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All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : Asian : Japanese : Baskets : Pre 1900 item #1490004
Zentner Collection
$3,500.00
An antique Japanese bamboo basket made for Ikebana flower arranging. Depicts an archaic Chinese bronze vessel with flared open mouth design with side handles. The weave of the body suggests the pattern that would have imbued if this were a bronze form. Base is a six pointed foot with maker's sign that reads Sarihen.

Age: Meiji Period (1880-1890)

Dimensions: 11 1/2" High by 11 1/2" Wide by 9 3/4" Deep
All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : Asian : Japanese : Baskets : Pre 1900 item #1489714
Zentner Collection
$2,500.00
An antique Japanese Ikebana bamboo basket in an elegant satchel style with woven bamboo rope handle. Original smoked patina with flattened bamboo panels interwoven with the construction of the weave. Finished with a volcanic ash. Bottom has three bamboo slats woven into a triangular structure. Comes with lined bamboo insert.

Age: Meiji Period (1880-1900)

Dimensions: 16 1/2" High by 10 1/2" Diameter
All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : Asian : Japanese : Baskets : Pre 1900 item #1489698
Zentner Collection
$1,800.00
An antique Japanese Ikebana bamboo basket in a tall slender design. With a matched Wisteria handle that sweeps high over the top of the basket and dramatically extends to the waist. The body is divided by three levels, each separated by a distinct weave. Base is comprised of three layered concentric rings that provide a strong foundation for this work of art.

Age: Meiji Period (1880-1900)

Dimensions: 7 1/2" Diameter by 23 3/4" High
All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : Asian : Japanese : Baskets : Pre 1920 item #1489535
Zentner Collection
$150.00
An antique Japanese Ikebana bamboo basket in a baluster form. A pair of twisting branches form the handle and extend in a swirl pattern around the body. The knots connecting the branches to the body take the shape of stylized cranes and turtles. The body has a criss cross spiral weave.

Age: Circa 1900-1920

Dimensions: 11" Wide by 22" High by 9 3/8" Deep
All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : Asian : Japanese : Baskets : Pre 1920 item #1489457
Zentner Collection
$2,500.00
An antique Japanese Ikebana bamboo basket with Wisteria handle. In a baluster form, it has a right facing angular pattern of bamboo strips juxtaposed with vertical bamboo strips surrounding the basket. The base has a center star design surrounded by a circular weave.

Age: Late Meiji Period (1900-1910)

Dimensions: 20" High by 10" Diameter
All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : Asian : Japanese : Baskets : Pre 1930 item #1487770
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Antique Japanese ikebana basket (for flower arrangement). Light color bamboo with oblong form. A round mouth and sides that flatten slightly as they taper down to the bottom where they are bound together with a strip of wood. The upper portion of the basket has a band of tightly woven split bamboo and the lower portion has a bolder weave. A thin belt of dark bamboo divides the upper and lower patterns. Attaches to the wall with a thin rope in the back of the basket...
All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : Asian : Japanese : Baskets : Pre 1910 item #1487051
Zentner Collection
$2,700.00
Antique Japanese ikebana basket. Wild and natural appearance with gnarled wisteria branches making up the frame of the basket including a tall arching handle. The small, neatly woven body of the basket is made of split bamboo and is nestled between the knotted wisteria branches.

Age: Meiji Period (1868-1912)

Dimensions: 14" high x 15" long x 9" wide
All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : Asian : Japanese : Baskets : Pre 1910 item #1485527
Zentner Collection
$1,650.00
Antique Japanese finely woven ikebana basket with tall handle. Tightly woven with very thin strips of split bamboo and intricate knot work. Formal, even shape. Signed by the artist.

Age: Meiji Period (1868-1912)

Dimensions: 19 3/4" high x 10" wide x 9" deep
All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : Asian : Japanese : Baskets : Pre 1930 item #1485525
Zentner Collection
$750.00
Antique Japanese ikebana (flower arranging) basket made of split bamboo. Bold pattern with root wood handle wrapped in strips of bamboo. Subtle variegated coloring and patina.

Age: Taisho Period (early 20th century)

Dimensions: 17" high x 11" wide
All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : Asian : Japanese : Baskets : Pre 1920 item #1480584
Zentner Collection
$650.00
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Antique Japanese rectangular basket with lid. Made of tightly woven alternating wide and narrow strips of split bamboo. Round, bent bamboo handles on either end. Light color wrapped bamboo on edges.

