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“Shimmering Heat” Flower Basket (T-4907)

Creator: Shosei Fujitsuka
Offered by: Thomsen Gallery

Description
Fujitsuka Shōsei
(b. 1949)
“Shimmering Heat” Flower Basket, ca 2005
Bamboo and rattan
Size 13½ x 7¾ x 7¾ in. (34 x 19.5 x 19.5 cm)

Bamboo, rattan, stain; chrysanthemum plaiting (base), diagonal twill plaiting, knotting; black-lacquered bamboo otoshi (water container)

Signed underneath with incised characters: Shōsei saku (Made by Shōsei)

Comes with a fitted wood tomobako storage box inscribed outside: Take (Bamboo); inscribed and signed inside: Akatasuki-mon hanakago Kagerō Shōsei saku (Shimmering Heat flower basket with red-stripe pattern, made by Shōsei); seal: Shōsei

More Information

Documentation:	Signed
Notes:	Object signed, fitted storage box signed by the artist
Origin:	Japan
Period:	2000-2021
Materials:	Bamboo, rattan, stain; chrysanthemum plaiting (base), diagonal twill plaiting, knotting; black-lacquered bamboo otoshi (water container)
Condition:	Good. Excellent condition
Creation Date:	ca 2005
Styles / Movements:	Modern, Asian
Patterns:	Asian/Oriental, Geometric, Handmade, Modern, Traditional
Dealer Reference #:	T-4907
Incollect Reference #:	733272

Dimensions

H.	13.39 in;	Diam.	7.68 in;
H.	34 cm;	Diam.	19.5 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.