Supported on a thin foot-rim, with a narrow waist rising into wide rounded shoulders tapering slightly at the neck, with an uneven everted jagged lip, topped with a cover with a flower finial. Decorated all over with different coloured ying butterflies amongst a flowering waterlily. Six-character Makuzu Kouzan mark on the base.
Coloured Porcelain, Wonders of the Orient
Makuzu Kozan Butterfly Jar And Cover
Makuzu Kozan c. 1894
Porcelain
Japan
H: 15cm D: 14cm.
Provenance:
• Private Japanese Collection.