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A DOMED SQUARE TWINED-HANDLE BAMBOO BASKET
By Suemura Shobun (1917-2000), Showa (1926-1989) or
Heisei (1989-) era, early-mid 20th century
Woven in free-style square plaiting, knotting and wrapping, with a
removable otoshi (water container) made from a lacquered section
of bamboo, signed on the base Shobun; with a tomobako wooden
storage box inscribed on the cover Hobichiku Sozen hanakago (hobi
bamboo flower basket in the shape designed by Hisada Sozen),
signed inside the cover Suemura Shobun saku with two seals, one
reading Shobun; together with a leaflet from the artist’s 35th exhibition.
39.5cm (15½in) high, incl. handle. (3).
£800 - 1,200
JPY120,000 - 180,000
US$1,100 - 1,700

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.
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Notes:
1. A+C VWG, Baskets: Masterpieces of Japanese Bamboo Art,
1850-2015, n.p. [Catalogue of the Naej Collection], p.202.

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