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SENCHA TRAY IN THE FORM OF A TATTERED WINNOWING BASKET
Tray in the form of a tattered woven winnowing tray, carved of maebudo or burled grape wood. Late Meiji – Taisho era, circa 1900 – 1926.
These carved wood trays in the form of dilapidated woven farm baskets were made by one sencha studio in Osaka. Though bearing a family resemblance to one another, no two are alike.
For other examples, c.f. numbers 73 and 74 below, and Kagedo’s catalogue Awaiting the Moon, number 142.
Period: Meiji Taisho
Mediums: Wood
Form: Trays & Stands
Origin Country: Japan
2 ½” high x 19 ¼” across x 20 3/8″ long
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