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Antique Japanese Hakuji Koro w/ Silver bats, Ito Tozan browse these categories for related items... Directory: Archives: Regional Art: Asian: Japanese: Pre 1940: item # 679059 Please refer to our stock # TCR2199 when inquiring.
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| Bats fly through stylized clouds on the silver hoya (lid) of this fine antique Koro by Ito Tozan enclosed in a kiri-wood box. The body is eggshell Hakuji, white porcelain, supported on three legs. It is 4-1/2 inches (11.5 cm) tall, over 5 inches (13 cm) diameter and in excellent condition, dating from the first part of the 20th century. The porcelain body is in excellent condition, the silver hoya with bats cut through and clouds etched into the surface, has some incense soot buildup inside, and a very slight ding in the top. It was custom made to fit this base. The Ito family, spanned three generations. Ito Tozan I (1846-1920) began his artistic career studying painting in the Shijo manner under Koizumi Togaku before moving to the plastic arts under a number of teachers, including Takahashi Dohachi. He began using the name Tozan in 1895, and later received a number of prizes from the Imperial family, as well as being internationally acclaimed in the Paris, Chicago and Amsterdam Exhibitions. He was named a member of the prestigious Imperial Art Academy in 1917, three years before his death. He worked very closely with his adopted son, Ito Tozan II (1871-1937). He too began life as a painter, but his talent was seen by Tozan I, who adopted him and converted him to pottery, where he both succeeded and excelled as a member of one of Kyotos most well known pottery families. Although not always easy to attribute, I believe this vase to be by the second Tozan. The line unfortunately died with the third Tozan in 1970. . | |||||||||||
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