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Chinese Handled Fruit Basket (T-4289)

Offered by: Thomsen Gallery

Description
Bamboo, rattan, lacquer; hexagonal plaiting, bending, wrapping, knotting; copper alloy liner

Comes with a wood storage box inscribed outside "Chinese flower basket"

This classic Chinese basket form would later be adapted by Tanabe Chikuunsai I (1877–1937) and his pupils for some of their most impressive formal presentation baskets; for examples see A+C VWG, Baskets: Masterpieces of Japanese Bamboo Art, 1850–2015, n.p. [Catalogue of the Naej Collection], cat. nos. 99, 100 (Tanabe Chikuunsai I), 114 (Tanabe Chikuunsai II).

More Information

Origin:	Japan
Period:	19th Century
Materials:	Bamboo, rattan and lacquer
Condition:	Good. Excellent condition
Styles / Movements:	Asian, Collectible Design
Patterns:	Asian/Oriental, Handmade, Modern
Dealer Reference #:	T-4289
Incollect Reference #:	566975

Dimensions

W.	12.6 in;	H.	10.31 in;	D.	9.25 in;
W.	32 cm;	H.	26.2 cm;	D.	23.5 cm;

Message from Seller:

Thomsen gallery, located in a townhouse on the Upper East Side of Manhattan, offers important Japanese paintings and works of art to collectors and museums worldwide. The gallery specializes in Japanese screens and scrolls; in early Japanese tea ceramics from the medieval through the Edo periods; in masterpieces of ikebana bamboo baskets; and in gold lacquer objects.