Flower Basket (hanakago) with Loop Handle

Artist: Yufu Shōhaku, Japanese, born 1941
Period: Shōwa period, 1926–1989
Date: late 20th century
Material: Giant timber bamboo (madake): bamboo rope, unsplit bamboo culms, bamboo rhizome; irregular plaiting, bundled plaiting
made in: Beppu, Oita prefecture, Japan, Asia
Classification: Basketry, containers
Collection: Asian Art
Current Location: Not on view
Dimensions: basket: 23 3/4 × 13 × 13 1/2 in. (60.3 × 33 × 34.3 cm)
bamboo insert: 15 3/4 × 4 7/16 × 4 in. (40 × 11.3 × 10.2 cm)
Credit Line: William K. Bixby Trust for Asian Art
Rights: © Yufu Shōhaku
Object Number: 3:1992a,b

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