Meet my Chanakkale lion!

This entertaining traditional Folk Art figurine of a lion is currently on eBay. The techniques used of throwing, cutting, rolling, impressing and pinching clay are much the same as used in Staffordshire Pew Groups in the eighteenth century. It is 20 cm long and doesn't hold much liquid although Chrisite's described one as a "ewer".  It would be difficult to clean if used as a creamer so I think it was made for smoking when the small amount of water would act as a coolant.  UPDATE: my Turkish buyer told me that the lion was made for olive oil. His lovely daughter who is studying here collected it on his behalf.