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Source Description
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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Document identity
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22063
label
Hanging Vase Imitating a Bamboo Basket
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object
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Source metadata
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22063
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object
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normalized
title
Hanging Vase Imitating a Bamboo Basket
description
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.
provenance
William T. / Henry Walters Collection, Baltimore [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
date
late 19th-early 20th century (Meiji period (1868-1912))
citationUrl
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CC0
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en
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Metal
vases
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1
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1
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import
dimensions
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cm
width
58.5
height
26.5
dimensionsRaw
23 1/16 x 10 7/16 in. (58.5 x 26.5 cm)
Source extras
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Japanese
inscriptions
[Seal] Jomi
dynasty
Meiji period (1868-1912)
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copper, copper alloy
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3547
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JPK
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34
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1
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0
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photo
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