Curious Tiny Gilded Fish Head Vessel carved wooden deers so at the moment it

so at the moment it looks to me rather sad

Pencil marks on the underside show some careful planning

I really love little thing

Happily it is signed and dated (very specifically

The holes are the right size for standard pens and pencils

Curious Tiny Gilded Fish Head Vessel carved wooden deers so at the moment itSo curious! And to my eye quite a little jewel of a thing. I know nothing about it or where it came from, but it looks to me perhaps to be made of porcelain, as there is a bit of white showing though in a couple of spots near the mouth and the weight and feel seems right. And certainly it appears that an actual fish head was used as a mold, as the detail is quite realistic. I am not at all sure of the age, and have not found another out there like it.