A BRONZE 'BASKET-WEAVE' FLOWER BASKET

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A BRONZE 'BASKET-WEAVE' FLOWER BASKET
MEIJI PERIOD (circa 1900)

Of square section rising to a rounded shoulder and wide mouth and applied with two braided, loop handles, woven in a variegated basket-weave pattern and applied at one side with a large bronze cicada--10 5/8in. (27cm.) high, minor breaks in weave