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A STONEWARE SQUAT VASE FINE JAPANESE ART | 139
By Makuzu Kozan, Meiji era (1868-1912),
early 20th century
Decorated in overglaze green, gold and black
with sprigs of young pine and bamboo leaves,
the inside with an ash glaze, signed on the
base with an impressed signature Makuzu
within a gourd cartouche and painted Kozan
within a square ceramic cartouche; with a
wood tomobako box inscribed outside Tokyo
Miwa Zenbei, Shuku goseikon, Matsushita
Zenshiro kun (presented from Miwa Zenbei,
Tokyo, to Mr Matsushita Zenshiro celebrating
his marriage), with an inscription inside
possibly reading Suhada wakamatsu no e
(Unglazed body with picture of young pines)
and signed Makuzu Kozan saku with seal
Makuzu Kozan.
19.6cm (7¾in) high. (2).

£800 - 1,200
JPY120,000 - 180,000
US$1,100 - 1,600

For a similar vase decorated with an ivy vine
and signed on the base in the same way, see
Kathleen Emerson-Dell, Bridging East and
West: Japanese Ceramics from the Kozan
Studio, Baltimore, Walters Art Gallery, 1995,
p.54, no.30.

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AN EARTHENWARE CYLINDRICAL VASE
By Makuzu Kozan, Meiji era (1868-1912),
early 20th century
Decorated in iron-red and green enamels
with an overall design of three shishi frolicking
with a brocade ball, signed on the base with
an impressed seal Makuzu; with a wood
tomobako storage box titled kabin (flower
vase), inscribed inside the lid Gosu aka-e
tamatori shishi-e Makuzu Kozan saku (Chinese
style red-coloured ware with design of shishi
holding a tama, made by Makuzu Kozan) and
signed with a red seal Makuzu Kozan.
32cm (12½in) high. (2).

£800 - 1,200
JPY120,000 - 180,000
US$1,100 - 1,600

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