Modern Bamboo Flower Basket Hanakago, Morita Chikuyosai
February 2022 Auction by Far East Asian Art

A cylindrical and elegant bamboo flower basket Hanakago for flower arrangement in light colored madake bamboo and rattan. For the body of cylindrical shape a tight, openwork hexagonal plaiting technique has been employed (mutsume ami). The handles are joint together with passages of decorative knotting. Different techniques used for upper and lower rims. Signed at the base: ( Morita ) Chikuyosai...