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Image of Gallery in South Kensington
On display at V&A South Kensington
Japan, Room 45, The Toshiba Gallery

Basket

1996 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Nonoshita Ikkō lived and worked near Beppu, which has long been a major centre for basketry and bamboo crafts. The minimalism of Nonoshita’s basket is characteristic of work promoted under the umbrella of craft design.


Object details

Object type
Materials and techniques
Woven bamboo
Brief description
Japan, modern crafts, studio, basketry
Basket, woven bamboo, Japanese, by Nonoshita Ikkō (1946-2004), 1996
Dimensions
  • Diameter: 47.6cm
  • Height: 11.5cm
Style
Gallery label
Basket 1996 Nonoshita Ikkō lived and worked near Beppu, which has long been a major centre for basketry and bamboo crafts. The minimalism of Nonoshita’s basket is characteristic of work promoted under the umbrella of craft design. Nonoshita Ikkō (1946–2004) Yufuin, Ōita prefecture Woven bamboo Museum no. FE.4-1997 (04/11/2015)
Summary
Nonoshita Ikkō lived and worked near Beppu, which has long been a major centre for basketry and bamboo crafts. The minimalism of Nonoshita’s basket is characteristic of work promoted under the umbrella of craft design.
Collection
Accession number
FE.4-1997

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Record createdJune 25, 2009
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