Flower Basket with “Beaded Bamboo Blind” Plaiting (Tamasudare-ami hanakago)

first half 20th century

Not on view

Like many bamboo masters, Yamamoto Chikuryūsai I created Chinese-style (karamono) baskets for use in sencha practices among the literati. This finely plaited flower basket was made with thin strips of timber bamboo woven into “beaded bamboo blind” plaiting (tamasudare-ami), derived from a karamono rattan technique. The object was finished with a coat of lacquer.

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初代山本竹龍斎造　玉簾編花籃
Title: Flower Basket with “Beaded Bamboo Blind” Plaiting (Tamasudare-ami hanakago)
Artist: Yamamoto Chikuryūsai I (Japanese, 1868–1945)
Period: Shōwa period (1926–89)
Date: first half 20th century
Culture: Japan
Medium: Timber bamboo, rattan, and lacquer
Dimensions: H. 17 3/4 in. (45.1 cm); W. 9 in. (22.9 cm)
Classification: Bamboo
Credit Line: Gift of Diane and Arthur Abbey, 2019
Object Number: 2019.424.33a, b
Curatorial Department: Asian Art

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