Red and White ARTS Large Vintage Hand-painted Wooden Sign folk art portraits This piece is in great

This piece is in great antique condition and measures 14 1/2" long x 8 1/2" wide x 4 1/2" tall at highest point (exterior sides measure 2 1/2" tall

from what I understand)

There is a small ink smudge above the eye on her right thigh

carved from one piece of wood--by the same maker I think as a smaller one I am listing separately

carefully braided black thread hair

Red and White ARTS Large Vintage Hand-painted Wooden Sign folk art portraits This piece is in greatThough still quite long surely this sign was surely once longer I might guess relating to martial arts of some sort, though it is the right end that was cut off (quite some years ago, and it has aged quite a bit sense), so perhaps it read Arts of Japan or Arts of China? I love the succinctness of just "ARTS" now, and the great red lettering against creamy white, all aged to a great surface. So many contexts this could be good in I think, and with its