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Flower basket made from arrow shafts (Yadake hanakago)

(Japanese, born in 1940)
2005
Object PlaceOsaka, Japan
Medium/TechniqueBamboo, bamboo arrow shafts, and rattan
DimensionsOverall: 20 x 20 x 43 cm (7 7/8 x 7 7/8 x 16 15/16 in.)
Credit LineGift of Tanabe Chikuunsai III
Accession number2007.405
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ClassificationsBasketry
InscriptionsBox inscriptions: Flower basket made from arrow shafts Seventeenth year of Heisei [2005] Made by Tanabe Chikuunsai III Yadake Hanakago Heisei jûnananen Sandai Chikuunsai tsukuru Seals: Sansei, Chikuunsai Seals: Sansei, Chikuunsai 矢竹 花籃 平成十七年 三代竹雲斎 造 印: 三世、竹雲斎
ProvenanceBefore 2007, acquired from the artist; 2007, offered as a gift to the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston
Copyright© Chikuunsai Tanabe
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