Can anyone help with identifying this outstanding lamp

[Jay L Ald]

Hello everyone- I'm having some problems with the identification of this lamp base. The tag at the resale shop I purchased this at said 1950s lamp base-if you have any insight on whrre this is from and maybe value I would appreciate it very much thanks

[vicki hufstetler]

Hi Jay, Can you take some better pics of this please? It's way to dark, and I don't think I can see this as a whole. How tall is it? How wide?

Is there a hole in the top for a lamp? It may just be a pottery statue. From what little I can see, it appears to be more of a hobbyist ceramics piece someone made in a ceramic class, or shop.

I also can't make out what the figure is holding?

[0zk27d1vv0zud]

Hi Jay, without questioning you or this piece, are you certain that it is a lamp base and not a stand-alone figurine? I cannot see any lamp-fittings on the piece from your photos. Its approximate height/size would also help please.  

[Craig Phillips / B & C Emporium]

looks like a chip at the bottom

[Jay L Ald]

Measurements are 19 1/2 inches tall
8 inches wide
I'm thinking table lamp due to the hole
in the back near the mid section and
another hole to come out down by t
the rim base that looks filled

[paula]

looks 80's to me 

[Jay L Ald]

It looks to me as if he is a fisherman because of the two fish like outlines relief in the middle of what looks like a net he Is holding in the air-