Round Ball in Cage Inside of Cage Carved Whimsy antique Japanese I found these a bit

I found these a bit tarnished but they polished up with no effort at all

is marvelously understated

Ecole des Beaux-Arts in Paris

with an Art Deco sort of a feel

believe dates to the 18th century

Round Ball in Cage Inside of Cage Carved Whimsy antique Japanese I found these a bitIt seems possible that this whimsy was carved of some sort of nut pod (one sometimes sees Brazil nut podscarved into whimsy rattles), but this is quite different I'm not sure. At any rate, a pretty unusual one, all the better for the fact that you can roll it around! The cage inside the larger cage moves rolls around inside it, as does the ball inside of it, a little bit! 2" x 1 3 4" and in good shape, with little carved marks all over, original to it