Antique Japanese Ikebana Baskets

Hexagonal Chinese-style rattan and bamboo hanakago basket for ikebana (karamono hanakago). It features a lacquered and brushed bamboo vase.

Hanakago basket for ikebana in rattan and bamboo. Oblong, rounded on the sides, it features a lacquered bamboo vase.

Rare hanging bamboo basket for ikebana (hanakago). The body is made of bamboo folded on itself, reinforced by rattan braiding at the round neck and on the sides to hold the suspensio...

Rare brass ikebana basket made to imitate the traditional Japanese basketry (hanakago) that usually use bamboo and rattan.

This elegant Japanese ikebana basket dates to the early 20th century and exemplifies the refined craftsmanship of traditional bamboo work.

A charming 20th century Japanese ikebana basket, handwoven in the informal native Japanese style, distinct from the symmetrical Chinese tradition.

This elegant tall Japanese ikebana basket dates to the 20th century and showcases the refined craftsmanship of traditional bamboo work.

A beautiful late 19th century Ikenana basket . Exceptional workmanship from an old Japanese workshop and signed by the artist.

Used to contrast and anchor delicate flowers, this ikebana basket is a beautiful example of a traditional Japanese art form.

Bamboo construction with twisted rope design. Artist signature reads: Chikubi-Sai (opening measures: 6 1/4" diameter).

Dimensions: 30 × 30 × 37 cm Origin: Japan A beautifully handwoven Japanese bamboo basket from the early 20th century, traditionally used for ikebana flower arrangements.

This graceful bamboo basket is an exceptional, early 20th century flower basket (hanakago) designed especially for ikebana, the Japanese art of floral arrangement.

Wonderful profile with rounded square form on bottom rising to a trumpet shaped top. Very nice woven details on the corners of the basket and the handle. Made of smoked and polished ...

Nice two-toned design with lighter colored young bamboo and darker smoked bamboo. Elongated segments are connected by a natural root handle. Made of smoked and polished bamboo. Ins...

A lovely antique Japanese Meiji bamboo ikebana basket, still in very good condition.  

Boat shaped Ikebana basket, the Japanese art of flower arrangement.

Handled circular ikebana basket (hanakago) in Chinese style, in vanished bamboo and rattan.

Antique Japanese woven boat shape (funagata) Ikebana flower basket, with lacquer,975 rattan, root and smoked bamboo.

A rare Meiji Japanese flower arranging ikebana basket. Hancrafted and handwoven in split bamboo skins and vines roots.

Yamashita Kochikusai (1876-1947) was a Japanese bamboo artist from Osaka, Kansai region. He apprenticed under Wada Waichisai I (1851-1901), becoming independent in 1901. His students...

Antique Japanese Meiji Period Bronze Handwoven Ikebana Basket - This is not a bamboo basket.

Yamashita Kochikusai (1876-1947) was a bamboo artist from Osaka, Kansai region. He apprenticed under Wada Waichisai I (1851-1901), becoming independent in 1901. His students include ...

This graceful bamboo basket is an early 20th century flower basket (hanakago) designed especially for ikebana, the Japanese art of floral arrangement.

Dimensions: 23 × 20 × 45 cm Origin: Japan A beautifully handwoven Japanese bamboo basket from the early 20th century, traditionally used for ikebana flower arrangements.

Dimensions: 20 × 30 × 44 cm Origin: Japan A beautifully handwoven Japanese bamboo basket from the early 20th century, traditionally used for ikebana flower arrangements.

Japanese Ikebana (Flower Arranging Basket), Signed by Teijo Sai (the artist) on the bottom.

An elegant and unusually large Japanese ikebana bamboo basket, handcrafted in the early 20th century.

A lovely Japanese bamboo basket by Hayakawa Shokosai IV, the fourth generation of the Shokosai lineage, one of the best known in the Japanese Bamboo art. The basket was made in irreg...

A lovely, large antique Japanese Meiji bamboo ikebana basket, tall and heavy, still in very good condition.

