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A CELADON INCENSE-BURNER A BLUE AND WHITE PORCELAIN FOUR STONEWARE ORIBE-STYLE
By Tofu, Taisho era (1912-1926), dated 1925 SMOKING SET DISHES IN THE FORM OF LEAVES
In the form of a mask box, the cover formed By Makuzu Kozan I (1842-1916), By Kitaoji Rosanjin (1883-1959),
as a karasu tengu mask covered in pale Meiji era (1868-1912), Showa era (1926-1989), mid-20th century
crackled celadon glaze, the eyes and reverse late 19th/early 20th century Each of slender almost elliptical form, covered
of the mask in biscuit stoneware, dated on Consisting of a cylindrical pot painted in with a variously toned green glaze somewhat
the base Kinoto-ushi (1925) with an illegible underglaze blue and moulded with deer in Oribe style, with incised veins, the
signature; with a wood tomobako storage box resting among pine trees in an undulating underside left in the biscuit, each signed Ro in
inscribed outside Kozangama seiji menbako landscape, the trees in high relief and deeply katakana. 27cm (10 5/8in), 26.6cm (10½in),
koro [. . .] Tofu sei (Celadon incense-burner in undercut, signed in underglaze blue Makuzu 26cm (10¼in) and 25.4cm (10in). (4).
the form of a mask box, from the Kozan kiln, Kozan sei (Made by Makuzu Kozan) and a
made by Tofu). 10.7cm x 10cm x 7.6cm fitted saucer dish, moulded in high relief with £1,200 - 1,500
(4 3/8in x 37/8in x 3in). (3). five reishi fungus, painted in underglaze blue, JPY160,000 - 200,000
the reverse painted with pine trees, signed US$1,500 - 1,900
£1,000 - 1,500 Makuzu Kozan sei; with a wood tomobako
JPY130,000 - 200,000 storage box inscribed outside the lid Seika, Leaf designs feature prominently in the works
US$1,200 - 1,900 kitsuenki (Blue and white porcelain smoking of Rosanjin. For a dish in very similar style,
set), inside the lid signed Makuzugama see Sidney B. Cardozo and Masaaki Hirano,
The maker of this box, Tofu, has not been Kasugayama-e Kozan sei (Design of Mount The Art of Rosanjin, Tokyo, New York and San
identified but clearly worked at the kiln in Kasuga, made by Kozan at the Makuzu Kiln) Francisco, Kodansha International Ltd., 1987,
Yokohama operated by Miyagawa Kozan II and sealed Makuzu Kozan. p.37, no.35.
(1859-1940), who took over from his father The pot: 7.3cm x 8.5cm (3 1/8in x 3 3/8in);
in 1917. the dish: 18cm (7 1/8in). (3).

£1,000 - 1,500
JPY130,000 - 200,000
US$1,200 - 1,900

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