Antique Asian Metal Double Headed Ornament Fragment patterns as the detail is quite

as the detail is quite realistic

and really wonderful

and then pencil drawing the cross of the board

Photos do their best to document chips and repairs

which is original to the making and I believe makes it all the more appealing

Antique Asian Metal Double Headed Ornament Fragment patterns as the detail is quiteI know that this small piece is a fragment from an incredibly intricate mixed metal overlay on an antique Asian table, Chinese or Southeast Asian I am not sure. At first, based on the color, I thought it might be hide, but it is definitely metal, though brass or bronze or silver I am not entirely sure; from what I understand the table incorporated all three. I just love the silhouette of these two heads facing in opposite direction, I assume