Coushatta Pine Needle Basket with Sculptural Handle hand-painted porcelain Unmarked but I believe Japanese

Unmarked but I believe Japanese

A great gift for your favorite female scholar or poet

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with its terrific orange and dark blue banded Art Deco style decoration against green body

With wonderfully hand-painted white letters popping against the black tank and equally perfect yellow carriage on trusty black wheels below

Coushatta Pine Needle Basket with Sculptural Handle hand-painted porcelain Unmarked but I believe JapaneseOver time, I've acquired (and happily sold!) a few different Coushatta pine needle baskets, but this one, with its dramatically twisting handle, may just be my favorite. The Coushatta are a matrilineal society native to Southwest Louisiana and are renowned for their wonderful baskets made of coiled pine needles and raffia. In addition to the fabulous handle, this one features a lovely little woven raffia detail at the very center of the base