Ueda Shōunsai
Handled Flower Basket in Parallel-Line Construction with Armor-Style Stitching, 1970s
Bamboo, rattan, gold leaf and lacquer
Size 13¾ x 4½ x 4½ in. (34.9 x 11.5 x 11.5 cm)
T-4844
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Kurechiku (black or purple bamboo, hachiku, Phyllostachys nigra), yadake (arrow bamboo, Pseudosasa japonica), lacquer, gold leaf, rattan; square plaiting (base), parallel-line construction, yoroi-tsuzuri (armor-style stitching), twining, wrapping, knotting, bent bamboo...
Kurechiku (black or purple bamboo, hachiku, Phyllostachys nigra), yadake (arrow bamboo, Pseudosasa japonica), lacquer, gold leaf, rattan; square plaiting (base), parallel-line construction, yoroi-tsuzuri (armor-style stitching), twining, wrapping, knotting, bent bamboo handle
Signed underneath with incised characters: Shōunsai kore o tsukuru (This was made by Shōunsai)
Comes with a fitted wood tomobako storage box inscribed outside: Kurechiku yoroi-tsuzuri hanakago (Purple bamboo flower basket with armor-style stitching); signed inside: Shōunsai tsukuru (Made by Shōunsai); seal Shōun
Signed underneath with incised characters: Shōunsai kore o tsukuru (This was made by Shōunsai)
Comes with a fitted wood tomobako storage box inscribed outside: Kurechiku yoroi-tsuzuri hanakago (Purple bamboo flower basket with armor-style stitching); signed inside: Shōunsai tsukuru (Made by Shōunsai); seal Shōun