Basket for Flower Arrangement
Wada Waichisai
Asian Art
MEDIUM
Bamboo, copper
DATES
circa 1880–1901
PERIOD
Meiji period
DIMENSIONS
15 3/8 × 8 1/16 × 8 1/16 in. (39 × 20.5 × 20.5 cm)
(show scale)
SIGNATURE
Signed on base of basket: Waichisai tsukuru kore (This is made by Waichisai)
INSCRIPTIONS
Top of lid of storage box inscribed "Jidai-take hanakago" (Old bamboo, a flower basket);
Underside of lid is signed and sealed by artist.
ACCESSION NUMBER
L2023.2.5
CREDIT LINE
Gift of the Carroll Family Collection
MUSEUM LOCATION
This item is not on view
CAPTION
Wada Waichisai (Japanese, 1851 – 1904). Basket for Flower Arrangement, circa 1880–1901. Bamboo, copper, 15 3/8 × 8 1/16 × 8 1/16 in. (39 × 20.5 × 20.5 cm). Gift of the Carroll Family Collection, L2023.2.5 (Photo: image provided by donor, CUR.L2023.2.5_overall.jpg)
IMAGE
overall,
CUR.L2023.2.5_overall.jpg. image provided by donor, 2023
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