An excellent original antique metal cricket cage decorated in fine cloisonné enamelling. Just enough light wear and tear to affirm this as a genuine piece without it being too damaged to be of worth. Just the odd chip to the enamelling here and there- mainly at corners and edges.
Complete with hanging hook, a whimsical and evocative piece steeped in Oriental tradition.
Its height 13cm- plus hanging hook, width 9.5cm. Weight 330 Grams.
- Crickets are very important in the Chinese tradition. They symbolize happiness and longevity. They are usually raised for fighting.
- Under the Tang dynasty, each year the ladies of the imperial palace caught crickets and locked them up in small cages made of rattan, so they can hear them chirp.
- The Chinese were accustomed to raise crickets for combat. In order to transport them the used cages which could be wood, bone or metal. Following the prohibition of gambling in China this tradition was lost in the middle of the twentieth century.
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