Live Auction 17148Japanese and Korean Art
A bamboo hanging basket
Lot 325

A bamboo hanging basket

Early 20th century, signed Shounsai zo (Shounsai; 1897-1990)

Closed19 March 2019

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USD 11,250

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A bamboo hanging basket
Early 20th century, signed Shounsai zo (Shounsai; 1897-1990)
The bud-form basket woven in bamboo and rattan, applied with metal liner and hanging chains, signature on interior
7 7/8 in. (20 cm.) high
With original box titled Take tsuri hanakago (bamboo hanging basket), signed and sealed Shounsai

Specialist note

Ueda Shounsai apprenticed to Tanabe Chiku'unsai I (1877-1937), one of the most important bamboo artists working in the first half of the 20th century in Osaka Prefecture. On this basket, Shounsai has used arrow shafts (yadake), a technique perfected by Chiku'unsai III (1941-2014).