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A SMALL BALUSTER PORCELAIN VASE A SMALL PORCELAIN BALUSTER VASE
By Makuzu Kozan, Meiji era (1868-1912), early 20th century By Makuzu Kozan, Meiji era (1868-1912), early 20th century
Decorated in underglaze, green and white with flowering The graduated pink and grey ground decorated in white enamels
chrysanthemums on a pink ground above and beneath a central white with branches of shidarezakura (weeping cherry) blossoms at sunset
raised band of fragmented-rinzu (textile-wave) design; the base signed trailing from the neck down to the body, stopping short of the foot;
in underglaze blue Makuzugama Kozan sei. 20cm (7 7/8in) high. signed on the base in underglaze blue Makuzugama Kozan sei.
17.2cm (6¾in) high.
£1,000 - 1,500
JPY150,000 - 230,000 £600 - 800
US$1,400 - 2,100 JPY91,000 - 120,000
US$850 - 1,100
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A BALUSTER PORCELAIN VASE 348 *
By Makuzu Kozan, Meiji era (1868-1912), early 20th century A GREEN-GLAZED OVOID VASE WITH A SLENDER NECK
Painted in underglaze blue with a large majestic ho-o with its long Attributed to Suwa Sozan I (1851-1922), Taisho era (1912-1926)
feathers trailing from the neck and extending across the body of Decorated with three sturgeon-like fish swimming beneath the surface,
the vase, reserved on a yellow ground body; signed on the base in modelled in low relief and painted in underglaze red, the body lightly
underglaze blue Makuzugama Kozan sei. 29.3cm (11¼in) high. incised with scattered weeds, the base signed with an impressed seal
Sozan within an oval reserve; with a wood tomobako storage box
£1,500 - 2,000 inscribed outside Seiji beniuo kabin (Celadon flower vase with red fish
JPY230,000 - 300,000 design) and signed Sozan with two seals, one reading Teishitsu Gigeiin
US$2,100 - 2,800 (Artist-Craftsman to the Imperial Household). 28cm (11in) high. (2).
£1,000 - 1,500
JPY150,000 - 230,000
US$1,400 - 2,100

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