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A PAIR OF ARITA BLUE AND WHITE A BLUE AND WHITE ARITA JAR A BLUE AND WHITE AND UNDERGLAZE
DISHES 17th century, signed Kodo RED TEAPOT AND COVER
Edo Period, 17th/18th century The oviform vessel painted in washes of Makuzu Kozan (1869-1912)
Each delicately painted with gambolling underglaze blue with a bird perched on the Of compressed ovoid form, moulded with
deer amongst clusters of maple leaves, the branches of a craggy pine tree, covered carp leaping from turbulent foaming waves
exteriors with a foliate meander and Fuku overall in a bluish, crackled glaze. beneath wispy clouds, the spout and finial in
mark to the bases. 25.5cm (10in) high the form of further leaping carp, the shoulder
21cm (8.1/4in) diam. (2). with a reticulated wave rim, signed on the
£500 - 600 base in underglaze blue Makuzu Gama
£1,500 - 2,000 HK$5,000 - 6,000 Kozan sei.
HK$15,000 - 20,000 CNY4,400 - 5,300 21.5cm (8.1/2in) wide across the handle and
CNY13,000 - 18,000 spout.
Provenance
Christie’s Amsterdam, 28 April - 2 May £2,500 - 3,000
1985, ‘The Nanking Cargo. Chinese Export HK$25,000 - 30,000
Porcelain and Gold’, by repute. CNY22,000 - 26,000
Compare with a near identical design in
coloured enamels, by Miyagawa Chozo,
illustrated in ‘Master Potter of Meiji Japan,
Makuzu Kozan and his Workshop’, Clare
Pollard, Oxford University Press, Colour Plate 1.

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