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“Painting Expedition by Boat” Flower Basket, 1930s

Creator: Waichisai III Wada
Offered by: Thomsen Gallery

Description
Wada Waichisai III
“Painting Expedition by Boat” Flower Basket, 1930s
Bamboo and rattan
Size 6¼ x 17¼ x 7½ in. (16 x 44 x 19 cm)
T-4848

Smoked nemagaridake bamboo, rattan; mat plaiting over compound verticals, wrapping, knotting

Signed underneath with incised characters: Waichisai saku (Made by Waichisai)

Comes with a fitted wood tomobako storage box inscribed outside: Hōbi susudake funagata hanakago (Smoked nemagaridake boat-shaped bamboo flower basket); signed inside: Mei Gakō Nishisetsu fūu jōshi Waichisai (“Painting Expedition by Boat,” in the moody wind and rain of western Settsu [southeast Hyogo Prefecture], Waichisai); seal: Waichisai

This unusual box signature, with the reference to western Settsu, was used by Waichisai III around 1939; compare the inscription to Bonhams, London, Tradition Travel Transition: Japanese Art Across The Centuries, auction catalogue, November 4, 2021, lot 60.

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Thomsen Gallery, now located at 8 East 67th Street, New York City, NY 10065, specializes in important Japanese paintings, folding screens, hanging scrolls, ceramics, ikebana bamboo baskets, lacquerware, and contemporary works by select artists. Owned and directed by Erik and Cornelia Thomsen, the gallery brings decades of expertise in Japanese art to a global clientele, including private collectors and major museums. For inquiries, contact them at 212-288-2588 or info@thomsengallery.com.