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A BAMBOO WRIST REST IN THE FORM
OF A GUQIN (A SEVEN-STRING CHINESE
MUSICAL INSTRUMENT)
Meiji era (1868-1912), late 19th/early 20th century
Of flattened rectangular form, carved in low relief with a
brocade cloth decorated with a cluster of peony blooms
wrapped around the middle of the body, covering the
strings; unsigned.
20.6cm (8 1/8in) long.

£1,000 - 1,500
JPY150,000 - 220,000
US$1,300 - 2,000

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TANABE CHIKUUNSAI II (1910-2000)
Showa era (1926-1989), 1945-1956
A tall-handled bamboo flower basket, chiefly executed in
gozame (mat-plaiting) technique with extensive fine rattan
knotting to the handle and rim, and finished in lacquer,
with a striated and lacquered otoshi (water holder) cut
from a whole section of bamboo; signed on the base
Chikuunsai tsukuru (Made by Chikuunsai); with a wood
tomobako storage box inscribed and signed Fuki takate
tsubogata hanakago Tekisuikyo Chikuunsai tsukuru
(‘Riches and Honours’ tall-handled flower basket, made
by Tekisuikyo Chikuunsai) and sealed Denri no in
(Seal of Denri) and Chikuunsai.
59cm (23¼in) high. (3).

£3,000 - 4,000
JPY440,000 - 580,000
US$3,900 - 5,200
The second Chikuunsai, based in Osaka, seems to
have copied the practice of naming his baskets from
his Tokyo rival Iizuka Rokansai, who pioneered the title
Fuki (‘Riches and Honours’) in 1926; see Suzuki Satomi,
‘Iizuka Rokansai ni miru kindai takekogei no geijutsusei
(Iizuka Rokansai: The Evolution of Modern Bamboo Art)’,
in Jinbungakkai zasshi (The Journal of Human and Cultural
Sciences), 38.2 (November 2006), 93-122, p.97.
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