Double Ball in Cage Whimsy with Chain Links Chinese porcelain cricket box With wonderful modeling and detailing

With wonderful modeling and detailing of the hair

but it appears that it would be easy to glue back firmly in place

with an opening of 2

hand-painted with red eyes

Double Ball in Cage Whimsy with Chain Links Chinese porcelain cricket box With wonderful modeling and detailingThis is one of three old carved wooden whimsies I purchased together from a dealer in New Hampshire, all listed today, and I think quite likely all done by the same person. What I especially like about this one is the arches at the top and bottom of each side of the "cage," lending it a certain grace, and the scale of the carved balls in relation to that cage, such that they've got lots of room to roll around. With two carved chain links extending