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A BAMBOO BASKET
20TH CENTURY, SIGNED SHOCHIKU ZO (TANABE CHIKUUNSAI IV;
B. 1973)
The rectangular basket woven in split bamboo, rattan and lacquered
bamboo stem; signature on base
15¿ in. (38.4 cm.) long
With original box titled Choho hanakago (rectangular flower basket),
signed Shochikuzo, sealed Tanabe no in and Shochiku
$2,000-3,000

PROVENANCE:
Shobido Company, Osaka City

For an identical work by the same artist, see Joe Earle, ed., Baskets:
Masterpieces of Japanese Bamboo Art, 1850-2015 (Hong Kong: Stark
Studios Limited, 2018), no. 154.

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A BAMBOO BASKET FOR FLOWER ARRANGEMENT
EARLY 20TH CENTURY, SIGNED CHIKUUNSAI ZO (TANABE
CHIKUUNSAI II; 1910-2000)
Woven in bamboo and rattan with intersecting bamboo plaits and
vertical ribs, with a loop handle, applied with a cylindrical liner;
signature on base
16Ω in. (41.9 cm.) high
With original box titled Urokoami tsutsugata hanakago (flower basket
with scale pattern), signed Tekisuiken Chikuunsai zo, sealed Tanabe,
and another seal
$3,000-4,000

PROVENANCE:
Shobido Company, Yodoyabashi, Osaka City
For an identical work by the same artist, see Joe Earle, ed., Baskets:
Masterpieces of Japanese Bamboo Art, 1850-2015 (Hong Kong: Stark
Studios Limited, 2018), no. 117.