ORIENTAL WEDDING BASKET. WOVEN FIBERS, WOOD AND METAL. CHINA, EARLY 20TH CENTURY.

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Reference: XM001O

Oriental wedding basket. Plant fiber, wood and metal. China, early 20th century. A wedding basket with two hinged compartments, constructed using basketry techniques and reinforced with wooden slats and openwork metal fittings. Rectangular in shape with a separate lid, it is decorated with applied metal rosettes and delicate calligraphy on one side. This type of stacked basket, hinged by a simple system of metal pins that can be removed to separate the compartments, has been traditionally used in China and other Southeast Asian countries to hold gifts and small objects associated with wedding rituals.

· Size: 34x22x45 cms.

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