Lot 77
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A MAKUZU KOZAN INCENSE-BURNER IN THE STYLE OF NONOMIYA NINSEI
A MAKUZU KOZAN INCENSE-BURNER IN THE STYLE OF NONOMIYA NINSEI

IMPRESSED ON THE BASE MAKUZU KOZAN, TAISHO PERIOD (1912-1926)

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A MAKUZU KOZAN INCENSE-BURNER IN THE STYLE OF NONOMIYA NINSEI
Impressed on the base Makuzu Kozan, Taisho Period (1912-1926)
Decorated in various coloured enamels and gilt, and modelled in the form of a phoenix perched on a pierced ball, its tail-feathers spreading throughout the surface of the ball decorated with scrolling clouds, the base with a band of paulownias, with wood box inscribed Ninsei no i gokusaishiki ho-o kumo sukashi nanajugo-o Kozan isaku Makuzu Kozan [colourfully decorated in the style of Ninsei with an openwork phoenix and clouds, made by Makuzu Kozan at the age of seventy-five]
9in. (23cm.) high

Lot Essay

By the Japanese reckoning, Makuzu Kozan attained the age of seventy-five in 1915 or 1916, the last year of his life. For a very similar inscription see Kathleen Emerson-Dell, Bridging East and West: Japanese Ceramics from the Kozan Studio (Baltimore, 1994), no. 29.

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