Chinese-Japanese ''monster'' statue ?

[francantolin]

Hello dear members,

I wanted to show you this statue-bowl,
it seems pretty old ,
First I thought it was a bull or a big cat,

I don't know exactly what it is, a devil ? monster ?
Yokai if it's japanese...

I wanted first put candy inside but not sure...
Does anybody know were it come from and what it represents ?

Kind regards !!