Flower Basket

Japan

On view at The Met Fifth Avenue in Gallery 199

For hundreds of years, Japanese farmers and craftspeople harvested bamboo, processed it, and plaited fine strips into practical vessels. Some of these were used in the Japanese art of flower arrangement, ikebana. The nineteenth century saw the rapid growth of basketry inspired by the popular sencha (steeped) tea culture in the Osaka-Kyoto area, and master craftspeople made Chinese-style works such as this flower basket.

Flower Basket, Bamboo, lacquer, Japan

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Flower Basket, Bamboo, lacquer, Japan
Flower Basket, Bamboo, lacquer, Japan
Flower Basket, Bamboo, lacquer, Japan

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