Lot Essay
For an identical work by the same artist, see Joe Earle, ed., Baskets: Masterpieces of Japanese Bamboo Art, 1850-2015 (Hong Kong: Stark Studios Limited, 2018), no. 118.
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EARLY 20TH CENTURY, SIGNED CHIKUUNSAI ZO (TANABE CHIKUUNSAI II; 1910-2000)
Details
A BAMBOO BASKET FOR FLOWER ARRANGEMENT
EARLY 20TH CENTURY, SIGNED CHIKUUNSAI ZO (TANABE CHIKUUNSAI II; 1910-2000)
The cylindrical basket with wide flared rim, woven in bamboo and rattan, applied with bamboo liner; signature on base
17 ¾ in. (45.1 cm.) high
With original box titled Urokoami yurigata hanakago (bamboo basket in flower form with scale pattern), signed Tekisuikyo Chikuunsai zo, sealed Tanabe no in and Chikuunsai, inscribed Osaka Yodoyabashi Shobido sen (made by Shobido company, Yodoyabashi, Osaka City) and sealed Shobido sei
EARLY 20TH CENTURY, SIGNED CHIKUUNSAI ZO (TANABE CHIKUUNSAI II; 1910-2000)
The cylindrical basket with wide flared rim, woven in bamboo and rattan, applied with bamboo liner; signature on base
17 ¾ in. (45.1 cm.) high
With original box titled Urokoami yurigata hanakago (bamboo basket in flower form with scale pattern), signed Tekisuikyo Chikuunsai zo, sealed Tanabe no in and Chikuunsai, inscribed Osaka Yodoyabashi Shobido sen (made by Shobido company, Yodoyabashi, Osaka City) and sealed Shobido sei
Provenance
Shobido Company, Yodoyabashi, Osaka City
Brought to you by
Takaaki Murakami