Charming Little Creamy White Painted Carved Ornament / Topper Danish Modern ceramics Gorgeous surface

Gorgeous surface

and an early one

most likely young women

but the box is in great shape

I'd guess the foot itself  is Southeast-Asian in origin and dates to the 1950s or 60s

Charming Little Creamy White Painted Carved Ornament / Topper Danish Modern ceramics Gorgeous surfaceJust a small hand carved thing, with a lot of effort put into it, which has the feel of a whimsy, and also makes me think of temples, and wedding cakes, and who knows what all! Id guess it once topped a post on a piece of furniture, or something, but it was clearly carved as its own piece, with no hole in it to attach like a finial. I love it now set on a shelf among other carvings and curious little things, really quite a satisfying and wonderfully