Lot 279

SUEMURA SHOBUN (1917-2000)
BAMBOO HANGING LOWER BASKET, SHOWA PERIOD OR HEISEI PERIOD, SECOND HALF OF THE 20TH CENTURY




Fine Asian & Islamic Works of Art
Auction: 4 November 2022 from 10:00 GMT
£378
Description
昭和或平成 末村笙文 竹編籠花入
madake (timber bamboo); tobi-gozame-ami ('skipping' mat plaiting), twining, wrapping, fitted with a bamboo hanging loop; signed Shobun; with lacquered bamboo otoshi (water container)
Dimensions
17.5cm wide
Provenance
Provenance: Private collection, England; acquired from Sakoda Antique Gallery, Kobe City, Japan
Footnote
Note: Suemura Shobun, a native of Osaka, trained under Yamamato Chikuyusai I (1868-1945) from 1936, and achieved independent status in 1941. He began showing his work at the Nitten and other exhibitions in 1951.



