Chinese Antique Wooden Paddy Field Trug (2) Decorative Other allowing for convenient storage of

allowing for convenient storage of various items

to offer provisions for the afterlife

its of medium size and hand carved from one piece of wood

with the curved arms ending to meet the front supporting posts and the top rail fitted flush to the side posts

Cotton was not common in Japan until well into the twentieth century

Chinese Antique Wooden Paddy Field Trug (2) Decorative Other allowing for convenient storage ofThese wonderful wooden boxes make perfect magazine racks beside your sofa or hand towels or kindling holders. Used in the paddy fields to carry seedlings for planting, the individual seedlings would be taken from the (floating) basket and plunged into the soil. Every one is very individual and totally unique as they were hand made by the farmers in their own unique way. Timber may be dark or light and they are made from mixed woods. The dimensions are