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. 117.
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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)
Woven in bamboo and rattan with intersecting bamboo plaits and vertical ribs, with a loop handle, applied with a cylindrical liner; signature on base
16 ½ in. (41.9 cm.) high
With original box titled Urokoami tsutsugata hanakago (flower basket with scale pattern), signed Tekisuiken Chikuunsai zo, sealed Tanabe, and another seal
Early 20TH CENTURY, SIGNED CHIKUUNSAI ZO (TANABE CHIKUUNSAI II; 1910-2000)
Woven in bamboo and rattan with intersecting bamboo plaits and vertical ribs, with a loop handle, applied with a cylindrical liner; signature on base
16 ½ in. (41.9 cm.) high
With original box titled Urokoami tsutsugata hanakago (flower basket with scale pattern), signed Tekisuiken Chikuunsai zo, sealed Tanabe, and another seal
Provenance
Shobido Company, Yodoyabashi, Osaka City
Brought to you by
Takaaki Murakami