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HONDA SHORYU (B. 1951)
Galaxy (Seiun), 2001
A bamboo sculpture, of bamboo (madake) and rattan
Signed on an inlaid bamboo tablet to the underside of one curve Shoryu, together with a fitted card storage box titled as above and signed and sealed by the artist Shoryu
2314 in. (59 cm.) wide
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Honda Shoryu creates undulating, complex sculptures with light, openwork textures. For a similar example in the collection of The Metropolitan Museum of Art (The MET), New York, accession no. 2019.424.11, and further reading, go to:

https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/706996

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