TANABE CHIKUUNSAI I (1877–1937)
Taisho (1912-1926) or Showa (1926-1989) era, 1920sDaiippo ('The First Peak'): a tall handled flower basket of kinmeichiku bamboo (Sasa kurilensis or another dwarf variety) plaited in free-style openwork twill weave overlaid with additional free-style elements, the handle boldly formed from a section of bamboo bent in the form of a mountain peak and secured on each side with elaborate rattan knotting, the otoshi (water container) a facetted and lacquered section of bamboo; signed underneath with incised characters Chikuunsai kore o tsukuru (Chikuunsai made this); with a wood tomobako storage box inscribed and signed Kinmeichiku hanakago Daiippo (A flower basket of smoked dwarf bamboo [named| 'The First Peak']; Sakaifu Nanso Chikuunsai kore o tsukuru (Chikuunsai of the Nanso Studio made this in Sakai) and sealed: Denjo no in (Seal of Denjo) and Chikuunsai. 61.5cm x 21.6cm x 20cm (24 1/4in x 8 1/2in x 7 7/8in). (3).
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For another basket by Tanabe Chikuunsai I with a handle evoking the outline of Mount Fuji, compare A+C VWG, Baskets: Masterpieces of Japanese Bamboo Art, 1850-2015, n.p. [Catalogue of the Naej Collection], cat.no.83, sold in these Rooms, 15 May 2014, lot 376, also published and exhibited Stéphane Martin ed., Fendre L'Air: Art of Bamboo in Japan, Paris, exhibition catalogue, Musée du Quai Branly-Jacques Chirac, Paris, 17 November 2018-7 April 2019, p.75.