Bamboo and rattan
A strip and a wrap turn mountain grass into an object for the home. Woven work is light, resilient and can be stacked flat, so the cost of getting it to a collector stays small relative to its value.
In preparation · Qingshen (Sichuan) and Shengzhou (Zhejiang), China; Phu Vinh, Hanoi, Vietnam
The craft
Hand weaving of hair-fine split bamboo and rattan: baskets, tea trays, boxes, screens and open-weave lamps.
Chinese sources list Qingshen bamboo weaving and Shengzhou bamboo weaving as national-level intangible heritage; Phu Vinh is a long-established Vietnamese rattan village. No specific workshop or inheritor has been verified for this line, so no maker-level claim is made here.
Maker series: Maker selection in progress.
What the work is about
Weaving is slow in a way that is easy to underestimate: the material is split and prepared by hand, and the pattern is held in the maker's memory rather than printed on a template. Qingshen bamboo can be split to the width of a hair; Phu Vinh rattan is worked into open domes that cast patterned light.
It solves a problem that porcelain cannot. A woven object is light, does not shatter and can be nested, which changes which forms are worth offering at all - and lets a tea tray travel alongside porcelain tea ware.
The constraint is plant-material compliance, not craft. Cross-border shipping requires ISPM 15 treatment documents and a legal, sustainable source declaration. We are assessing workshops in two countries; nothing is listed until a named maker, real samples and those documents are in hand.
In preparation · no pieces listed
We do not list objects we cannot show
This category is being assessed against the same 7-dimension model used for the porcelain line. A named maker, real object photography, measured dimensions and the documents below come before any listing.
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Representative forms (illustrated preview)
These six forms come from our category research file. They show the range of the craft, not objects we hold.
All six images are AI reconstructions generated from the craft and form characteristics of each type. They are NOT photographs of real objects, do not represent any item for sale, and are not a basis for pricing.
No prices are published for this category. Final forms and prices depend on signed maker supply agreements, verified material reports and real object photography.
AI reconstructionRattan storage basket
Phu Vinh, Vietnam. Open plain weave, stackable, often made as a set of three.
AI reconstructionBamboo tea tray
Qingshen, Sichuan. Hair-fine split bamboo in a cross or herringbone weave for the tea table.
AI reconstructionRattan pendant lamp
An open dome weave that casts patterned light; requires certified electrical fittings.
AI reconstructionBamboo jewellery box
Shengzhou, Zhejiang. Three-dimensional weave over a lined inner body with a fitted lid.
AI reconstructionBamboo folding screen
Woven panels in a stable frame; the largest and highest-priced form in this line.
AI reconstructionRattan chair
Phu Vinh. A bent rattan-and-wood frame, load-tested and treated against damp.
Material and compliance limits
Bamboo and rattan are plant materials. Any cross-border shipment would require ISPM 15 treatment documentation and an FSC or equivalent legal-source declaration. Materials will be declared as rattan or bamboo, never relabelled to bypass quarantine, and CITES-listed species are excluded.
Source: illustrated category research reports, November 2026. Internal research, not an offer to sell.
Admission criteria
What has to be true before a piece from this category can appear here.
- Forms that are resilient, light and safe to ship by sea; furniture and large screens assessed case by case
- ISPM 15 fumigation or heat-treatment certificate and an FSC or equivalent legal-source declaration before listing
- Materials declared honestly as rattan or bamboo on the page and the customs form; CITES-listed species excluded
- A named workshop with documented weaving technique and a signed piece record; any lamp fitted with certified CE/UL components
- Real object photography, measured dimensions and small, deliberately limited batches
Evidence on hand
Stated as fact only where a document or a photograph can be shown.
- No pieces are listed. No treatment certificate, source declaration or workshop signature has been published for this category yet. The research file dated 2026-11-12 records six representative forms and four-channel price sampling; those are internal research, not offers.
Guide prices, planned price bands, category scores and internal cost data are not published. The compliance limits stated here come from dated research files and describe conditions for a future listing - not a claim that any piece has passed them.