Description:
Bamboo Ikebana Basket, Japan, Meiji period, four-sided with vertical tatezashi body, twining nawa-ami bands around mouth and foot, the square rim and domed handles wrapped with strips, signed in cursive script possibly reading "Chiku un saku" on the square, four-mesh plaiting yotsume-ami base, ht. 19 in. Estimate $700-900 broken bamboo strips, surface dirt. Items may have wear and tear, imperfections, or the effects of aging. Any condition statement given, as a courtesy to a client, is only an opinion and should not be treated as a statement of fact. Skinner shall have no responsibility for any error or omission.