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Of ovoid form in modified lozenge plaiting, with two low handles of bamboo root attached to the lip with insect wrapping and intricate knots, shoots from the rhizome descending from one handle and woven into the body of the basket on the shoulder, signed Chikushunsai.

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Of ovoid form in modified lozenge plaiting, with two low handles of bamboo root attached to the lip with insect wrapping and intricate knots, shoots from the rhizome descending from one handle and woven into the body of the basket on the shoulder, signed Chikushunsai.

Of ovoid form in modified lozenge plaiting, with two low handles of bamboo root attached to the lip with insect wrapping and intricate knots, shoots from the rhizome descending from one handle and woven into the body of the basket on the shoulder, signed Chikushunsai.

Basket

Artist Chikushunsai (Japanese)

Dateundated

Place of originJapan

MediumBamboo

Dimensions13 3/8 x 9 11/16 x 9 11/16 in. (34 x 24.6 x 24.6 cm)

ClassificationsBasketry

Credit LineBequest of Dr. David A. Cofrin

Object number2009.48.119

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Visual DescriptionOf ovoid form in modified lozenge plaiting, with two low handles of bamboo root attached to the lip with insect wrapping and intricate knots, shoots from the rhizome descending from one handle and woven into the body of the basket on the shoulder, signed Chikushunsai.

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