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JAPANESE BASKETS AND SCULPTURE IN THE COTSEN COLLECTION

Detail: Flower Basket, Shimmering of Heated Air, approx. 1969
By Shono Shounsai (1904-1974)

Shono Shounsai was named Living National Treasure in 1967
Kyushu: active in Shiraki, Oita Prefecture
Bamboo (madake), rattan, and copper alloy
Selected techniques: thousand line construction
H. 13 3/4 in x Diam. 14 in.
Lloyd Cotsen Japanese Bamboo Basket Collection, 2006.3.836 (B-1095); catalogue no. 50
Photograph by Kaz Tsuruta.

Detail: alternate view #2

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