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PROPERTY FROM THE XANADU GALLERY, SAN FRANCISCO, 2576Y Ф
CALIFORNIA A GROUP OF THREE TEA CADDIES, CHAIRE
Edo period
2572 Each of the katatsuki type, comprising an irregular cylindrical Seto
A STUDIO CERAMIC BALUSTER VASE ware chaire with a mottled reddish-brown glaze splashed with black
By Makuzu Kozan (1842-1916) (rim chip); an ovoid Seto ware tea caddy with a thick black-and-brown
The ovoid body finely painted with a wide band of flowering peony, mottled glaze; and a Satsuma ware chaire, the ribbed cylindrical body
wisteria, cherry, chrysanthemum and narcissus reserved on an with stylus marks and splashed with an olive-green and brown glaze
overglaze red enamel ground and bracketed by large underglaze blue with faint blue-white highlights; each with a string-cut base and gebuta
floral lappets encircling the waisted neck and slightly flaring base, the (ivory lid lined with gold paper).
base signed Makuzu-gama Kozan sei in underglaze blue. 3 3/4, 3 7/8 and 3 3/8in (9.4, 9.9 and 8.6cm) high
11 5/8in (29.5cm) high $1,000 - 1,500
$1,200 - 1,500
2577Y Ф
PROPERTY FROM VARIOUS OWNERS TWO TEA CEREMONY UTENSILS
Edo period
2573 The first an ovoid Satsuma ware chaire (tea caddy) glazed a mottled
TWO CERAMIC VESSELS brown and black, a yellow ocher splash to one side; the second
Edo period/Meiji era a small Seto ware incense container (kogo) of irregular cylindrical
The first a Bizen ware hand warmer modeled as a karashishi with contour and covered in a brown glaze with a patch of translucent olive
pierced eyes, nostrils and wide open mouth framed by a curly mane; green; each with a string-cut base and ivory cover (gebuta).
the second an Imado ware incense burner (koro) fashioned as a 3 3/4 and 2in (9.7 and 5cm) high
sleeping figure of Hotei leaning against his large treasure sack pierced $1,200 - 1,800
with cintamani (Buddhist jewels) and open to the top (minor chips).
5 1/4 and 4 7/8in (13.5 and 12.6cm) high Provenance
$1,000 - 1,500 Wilhelm Holst collection (kogo)

2574Y Ф 2578Y Ф
TWO BIZEN TEA CADDIES, CHAIRE A GROUP OF THREE TEA CADDIES, CHAIRE
Edo period Edo period
The first a katatsuki type with a high shoulder and covered in a brown The first Ki Seto, the tapering ovoid body with a yellow-streaked
glaze mottled with yellow ochre, a firing flaw on the base and to one brown glaze and two stylus marks to the center, the second Bizen
side, the second in a modified shiribukura, or ‘bulging hip’, shape, the ware with a variegated reddish brown glaze scattered with patches
striated sides with reddish-brown glaze splashed with black, each with of green on the angular shoulder and sides, the third a katatsuki Seto
a string-cut base, the last with a turned ivory lid. chaire applied with a temmoku glaze of black and brown streaks, each
3 3/8 and 3in (8.5 and 7.5cm) high with a string-cut base and gebuta (ivory lid lined with gold paper).
$1,000 - 1,500 3 1/4, 2 7/8 and 2 7/8in (8.3, 7.4 and 7.3cm) height excluding lids
$1,800 - 2,500
2575Y Ф
A SETO WARE TEA CEREMONY VESSEL 2579Y Ф
Edo period A GROUP OF FOUR TEA CADDIES, CHAIRE
A large chaire (tea caddy) or a small mizusashi (water container), Edo period/Meiji era
the slightly tapering cylindrical body with faint horizontal ribs visible Comprising a Seto katatsuki-type chaire with ribbed body and tapering
beneath a reddish-brown glaze with a hint of iridescent luster, the base to a string-cut base, the olive-brown glaze thinning to brown at the
with a natural, irregular foot (some wear), with a gebuta (ivory lid lined shoulder, with a gebuta; an reduction fired Seto ware katatsuki chaire,
with gold paper). the ovoid body with a brown glaze mottled and streaked with black
5in (12.8cm) high and green inclusions (lacking lid); a wide-mouth Satsuma tea caddy,
$800 - 1,200 also with a high shoulder and covered in a dark brown glaze with a
Y-shaped black inclusion (lacking lid); and a knob-handled temmoku
glazed chaire with a lustrous brown glaze streaked with black, with a
string-cut base and ivory cover.
3, 3 1/4, 3 3/8 and 3 3/4in (7.5, 8.3, 8.7 and 9.7cm) high
$1,500 - 1,800

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