Age: Taisho Period (1912-1926)
All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : Asian : Japanese : Baskets : Pre 1900 item #1480582
Zentner Collection
$975.00
Antique Japanese ikebana basket. Tall, arching handle and round form body made of split bamboo tightly woven in a horizontal chevron pattern. Portions of the handle are wrapped and held together with decorative knots. A wide mouth lends itself to many different arrangement styles.

Age: Meiji Period (1868-1912)

Dimensions: 18 3/4" high x 9" wide
All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : Asian : Japanese : Baskets : Pre 1910 item #1479978
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Antique Japanese ikebana basket with tall, arching handle. Oval form body on a round foot. Fine split bamboo is tightly woven around the upper and lower portion of the body. A wide band in the center is accented with a wave pattern. The handle is tightly wrapped to create a series of small squares. The basket utilizes many different types of knot work.

Age: Meiji Period (1868-1912)

Dimensions: 22 1/2" high x 10 1/2" wide x 9" wide
All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : Asian : Japanese : Baskets : Pre 1910 item #1479976
Zentner Collection
$975.00
Antique Japanese tall rectangular form basket for ikebana flower arrangements. Made of split bamboo woven tightly in a vertical zigzag pattern. The corners have larger sections of bamboo that end in four feet. The bamboo has been left it's natural color and acquired an attractive patina over time.

Age: Meiji Period (circa early 1900's)

Dimensions: 15" high x 5 3/4" wide x 5 1/2" wide
All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : Asian : Japanese : Baskets : Pre 1910 item #1462695
Zentner Collection
$950.00
Antique Japanese tall ikebana basket made of wide and flat strips of split bamboo. The mouth and overall shape is an elongated square with a curved handle made of two pieces of bamboo woven together. The corners of the basket are reinforced with bamboo and knot work. The bamboo has a dark, rich finish...
All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : Asian : Japanese : Baskets : Pre 1910 item #1461521
Zentner Collection
$750.00
An antique Japanese Ikebana bamboo basket in a cylindrical form mimicking a Gourd. It was woven in a vertical stitch pattern juxtapose a visually lesser diagonal weave. The artist used the thin and medium bamboo strips to contrast and undulate texture and movement within the basket. The base forms a hexagonal circle with a six point star pattern at the bottom.

Age: Meiji Era (1900-1910)Dimensions: 6 1/4 Diameter by 19 1/4" High
All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : Asian : Japanese : Baskets : Pre 1920 item #1460572
Zentner Collection
$1,200.00
Japanese tall woven bamboo ikebana basket by the artist, Torii Hounsai. Elegant and unusual, this basket incorporates an orderly pattern at it's narrow base which becomes more wild toward the top, ending with a subtle asymmetry while maintaining it's sense of balance. Signed on the bottom 峯雲斎 Hо̄unsai. The artist's full name is Torii Hounsai (鳥居峯雲斎). Hounsai was active in Aichi Prefecture during the late Taisho/early Showa era 1920-1930...
All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : Asian : Japanese : Baskets : Pre 1910 item #1457330
Zentner Collection
$875.00
An antique Japanese Ikebana bamboo basket designed as a baluster shaped vase. Large bamboo slats interwoven with other delineated free form smaller slats. The mouth opening has some decorative bamboo rope matching the all rope footed base. Three slats at the base forms a star shape while the body is strong with a wide sweeping design.

Age: Meiji Era (1890-1910)

Dimensions: 14" Wide by 14" Deep by 18 1/2" High
All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : Asian : Japanese : Baskets : Pre 1910 item #1452625
Zentner Collection
$1,250.00
Antique Japanese large fruit basket. Wide and flat body woven with very fine, narrow sections of split bamboo. The handle is made of two bamboo branches, joined with intricate knot-work. Beautiful dark color and patina.

Age: Meiji Period (1868-1912)

Dimensions: 15" high x 14 1/2" wide x 14 1/2" wide
All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : Asian : Japanese : Baskets : Pre 1910 item #1452624
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Antique Japanese ikebana basket for flower arranging. Round body with wide split bamboo and twisted rope bamboo foot and neck. The dramatic, arching handle is made of gnarled wisteria branches. Beautiful deep reddish finish and dark patina.

