Chinese Carved Bamboo Foo-Dog

Any thoughts?
Thanks

 

That's bamboo ?

 

How big is the dog? Doesn't look like bamboo to me either.

Are those spaces underneath naturally-occurring or carved out?

 

I wonder if that's not a tree fungus carving ??

 

About 10" long.
The spaces on the bottom look natural to me.

 

That dog is VERY Foo!!!

 

If it has to be bamboo it could be the root knob at the base of the bamboo shoot, sometimes you see bamboo walking canes where the root base has been carved as a knob for the hand.



I don't know why but Chinese root wood carvings seem to be very cheap.

 

Depends who and when carved it.
http://www.christies.com/lotfinder/lot/a-rare-ming-bamboo-root-carving-of-5379834-details.aspx

So far I cannot find similar to mine. No idea to tell old it is? if old at all.

 

it's certainly carved with a blade and not a drill, but age is beyond my knowledge...