Incredible Pair of Ornate Antique Double Ball in Cage Whimsies, with Stand vintage Japanese planter This is a handmade wooden

This is a handmade wooden Alebrije

plus terrific black and white text illustrations by W

This is a charming antique calling card

and I can just imagine him trying to sell someone something with his cigarette all the while dangling from his mouth

with sort of a scalloping to the walls of the cage

Incredible Pair of Ornate Antique Double Ball in Cage Whimsies, with Stand vintage Japanese planter This is a handmade woodenThese I do believe are just about the most spectacular whimsies I've seen, and certainly had in my possession. Each was carved from one piece of wood, with either two or three small balls inside of each ones two cagesthe taller with carved fists at either end, the shorter with crosshatched patterns that for some reason remind me of pineapples! Ornately detailed all over, they make me think of bons bons rolled in fancy paper and cinched with bows at