Tanabe Chikuunsai II (1910-2000)

Tanabe Chikuunsai II (1910-2000)
Showa era (1926-1989), 1945-1956
A tall-handled bamboo flower basket, chiefly executed in gozame (mat-plaiting) technique with extensive fine rattan knotting to the handle and rim, and finished in lacquer, with a striated and lacquered otoshi (water holder) cut from a whole section of bamboo; signed on the base Chikuunsai tsukuru (Made by Chikuunsai); with a wood tomobako storage box inscribed and signed Fuki takate tsubogata hanakago Tekisuikyo Chikuunsai tsukuru ('Riches and Honours' tall-handled pot-shaped flower basket, made by Tekisuikyo Chikuunsai) and sealed Denri no in (Seal of Denri) and Chikuunsai. 59cm (23¼in) high. (3).