A BRONZE FIGURE OF A MYTHOLOGICAL ANIMAL

Description:

Possibly India, ca. 19th c.
H. 7,2 cm
The animal is standing square on a base with open mouth showing teeth, bulging eyes, pricked ears and curling tail and seems to step out of a cave-shaped section decorated with several rows of bulges.
Aus der Sammlung Gerd-Wolfgang Essen (1930-2007), zwischen den 1950er und 1980er Jahren gesammelt
Wear, slighhtly chipped