Antique Japanese Bamboo Flower Basket Hanakago Wisteria Branch Handle ~16"H Itomasu Plain dark brown paper reverse

Plain dark brown paper reverse

often intricately crafted from metal and bamboo

cohesive presence well suited to use in tea practice

Date: 1904

Antique Japanese Bamboo Flower Basket Hanakago Wisteria Branch Handle ~16"H Itomasu Plain dark brown paper reverseAntique Japanese Bamboo Flower Basket (, Hanakago), Wisteria Branch Handle Japan, early 20th century Approx. 16"H 10"D (41 25 cm) A sculptural ikebana flower basket (, hanakago) woven in wide, flat cut bamboo strips in a bold diagonal plaiting pattern that gives the globular body its dynamic, swirling surface. The handle is a single unworked wisteria branch bark retained, gnarled and sinuous arching high above the basket in the naturalistic wabi