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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.
COLLECTIONS Asian Art
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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Wada Waichisai (Japanese, 1851 – 1904). <em>Basket for Flower Arrangement</em>, 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)