Thomsen Gallery
Chikuunsai Tanabe II
"Oceans of Good Fortune” Handled Flower Basket
Tanabe Chikuunsai II (1910-2000)
"Oceans of Good Fortune”, 1970s, Japan
Antique hobichiku bamboo
H 12¼ x 10½ x 10 in. (31.5 x 27 x 25.5 cm)
description
Signed on the base Chikuunsai kore o tsukuru (Chikuunsai made this)
Comes with the original fitted wood tomobako storage box inscribed Fukkai hanakago (Oceans of Good Fortune Handled Flower Basket); signed Sakaifu Nansō Chikuunsai kore o tsukuru (Chikuunsai of the Nansō Studio made this in Sakai); seals Denri no in (Seal of Denri), Chikuunsai
Comes with the original fitted wood tomobako storage box inscribed Fukkai hanakago (Oceans of Good Fortune Handled Flower Basket); signed Sakaifu Nansō Chikuunsai kore o tsukuru (Chikuunsai of the Nansō Studio made this in Sakai); seals Denri no in (Seal of Denri), Chikuunsai