One of a Kind RARE Unique Handmade Griffin Smoking Pipe Vintage Statue

  

Vintage Decorative Pipe Vessel Unique. RARE Unique Handmade Griffin Smoking Pipe. Vintage griffin/dragon Approximate Size 10.75in long 3.5in tall 1.5in wide weight 9.2 oz approximate A little over half pound.

Possible brass it is heavy. Vintage middle eastern decorative pipe, appears as a griffin element mythological creature design.

Type maybe opium pipe, but the head appears like a griffin type design. The stem is welded to the base. The back of the mythological. Is the smoke chamber, it has intricate designing. The animal has scales on the legs, and.

Stem, the legs and arms have a wing design carved on them. Statue can free stand to make a beautiful decorative show. Which adds to its unique charming character. The piece does not appear to be stamped/marked by maker. Griffins were a decorative motif in the ancient Middle East and Mediterranean, Western Asia and Greece.

Griffin is a mythical creature, a half-eagle, half-lion and in varying representations across cultures. Legends said this beast would guard the gold of kings, and priceless possessions.