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Mallet-shaped Flower Basket by Ichichikusai
田辺一竹斎
Tanabe Ichikusai
1919-2000
Mallet-shaped Flower Basket
30 x 16.2 x 16.2 cm
Original signed wooden box
Original lacquered water container
In 1981, at the age of 71, Tanabe Chikuunsai II decided to turn over his venerable family artist name to his son, who became Chikuunsai III. The father then took the name Ichikusai, and made a number of precise, beautiful baskets under this name.
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