Antique Japanese Showa Period Bamboo Ikebana Basket

A finely Japanese Bamboo carving, early 20th century, a long rectangular convex panel carved with ripe pomegranates and a bird on a branch, lg. 36 in. ...

An absolutely beautiful Japan, 19th/early 20th century, a large round tray bordered with three bamboo starks; a measuring barrel in bamboo stalk frame, black-lacquered exterior. T...

Two Japanese gilt lacquer sake bowls. 1. 4,5" Diameter x 1.5" Height 2. 4" Diameter x 1.25 Height.

Lacquer dragon applied to a light blue ground, circa 1900. Signed "Booth" on base.

Ikebana basket (hanakago) in wickerwork of polished bamboo with twisted handle. Features a sheet metal and varnished bamboo vase for the floral arrangement. Mark under the vase Nana...

A lovely Japanese bamboo ikebana basket in the shape of gourd with an open mouth and a body circa 1920s-1940s. The piece was woven in great details and styles with mostly irregular a...

A Japanese woven bamboo basket with handle from early 20th century, circa end of Meiji to Taisho period. The basket was constructed in the form o...

An elegantly woven bamboo basket with handle as an ikenana container by Suzuki Gengensai (1891-1950) circa 1923-50. Suzuki Gengensai was from Kansai region and active in Osaka. He studied bamboo art under Yamashita Kochikusai (1876-1947) and became an independent artist in 1913. He received his artist name Gengensai in 1914 and in 1923 he changed the characters to Gen, a slight written variation of the character. This basket was signed in this later variation, which helps to date the piece to post 1923. The basket is woven entirely in a free style irregular plating on the body and with a twisted bundled handle. The surface is lacquered in a deep reddish color. The seemingly less rigid technique renders the piece a more rustic and natural aesthetic that is more suitable for certain occasions. It is singed on the base with artist's signature in the variation post 1923. A very similar basket of the irregular weaving but without the handle is illustrated in plate 72 in "Baskets Masterpieces of Japanese Bamboo Art...