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Japanese Wagumi Handled Bamboo Basket Ikebana

$4,500

£3,416.96

€3,907.55

CA$6,287.15

A$6,992.69

CHF 3,651.36

MX$85,093.55

NOK 46,633.48

SEK 43,733.98

DKK 29,163.51

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Bold, rustic and with an earthy free spirit, this wagumi style flower basket with twisted handle (ikebana) was designed and woven to evoke a sense of serenity and humbleness during the tea ceremony. With a large and solid barrel shape that evokes a visual sense of weight and mass, the basket was woven with a tight twill plaiting for the interior layer, more natural and rustic bamboo strips were then woven with a loose and slightly irregular hexagonal plaiting to form an exterior veins-like layer, extending from the reinforced secondary top rim. Bundles of bamboo strips were twisted into ropes-like handle and inserted into the body, giving the whole piece a robust vitality. The base was woven in a tight hexagonal mat plaiting. Although not signed, this basket conveys a beauty achieved through a fine balance between free-spirit and constrains, certainly from the hands of a basketry master. The wagumi style was found popular and specifically Japanese at the turn of the 20th century, a departure in style from the formal and finely woven Chinese styles. The basket was lacquered in a deep brown color. Sooted bamboo was used as the residues of smokes can be discerned. It retains the inner container for water made out of a bamboo trunk, circa 1920s. Not signed.

Dimensions:

Height: 15.75 in (40.01 cm)Diameter: 13.2 in (33.53 cm)

Style:

Japonisme (Of the Period)

Materials and Techniques:

Bamboo

Place of Origin:

Japan

Period:

1920-1929

Date of Manufacture:

1920s

Condition:

Wear consistent with age and use. General patina, color variation and surface wear, typical in antique basket, all as shown.

Seller Location:

Atlanta, GA

Reference Number:

1stDibs: LU945018863412

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