Antique Chinese Cricket Cage w/ Twin Compartments Window 4" Tsubo This type of sake jug

This type of sake jug was one of the first recyclables in that it could be returned to the sake company that made it and be refilled

It is from a very high resolution scan of the original print in our collection taken on a state of the art flat bed scanner

Period: Late Edo to Meiji

the first patriarch of Zen who came from India to China around the 1st Century CE

with exception of limited past signs of use and some minor restoration

Antique Chinese Cricket Cage w/ Twin Compartments Window 4" Tsubo This type of sake jugThis is a collectible antique Chinese cricket cage with twin compartments used to house two crickets. Early to mid 20th century. A window allows viewing of the specimen. Collected in the 1960's while the previous owner lived and traveled extensively in China. It has been in storage or carefully displayed for over five decades, it has a warm patina and is in fine condition. Length = 4" (10cm) Width = 1. 5" (4cm) Height = 3" (7. 5cm)