JAPANESE BASKETS AND SCULPTURE IN THE COTSEN COLLECTION

Flower Basket with Circular Fan Construction, approx. 1997
By Hayakawa Shokosai V (b. 1932)
Kansai region: active in Kyoto. Was named Living National Treasure in 2003
Bamboo (madake) and rattan
Selected techniques: armor plaiting (yoroi ami), diamond twill base
H. 8 in x Diam. 13 in
Lloyd Cotsen Japanese Bamboo Basket Collection, 2006.3.809; catalogue no. 11
Photograph by Kaz Tsuruta.

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