Antique Japanese Edo (C1850) Hand Made Bamboo Hot Coal Basket With Handle Chinese 1840) of hinoki (cypress) face

1840) of hinoki (cypress) face and sugi (cryptomeria) case with kiri (paulownia) interiors

It also has 7 (seven) jet black enamel glazed circles giving this vase modernist intrigue

Mortis and tenon joinery

It is from a very high resolution scan taken of the original Chikayoshi print in our collection n with a state of the art flat bed scanner

The reed stalk along with a warm centuries old patina

Antique Japanese Edo (C1850) Hand Made Bamboo Hot Coal Basket With Handle Chinese 1840) of hinoki (cypress) faceThis is an antique Japanese basket intricately woven with tsutsu dake (aged bamboo). This basket has a sheet iron lining as it was filled with white ash to make it fire resistant and used to transport hot coals from one hibachi to another. It weights 2 lb 8 oz. It has been in storage for over half a century and with exception to some missing parts on the rim (see last two pictures), this basket remains in very good condition. It measures 11" in