Chinese Antique Porcelain Cricket Box with Gold Painted Text and Decoration kids drawing 75ʺd × 4

75ʺd × 4

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Chinese Antique Porcelain Cricket Box with Gold Painted Text and Decoration kids drawing 75ʺd × 4When I purchased this piece, it was, understandably, marked as an incense box (and I think has been, and is perfectly suited to use as such), but it was originally created (in the second half of the 19th century I believe) to house a cricket, a symbol of vitality and prosperity in China, and kept near in boxes like this so to enjoy their chirping. This one, glazed a deep orange with hand painted gold decoration, features leaves grasses on the top and