JAPANESE BASKETS AND SCULPTURE IN THE COTSEN COLLECTION

Wave-Patterned Black Bamboo Flower Basket
By Suemura Shobun (1917-2000)
Kansai region: active in Osaka
Bamboo (kurochiku) and rattan
Selected techniques: bent bamboo, parallel construction.
H. 8 3/4 in x W. 21 3/4 in x D. 14 1/4 in.
Lloyd Cotsen Japanese Bamboo Basket Collection, 2006.3.755 (B-0837); catalogue no. 52
Photograph by Kaz Tsuruta.

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