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Traditional Japanese Bamboo Flower Basket by Tanabe Chikuunsai II

$19,215.98List Price

About the Item

Traditional, well-balanced bamboo flower basket in Chinese style with rattan wrapped handle. The mat plaited wall ends in a wide open mouth with a rattan wrapped rim. The handle is beautifully woven into the vessel's side and finishs close to the base with a skillful strap. The basket rests on a ring made of a single piece of one bended bamboo branch. The base is made in chrysanthemum plaiting technique with a variation of open work and parallel weaving. Otoshi (water and flower container) made of a cut section of bamboo, faceted and lacquered. Chikuunsai is one of the most renown names when speaking of Japanese bamboo art. Tanabe Chikuunsai I (1877-1937), justly regarded as one of the founders of modern Japanese bamboo weaving, started the family business by becoming an independant artist in 1901 after an apprenticeship under Wada Wachisai I, who gave him one of his own former names: Chikuunsai ("Studio of the Bamboo Cloud". Along with Iizuka Rôkansai and Yamamoto Chikuryôsai I, "Chikuunsai, Master of the west", was one the bamboo artists even mentioned for his exceptional artistic abilities by German achitect and design theorist Bruno Taut. Chikuunsai II, born 1910 in Sakai City, Osaka, studied under his father from an early age. He first exhibited his work at the Teiten national Fine art exhibition in 1931. Following the death of Chikuunsai I in 1937, Chikuunsai II succeeded to the family name and began to work for a broader audience with frequent domestic and international exhibition. Mostly admired for his personal style of openwork hexagonal plaiting, the work examplifies also his execellent minute technical skills in rendering the stricter, classical Chinese style baskets. He ceded the name Chikuunsai to his eldest son in 1991. For further reading and reference works see: Joe Earle: Baskets. Masterpieces of Japanese Bamboo Art 1850-2015, John Adamson Dist A/C (2018). Signed underneath: Chikuunsai tsukuru (Made by Chikuunsai) Box signed: Tekisuikyo Chikuunsai tsukuru (Made by Tekisuikyo Chikuunsai) Box inscription: Karamono-utsushi hiroguchi hanakago (Chinese style flower basket with wide mouth).

Creator:
Tanabe Chikuunsai II 1 (Artist)
Dimensions:
Height: 16.54 in (42 cm)Width: 9.85 in (25 cm)Depth: 7.49 in (19 cm)
Style:
Showa (Of the Period)
Materials and Techniques:
Bamboo,Lacquer,Rattan
Place of Origin:
Japan
Period:
1970-1979
Date of Manufacture:
circa 1970
Condition:
Wear consistent with age and use. Storage box s lid has a crack.
Seller Location:
Berlin, DE
Reference Number:
Seller: #19.0131stDibs: LU4555116235482

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