SUEMURA SHOBUN (1917-2000) BAMBOO HANGING LOWER BASKET, SHOWA PERIOD OR HEISEI PERIOD, SECOND HALF OF THE 20TH CENTURY 昭和或平成 末村笙文 竹編籠花入 madake (timber bamboo); tobi-gozame-ami ('skipping' mat plaiting), twining, wrapping, fitted with a bamboo hanging loop; signed Shobun; with lacquered bamboo otoshi (water container) (17.5cm wide) Qty: (1) Provenance: Private collection, England; acquired from Sakoda Antique Gallery, Kobe City, Japan Note: Suemura Shobun, a native of Osaka, trained under Yamamato Chikuyusai I (1868-1945) from 1936, and achieved independent status in 1941. He began showing his work at the Nitten and other exhibitions in 1951.