Two Spanish Colonial Carved Santos Heads

19th century or earlier, Mexico, carved wood with polychrome, the smaller of a bearded figure, naturalistically carved with glass eyes, later inscribed "Mexico" to underside numeric inscriptions (6 3/4 in.); the second of a youthful figure with curled hair, appears unmarked (7 1/4 in.).

From the Collection of the late Keith Stanley, Professor Emeritus of Classical Studies at Duke University, North Carolina

Some scattered areas of paint loss, some with associated later paint.