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119 | KOZAN: A RARE AND COMPLETE A complete satsuma ceramic tea service consisting of one circular
SATSUMA CERAMIC TEA SERVICE teapot, six cups with matching saucers, a milk jug and a sugar bowl
and cover with two handles. Each is finely painted with polychrome
By Kozan, signed Kozan enamels with gold showings scenes with dense flowers and long-
Japan, Meiji period (1868-1912) tailed roosters (onagadori). Each of the fifteen pieces is neatly
signed on the underside in gold KOZAN. The lot is accompanied
with the original felted wood box (rare!).
HEIGHT teapot 12 cm
SIZE wood box 53 x 39 x 12 cm
Condition: Excellent condition.
Provenance: Swiss private collection.
AUCTION COMPARISON
Another tea service
by Kozan was sold by
Bonhams, Fine Japanese
Art, 6 November 2012,
London, lot 553 (sold for
4,000 GBP).
Estimate EUR 2,000
Starting price EUR 1,000
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