JAPANESE BASKETS AND SCULPTURE IN THE COTSEN COLLECTION

Two-Layered Hexagonal Plaited Flower Basket with Handle, Forest of Cranes, approx. 1998
By Iizuka Shokansai (1919-2004)
Kanto region: active in Tokyo and Gunma (c. 1986-2004) Prefectures.
Iizuka Shokansai was named Living National Treasure in 1982.
Bamboo (madake)
Selected techniques: hexagonal plaiting, hemp leaf plaiting (variant)
H. 19 in x W. 6 in x D. 5 ½ in.
Lloyd Cotsen Japanese Bamboo Basket Collection, 2006.3.848.; catalogue no. 23

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