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ARTIST UNKNOWN, KANSAI REGION
A Handled Bamboo Flower Basket
Taisho (1912-1926) or Showa (1926-1989) era, 1920s-1930s
Of finely split madake bamboo and rattan, the oval, short-sided
basket worked in openwork hexagonal plaiting, twining, wrapping,
knotting, and bending, the handle formed of two uprights forming
an A-frame on each side connected by a single cross-piece,
wrapped and elaborately knotted, with signature plaque underneath
Nanajuroku-o Shokosai kore o tsukuru, with a hexagonal lacquered
bamboo otoshi (water container)
12in (30.4cm) high; 15 5/8in (39.6cm) wide

$2,000 - 3,000
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MORITA CHIKUYOSAI (DIED 1963)
A Handled Bamboo Flower Basket
Showa era (1926-1989), mid-20th century
Of smoked madake bamboo and rattan, the gourd-form body
worked in twining over diagonal plaiting, the base in double
hexagonal plaiting, the tall handle wrapped with a spiral band, the
body and handle with passages of decorative knotting, signed on the
base Chikuyosai kore o tsukuru
18 3/4in (46.5cm) high
$1,500 - 2,000

Morita Chikuyosai was based in Osaka and his baskets clearly reflect
the style developed in the mid-20th century by other Osaka artists
such as Tanabe Chikuunsai II (1910-2000) and Maeda Chikubosai
I (1872-1950). For further examples of his work, compare a basket
from the Cotsen Collection now in the Asian Art Museum of San
Francisco and another sold at Christie’s London, October 15, 2014,
lot 41.
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