KIBE SEIHO (B. 1951)
拍品 108

KIBE SEIHO (B. 1951)

Eternity (Mannen), 2004

已结束2021年12月9日

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GBP 11,875

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KIBE SEIHO (B. 1951)
Eternity (Mannen), 2004
A flower arranging basket, of bamboo (madake) and rattan, using the gozame chidorigake (mat plaiting with x-pattern lacing)
Signed to the underside in incised characters Seiho, together with a fitted wood artist’s storage box (tomobako) signed and sealed Seiho, titled as above and inscribed Chidori-ami hanakago (chidori-weave flower basket)
7 1⁄8 in. (18 cm.) high; 23 in. (58.6 cm.) wide

Acquired directly from the artist through Tai Gallery, Santa Fe, 2004.

专家说明

Kibe Seiho began his career as a bamboo artist in later life, becoming a full member of the Japan Craft Arts Association in 2000 and winning prominent prizes at national exhibitions thereafter including first prize at the 39th Seibu Traditional Craft Arts Exhibition in 2004 and at the 10th national Wood and Bamboo Exhibition.

He often uses the complex and challenging chidori plaiting technique, as in the present lot Eternity.

His baskets are in the permanent collections of the Metropolitan Museum of Art (The MET), New York, go to:
https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/706998

The Asian Art Museum, San Francisco, go to:
https://asianart.emuseum.com/view/objects/asitem/items$0040:17975

As well as the Denver Art Museum and the Oita Prefectural Art Museum, Japan.