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Contemporary Japanese Bamboo Sculpture by Kawano Shoko

Creator: Kawano Shoko
Offered by: Tishu

Description
A contemporary Japanese bamboo sculpture entitled Light at Dawn (Gyoko) made in 2004 by Kawano Shoko (B. 1957). This airy piece is unconventional in form for not being a basket but a pure none-functional sculptural form. Constructed with madake, smoked nemagari dake (hobichiku) and rattan, using a combination of sukashi-ajiro (open twill plaiting), thousand-line construction, twining and circular plaiting.
The piece is signed to the inside inner rim in incised characters Shoko, together with the original wood storage box (tomobako) signed with title and wrapping cloth with sealed Shoko.
See a nearly identical piece in the Lloyd Cotsen Japanese Bamboo Basket Collection, see page 73 of the book "Master of Bamboo" by Rinne.
From an important UK collection. Provenance available to the buyer.

More Information

Documentation:	Signed
Origin:	Japan
Period:	2000-2021
Materials:	bamboo and rattan
Condition:	Good. Fine condition noting to note. It comes with a large tomobako with title and a wrapping cloth with the artist's name seal.
Creation Date:	2004
Styles / Movements:	Modernism, Asian Art
Incollect Reference #:	525165

Dimensions

W.	24 in;	H.	11 in;	D.	16 in;
W.	60.96 cm;	H.	27.94 cm;	D.	40.64 cm;

Message from Seller:

Our collection ranges from Neolithic Art to 20th century collectible art and design. It spans 5000 thousand years of history and crosses many civilizations and cultures. Our aesthetic strongholds are Mid-century studio design, Japanese and Korean art, Asian Textile Art and Contemporary Aboriginal Art. The diversity is united behind our singular vision to seek for timeless beauty and driven purely by our passion