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Large Handled Fruit Basket, 1920s

Creator: Tanabe Chikuunsai I
Offered by: Thomsen Gallery

Description
Tanabe Chikuunsai I
Large Handled Fruit Basket, 1920s
Size 16½ x 17½ x 17½ in. (42.3 x 44.6 x 44.6 cm)
T-4225
Madake bamboo, rattan, lacquer; twining, diagonal plaiting, circular plaiting (base), wrapping, knotting

Signed underneath: Chikuunsai (Chikuunsai)

This is one of several Chinese-derived basket forms that the first Tanabe Chikuunsai, widely regarded as one of the most influential of all Japanese bamboo artists, developed during the peak of his career in the 1920s. The original inspiration may perhaps have been a special commission that he received from his home town of Sakai (in present-day Osaka) to make a fruit basket to commemorate the silver wedding anniversary of the Taisho Emperor in 1925; see A+C VWG, Baskets: Masterpieces of Japanese Bamboo Art, 1850-2015, [Catalogue of the Naej Collection], 2017, cat. no. 100/

More Information

Documentation:	Signed
Period:	1920-1949
Condition:	Good.
Styles / Movements:	Modern, Asian
Incollect Reference #:	769324

Dimensions

W.	17.5 in;	H.	16.5 in;	D.	17.5 in;
W.	44.45 cm;	H.	41.91 cm;	D.	44.45 cm;

Message from Seller:

Thomsen Gallery, now located at 8 East 67th Street, New York City, NY 10065, specializes in important Japanese paintings, folding screens, hanging scrolls, ceramics, ikebana bamboo baskets, lacquerware, and contemporary works by select artists. Owned and directed by Erik and Cornelia Thomsen, the gallery brings decades of expertise in Japanese art to a global clientele, including private collectors and major museums. For inquiries, contact them at 212-288-2588 or info@thomsengallery.com.