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Artist:
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Shounsai Ueda
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Title:
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Handled Flower Basket
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Date:
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mid-20th century
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Medium:
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Bamboo
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Dimensions:
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25 x 9 1/2 x 8 1/4 in. (63.5 x 24.13 x 20.96 cm)
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Credit Line:
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Gift of Kim and Gloria Anderson
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Location:
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Gallery 223
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A pupil of Tanabe Chikuunsai I, Shounsai was one of the pioneers of Chinese-style basket making in Osaka during the late 19th and early 20th century.
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Artist/Creator(s)
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Name:
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Ueda, Shounsai
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Nationality:
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Japanese
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Life Dates:
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Japanese, 1897 - 1990
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Object Description
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Inscriptions:
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"Shounsai", incised, on support on bottom
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Classification:
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Bamboo work
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Physical Description:
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baluster form, after Chinese bronze vase form; tall, thin handle; diamond woven design on body over tightly-woven framework
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Creation Place:
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Asia, Japan, , ,
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Accession #:
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2001.275.1
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Owner:
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The Minneapolis Institute of Arts
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