Vintage Antique Asian Chinese Wood Rice Harvest Basket Bucket Handle Metal Trim

Description

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This is a Chinese Rice Harvest Basket/Bucket.
It is wood and metal. The corners are dovetailed with metal to reinforce it.
It measures 12 1/2” x 12 1/2” across the top and is 7 1/2” tall.
You can see from the pictures that some of the metal is missing.
There are 2 sides with carved characters that are stained red and there are more characters painted on the sides.
I do not know the date this was made but compared to others I have researched I would say early 1900’s.
Everything appears original except for felt pieces that were added to the bottom and there are some nails that you can see in the photos that are newer and a little shinier that appear to have been added to reinforce and repair it at some point.
It is not loose anywhere and it is a really beautiful piece.
If you have any questions just send me a message and I will do my best to answer them.
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