Flower basket in suehiro form woven in thousand-line technique (Sensuji-ami suehiro hanakago)

Tanabe Chikuunsai II (Japanese, 1910–2000)

1993

Object PlaceOsaka, Japan

Medium/TechniqueBamboo and rattan

DimensionsOverall: 22 x 22 x 50 cm (8 11/16 x 8 11/16 x 19 11/16 in.)

Credit LineGift of Tanabe Chikuunsai III

Accession number2007.404

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ClassificationsBasketry

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InscriptionsBox inscriptions: Flower basket in suehiro form woven in thousand-line technique Made in the fifth year of Heisei [1993] The maker of this piece was Tanabe Chikuunsai II Recorded by Tanabe Chikuunsai III in the nineteenth year of Heisei [2007] Sensuji-ami suehiro hanakago Heisei gonen no saku Kono sakusha nidai Tanabe Chikuunsai shozô mono nari Heisei jûkunen Sandai Chikuunsai shiki Seals: Sansei, Chikuunsai 千準編み末広花籃平成五年之作此作者二代田辺竹雲斎所造者也平成十九年三代竹雲斎　識印：三世、竹雲斎

ProvenanceBefore 2007, acquired from the artist; 2007, offered as a gift to the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston

CopyrightChikuunsai Tanabe