Antique Japanese Bamboo Flower Basket Hanakago Wisteria Branch Handle ~16"H Itomasu cohesive presence well suited to

cohesive presence well suited to use in tea practice

smoking kiseru became widespread

Date: 1904

attractive patina to gilt/brass

exemplify a harmonious fusion of Eastern and Western artistic influences

Antique Japanese Bamboo Flower Basket Hanakago Wisteria Branch Handle ~16"H Itomasu cohesive presence well suited toAntique 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