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Handled Flower Basket (T-4634)

Creator: Kosuge Chikudo
Offered by: Thomsen Gallery

Description
Timber and other bamboos, rattan; parallel-line construction, embroidered plaiting, “skipping” mat plaiting, circular plaiting (base), wrapping, knotting; faceted and lacquered bamboo otoshi (water holder)

Signed underneath 'Made by Chikudo'

Fitted wood storage box inscribed outside 'Flower Basket'; signed inside 'Made by Chikudo'

A native of Sado Island off the coast of Niigata Prefecture in northeastern Honshu, Kosuge Chikudo taught himself basket-weaving by copying old Chinese pieces. He established his own workshop in 1945, specializing in plaiting with bamboo prepared using the masawari (radial splitting) technique, in contrast to the flat or tangential cutting customary elsewhere in Japan. Chikudo often combined several different plaiting styles in a single piece, as in this elaborately worked basket.

More Information

Documentation:	Signed
Origin:	Japan
Period:	1950-1979
Materials:	Bamboo and rattan
Condition:	Good. Excellent condition
Creation Date:	1950s
Styles / Movements:	Asian, Traditional
Patterns:	Asian/Oriental, Handmade
Dealer Reference #:	T-4634
Incollect Reference #:	566193

Dimensions

W.	9.29 in;	H.	15.98 in;	D.	9.25 in;
W.	23.6 cm;	H.	40.6 cm;	D.	23.5 cm;

Message from Seller:

Thomsen gallery, located in a townhouse on the Upper East Side of Manhattan, offers important Japanese paintings and works of art to collectors and museums worldwide. The gallery specializes in Japanese screens and scrolls; in early Japanese tea ceramics from the medieval through the Edo periods; in masterpieces of ikebana bamboo baskets; and in gold lacquer objects.