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TEN PORCELAIN BOWLS AND COVERS
From the Studio of Makuzu Kozan II, Taisho (1912-1926)
or Showa (1926-1989) era, 1920s-1930s
Each of cylindrical form with everted necks, painted in underglaze blue
and subdued copper red with a variety of kiku (chrysanthemums) with
foliage, the designs trailing over to the interior, each cover painted
with a similar design and surmounted by a cylindrical knop, impressed
mark, Makuzu Kozan; with wood tomobako storage box inscribed
outside the lid Mushi chawan (Bowls for steamed savoury egg
custard), inside the lid inscribed Seika (Blue and white porcelain) and
signed Makuzugama Kozan tsukuru (Made by Kozan at Makuzu Kiln)
and sealed Makuzu Kozan.
10cm x 12cm (3 7/8in x 4¾in). (21).

£2,000 - 3,000
JPY260,000 - 400,000
US$2,500 - 3,700

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TWO EARTHENWARE VESSELS
By Makuzu Kozan I (1842-1916), Meiji (1868-1912)
or Taisho (1912-1926) era, early 20th century 128
The first an unglazed baluster vase with two irregularly shaped loop
handles to the shoulder beneath the short cylindrical neck, covered
with an ash glaze, the base signed with impressed mark Makuzu
within an oval reserve, 28cm (11in), with a wood tomobako storage
box, inscribed Kabin, Nanban-i (Foreign-style flower vase) Makuzu
Kozan saku (Made by Makuzu Kozan) with seal Makuzu Kozan no
in; the second an Iga-style vase of rounded square section, the pale
beige biscuit partly covered with a flocculent brown and pale green
glaze dripping down the body, the base signed with impressed mark
Kozan saku (Made by Kozan) and Makuzu within a gourd-shaped
reserve, 25.2cm (9¾in), with a wood tomobako storage box inscribed
Kabin, ...Iga-i, Makuzu Kozan saku (Iga style foreign vase made by
Makuzu Kozan) and sealed Makuzu Kozan. (4).

£1,000 - 1,500
JPY130,000 - 200,000
US$1,200 - 1,900
For a very similar example to the first, see Katherine Emerson-Dell,
Bridging East and West, Japanese Ceramics from the Kozan Studio,
Selections from the Perry Foundation, exhibition catalogue, Walters
Art Gallery, Baltimore, and Ashmolean Museum, Oxford, 1994-1995,
p.53, no.29.

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