Fine Japanese Split Bamboo Flower Gathering Basket for Ikebana

A large and very decorative Chinese hand woven market flower basket with single center handle, cinched center and an over-cast edge stitch. Dimensions: 34 1/8" L, 17 3/4" W and 10 1...

A very well made and solid Turned Wood Bowl with elemental form and footed base. The turning marks are evident and add interest and the Bowl may be used for any number of decorative ...

A timeworn and authentic utilitarian African Wood Bowl with incised decoration. The Bowl with good size, balance and deep brown age patina has incised decoration in two bands to the ...

A timeworn utilitarian hand-crafted Bowl from Africa. The Bowl is a good size and has a fine and natural style with deep age toning and repairs to the edge and base using square head...

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 t...

Vintage sculptural bamboo ikebana basket, or hanakago, features an unusual form with a hexagonal base that tapers to a round opening. The body of the basket is hand woven with simple...

An important Japanese bamboo Ikebana basket by Yamamoto Chikuryosai I (also known as Chikuryusai I, Shoen after 1929) (1868-1945). Active in Osaka, Kansai region, he was advised by Wada Waichisai I. After 1929, he signed his work as Shoen (Shoen made this), such as this one. This basket was made using "sooted" bamboo (susutake in Japanese). This bamboo materials was collected from traditional thatched-roof houses that had been exposed to decades of smoke from a hearth or cooking fire, therefore the basket displays a deep rich patina that is hard to attain by color-lacquering. The basket featured a large rounded barrel form with handle. The body was constructed with a twill plaiting variation of a more relaxed and loose weave. It allows the light coming through to render the piece a lighter sense. Parallel plaiting was used to reinforce the body with stripes of bamboo, while adding more visual constrict to a free spirited background. Twisted bamboo strips form rope-like handle and the top rim. It is signed "Shoen Made This" on the base. Two-piece water container made from bamboo trunk is retained with the piece as shown. For the artists other and similar work, see baskets masterpieces of Japanese Bamboo Art...

Vintage bamboo Ikebana basket features an elongated, flattened form with prominent rounded handle. The basket is woven of thin round bamboo strips that are secured with transparent ...