Antique Japanese Susudake (smoked) flower basket. Intricately woven from thin strips of bamboo and slowly smoked over a low fire to give a deep black and red patina.
This basket would have been made for a tea ceremony or as a functional art piece for displaying flower arrangements.
Size - 40cm H x 21cm W
Period - Taishō era (1912 - 1926).
Antique Japanese Susudake (smoked) flower basket. Intricately woven from thin strips of bamboo and slowly smoked over a low fire to give a deep black and red patina.
This basket would have been made for a tea ceremony or as a functional art piece for displaying flower arrangements.
Size - 40cm H x 21cm W
Period - Taishō era (1912 - 1926).