Sold for $2,500

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Lot Description

Tanabe Chikuunsai II

(1910-2000)

Kikko Pattern Plaiting Flower Basket, Showa Period
Madake and rattan
with original box

Height 16 1/2 in., 42 cm.

Property from the Estate of Robert and Ruth Vogele, Chicago, Illinois

Provenance:
Acquired from Tai Gallery, August 15, 2008

Condition Report

Overall in perfect condition.
The box inscribed 亀甲透編四方形花籃 kikko sukashi-ami shihogata hanakago (hexagonal openwork plaited square form flower basket), the basket 竹雲斎造 Chikuusnai tsukuru (Made by Chikuunsai). The liner with an artists' seal.

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