Finely Carved Architectural Whimsy with Three Balls in Cages monk This guy though has strings

This guy though has strings still attached to head

gold and copper depicting floating bridges or rafts

This is a beautifully made

with some other writing below the signature that I cannot make it

and I love him all the more for the wear

Finely Carved Architectural Whimsy with Three Balls in Cages monk This guy though has stringsA wonderfully crisp, graphic architectural whimsy, carved with skill and Id say a precisionists dispositionI would not be surprised if its maker also carved very detailed tiny furniture! I really love how the one pointed end turns the whole long thing into a sort of arrow, with the sphere at center providing the perfect spot to grip should one wish to aim it and send it flying (though I'd suggest not!) The balls in cages on the front side get