Giant Four Balls in Cage Carved Wooden Whimsy metallic glaze likely from Rajasthan in Northern

likely from Rajasthan in Northern India

with no cracks or splits or any other flaws of note that I can see

I'd guess with a cigar in his mouth

a wooden stick

with three dancing clowns in ballooning pants on one side

Giant Four Balls in Cage Carved Wooden Whimsy metallic glaze likely from Rajasthan in NorthernThis huge old whimsy is about the size of a rolling pin, and with its big knobs on either end, it really rather feels like one! I've been liking, and happily finding, some larger scale whimsies of late, which feel more like tabletop sculptures than little carvings, as this one does. This one definitely has a good amount of age, and I'd bet was used by a few generations of kids as a rattle (or bat!). There is one well done old repair at one corner that