Makuzu Kozan Tripod Vessel

Makuzu Kozan c. 1901 – 1910
Porcelain, underglaze blue and iron red. Japan
H: 20cm D: 25cm.

Standing on three squat legs with rounded sides rising up to a vertical lip with an everted rim, decorated with a garden scene with flowering cherry blossoms, in underglaze blue and iron red. Four Character Makuzu Kouzan mark on the base.

Provenance:
• Private Japanese Collection.
• Illustrated in “Miyagawa Kozan; Underglaze polychrome’,Seki Kazuo 2018, pg 92.l