A private collection of Chinese cricket cages and related...
A private collection of Chinese cricket cages and related items - a 19th century Chinese gourd cricket
cage of moulded waisted form, lightly incised with a sinuous dragon among clouds, the ivory mounted tortoiseshell cover carved with a dragon above various marine life including a fish & a crab, with ivory collar, the underside with 4-character mark, 6.95ins. (17.6cms.) high.
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A private collection of Chinese cricket cages and related items - a 19th century Chinese gourd cricket
cage of moulded waisted form, lightly incised with a sinuous dragon among clouds, the ivory mounted tortoiseshell cover carved with a dragon above various marine life including a fish & a crab, with ivory collar, the underside with 4-character mark, 6.95ins. (17.6cms.) high.