This exhibition, comprising over 200 objects, offers an overview of the finest achievements of bamboo art in East Asia, reassessing the central role played by continental prototypes, or karamono (Chinese things), in the development of Japanese basketry over the past 150 years. The displays, with loans from both the Naej Collection (Germany) and the Muwen Tang Collection (Hong Kong), illustrate a wide range of weaving techniques, tracing the evolution of Ming and Qing dynasty vessels to their influence on Edo period artefacts and the innovative development of contemporary kogei, as well as the cultural context of the traditional tea ceremony and the related art of ikebana flower arrangement.
UMAG, HKU — “Bamboo Baskets Chinese Origins, Japanese Innovations”
