JAPANESE BASKETS AND SCULPTURE IN THE COTSEN COLLECTION

Flower Basket with Twisted Thousand Line Construction, Dawning Clouds, 1992
By Katsushiro Soho (b. 1934)
Kanto region: active in Otawara, Tochigi Prefecture. Katsushiro Soho was named Living National Treasure in 2005
Bamboo (madake) and rattan
Selected techniques: thousand line construction, twisting (hineri), diamond twill plaiting, twill plaiting
H. 6 1/2 in x W. 24 in x D. 6 in.
Lloyd Cotsen Japanese Bamboo Basket Collection, 2006.3.786; catalogue no. 30
Photograph by Kaz Tsuruta.

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