Tanabe Chikuunsai (1877-1947)
Tanabe Chikuunsai (1877-1947)

Bamboo flower basket

細節
Tanabe Chikuunsai (1877-1947)
Bamboo flower basket
Incised signature Chikuunsai kore [o] zo
12¼ x 10.1/8in. (31 x 25.5cm.)
With wood box inscribed on lid Kikko-ami uchiwa kago (Tortoise-shell-weave fan-shaped basket), signed on underside of lid Taisho mizunoe inu shoka Kaifu hitsuso Chikuunsai kore o zo (made by Chikuunsai in the Kaifu hitsuso [studio] in early summer, 1922), sealed Chikuunsai

拍品專文

Chikuunsai was the first of three generations of bamboo masters who was also awarded master status in flower arranging. Another basket made in mid-summer, 1922 at the Kaifu hitsuso was sold in these Rooms, 15 September, 1999, lot 171.