Flower Basket in the Shape of a Lily Bud (Yuri-gata hanakago)

ca. 1930

Not on view

Tanabe Chikuunsai I’s tall, elegant flower basket from around 1930, the peak of his career, reflects a refined literati sensibility in its graceful shape and complex plaiting. The body, which resembles a lily bud about to bloom, is made of timber bamboo woven in a compound lozenge-plaiting pattern (yotsume-gaeshi) and coated with lacquer. The details of the handle and mouth are worked in rattan, and the base is accented with a bamboo strip.

Artwork Details

初代田邊竹雲斎造　百合形花籃
Title: Flower Basket in the Shape of a Lily Bud (Yuri-gata hanakago)
Artist: Tanabe Chikuunsai I (Japanese, 1877–1937)
Period: Shōwa period (1926–89)
Date: ca. 1930
Culture: Japan
Medium: Timber bamboo, rattan, and lacquer
Dimensions: H. 22 13/16 in. (58 cm); Diam. 7 1/2 in. (19.1 cm)
Classification: Bamboo
Credit Line: Gift of Diane Abbey, 2019
Object Number: 2019.425.39a, b
Curatorial Department: Asian Art

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