Catching the eye at the Oriental Sale at Cheffins (22.5% buyer’s premium) in Cambridge on August 10 were these two highly collectable 4¾in (12cm) tall gourd cricket cages shown here.
Catalogued as possibly early 19th century, the body of this cage shown on the left was scratch-carved either side with a goat and had a pierced ivory stopper carved with lotus, peony and chrysanthemum blooms. Estimated at £600-900, it sold at £3400.