A Meiji Japanese Flower Arranging Ikebana Basket. Hancrafted and handwoven in bamboo, split reed and bamboo skins.

Antique Japanese Meiji Period A Large Wood-Lagged & Covered Bamboo Ikebana Basket in very great condition.  

A very tall and elegant Japanese Ikebana flower arrangement basket handwoven with sooted bamboo and rattan circa 1900-20s (Meiji to Taisho period).

Small Ikebana basket with a black lacquer finish, solely made of bamboo slats.

Set of four woven bamboo Ikebana baskets from the Meiji period, executed using traditional Japanese weaving techniques.

The vintage basket features square base and rounded top. The top is reinforced with bent bamboo, wrapped and braided with splints; two carved wooden legs are attached to the wooden ...

A Japanese woven bamboo basket in the shape of crescent with open top and a wrapped handle circa 1920s-1940s. The basket was woven with "sooted" bamboo (susutake in Japanese). This b...

An oversize Japanese Ikebana Hanakago basket) handwoven with bamboo and rattan by Tokōsai (a bamboo artist active in the Kansai region circa late 19th Century) in the form of Tsuri-B...

A Japanese woven bamboo basket with handle from early 20th century, circa end of Meiji to Taisho period. The basket was constructed in the form of a morikago. a shallow and open bask...

This lovely antique Japanese bamboo basket was from an unknown artist circa late Meiji Period (1868-1912), likely turn of the 20th century.

A Japanese bamboo Ikebana hanging basket circa 1920s-1940s, made with "sooted" bamboo (susutake in Japanese).

Bold, rustic and with an earthy free spirit, this wagumi style flower basket with twisted handle (ikebana) was designed and woven to evoke a sense of serenity and humbleness during t...

A lovely antique Japanese hanging basket woven from thin bamboo stripes, circa late 19th to early 20th century (toward the end of Meiji to Taisho period).

A vintage Japanese ikebana made from lacquered bamboo basketry circa first half of the 20th century. This piece of bamboo art displays an very light and delicate classic tapered squa...

A hand-woven Japanese ikebana bamboo basket with tall handle from an unknown artist circa late Meiji Period (1868-1912) in free-spirited Mingei (folk art) style.

A fantastic hand-woven Japanese ikebana bamboo basket from an unknown artist circa late Meiji Period (1868-1912).

A finely crafted split and naturally stained bamboo Ikebana basket with a fine traditional form. Basket has an incredibly strong weave with alternating sizes of bamboo. Creating a ca...

A large Japanese ikebana bamboo basket with tall handle from an unknown artist circa late Meiji Period (1868-1912).

Meiji period (1868-1912) bronze flower arranging basket with a small frog climbing up the side. Excellently rendered details in the basket weaving. Signature on the bottom reads: Eiho.

A tall woven bamboo ikebana hanakago (flower basket) circa first half of the 20th century (Taisho or Showa era) by Japanese bamboo master Maeda Chikubosai I (1872-1950).

A woven bamboo ikebana hanakago (flower basket) with handle circa first half of the 20th century (Taisho or Showa era) by Japanese bamboo master Maeda Chikubosai I (1872-1950).

An important woven bamboo ikebana basket circa first half of the 20th century (Taisho or Showa era) by Japanese bamboo master Maeda Chikubosai I (1872-1950).

Ikebana basket (hanakago) in bamboo and rattan wickerwork, coated with a clear lacquer finish, with its otoshi (inner container) made from a lacquered section of bamboo.

Ikebana basket (hanakago) in bamboo and rattan basketry, coated with a black-red lacquer varnish, with its otoshi (inner container) in a section of lacquered bamboo.

This is a beautiful antique Japanese bamboo flower basket (ikebana) dated to the late 19th century, late Meiji Period.

Large and robust in presence, this antique Japanese bamboo flower basket (ikebana) with tall handle is dated to the late 19th century toward the end of Meiji Period.

An extraordinary Japanese bamboo flower basket (ikebana) with a bespoken sculptural handle dated to the late 19th century of Meiji Period.