THREE BAMBOO FLOWER BASKETS JAPAN, 19TH / 20TH CENTURY |

comprising a flat form morikago ('fruit basket') woven in a fine lattice beneath a wide loop handle, incised on the base with the artist's signature Shokosai (I); a tall pear-shaped basket woven with flat splats in an open, irregular looping pattern surmounted by a high loop handle, incised on the base with the artist's signature Chikuyosai; and a tightly woven wall basket in the form of a bottle with a pair of knotted handles at the neck(3)