Age: Meiji Period (1868-1912)

Dimensions: 17 3/8" high x 11 1/2" wide x 9 1/2" wide.
All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : Asian : Japanese : Baskets : Pre 1910 item #1449309
Zentner Collection
$750.00
Antique Japanese ikebana basket (for flower arranging). Squat, round body with tall arching handle. Woven of split bamboo. The handle is comprised of sections of bamboo twisted together like a rope. It attaches to the wider, bottom section of the basket made in the same technique. The upper portion of the basket is made of flat sections of bamboo woven in a repeating horizontal chevron pattern...
All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : Asian : Japanese : Baskets : Pre 1920 item #1448266
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An antique Japanese Ikebana basket made with split and large slatted bamboo and Wisteria branches for the handle and mouth. Its design is a flattened Ovid form that is almost purse-like in shape. The top of the basket is woven along the Wisteria mouth in a free-form style that undulated along the wavy movement of the mouth. The base is a raised twisted rope foot...
All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : Asian : Japanese : Baskets : Pre 1920 item #1447901
Zentner Collection
$750.00
Antique Japanese ikebana basket. Woven of split bamboo in a round, footed form. The handle is made of a piece of bamboo that has been carefully curved to give the whole basket a lovely hourglass shape.

Age: Meiji Period (1868-1912)

Dimensions: 16 1/2" high x 7 1/2" wide
All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : Asian : Japanese : Baskets : Pre 1920 item #1447761
Zentner Collection
$1,450.00
An antique Japanese Ikebana basket in a Cornucopia open flared mouth design tapering to a four post square base. Finely woven using a two tone caramel colored split bamboo with binding weaves forming frogs and turtles. Each post has inset caterpillar weave and the base has a cross slatted split bamboo that was signed by the artist. The handle is comprised of three delicate bamboo branches each of differing sizes representing a child, an adolescent, and an adult...
All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : Asian : Japanese : Baskets : Pre 1910 item #1447009
Zentner Collection
$450.00
An antique Japanese Ikebana basket in an open flat design with fine smoked split bamboo weave. Handle formed in a three layer splayed connection with those weaves conjuring a five Cicada form on each end. The three layers are bound by five wrapped connections with the top three forming a lucky auspicious knot. Raised footed ring wrapped in split bamboo.

Age: Meiji Era (1890-1910)

Dimensions: 12" Diameter by 15" High.
All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : Asian : Japanese : Baskets : Pre 1910 item #1446903
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An antique Japanese bamboo Ikebana basket in a free-form cocoon style with a twisted bamboo rope foot. Flat split bamboo slats of smoked chestnut color in a vertical weave with a multi-node bamboo handle intertwined with a twisted bamboo rope. Artist signed at the base, Chiku Shusai.

Age: Meiji Era (1868-1912)

Dimensions: 12" Wide by 23" High by 10 1/2" Deep
All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : Asian : Japanese : Baskets : Pre 1900 item #1442531
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Japanese Antique woven fruit basket with bent bamboo handle. Woven of split bamboo with a wide and rounded hexagonal, squat form with low walls. The body of the basket is woven with two layers, a wider weave on the outside, and a layer of very thin strips of bamboo in a finer pattern on the inside. The handle and the rim of the basket are made of whole stocks of bent bamboo...
All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : Asian : Japanese : Baskets : Pre 1900 item #1441079
Zentner Collection
$2,600.00
This is an antique Japanese Ikebana bamboo basket that harkens to the shape of an ancient bronze vessel and it features an exaggerated loop handle. The upper half of the basket was created in an auspicious repeating pine needle weave which would represent longevity. The cross hatched weave bordering along the hip delineates the upper and lower halves with lower half incorporating double layered split bamboo in its weave...
All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : Asian : Japanese : Baskets : Pre 1920 item #1440532
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An antique Japanese bamboo Ikebana basket with grated half hooped corners it in its design. The handle is loosely suggested in its token form suggesting its ethereal nature and use in the art of Ikebana flower arranging. It is a two slatted flat base with a bottom grid pattern measuring about 1" apart. The basket has an ephemeral quality as if it was made at the whim of the basket artist for the moment.
,br>Age: Meiji Era (1890-1910)

