a fine woven basket used for carrying charcoal to the fire brazier in the tea ceremony;
this type of basket is known as Karamono in the fine dark Chinese style; some Japanese reference books refer to these baskets being Chinese origin. There is a very similar basket of type and size held by the Shoden Eigen-in temple in Kyoto and illustrated in a catalog of an exhibition titled Oda Urakusai a Samurai Tea Master wherein the basket is referred to as China Qing dynasty.
Meiji period, 19th - 20 th century,
diameter: 25.5 cm; height: 10.5 cm
a fine woven basket used for carrying charcoal to the fire brazier in the tea ceremony;
this type of basket is known as Karamono in the fine dark Chinese style; some Japanese reference books refer to these baskets being Chinese origin. There is a very similar basket of type and size held by the Shoden Eigen-in temple in Kyoto and illustrated in a catalog of an exhibition titled Oda Urakusai a Samurai Tea Master wherein the basket is referred to as China Qing dynasty.
Meiji period, 19th - 20 th century,
diameter: 25.5 cm; height: 10.5 cm
