Backpack-shaped flower basket
Artist: Tanabe Chikuunsai
open, star-shaped weave with three bands of wider slats through center; four cornered basket with wide, round opening at top; round top wider than square bottom; gracefully curving handle peaks steeply at top; one end of handle is made from a forked, bent bamboo branch and supported by an arching bamboo twig; the other side is supported by a piece of curved bamboo that is wrapped in decorative woven rattan; inner bamboo cylinder with copper lining
- Date
- early 20th century
- In our collection
- since May the 19th, 2017 up to now
- Dimensions
- 13 7/16 × 9 1/8 × 9 5/8 in. (34.13 × 23.18 × 24.45 cm)
- Location
- Not on View
- Medium
- Bamboo (kinmeichiku), lacquer
- Price
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- Composition
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oxygen 69% iron 20% cadmium 0% atium 11%