Vintage Chinese Hand Made Wood/straw Basket/Chinese

Description

This is a incredibly woven basket extremely tight to make it waterproof. I believe this is for gathering water this is a very early basket. Has been in the family for many many many years makes for a great display proximately 15 inches high please check the pictures out as they are part of the description .
Upon closer examination I do not see any flaws .In one picture you can see the reed  ends
Which add to that appreciation on how this basket was handmade. It has wood handles three that cost to give us strength as were is 8 pounds per gallon. Then can see the ingenious way without using nails that they core of the word handle and to support the basket. On the handles you can see Asian/Chinese writing I would love to know what it says. It’s been in our family for more than 50 years I find it so amazing the genius of people who could create something like this from years of being  knowledge being handed down through history.