Very Old Small Painted Clay Spiral or Snake Lid carved blade 39 12" long x 9/16"

39 12" long x 9/16" wide

) featuring intertwining oak leaves and fabulous little acorns

with just a tiniest ding to the tip of the beak

which I definitely take for a woman due to her curves

with a marvelous patina

Very Old Small Painted Clay Spiral or Snake Lid carved blade 39 12" long x 9/16"I do not know whence this came, but it appears to me that it is quite old, i. e. very old. It's a small thing, which looks as if likely once a lid to a small vessel, but now would make a wonderful little paper weight. It looks to me like a snake curled into a spiral, with mouth open at the top. Sculpted of black clay, with the snake painted in black against gold and red. 2" d x 7 8" t. A few chips around the bottom edge and a couple of hairline