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Of horizontally long shape, boldly woven in wagumi style, with a naturalistic handle, and a brass container.
Basket
Courtesy of the Harn Museum of Art, Photography by Randy Batista

Basket

Artist Chikubosai Kore Zo (Japanese, 1872 - 1950)
DateShowa period (1926-1989), 1931
Place of originJapan, Asia
MediumBamboo and brass container
Dimensions7 5/8 x 25 1/16 x 10 7/16 in. (19.4 x 63.7 x 26.5 cm)
ClassificationsFurnishings and Equipment
Credit LineMuseum purchase, funds provided by friends of the Harn Museum
Object number2006.21.12
Collections
Visual DescriptionOf horizontally long shape, boldly woven in wagumi style, with a naturalistic handle, and a brass container.
Each with circular body intricately woven in thin and wide rattan and wires, fitted with a brass container, the fitted box signed Kodai Kimmei take, Kata hibachi, signed Kyo Kuze no sato Chikubosai kore zo and a seal.
Chikubosai Kore Zo
1920's-1930's
Flying Cranes Antiques: Rare ikebana basket of unusual form. Reminiscent of ancient bronze vessels, it has an elegant, tall and removable trapezodial handle sculpted with geometric wrapping. The flared skirt and neck are woven closely with thin strips of sooted bamboo, elaborate wraps and unique knots in the form of shrimp bordering the lower four sides at the base. Original kiriwood tombako signed "Made by Chikuyuusai I, karamono utsushi with handle, Tokugawa Family."
Chikuyuusai I
c. 1910-1920
Of ovoid form in modified lozenge plaiting, with two low handles of bamboo root attached to the lip with insect wrapping and intricate knots, shoots from the rhizome descending from one handle and woven into the body of the basket on the shoulder, signed Chikushunsai.
Chikushunsai
undated
A karamono style bamboo basket of hexagonal form with seven jewel design at neck, curved bamboo segment handle and intricate knots.
Japanese Artist
Meiji period (1868-1912)
A six sided Ryu-Rikyo style flower basket with shoulder and foot banded by elaborate weaves, the body of open hexagonal weave with insect stitching and butterfly knots. Chikuunsai I signature, with lacquered owner's box, dated 1922
Tanabe Chikuunsai I
Taisho period (1912-1926), 1922
A large spherical basket with overall hexagonal plaiting woven in a swirling pattern over teh body. Set off by a stately pedestal base elaborately knotted, its tall rounded bamboo handle risews from arched supports of insect stitching along the side. Gengensai Zo signature, with original tomobako
Suzuki Gengensai
Taisho period (1868-1926), 1920s
Globular shaped basket with multi-slat handle, rich sienna-colored bamboo, lightly sooted and woven in five different weaves
Japanese Artist
Taisho and Showa Period (1912-1989)
Urn-shaped bamboo flower basket, mat and complex mat plaiting, central band decorated with cobweb and bamboo designs. Karamono (Chinese style).
Japanese Artist
Taisho and Showa Period (1912-1989)
Basket with rounded bottom and conical lid, strips of cane used for substructure and fine overlaid weaving of natural and dark brown dyed grass. The body of the basket has a dark brown pattern of a double row of 14 triangles, and the lid has a checkboard pattern in the same natural dark brown dyed coloration on the rim and the cylindrical knob top.
Tutsi Artist
20th century
Material: Madake, bamboo roots of Echigo Tagami Take, and rattan
Technique: Amimono
Bottom: Chiyoda-ami
Body: Ajiro with decorative rattan loops
Rim: Atebuchi and nishin-maki
Handle: Bamboo and bamboo root handle with decorative butterfly and spiral knots
Kosuge Fuunsai Kogetsu
2005
With thin strips of lacquered bamboo in open hexagonal weave, the double reed handle knotted with butterfly knots and insect wrapping, signed chikuunsai II.
Chikuunsai II
Showa Period (1926-1989)
The sooted bamboo gathered and wrapped in a large, openwork pattern, the double reed handle with intricate wraps, signed Iizuka Hosai
Iizuka Hosai
Taisho Period (1912-1926)
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