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A BAMBOO BASKET
EARLY 20TH CENTURY, SIGNED ICCHIKUSAI ZO (TANABE
CHIKUUNSAI II; 1910-2000)
The round basket with a wide rim and loop handle, woven in
bamboo and rattan, applied with a liner; signature on base
9 in. (22.9 cm.) high
With original box signed Tekisuikyo Icchikusai zo, sealed Icchikusai
$2,000-3,000

PROVENANCE:
Shobido Company, Yodoyabashi, Osaka City

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A BAMBOO BASKET FOR FLOWER ARRANGEMENT
EARLY 20TH CENTURY, SIGNED CHIKUUNSAI ZO (TANABE
CHIKUUNSAI II; 1910-2000)
The cylindrical basket with wide flared rim, woven in bamboo and
rattan, applied with bamboo liner; signature on base
17æ in. (45.1 cm.) high
With original box titled Urokoami yurigata hanakago (bamboo basket
in flower form with scale pattern), signed Tekisuikyo Chikuunsai
zo, sealed Tanabe no in and Chikuunsai, inscribed Osaka Yodoyabashi
Shobido sen (made by Shobido company, Yodoyabashi, Osaka City)
and sealed Shobido sei
$5,000-7,000

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. 118.