Everything in Python is an object:

    >>> isinstance(type, object)
    true
    >>> T = type('T', (), {})
    >>> isinstance(T, type)
    True
    >>> isinstance(T, object)
    True
    >>> isinstance(T(), object)
    True
    >>> isinstance(int, object)
    True
    >>> issubclass(int, object)
    True
    >>> isinstance(1, object)
    True