JAPANESE BASKETS AND SCULPTURE IN THE COTSEN COLLECTION

Flower Basket of Susutake Bamboo
By Sakaguchi Sounsai (1899-1967)
Active Kansai region: Osaka, 1899-c. 1940; Kansai region: Kyoto, c. 1940-1967
Bamboo (smoked madake [susutake]) and rattan.
Selected techniques: flattened and bent bamboo, chrysanthemum base plaiting.
H. 13 1/2 in x Diam. 15 1/2 in.
Lloyd Cotsen Japanese Bamboo Basket Collection, 2006.3.763; catalogue no. 48

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