7junipers.com » baskets http://7junipers.com/log Asian Art and Culture Sat, 31 Jul 2010 05:13:37 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 The Shimmering of Heated Air http://7junipers.com/log/the-shimmering-of-heated-air/ http://7junipers.com/log/the-shimmering-of-heated-air/#comments Tue, 08 Jan 2008 13:00:58 +0000 xensen http://7junipers.com/log/the-shimmering-of-heated-air/ Post from 7 Junipers, Tom Christensen's guide to Asian art and culture.
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The Shimmering of Heated Air

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That’s the title of this famous bamboo flower basket by Shono Shounsai.

Flower Basket, Shimmering of Heated Air, approx. 1969, by Shono Shounsai (1904-1974, named Living National Treasure in 1967, Kyushu: active in Shiraki, Oita Prefecture). Bamboo (madake), rattan, and copper alloy. Thousand-line construction. H. 13 3/4 in x Diam. 14 in. Asian Art Museum, Lloyd Cotsen Japanese Bamboo Basket Collection, 2006.3.836 (B-1095). Photograph by Kaz Tsuruta.

From the catalogue Masters of Bamboo. This book is out of stock as I write but will be reprinted soon.

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The Shimmering of Heated Air

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