A small woven bamboo and rattan ikebana basket by Maeda Chikubôsai (1917-2003) - image-1
A small woven bamboo and rattan ikebana basket by Maeda Chikubôsai (1917-2003) - image-2
A small woven bamboo and rattan ikebana basket by Maeda Chikubôsai (1917-2003) - image-3
A small woven bamboo and rattan ikebana basket by Maeda Chikubôsai (1917-2003) - image-4
A small woven bamboo and rattan ikebana basket by Maeda Chikubôsai (1917-2003) - image-1A small woven bamboo and rattan ikebana basket by Maeda Chikubôsai (1917-2003) - image-2A small woven bamboo and rattan ikebana basket by Maeda Chikubôsai (1917-2003) - image-3A small woven bamboo and rattan ikebana basket by Maeda Chikubôsai (1917-2003) - image-4

Lot 339 Dα

A small woven bamboo and rattan ikebana basket by Maeda Chikubôsai (1917-2003)

Auction 1213 - overview Cologne
09.12.2022, 11:00 - Asian Art
Estimate: 1.000 € - 1.500 €
Result: 3.024 € (incl. premium)

A small woven bamboo and rattan ikebana basket by Maeda Chikubôsai (1917-2003)

Of ovoid shape with openwork hexagonal plaiting which becomes narrower at the shoulder and mouth. Signed Chikubôsai kore saku. Bamboo tube. Tomobako, the inscription to the lid reading Uroko-ami tsubo katachi kago, the reverse signed Chikubôsai tsukuru kore and sealed Chikubôsai.
Height 24.9 cm

Literature

Compare very similar basket published in: Joe Earl, Baskets, Masterpieces of Japanese Bamboo Art, 1850-2015, 2018, p. 415, no. 145