Chinese or Japanese arcitectural piece #2

Hi Folks,
Wasn't sure what sub forum to list these in so came to the discussion area. Went to a estate sale that was full of Asian items. This was the second sale of this particular estate. The first sale was for inside the house only items and this second sale was for the outside items and left over inside items.
The outside was just one massive Zen garden. There were buddhas and cherubs and fountains everywhere. Old stone urns and iron benches. It was quite the place to see at one time I am sure. It hadn't been properly taken care of for a long time. You could tell by the amount of work that went into it that it was some ones pride and joy until they couldn't take care of it anymore.
Many items were very old and just as many were newish as well. I thought all of them were very classy though. It was a fun sale to attend and I was able to come away with some very interesting things. My wife loves the big and heavy stuff , so I ended up with 3 truckloads of back damaging goodies.
Several pieces are architectural but I am unsure of exactly what they are. Anyway , I am going to start a few threads here to feature a few of the pieces to see if I can get some help to I.D. them. The prices were so fair that the estate was empty in no time at all. There was 4 cherub garden statues with plinth's that I wanted to get but someone beat me to them. You just gotta brush it off and refocus and go get the other stuff at that point.
So without any more rambling , here is piece #2.
It is a gilded elephant on a 2 level base. Appears to be very old. I was thinking maybe a roof tile figure? I really am just guessing. It is just over 22" long. It was only $6 so I had to have it.
Thanks in advance for any help.

 

That almond eye reminds me of some of the ones I see on fake Indonesian masks....
& I don't see Chinese or Japanese here......... Just sayin..

 

That's my bad on assuming that it was Chinese or Japanese.

 

If the almond eye is an indicator of a fake Indonesian item , what can we assume the item was that they were trying to fake here? Maybe just an elephant statue?

 

I'd say a dog ..of sorts...but that's just a guess.......

 

My money’s on a baby elephant, with that trunk and tusk.

Note to self: when I’m saying “my money” i mean my 2¢ worth.

 

i didn't even notice the tusk thing...............ha !