Wen-Zhou style painted old wooden storage barrel with lid, painted with powder-blue and other organic colors. As is. Wen-Zhou was an thriving old port in southern China. Wen-Zhou men are known for being good business people. The blue color pigment on this bucket may or may not be from local as trading through ocean freight brought foreign goods & materials. The use of the some of the organic blue color pigments on this type of wooden wares and some others in this area may speak for the lucrative spending habit of some of the local wealthy families. Antique buckets like this one are hardly available any more as they are hard to find at its source, Wen-Zhou, China.

Dimensions: 15"w x 15"h

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