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Makuzu Kozan Rare Pair of Pottery Origami Birds, c.1890 browse these categories for related items... Directory: Antiques: Regional Art: Asian: Japanese: Earthenware: Pre 1900: Item # 997508
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| This one of a kind pair of rare earthenware okimonos formed, with a high degree of complex difficulty, as origami birds generally made in Japan with paper, with wide outstretched wings, tall pointed tails, long necks, and pointed beaks, the whole covered with gilt flakes on a beige colored glazed ground. With the original tomobako storage box signed by the artist KOZAN, with his red seal, made in the Meiji Period during the decade that the artist became an Imperial Court Artist, the second such distinction in that period. Inscribed on the bases of each is the artist’s early two character mark of MAKUZU. DIMENSIONS OF BOTH: Height: 2.875 inches, Widest Width: 4.25 inches, Depth: 2 inches. CONDITIONS: The first, as illustrated on this first page, is in excellent condition with no restorations, cracks, chips, harilines, or repairs. The second, illustrated on page two, had a broken beak which was repaired though not fully restored, but otherwise is in excellent condition with no other cracks, chips, hairlines, or any other repairs. MIYAGAWA KOZAN I (1842-1916) - together with Seifu, one of the two most important artists of the MEIJI PERIOD.Honored as the second ceramic artist, in 1896, to be designated an Imperial Court Artist, Kozan was specifically noted for not only his objects depicting naturalistic designs in porcelain and earthenware, but also his molded ware, in various medium and coloration, which are quite rare in this form, and also in the blue and white and Chinese wucai style. These type pieces are truly extraordinary, and the number of molded pieces produced amounted to only a small fraction of the output of the Kozan studio. For more information and more photos, please go to our website listed on our Trocadero home page, or pasting in your browser the following URL: normarorientalart.com/KOZANorigamibirds1.html | ||
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