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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Couch Potato Wannabe, post: 2157555, member: 14066&quot;]Well, thus far I stand by my original thought, that this is a censer.&nbsp; The bowl is made in segmented panels of wood.&nbsp; This is a complicated way of making any bowl which may have been intended to hold a liquid, such as most food bowl for instance.&nbsp; It is not an issue for holding sand and incense jos sticks.</p><p>There&#039;s a bit of wear to the surface inside and the lid has split in places.&nbsp; I do not believe the bowl is super old, though there is very little design-wise to help it indicate any particular time period.&nbsp; It may be old, or simply made via the same method as some other old items.&nbsp; There would be ways to determine its age better, such as chemical testing of the wood treatments etc... but these cost money and are beyond most home methods for finding out.&nbsp; Usually reserved for it you feel there is potential great value in the item to be worth finding out.&nbsp; I do not believe this to be such an item.....&nbsp; that said, I am not an expert in the field, and making that kind of determination over the internet is always a lot harder.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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