Karamono Handled Flower Basket (T-4560)
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Description
Made by a Kansai karamono basket maker
Made of bamboo, rattan, and lacquer using the plaiting techniques of “skipping” mat plaiting, woodgrain mat plaiting, square plaiting (base), and bending, wrapping, and knotting.
Comes with a lacquered bamboo otoshi (water container) and a fitted wood storage box inscribed Karamono tetsuki hanakago (Handled flower basket in Chinese style) - More Information
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Dimensions
W. 11.81 in; H. 15.75 in; D. 10.83 in; W. 30 cm; H. 40 cm; D. 27.5 cm;
Message from Seller:
Thomsen gallery, located in a townhouse on the Upper East Side of Manhattan, offers important Japanese paintings and works of art to collectors and museums worldwide. The gallery specializes in Japanese screens and scrolls; in early Japanese tea ceramics from the medieval through the Edo periods; in masterpieces of ikebana bamboo baskets; and in gold lacquer objects.