Lot Essay
CF. TREASURES OF IMPERIAL JAPAN, CERAMICS FROM THE KHALILI COLLECTION, NATIONAL MUSEUM OF WALES 1995, NO. 38
THE SOZAN WORKSHOP WAS FOUNDED BY SUWA SOZAN (YOSHITAKE, 1852-1922) WHO WAS BORN IN KANAZAWA, WORKED IN A PORCELAIN COMPANY OF KUTANI AND LATER IN THE FACTORY OF KINKOZAN IN KYOTO. HE EXHIBITED AT THE SECOND NATIONAL INDUSTRIAL EXPOSITION IN 1881 AND AT THE JAPAN-BRITISH EXHIBITION IN 1910, LATER TO BECOME A COURT ARTIST IN 1917. A CHINESE VASE FROM WHICH THIS IS COPIED IS ILLUSTRATED IN GIUSEPPE CASTIGLIONE, A JESUIT PAINTER AT THE COURT OF THE CHINESE EMPERORS, BEURDELEY, CECIL AND MICHEL, CHARLES E TUTTLE COMPANY, P. 37 AND PL.169, NO. 32
THE SOZAN WORKSHOP WAS FOUNDED BY SUWA SOZAN (YOSHITAKE, 1852-1922) WHO WAS BORN IN KANAZAWA, WORKED IN A PORCELAIN COMPANY OF KUTANI AND LATER IN THE FACTORY OF KINKOZAN IN KYOTO. HE EXHIBITED AT THE SECOND NATIONAL INDUSTRIAL EXPOSITION IN 1881 AND AT THE JAPAN-BRITISH EXHIBITION IN 1910, LATER TO BECOME A COURT ARTIST IN 1917. A CHINESE VASE FROM WHICH THIS IS COPIED IS ILLUSTRATED IN GIUSEPPE CASTIGLIONE, A JESUIT PAINTER AT THE COURT OF THE CHINESE EMPERORS, BEURDELEY, CECIL AND MICHEL, CHARLES E TUTTLE COMPANY, P. 37 AND PL.169, NO. 32