vase
- Museum number
- 1982,0731.1
- Description
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Vase. Baluster form with two dragons in underglaze blue, cut back to a wave pattern on the white ground. Made of porcelain. Signed.
- Production date
- 1880-1916
- Dimensions
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Height: 30.80 centimetres
- $Inscriptions
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- Curator's comments
- Vase with dragons
Porcelain, signed Makuzu Kozan
About AD 1900
Makuzu Kozan was a brilliant potter who claimed 10th generation descent from the early 17th century potter Miyagawa Yukansai. He moved from his native Kyoto to Yokohama in 1870, to manufacture an extraordinary range of porcelains for export to the West. He achieved a mastery of underglaze colour other than the traditional blue. (Label copy, VH, 1999)
- Location
- Not on display
- Exhibition history
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2009 Dec 11 - 2011 Feb 18, BM, North Entrance case, blue and white porcelain display
- Acquisition date
- 1982
- Department
- Asia
- Registration number
- 1982,0731.1
