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Splayed Handled Flower Basket in Hexagonal Plaiting, 1970s

Creator: Tanabe Chikuunsai II
Offered by: Thomsen Gallery

Description
Tanabe Chikuunsai II
Splayed Handled Flower Basket in Hexagonal Plaiting, 1970s
Bamboo, rattan and lacquer
Size 18¼ x 6¼ x 6¼ in. (46 x 15.5 x 15.5 cm)
T-4845
Bamboo, rattan, lacquer; hexagonal plaiting (base), uroko-ami (“fish-scale” hexagonal plaiting), wrapping, knotting, bent bamboo handle; striated lacquered bamboo otoshi (water container)

Signed underneath with incised characters: Chikuunsai kore o tsukuru (This was made by Chikuunsai)

Comes with a fitted wood tomobako storage box inscribed outside: Uroko-ami suehirogata hanakago (Splayed Flower Basket in Fish-Scale Plaiting); signed inside: Tekisuikyo Chikuunsai kore o tsukuru (This was made by Tekisuikyo Chikuunsai); seals: Denri no in (Seal of Denri), Chikuunsai

More Information

Documentation:	Signed
Period:	1950-1979
Condition:	Good.
Styles / Movements:	Modern, Asian
Incollect Reference #:	736152

Dimensions

W.	6.25 in;	H.	18.25 in;	D.	6.25 in;
W.	15.88 cm;	H.	46.36 cm;	D.	15.88 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.