Yew wood basket

Japan, Showa period, 1926 – 1989

Height: 4 3/4 inches, 12 cm

Diameter: 15 1/4 inches, 39 cm

An octagonal basket, the sides rising up from a flat, recessed base and each pierced with a pattern of diagonals. The grain of the wood is smoothly patinated. The basket is contained within the original wood tomobako, which is inscribed Nami-sukashi hakkaku, araraki mori ki, XX zo kore (pierced waves pattern, in an octagonal shape, made of Japanese Yew (araragi), a wood plate).