Blue-and-White Japanese Bottle Vase, Meiji Period

A MAGNIFICENT PAIR OF JAPANESE IMARI VASES, CIRCA 1700. Provenance: private collection, Berwickshire.

A FINE JAPANESE ARITA CHARGER RICHLY DECORATED IN IRON-RED, PINK AND GILT WITH BIRDS AND FLOWERS, Circa 1700.

A FINE JAPANESE IMARI CHARGER DECORATED WITH A VASE OF FLOWERS, CIRCA 1700. With 18th century riveted repairs.

AN EXCEPTIONAL JAPANESE IMARI PALACE GARNITURE, CIRCA 1700. Decorated in colours and overglaze gilt with friezes of sacred dragons chasing flaming pearls, the bodies decorated with ...

A striking blue and white vase from the studio of Japanese Potter Makuzu Kozan, also known as Miyagawa Kozan (1842–1916), one of the most established and collected ceramist from Meiji Period. Born as Miyagawa Toranosuke, Kozan established his pottery studio in Yokohama around 1870s and later became one of the appointed artist to the Japanese Imperial household. His work was exhibited in many international fairs that the Meiji government participated at the turn of the century and won many grand prizes. With a relative large size, this vase is decorated with underglaze cobalt blue using the novel technique developed by Kozan called Fuki-e (the blow painting), in order to achieve the striking dimensional misty winter landscape. The pine trees with upright trunks and down-sweeping branches appear receding into the depth of the mist, forming an visually unending forest. Known as one of the most creative ceramists, around 1880s, Kozan started experimenting with new chemical colors from the West in the format of his porcelain glaze. New colors allowed him to create underglaze design that appeared bright, smooth and glossy. He even invented his own receipt of cobalt blue to achieve a much brighter yet softer shade, as evident on this vase. To create landscape that is realistic and dimensional, more common in the western paintings, he was inspired by the native Japanese ink painting technique developed around 1900 by Yokoyama...

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