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Chinese Brass Cricket Cage

Currency:USD Category:Art / Region - Asian Start Price:20.00 USD Estimated At:25.00 - 30.00 USD
Chinese Brass Cricket Cage
Chinese Brass Cricket Cage, measures 4.5'' x 4.5'' x 3'', FYI'' ''Keeping crickets as pets emerged in China in early antiquity. Initially, crickets were kept for their ''songs'' (stridulation). In the early 12th century the Chinese people began holding cricket fights. They also kept pet cicadas and grasshoppers, but crickets were the favorites. The art of selecting and breeding the finest fighting crickets was perfected during the Qing dynasty and remained a monopoly of the imperial court until the beginning of the 19th century.''