Dimensions: 18" High by 10" Wide by 11" Deep
All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : Asian : Japanese : Baskets : Pre 1920 item #1440531
Zentner Collection
$1,650.00
An antique Japanese bamboo Ikebana basket in a stylized Baluster form with bi-color bamboo intertwined with mature bamboo featuring dark nodules in a diagonal cross-hatch pattern...
All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : Asian : Japanese : Baskets : Pre 1920 item #1440102
Zentner Collection
$2,500.00
An antique Japanese Ikebana basket woven in a rope-like technique to create a classic design similar to a textured Macrame weave. The shape is an inverted cone with a splayed foot and flat weave. The wrapped handle creates a crescent-like opening and the body features a cross hatched undulating weaving design.

Age: Taisho Era (1912-2020)

Dimensions: 18" High by 9" Wide by 8" Deep
All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : Asian : Japanese : Baskets : Pre 1900 item #1439603
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An antique Japanese bamboo Tsuki Kago Ikebana basket. Beautiful interwoven design of narrow and young bamboo with a. mature thick spit bamboo on each side angled as if it is pointing towards the sky and the moon. Use of mature and young bamboo representing the circle of life. Depicting a timeless Japanese cultural pastime of the autumn moon viewing. Low relief foot with a 3 slat star bottom. Unsigned.

Age: Meiji Era (1868-1912)

Dimensions: 13 1/2" Wide by 13 1/4" High by 10" Dee...
All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : Asian : Japanese : Baskets : Pre 1900 item #1438703
Zentner Collection
$900.00
An antique Japanese bamboo Ikebana basket in a ballister shape with a cross-hatch weaving of bi-color bamboo closed woven into a design reminiscent of a classic Japanese garden bamboo fence. The body features 1/2 split bamboo with its nodules accentuating its natural form. It has a low foot with a 2 slat bottom. The handle and mouth are Wisteria attached and reinforced with the same bi-color bamboo strips. Natural soot patina. It contains a bamboo vessel for water and flowers.

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All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : Asian : Japanese : Baskets : Pre 1900 item #1438689
Zentner Collection
$2,000.00
An antique Japanese bamboo Ikebana basket in a rounded barrel shape with small mouth. Large bamboo splat work measuring 3 1/4" wide forming the body with rhythmic braided bamboo reinforcing the splats while adding a visual tempo. It has a flat foot and a triangular bottom. The handle is a twisted bamboo rope connected by two legs on each side. The basket is firm and solid in terms of its construction due to its strong woven braided technique incorporated in its creation. The coloring used a ...
All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : Asian : Japanese : Baskets : Pre 1900 item #1438687
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An antique Japanese bamboo Ikebana basket in a free-form nest-like shape created using multi-layered 3/4" wide strips interwoven with rope made of woven bamboo. The voluminous handle was created using interwoven bamboo rope in an abstract style. Patina is in a natural smoke and chestnut color. Flat foot with a three star patterned base. Unsigned. It comes with a cylindrical metal water and flower vessel.

Age: Meiji Era (1868-1912)

Dimensions: 22" High by 12" Diameter
All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : Asian : Japanese : Baskets : Pre 1910 item #1438232
Zentner Collection
$1,800.00
An antique Japanese bamboo Ikebana basket in the ballister shape with a flat mouth rim. Visual complex plaidwork design on the body and a high recessed foot with a 3 slat star bottom. Aged soot and natural patina. Handle is attached with a braided turtle pattern on each end exemplifying maturity versus youth by way of surrounding the thin youthful bamboo around the old segmented nodule accentuated main bamboo. Symbolizing the strength and bond of a family, the handle is bound in six opposing ...
All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : Asian : Japanese : Baskets : Pre 1900 item #1438118
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An antique Japanese bamboo Ikebana basket in a barrel shape with dual double arm connected handle. The body is woven with multiple layered bamboo strips in a horizontal pattern which gives strength and tenacity to the piece as well as the symbolic nature of bamboo. The base is a bamboo rope foot with a star patterned bottom. Natural soot patina contrasted against chestnut brown highlights.

Early Meiji Era (1870-1880),br>
Dimensions: 17 1/2" High by 9" Diameter