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Message:: [QUOTE="Alesia42, post: 4253881, member: 20541"]Hi everyone!....This is todays Thrift purchase for $6.....I think its a woven Chinese Rattan/Bamboo food basket....at first i thought that it was made to look aged...but then I looked at the weave....and the way the handle is made with these cut pieces that fit perfectly into the slots underneath the curve of the handle...so I thought if it were recent and made to look old...there wouldn't be so much detail...but, I could be wrong....then there are the carvings of the fish down the side of the handles....then I thought it could be Japanese?.....the covered basket has 2 tiers....its approx. 9 in Ht x 7 in wth and is in great condition..I did google it...and there so many type of antique/vintage chines woven lunch baskets...most were round and some what larger.....a there were a few with a similar design....if someone could shed some light on the age and origin....that would be great......[ATTACH=full]337957[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]337958[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]337959[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]337960[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]337961[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]337962[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]337963[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]337964[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]337965[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]337966[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]