figure with Raised Arm Romany Spartan Ceramics which has lead me nowhereAmong my favorite little finds ever, this curious small stone carved figure, I think perhaps meant to represent an athlete of some sort but I'm not entirely sure. He appears to have a carved signature on the underside, which looks to read DWP and perhaps 95, which I have to think, if a year, would be 1895. I think his face is terrific, and for me his posture embodies a sense of readiness and forward looking, with the right had about to push off from