Antique Chinese Gourd Cricket Winter Cage Carvings of Dragons 3.25" Kashigata 1939 by the great Japanese

1939 by the great Japanese shinhanga artist Hiroshi Yoshida (1876 to 1950)

The box and other plates seen in picture 11 are NOT included

both side of the stones are shown)

5" tall (21

Antique Chinese Gourd Cricket Winter Cage Carvings of Dragons 3.25" Kashigata 1939 by the great JapaneseThis is a collectible antique Chinese cricket cage carved from a round gourd. Keeping crickets and then the art of making these gourd homes started in the 5th century Tang Dynasty. Cricket were kept warm and comfortable near the pillow so their song could be heard through the night. Collected in the 1960's while the previous owner lived and traveled extensively in China. It has been in storage or carefully displayed for over five decades, it has a