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

Oriental wedding basket. Plant fibre, wood and metal. China, early 20th century. Wedding basket with two articulated compartments, constructed using basketry and reinforced with wooden slats and cut-out, openwork metal fittings. Rectangular in shape and with a free-standing lid, it is decorated with applied metal rosettes and with careful calligraphy on one of the sides. This type of stacked basket, articulated by a simple system of metal pins that can be removed to separate the different compartments, has traditionally been used in China and other Southeast Asian countries to contain gifts and small objects linked to the wedding ritual.

· Size: 34x22x45 cms.