Chinese-style Flower Basket (karamono-utsushi hanakago) with Loop Handle
- Culture
- Japanese
- Date
- early to mid-20th century
- Classification
- Basketry, containers
- Collection
- Asian Art
- Current Location
- Not on view
- Dimensions
- basket: 17 1/4 × 8 × 7 in. (43.8 × 20.3 × 17.8 cm)
lacquered bamboo insert: 10 1/2 × 4 1/8 × 3 7/8 in. (26.7 × 10.5 × 9.8 cm) - Credit Line
- The Nancy Jane Davidson Shestack Collection, bequest of Alan Shestack
- Rights
- Public Domain
- Object Number
- 256:2020a,b
NOTES
This is a Chinese-style flower basket with symmetrical proportions. It has four bamboo lengths on the sides that extend beyond the square base as short legs. The sides with tight twill plaiting (ajiro-ami) rise upward and outward to a straight cylindrical neck that terminates with a circular rim. The loop handle is made up of two narrow bamboo stalks tied together with rattan at the top center. It is attached with additional rattan to the basket at the rim and the widest point of the body. The lacquered bamboo insert is supported by a base with square plaiting (yotsume-ami) reinforced with diagonal cross-bracing.
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