Vintage Terracotta Pot with Bats d70 chunky wooden bowls would have

chunky wooden bowls would have been used in China originally for serving food or possibly for kneeding bread

The legs are supported with double stretchers at the sides and fit through a shaped apron to the front and rear into the thick table top

This lovely pair of side tables are from Shanxi province in central China

It was was meant to hold cooked rice

the three drawers at the top providing extra storage

Vintage Terracotta Pot with Bats d70 chunky wooden bowls would haveThese lovely stoneware pots are great as indoor plant holders. They were produced around the mid 20th century, originally used to store oil or wine. Each one incorporates four upside bats around the centre as a symbol for good luck. In Chinese words for "upside down" and "arrive" are homonyms, as are the words for "bat" and "fortune" so the inverted image of a bat is meant to convey the idea that happiness is arriving from heaven. Note that each pot