Beautiful bamboo vase by Hunan Iwao.
A wonderful piece of work, hand-woven with a very high level of skill.
W 13 cm x H 36.5 cm / 72 g (260 g with bamboo insert vase)
Good condition ★★★☆☆
*Inside of the insert bamboo vase has some scratches.
Hounan Iwao II (real name: Ichiro) is a renowned bamboo craft artist born in Beppu City in 1955. In 1985, he won prizes at the Japan Traditional Crafts Exhibition in Paris and the Beppu Bamboo Crafts New Works Exhibition. In 2000, he was certified as a traditional craftsman, and in 2005, he produced a commemorative piece for the Japanese Government Pavilion at Expo 2005 Aichi, Japan.