Lloyd Cotsen’s collections

Learn about Lloyd Cotsen‘s collections, which include Chinese bronze mirrors, textiles, folk art, and Japanese baskets. Lloyd Cotsen founded the Cotsen Children’s Library at Princeton University, which houses Cotsen’s vast collection of children’s books from around the world. Bonus video from the PLAY episode.

Archival courtesy of:

Cotsen Foundation for the Art of Teaching

Tom McCarthy/Museum of New Mexico

Bruce White Photography & Cahill, Suzanne and Lothar von Falkenhausen (ed.). Lloyd Cotsen Study Collection of Chinese Bronze Mirrors: Volume I: Catalogue; Volume II: Studies. Monumenta Archaeological 25. Los Angeles: Cotsen Occasional Press & Cotsen Institute of Archaeology (2012).

Openwork Flower basket, 1926–2000, by Maeda Chikubosai II (Japanese, 1917–2003). Bamboo (madake) and rattan, selected techniques: comb plaiting (thousand-line construction), square plaiting, circular plaited base (inside), chrysanthemum plaited base (variant; underside). Asian Art Museum of San Francisco, Lloyd Cotsen Japanese Bamboo Basket Collection, 2006.3.34. © Estate of Maeda Chikubosai II. Photograph © Asian Art Museum of San Francisco.

Museum of International Folk Art, Gift of Lloyd E. Cotsen and the Neutrogena Corporation, A.1995.93.1542, A.1995.93.2566, A.1995.93.358, A.1995.93.2547, A.1995.93.2510, A.1995.93.1359, A.1995.93.1102, A.1995.93.1305, A.1995.93.1696, A.1995.93.1800, A.1995.93.2603, A.1995.93.1568, A.1995.93.2321V, A.1995.93.2415V, A.1995.93.2326, A.1995.93.1181, A.1995.93.1160, A.1995.93.961, A.1995.93.374, A.1995.93.248, A.1995.93.409, A.1995.93.65, A.1995.93.254, A.1995.93.13.

Museum of International Folk Art, IFAF Collection, Gift of Julia Meech and Andrew Pekarik in honor of Nucy Meech, FA.1986.539.67.

Museum of International Folk Art, Gift of Susan & Robert Alder Baker, A.2002.48.2.

Museum of International Folk Art, gift of Harry Pieris, A.1955.47.4.

Museum of International Folk Art, IFAF Collection, FA.1955.6.2.

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Suspended flower basket, 1912–1947, by Yamashita Kochikusai (Japanese, 1876–1947). Bamboo (madake and smoked nemagari dake [hobichiku]) and rattan, selected techniques: compound lozenge plaiting (variant), twining, chrysanthemum base plaiting. Asian Art Museum of San Francisco, Lloyd Cotsen Japanese Bamboo Basket Collection, 2006.3.5. © Estate of Yamashita Kochikusai. Photograph © Asian Art Museum of San Francisco.

Circles and Harmony (Wa to Wa), 1979, by Shiotsuki Juran (Japanese, 1948–2016). Bamboo (madake) and rattan, selected techniques: thousand-line construction, hexagonal plaiting. Asian Art Museum of San Francisco, Lloyd Cotsen Japanese Bamboo Basket Collection, 2006.3.498. © Estate of Shiotsuki Juran. Photograph © Asian Art Museum of San Francisco.

Wave, approx. 1999, by Yamaguchi Ryuun (Japanese, b. 1940). Bamboo (madake) and rattan, selected techniques: thousand-line construction. Asian Art Museum of San Francisco, Lloyd Cotsen Japanese Bamboo Basket Collection, 2006.3.531. © Yamaguchi Ryuun. Photograph © Asian Art Museum of San Francisco.

Flower basket, approx. 1935, by Kadota Niko (Japanese, 1907–1994). Bamboo (madake and moso chiku) and rattan, selected techniques: bamboo rhizome handle, unsplit bamboo culms, bamboo node base. Asian Art Museum of San Francisco, Lloyd Cotsen Japanese Bamboo Basket Collection, 2006.3.686. © Estate of Kadota Niko. Photograph © Asian Art Museum of San Francisco.

Shimmering of Heated Air (Kagero), approx. 1969, by Shono Shounsai (Japanese, 1904–1974). Bamboo, rattan, and copper alloy. Asian Art Museum of San Francisco, Lloyd Cotsen Japanese Bamboo Basket Collection, 2006.3.836. © Shono Shounsai. Photograph © Asian Art Museum of San Francisco.

Flower basket, approx. 1925–1975, by Yufu Shohaku (Japanese, b. 1941). Bamboo (madake), selected techniques: bamboo rope, unsplit bamboo culms, bamboo rhizome, irregular plaiting, bundled plaiting. Asian Art Museum of San Francisco, Lloyd Cotsen Japanese Bamboo Basket Collection, 2006.3.721. © Estate of Yufu Shohaku. Photograph © Asian Art Museum of San Francisco.

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Cotsen Textile Traces Study Collection T-1155, T-1132, T-0193.088, courtesy of the George Washington University Museum, Photography by Bruce M. White.