A LACQUERED FLOWER CONTAINER AND A BAMBOO FLOWER BASKETThe container by Tanabe Chikuunsai II (1910-2000), Taisho era (1912-1926), circa 1917; the flower basket by Maeda Chikubosai II (1917-2003), Showa era (1926-1989), second half of the 20th centuryThe flower container cut from a length ofmadake (timber bamboo) with vertical faceting and finished in red lacquer; two pierced lugs connected by a handle formed fromakebi (Chocolate vine,Akebia quinata); signed on the side in black lacquerChikuunsai tsukuru (Made by Chikuunsai); with woodtomobako storage box titledShuchiku hana-ire (Vermilion bamboo flower container), signedTekisuikyo Chikuunsai tsukuru (Made by Tekisuikyo Chikuunsai) and sealedChikuunsai,25.4cm (10in) high; the basket finely splitmadake (timber bamboo), rattan, lacquer;mutsume-ami (hexagonal plaiting) with two sections of horizontal twining at the shoulder, the mouth bound with rattan, the base with three radial pieces, signedChikubosai; with a lacquered bamboootoshi (water container) and a woodtomobako storage box titledKotsubo hanakago (Flower basket [in the form of a] small jar) and signed and sealedChikubosai, thetomogire (wrapping cloth) sealedChikubosai,23cm (9in) high. (5).