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Basket with Removable Cover

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Brown wicker basket with removable cover, made of woven brown and tan reeds, rectangular body with rounded corners and flat bottom, two short rounded handles on either side near the top, lid is dome-shaped with a black ribbon tied in a bow at the top, a braided reed design around the middle of the lid and around the top of the basket body.

Artwork details

Date:
19th century
Medium:
Bamboo
Culture:
Japan
Dimensions:
600 × 450 px
Museum record:
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