Kavels

'Tengu' means 'dog of the sky' and is a folk figure in Japanese folk culture. The characteristic long nose is a phallic symbol. Added: a contemporary example in Papier-mâché.

A bronze Maneki Neko phallic figure, Meiji, Japan

A Japanese Meiji hand warmer, with a phallic decoration on top, ca. 1900 Manufactured by Kwairobai Kimigasode, Ito.

The portrait of Albrecht of Austria, archduke of Burgundy, copper engraving by Joannes Muller after a painting by Peter Paul Rubens Depicted with a typical Renaissance codpiece.

A Renaissance deer horn gunpowder flask, with carved decoration of a satyr having an erection, ca. 1550

An erotic 'Maison d'Amour' toy house by Bing Spielwaren, Nürnberg, ca. 1930, H 26,5 - W 26 - D 11 cm

A carved bone folk figure of a man holding his bird, Germany, late 19thC

A Spanish or South American double-handled silver chamber pot, 19thC, weight: ca. 1200 g

The ebonised wooden phallus-shaped handle decorated with silver mounts and semi-precious stone pearls, referring to the number of prostitutes the pimp has under his care.

A Limoges porcelain snuff bottle with a winged phallus and a vulva