Iron, Brass and Copper Nailed Late 19th Century Petanque Ball Korean ginger jar I found an exact match

I found an exact match of this one selling on 1st Dibs for $1200 describing it as Eames-inspired mid-century--the former seeming crazy but the latter seeming right

and perhaps even longer to make a complete loop

and a beautiful photograph formally

10 1/8” in diameter x 7/8” d

which I think are just exquisitely beautiful

Iron, Brass and Copper Nailed Late 19th Century Petanque Ball Korean ginger jar I found an exact matchA beauty. I've found a few of these over the years but it has been a while. It is a French petanque ball (petanque a version of boules), late 19th century; they don't make iron studded ones like this anymore! From what I have learned about examples like this, the interior of the ball is likely olive wood, which was hand shaped and sanded, and then the square iron nails were hammered in one by one, with each nail hole precisely placed so as not to