short, squat four-cornered basket tapering to narrower top with round opening; sides curve outward; handle formed from two bamboo branches that match the width of the basket; secured at top center with three decorative knots; open, crisscross weave with relatively wide bamboo strips; center flower cylinder dark lacquered bamboo

(Sōzen-style basket), mid 20th century

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Gift of the Clark Center for Japanese Art & Cultureexpand_more  2013.29.894a,b

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Details
Title
(Sōzen-style basket)
Artist Life
1899 - 1975
Role
Artist
Accession Number
2013.29.894a,b
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short, squat four-cornered basket tapering to narrower top with round opening; sides curve outward; handle formed from two bamboo branches that match the width of the basket; secured at top center with three decorative knots; open, crisscross weave with relatively wide bamboo strips; center flower cylinder dark lacquered bamboo