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Lot Essay
In Buddhist belief, the lotus symbolizes purity because it emerges from the mud unstained.
From the late Meiji period, Miyagawa Kozan studied Chinese ceramics and his works from that period often show inspiration from Qing-dynasty porcelains. Kozan was appointed an Artist to the Imperial Household (Teishitsu Gigeiin) in 1896.
For a similar work by Kozan, see Ceramics, Part 1, Meiji no takara Treasures of Imperial Japan: The Nasser D. Khalili Collection of Japanese Art, Oliver Impey and Malcolm Fairley, gen. eds. (London: The Kibo Foundation, 1995), no. 33.
From the late Meiji period, Miyagawa Kozan studied Chinese ceramics and his works from that period often show inspiration from Qing-dynasty porcelains. Kozan was appointed an Artist to the Imperial Household (Teishitsu Gigeiin) in 1896.
For a similar work by Kozan, see Ceramics, Part 1, Meiji no takara Treasures of Imperial Japan: The Nasser D. Khalili Collection of Japanese Art, Oliver Impey and Malcolm Fairley, gen. eds. (London: The Kibo Foundation, 1995), no. 33.