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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