Antique Japanese Bamboo Basket 1970s

This is a flower vase made around 1970s and with style Tokoname. Tokonane Yaki is the oldest and the most important ceramic center of the six ancient kilns of Japan. Tokonane Yaki is the oldest and the most important ceramic center of the six ancient kilns of Japan with Shigaraki, Bizen, Tanba, Echizen and Seto. Ceramic is produced there since the end of the Heian periode (11th century). Tokoname-yaki (Tokoname ware...

This is an antique flower vase made in Japan around 1970s. The style of technique is Bizen ware (Bizen-yaki). Bizen yaki is a type of Jap...

This is an antique flower vase made with some bamboo and wood in Japan. This flower vase was made around 1950s. The part of wrist is made with wood and the vase is made with bamboo...

This is a flower vase or a pot made with Shigaraki style (Shigaraki ware/ Shigaraki-yaki) in Shiga prefecture (in Japan) and made around 1970s (in Showa...

A tall woven bamboo ikebana hanakago (flower basket) circa first half of the 20th century (Taisho or Showa era) by Japanese bamboo master Maeda Chikubosai I (1872-1950). Hand-woven w...

A woven bamboo ikebana hanakago (flower basket) with handle circa first half of the 20th century (Taisho or Showa era) by Japanese bamboo master Maeda Chikubosai I (1872-1950). In th...

A bespoken Japanese hanakago (flower basket) for ikebana by Bamboo artist Ueda Shounsai (1897-1990). Hand-woven with bamboo and rattan, and equipped with a copper lined inner vase, the basket features a modern bucket form with bended bamboo frames. The body was woven with Thousand-line construction, also known as comb plaiting. It was designed in an oblique pattern that gives this piece a distinctive flavor. The arched handle was bended gracefully with branches attached to the rim of the basket. The base is inscribed Shounsai zo (尚雲齋造) to base. The basket comes with its original Japanese wood box...

A rare woven bamboo basket by Tanabe Chikuhosai (1868-1945), the eldest brother of one of the most celebrated Japanese bamboo artist Tanabe Chikuunsai I (1876-1931), who developed a long lineage of the celebrated bamboo artists. This beautifully woven hanakago ikebana basket has a classic Chinese vase form. It features a robust body with the double handles extended into a beautiful oval arch. Vigorously constructed with tight pine needle plaiting, the body was partitioned by tri-branched extensions from the handle. The middle branch extended further down along the body into a distinctive triangular shape. The same design was used for reinforcement front and back. The functional element blended seamlessly with the decorative motifs. the basket is a rare example of the work by the artist. It was signed on the base Chikuhosai Made this (竹保齋造之) and it comes with the original signed Japanese wood box...