Japan, height 60 cm. Teiry? type ikebana basket. Lacquered bamboo otoshi (water container). At based signed 'Waichisai tsuku(ru)'. With original storage box, the cover inscribed 'teiry? hanakago', at interior 'mei' 'eji' (named 'guardian') and signed 'seisetsu f?u j?shi Waichisai', sealed Waichisai. Provenance: Old private collection from Southern Germany, purchased with Galerie Friedrich Müller in Frankfurt am Main, Germany.