Suemura Shōbun
Parallel-Line Rectangular Flower Basket, ca 1992
Bamboo and rattan
6½ x 14¼ x 4½ in. (16.5 x 36 x 11.5 cm)
T-5008
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Bamboo, rattan, dye; parallel-line construction, twining, wrapping, knotting, natural bamboo handle Signed underneath Shōbun Comes with its original wood tomobako storage box inscribed outside Sudare-ami tanzaku hanakago (Parallel-Line-Construction Rectangular Flower...
Bamboo, rattan, dye; parallel-line construction, twining, wrapping, knotting, natural bamboo handle
Signed underneath Shōbun
Comes with its original wood tomobako storage box inscribed outside Sudare-ami tanzaku hanakago (Parallel-Line-Construction Rectangular Flower Basket); signed inside Suemura Shōbun; seals: Shōbun, Bunzō; printed artist biography with manuscript additions including events up to about 1992 (the 24th Nitten Exhibition)
A native of Osaka, Suemura Shōbun was a leading pupil of the great bamboo artist Yamamoto Chikuryōsai I from 1936, achieving independent status in 1941. He began showing his baskets at the Nitten and other national exhibitions in 1951. Working in a wide variety of techniques, Shōbun often made baskets in which traditional ami (plaiting) is replaced by parallel-line construction, with unwoven verticals secured by horizontal twining and elaborate knotting to striking and original visual effect.
Signed underneath Shōbun
Comes with its original wood tomobako storage box inscribed outside Sudare-ami tanzaku hanakago (Parallel-Line-Construction Rectangular Flower Basket); signed inside Suemura Shōbun; seals: Shōbun, Bunzō; printed artist biography with manuscript additions including events up to about 1992 (the 24th Nitten Exhibition)
A native of Osaka, Suemura Shōbun was a leading pupil of the great bamboo artist Yamamoto Chikuryōsai I from 1936, achieving independent status in 1941. He began showing his baskets at the Nitten and other national exhibitions in 1951. Working in a wide variety of techniques, Shōbun often made baskets in which traditional ami (plaiting) is replaced by parallel-line construction, with unwoven verticals secured by horizontal twining and elaborate knotting to striking and original visual effect.