Wada Waichisai III
“Painting Expedition by Boat” Flower Basket, 1930s
Bamboo and rattan
Size 6¼ x 17¼ x 7½ in. (16 x 44 x 19 cm)
T-4848
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Smoked nemagaridake bamboo, rattan; mat plaiting over compound verticals, wrapping, knotting Signed underneath with incised characters: Waichisai saku (Made by Waichisai) Comes with a fitted wood tomobako storage box inscribed...
Smoked nemagaridake bamboo, rattan; mat plaiting over compound verticals, wrapping, knotting
Signed underneath with incised characters: Waichisai saku (Made by Waichisai)
Comes with a fitted wood tomobako storage box inscribed outside: Hōbi susudake funagata hanakago (Smoked nemagaridake boat-shaped bamboo flower basket); signed inside: Mei Gakō Nishisetsu fūu jōshi Waichisai (“Painting Expedition by Boat,” in the moody wind and rain of western Settsu [southeast Hyogo Prefecture], Waichisai); seal: Waichisai
This unusual box signature, with the reference to western Settsu, was used by Waichisai III around 1939; compare the inscription to Bonhams, London, Tradition Travel Transition: Japanese Art Across The Centuries, auction catalogue, November 4, 2021, lot 60.
Signed underneath with incised characters: Waichisai saku (Made by Waichisai)
Comes with a fitted wood tomobako storage box inscribed outside: Hōbi susudake funagata hanakago (Smoked nemagaridake boat-shaped bamboo flower basket); signed inside: Mei Gakō Nishisetsu fūu jōshi Waichisai (“Painting Expedition by Boat,” in the moody wind and rain of western Settsu [southeast Hyogo Prefecture], Waichisai); seal: Waichisai
This unusual box signature, with the reference to western Settsu, was used by Waichisai III around 1939; compare the inscription to Bonhams, London, Tradition Travel Transition: Japanese Art Across The Centuries, auction catalogue, November 4, 2021, lot 60.