Chinese Vintage Blackened Bamboo Birdcage Barrel Vault Dome Perch Feeder Fret Border 8 Inches Buddhist The blade was hand forged

The blade was hand forged from a combination of hard high carbon white steel forge welded onto a piece of soft wrought iron

with the spunk of both

Titled: Starlit Night at Miyajima

Height 13"

The mother of pearl inlay is very pretty and opalescent

Chinese Vintage Blackened Bamboo Birdcage Barrel Vault Dome Perch Feeder Fret Border 8 Inches Buddhist The blade was hand forgedChinese Vintage Blackened Bamboo Birdcage Barrel Vault Dome Perch Feeder Fret Border 8 Inches A handsome vintage Chinese blackened bamboo birdcage of classic barrel vault form, the arched roof composed of evenly spaced vertical bars rising from a rectangular base frame to meet at a central carrying handle. The base tray is constructed of closely spaced bamboo slats in a grid pattern; the lower frame carries a carved fret border on all four sides.