Huge Antique Sculptural Carved Whimsy with One Ball in Ornate Cage antique carved wood mask jumping through rings and things

jumping through rings and things

A little dryness/roughness around one edge of the petal (which I'm only noticing in magnified photos) and a mark from an an old sticker on one side of the post near the bottom but overall very good condition

19" in diameter

who designed the bowls

Huge Antique Sculptural Carved Whimsy with One Ball in Ornate Cage antique carved wood mask jumping through rings and thingsThis giant whimsy feels more like a piece of architecture than a carving, an a bit of a gothic one at that. I just fell in love with its dramatic form and ornately carved details, with a great mix of horizontals and verticals and terrific five point stars at the cornice, where the columns meet the anglular roof. I also find it both excellent and amusing that all of this skill and labor was applied to creating a whimsy that houses just one smallish