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Robert Mangold has been working with Japanese antiques since 1995 with an emphasis on ceramics, Paintings, Armour and Buddhist furniture.
Tanabe Chikuunsai II Bamboo Basket

Tanabe Chikuunsai II Bamboo Basket


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Directory: Artists: Sculpture: Pre 2000: Item # 1500096

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A basket of Kameko Tortoise Shell design enclosed in the original signed wooden box made for the Shobido Art Purveyor of Osaka by by Tanabe Chikuunsai II. It is 45 cm (18 inches) tall and in excellent condition.
Tanabe Chikuunsai II (1910-2000) was born in Osaka the son of Tanabe Chikuunsai I and trained under his father. In 1930 he became a member of the Naniwa Ranyukai and exhibited was first accepted into the Teiten (Modern Nitten) National Art Exhibition in 1931, and exhibited there both prior to and following the second world war. He assumed the name of Chikuunsai II on the death of his father in 1937. In 1991 he transferred his studio name to his eldest son, who became Chikuunsai III and took the retirement name Ichikusai. Work by him is held in museums throughout the world including the Metropolitan Museum in New York, Museum of Fine Art in Boston, San Francisco Asian Art Museum and aforementioned Minneapolis among many others.
The Shobido Jewelry Co. was founded in 1900 at Yodoyabashi, in central Osaka City by Eikichiro Eto. They are purveyors of watches, Jewelry, art and crafts, silverware and precious metals from the Meiji era to the present day, and their products and artisans were considered elite among Japanese crafts. In fact many of Japans greatest craftsman created unique works for the Shobido label.