Marvelous Set of Four Antique Carved Bone Clawed Feet fraktur painting I am a huge fan

I am a huge fan of Burmese lacquerware betel boxes

could easily be used for another portrait

from his elaborate feather headdress to his fur cape to his fringed pants and beaded moccasin

and holding hands to boot

8" in diameter and just shy of 3 1/2" t

Marvelous Set of Four Antique Carved Bone Clawed Feet fraktur painting I am a huge fanThe dealer I purchased these from believe they were once the feet on an antique box, and what a box that must have been, but for me the charms of these wonderfully hand carved bone feet are much better appreciated as a detached (dismbodied!) set! Two a bit smaller than the other two, surely one set the front feet and the other the back, standing now like gothic feeling little columns. I might guess these date to earlier than the 19th century but don't