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A BAMBOO BASKET FOR FLOWER ARRANGEMENT For another work by the same artist, see Joe Earle, ed., Baskets:
EARLY 20TH CENTURY (DATED 1926), SIGNED KOICHISAI ZO (EZONO Masterpieces of Japanese Bamboo Art, 1850-2015 (Hong Kong: Stark
KOICHISAI; 1881-1951) Studios Limited, 2018), no. 066.
The lozenge-form basket with a loop handle, woven in bamboo and
rattan with wicker-work pattern, applied with liner; signature on base
25º in. (64.1 cm.) high
With original box titled Ajiroami hishigata hanakago (flower basket
with wicker-work pattern), signed Koichisai zo kore and sealed
Koichisai, dated 1926
$5,000-7,000
