In the hunt for unusual things I buy what I love and then research for hours.

Sometimes without complete success.

This item appears to be Tibetan in design.

I found other examples simular but not the same one. They were asking up to a thousand. I can't because of the lack of knowledge.

The pictures show some of the jewels missing.

They have turquoise, green, blue and red stones in the centers and eyes of the lions.

It is pretty obvious it is all hand tooled.

Small in size 8.5 x 4 in. but is really heavy 2.7 lbs.

Great display piece.