Beautifully Constructed Antique Folk Art Doll-Scale Rocker bunch of marbles and am also rather curious

and am also rather curious about all of the holes on the bottom

From a distance

in Japanese--dates from the Meiji period

I just think it's a beautiful thing

which I have learned is called “yun-de

Beautifully Constructed Antique Folk Art Doll-Scale Rocker bunch of marbles and am also rather curiousA charmer if a doll rocker I think, and an old one, beautifully constructed with mortise and tenon joints, and a couple of tiny wooden pegs on the back of one leg where it meets the wire running front to back. With a well worn plum velvet covered seat. Found in Massachusetts, and feeling very much of this place. 9 t x 5 w x 7 3 4 d and in very good condition, sturdy and sound. 19th c. I believe.