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Shōno Shōunsai Japanese
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Shōunsai, designated a Living National Treasure in 1967, transformed the traditional offering tray into a wide vessel with openwork sides and a richly textured surface, created with a masterfully split piece of timber bamboo.
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.生野祥雲斎造 盛籃
Title: Fruit or Offering Tray (Morikago)
Artist:
Shōno Shōunsai (Japanese, 1904–1970)
Period: Shōwa period (1926–89)
Date: ca. 1960s–70s
Culture: Japan
Medium: Timber bamboo
Dimensions: H. approx. 23 in. (58.4 cm)
Classification: Bamboo
Credit Line: Gift of Diane Abbey, 2019
Accession Number: 2019.425.36
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