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Hanging Vase Imitating a Bamboo Basket
(Japan and Korea )
This metal hanging vase is designed to imitate a bamboo basket. It would have been used in ikebana. Ikebana is the art of flower arranging. Several considerations go into selecting the flowers and plants, and baskets and vases—such as this example—for the arrangements: season, color, fragrance, form, material, and symbolism. Ikebana arrangements, therefore, are like sculpture—the resulting forms can range widely in size and composition.
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Provenance
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William T. / Henry Walters Collection, Baltimore [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
Exhibitions
| 1995 | The Allure of Bronze. The Walters Art Gallery, Baltimore. |
Geographies
Japan, Kyoto (Place of Origin)
Measurements
23 1/16 x 10 7/16 in. (58.5 x 26.5 cm)
Credit Line
Acquired by William T. or Henry Walters, before 1931
Accession Number
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In libraries, galleries, museums, and archives, an accession number is a unique identifier assigned to each object in the collection.
54.1501