Lot 280
TANABE CHIKUUNSAI II (1910-2000)
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
Description
昭和或平成 二代田辺竹雲斎 竹編籠花入 共箱
madake (timber bamboo); tobi-gozame-ami ('skipping' mat plaiting), twining, wrapping, fitted with a bamboo hanging loop; signed Chikuunsai tsukuru; with lacquered bamboo otoshi (water container) and a wood tomobako storage box titled Seigaiha kakehanakago ('Blue Ocean Waves' hanging flower basket), signed Tekisuikyo Chikuunsai tsukuru, and sealed Denri no in and Chikuunsai
Dimensions
16.5cm high
Provenance
Provenance: Private collection, London; acquired from of Ura Art Museum Co., Ltd., Osaka, Japan
Footnote
Note: Tanabe Chikuunsai II, son of Tanabe Chikuunsai I (1877-1937), was the second artist of the Tanabe dynasty to bear the name of Chikuunsai which means "Bamboo Cloud". He was famous for his Chinese-style baskets, sometimes called bunjin kago (the scholar basket). In 1952 he received the Tokusen Prize and the Asakura at the Nitten's 8th Exhibition; in 1959 he won the Osaka Prefecture Arts Prize; and in 1981 the Japanese government promoted him to 4th place in Zuiho.