Large Carved Modern Stone Sculpture, Presumed Mid-Century Shona peg leg stool with a diameter of 6

with a diameter of 6 inches at the lip and 2

As nice as is as filled

I took a few of the photographs of it upside down

mossy green banded glazing against cream

at odds with the monogram

Large Carved Modern Stone Sculpture, Presumed Mid-Century Shona peg leg stool with a diameter of 6I really don't know much about this sculpture, but I think it's quite an elegant, evocative and finely done piece, and it reminded me of how infrequently I find modern sculpture of a substantial scale that I really like when I am out hunting for things. My guess is that it is a Shona sculpture referring to the modern movement of carved stone sculpture from Zimbabwe that began in the mid 20th century, which grew and derived its name from the Shona