TWO JAPANESE BAMBOO SUMITORI (CHARCOAL BASKETS)

TWO JAPANESE BAMBOO SUMITORI (CHARCOAL BASKETS)

MEIJI OR TAISHO PERIOD, 20TH CENTURY

The first a na-kago style basket with a square bottom and a wide circular mouth, raised on four short feet; the other of rounded form with two ring handles, the body featuring a double wall of woven bamboo strips, both signed, one possibly Toeisai, 27cm and 33cm. (2)

Provenance: an English private collection, Somerset.