Description:

East Asia, Japan, Meiji era, ca. late 19th to early 20th century CE. A lovely pair of woven bamboo baskets used as Ikebana vases. The smoked bamboo strips are both narrow and broadly split then woven with an open, vertical plaiting and a twist, wrap handle. A copper insert is included with one basket for holding water when the basket was used for floral arrangement. Ikebana ('living flowers') is the Japanese art of flower arrangement, also known as Kado ('the way of flowers'). Japanese artisans crafted beautiful baskets like these as containers for both simple and elaborate ikebana arrangements. Size of narrow basket: 9" Diameter x 17.5" H (22.9 cm x 44.4 cm); broad basket: 10" Diameter x 16" H (25.4 cm x 40.6 cm)

Provenance: private Truchas, New Mexico, USA collection

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#189303

  • Condition: Some wear and abrasions to bamboo strips, but both are intact and excellent with nice patina. A copper cup insert is included, it is probably not original to the baskets, but could be used with either basket for floral arrangements.

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