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Yamamoto Chikuryōsai I 初代山本竹龍斎 A HARDWOOD SCEPTER
A BAMBOO SCEPTER (Shōen笙園, 1868–1945) China, Qing dynasty (1644–1912), late
China, Ming (1368–1644) or Qing dynasty Yamamoto Chikuryōsai II 二代山本竹龍斎 17th–18th century
(1644–1912), 17th–18th century (Takesada 武貞, active circa 1929–1955) Carved in well-patinated sandalwood as a
The golden-hued natural bamboo rhizome The earlier of the two recorded owners of this lingzhi fungus, a smaller stem branching off
twisting and curling to resemble a lingzhi scepter, Yamamoto Shōen of Osaka, was the larger stem handle
fungus one of the most renowned bamboo artists With a Japanese wooden storage box
With a Japanese wooden tomobako of his time, one of three such specialists in 14 3/4in (37.4cm) long
storage box, the exterior of the lid inscribed Japan specifically praised by the German
Kochiku nyoi 古竹如意 (Scepter made from design theorist Bruno Taut, who lived in US$5,000 - 7,000
old bamboo), the interior of the lid with an Japan from 1933 to 1936; see Bruno Taut
attestation by Yamamoto Chikyuryōsai II 二 (Manfred Speidel ed.), Japans Kunst aus
代山本竹龍斎 to the effect that the scepter europäischen Augen geshen (Japanese
was a treasured possession of Shōen 笙園 Art Seen Through Western Eyes), Berlin,
(Yamamoto Chikyuryōsai I 初代山本竹龍斎, Gebr. Mann Verlag, 2011, p. 118, and
1868–1950), praising its perfect shape and Melissa Rinne, Masters of Bamboo: Artistic
expressing the writer’s intention to preserve Lineage in the Lloyd Cotsen Japanese
and cherish it, signed Chikyuryōsai 竹龍斎 Basket Collection, San Francisco, Asian Art
with seal Yama Takesada in 山武貞印 (Seal of Museum, 2007, pp. 115.
Yama[moto] Takesada)
10 1/8in (25.9cm) long
US$2,000 - 3,000
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