Vintage Japanese Mutsume-ami Style Ikebana Basket - Bamboo statues and an incised potter's mark

and an incised potter's mark accompanied by dark iron-slip accents along the glaze line

crafted from clay and hand-painted

1970) and also show some signs of wear

irregular pattern that gives the piece a heavily textured

sliding glass or wooden doors

Vintage Japanese Mutsume-ami Style Ikebana Basket - Bamboo statues and an incised potter's markA vintage Japanese mutsume ami style ikebana basket, designed as a vessel for floral arrangements. Made from split take (bamboo). The basket features a low, wide form with a broad handle arching overhead. It is constructed in the mutsume ami, or six eye, weaving style, which uses a three direction technique to form a geometric hexagonal lattice. The open body is framed by a thick golden bamboo rim secured with dark wire wrapping. Known as a hanakago,