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A PORCELAIN VASE
meiji period (late 19th century), signed makuzu kozan sei [miyagawa kozan (1842-1916)]
The oviform vase with everted rim set on a ring foot with recessed base, painted in underglaze-blue and mauve enamel with a phoenix perched on a flowering paulownia tree, set against a ground of overglaze lemon-yellow enamel, in wood tomobako signed on the underside of the lid kiyu seika kiri ho-o no ga, Makazu Kozan saku (yellow-glazed, painted with blue flowers, paulownia and phoenixes, made by Makuzu Kozan) and sealed Makuzu Kozan and inscribed on the lid kiri ho-o moyo kabin (paulownia and phoenix design flower vase)--12in. (30.5cm.) high
meiji period (late 19th century), signed makuzu kozan sei [miyagawa kozan (1842-1916)]
The oviform vase with everted rim set on a ring foot with recessed base, painted in underglaze-blue and mauve enamel with a phoenix perched on a flowering paulownia tree, set against a ground of overglaze lemon-yellow enamel, in wood tomobako signed on the underside of the lid kiyu seika kiri ho-o no ga, Makazu Kozan saku (yellow-glazed, painted with blue flowers, paulownia and phoenixes, made by Makuzu Kozan) and sealed Makuzu Kozan and inscribed on the lid kiri ho-o moyo kabin (paulownia and phoenix design flower vase)--12in. (30.5cm.) high