What a creature do I have here?

AHorsa · 7th October 2022, 01:58 PM

Thanks for your reply. It comes from an auction in Germany and was contemporary mounted on a 19th century furniture decoration (s. image).
Sadly I have no idea on the sort of wood.
Indeed, the Sinhalese depictions has some analogy. But there is many points I find strange on this depiction:

The position of the nose and the something below (red arrows)
The strange stylised cheek-bones
The decorations on the neck of the creature
The hole in the "nose"

I did some scratchy research but could´t find equivalends asian carvings.

Kind regards
Andreas

7th October 2022, 01:58 PM	#3
AHorsa Member Join Date: May 2014 Location: Rhineland Posts: 375	Thanks for your reply. It comes from an auction in Germany and was contemporary mounted on a 19th century furniture decoration (s. image). Sadly I have no idea on the sort of wood. Indeed, the Sinhalese depictions has some analogy. But there is many points I find strange on this depiction: The position of the nose and the something below (red arrows) The strange stylised cheek-bones The decorations on the neck of the creature The hole in the "nose" I did some scratchy research but could´t find equivalends asian carvings. Kind regards Andreas Attached Images