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FIVE JAPANESE BAMBOO BASKETS FOR FLOWER ARRANGEMENT MEIJI-SHOWA PERIOD (LATE 19TH CENTURY-MID 20TH CENTURY) One woven with intersecting bamboo plaits and vertical ribs, with two short circular handles of bamboo and cylindrical tin liner; the second, a morikago (tray basket) in ovoid form with gnarled root-wood features; the third of baluster form, with sienna highlights woven in mat weave, and root-wood loop handles; the fourth with root-wood loop handle, on a base of reed and twining; the fifth with root-wood and interwoven bamboo root handle 11 in. (28.3 cm) high; 29 ¾ (75.5 cm.) wide; 21 1/8 in. (53.5 cm.) high; 23 ½ in. (59.5 cm.) high; 17 ¼ in. (44 cm.) high