You can see at marble top, that this figure was mounted a long time there. And the steel fix on the bottom shows such rust, that it also wasnt turned for a long time.
Rust on ferrous metal and scratching on marble are extremely easy to create. If this is an original, it was not by a trained artist, as the proportions and features are awful. Maybe it was an amateur attempt at sculpture. Or, it might have been fished out of a lake or flooded basement, and subsequently 'cleaned up'. The pitting, rust, and loss of detail might have been caused by submersion in water or some acidic environment.
Erich
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