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Lot 139*
A woven bamboo tabako-ire and kiseruzutsu By Chikuunsai, Taisho/Showa Period
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5 November 2009, 14:00 GMT
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By Chikuunsai, Taisho/Showa Period
The tabako-ire of rounded rectangular form, woven with various techniques and patterns, variously stained and lacquered; signed Chikuunsai kore wo tsukuru; the short kizeruzutsu of woven bamboo, with hinged cover and woven clasp; unsigned. The tabako-ire 10½cm (4 1/8in), the kiseruzutsu 17.2cm (6¾in).
The tabako-ire of rounded rectangular form, woven with various techniques and patterns, variously stained and lacquered; signed Chikuunsai kore wo tsukuru; the short kizeruzutsu of woven bamboo, with hinged cover and woven clasp; unsigned. The tabako-ire 10½cm (4 1/8in), the kiseruzutsu 17.2cm (6¾in).
Footnotes
竹網代組とんこつ腰差したばこ入れ 竹雲斎 大正/昭和時代
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For a very similar tabako-ire see Raymond Bushell, The Inro Handbook, p.120, fig.83.
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Please note that this lot is signed Kounsai and not Chikuunsai as catalogued
























