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MAKUZU KOZAN II (HANZAN) (1859-1940)
A porcelain pagoda
Showa era (1926-1989), 20th century
Modeled as a five-tier pagoda in unglazed porcelain, set on a base
mold with a lotus blossom in low relief, decorated on the spherical
body with a Sanskrit character in gold lacquer, the top removable
and the body hollow for the storage of a printed sutra handscroll,
signed on the underside in incised signature Hachijusan-o Makuzu
Kozan saku (Made by Makuzu Kozan at 83 years of age) and sealed
Makuzu
With a wood storage box
10 1/2in (26.6cm) high

US$3,500 - 4,500
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SEIFU YOHEI III (1851-1914)
A porcelain binkake (brazier for the tea ceremony)
Meiji era (1868-1914), late 19th century/early 20th century
The cylindrical vessel decorated with a demon mask and a band of
taotie and disintegrated zoomorphs in molded relief and keyfrets in
underglaze cobalt, signed on the underside Seifu
With a wood tomobako storage box inscribed Sometsuke oni men
binkake (Brazier with demon masks in blue-and-white) and sealed
Seifu and signed on the underside of the lid Seifu tsukuru and with
further seal Seizan
9 1/4in (23.4cm) high, 11 1/4in (28.6cm) diameter
US$2,000 - 3,000

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