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Japanese Smoked Bamboo Flower Arranging (Ikebana) Basket

Of elegant form, the strongly woven basket has a large bulb base rising to a narrow tubular neck fitted with a wood cylinder inside for flower arranging. The shape alludes to the amorphous form of Daruma (Bodhidharma). Original Storage box For basket reference see: Containing Beauty, Japanese Bamboo Flower Baskets, by Toshiko M. McCallam. UCLA Museum of Cultural History. 1988.