Lot Essay
The present lot is accompanied by a Japanese wood box signed by Koyama Fujio (1900–1975). Koyama Fujio was a pioneering Japanese scholar of Chinese and Japanese ceramics, as well as a ceramic artist. He made significant contributions to the study of early Chinese art, ancient architecture, Chinese celadon, and Song-Yuan ceramics, and authored works such as Chūgoku Tōji Meihin-ten: Ise Korekushon no Shihō (Masterpieces of Chinese Ceramic Art Exhibition) and edited Sekai Tōji Zenshū (The Complete Collection of World Ceramics).