Vintage Chinese Market Trug - Ca 1920s Material - Willow Originally purchased from Asiatica

Originally purchased from Asiatica

It has a single storage space and a glass panel

Cho dansu were used by merchants in shops for storing ledgers

The patina on this box is excellent and shows very good age

80 x  x 123 (wxdxh cms)

Vintage Chinese Market Trug - Ca 1920s Material - Willow Originally purchased from AsiaticaAntique Chinese wooden trugs like this were used by traders for taking their goods to the market to sell, and for measuring rice. They would also be used by farmers for moving goods around on the farm. It has been very skillfully constructed, note the detailed work of the corners. Hand made from poplar wood. This trug is at least 100 years old and has seen a lot of practical use in its time. It has tons of character and is still very much usable today