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1100
GYOKUSHOEN HAKUSAN
A porcelain mizusashi (water jar for the tea
ceremony)
Taisho (1912-1926)/Showa (1926-1989) era
Of slightly bulging rectangular form with
rounded edges, each side centered by a
raised roundel depicting a Chinese immortal
in underglaze blue and set within a recessed
reserve with an overall seigaiha pattern in
purple underglaze, all framed by a dense
design of fruiting branches in shades of 1101
cobalt blue, the slightly overlapping lid with a
loop handle and decorated en suite, signed
Gyokushoen Hakusan sei
7 3/4in (19.7cm) high

US$3,000 - 5,000
1101
KATO SHIGEJU
A porcelain vase
Meiji era (1868-1912)
Decorated to either side in underglaze blue
with writhing dragons silhouetted against a
rich ground of iron-brown tenmoku glaze, the
recessed base signed Dai Nihon Seto Kato
Shigeju sei
7 1/2in (19.2cm) high

US$800 - 1,200

1102
SHOFU WORKSHOP
A studio porcelain vase with elaborate
silver mounts
Meiji (1868-1912) or Taisho (1912-1926)
era, early 20th century
The porcelain bottle vase carved on the
surface with chrysanthemums and insect-
eaten broad leaves on vines and decorated
in yellow and graduated shades of green
enamels, applied with a silver mount with
vines and leaves, the vase signed on the
underside in underglaze blue Dai Nihon
Shofu tsukuru
13 7/8in (35.2cm) high
US$2,500 - 3,500
1102

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