An Earthenware Vase

MEIJI PERIOD (LATE 19TH CENTURY), GILT MARK KOZAN ZO

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An Earthenware Vase
Meiji Period (Late 19th Century), Gilt Mark Kozan Zo
Decorated in polychrome enamels and gilt over a clear crackled glaze with folding fans painted with animals and flowers, the surrounding area decorated with gilt foliate sprays on a ground of red enamel and gilded paulownia scroll, the base of the neck decorated with Taoist 'precious emblems' on a foliate ground and the neck with bands of flower chevrons and foliage, the foot with a similar band of formal foliate sprays
7.5/8 (19.8cm.) high

Lot Essay

PUBLISHED:
Yabe Yoshiaki, ed., Satsuma no kinrande zuroku (Catalogue of gilded enameled Satsuma) (Fukuoka: Ohmuta Gahden Hoteru Bijutsukan, 1993), pl. 9.

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