Sekimoto Chikusai Woven Bamboo Hanging Flower Basket with Signed Box

A small woven-bamboo hanging flower basket (tsuri-kago hanaire) by Sekimoto Chikusai, in its original signed box.

Suspended baskets of this kind hang from the ceiling or a hook in the tokonoma and hold a single seasonal flower, the essence of chabana in the tea room. Its compact size makes it equally suited to a wall or bookshelf. A fitted inner container (otoshi) holds the water. The piece comes from a tea-utensil dealer in Sakai, the city of Sen no Rikyū. The dealer reports some soil marks on the inner container and age-related marks on the wooden box, but no other issues, and says the basket is fully usable.

Details

• Maker: Sekimoto Chikusai (関本竹斎)
• Basket: mouth 11.9 cm, H 13.7 cm, W 14.7 cm
• Inner container (otoshi): mouth 5.8 cm, H 12.4 cm, W 7.4 cm
• Box: original signed wooden box (tomobako), with age soiling
• Condition: pre-owned, good; soil marks in places on the otoshi

Watch: the art of Japanese bamboo basketry

A digest from the Japan Kogei Association recording the bamboo-craft techniques of Living National Treasure Katsushiro Soho. (A general craft video — not this piece or maker.)

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• One of a kind. We confirm availability with the dealer in Japan within one business day of your order; if it has sold we refund in full immediately.
• Ships from New Jersey in 2–3 weeks. Price includes all import duties. Fully insured, signature required.