Antique Ninsei Ware Koro by Makuzu Miyagawa Kozan

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Antique Ninsei Ware Koro by Makuzu Miyagawa Kozan

The mule has been left raw white earth with fittings decorated in enamel, the blissful figure on its back wearing a glazed robe with shippo-pattern and wide brimmed tetsu-yu hat. Both pieces are stamped Makuzu, and come enclosed in the original signed wooden box. Together they are 10 inches (25 cm) tall, 8 inches (21 cm) long and in excellent condition. A very rare opportunity for one of Kozans figurative works. The name Kozan was granted by Prince Yasui-no-Miya in 1851 in honor of the tea ware produced during the later Edo for the imperial Court by the tenth generation head of the Kyoto pottery family Miyagawa Chozo. The Kozan (Makuzu) kiln as we know it today was established in Yokohama in 1871 by the 11th generation head of the family where he reinvented the family business. He immediately set out on a journey which would propel the Kozan name to International Celebrity status, and send his wares throughout the globe. Pieces produced there were marked Kozan, or Makuzu, the official kiln name, or both, as in the case of this piece, which is stamped Makuzu with the box signed Kozan. The first son, Hanzan, succeeded as head of the kiln in 1912, with the father officially retiring to spend more time on his own research and art. Kozan I died in 1916. The kiln was run by Hanzan through the early Showa era, he officially taking the name Kozan II in 1917, after one year mourning for his fathers passing. Under Hanzan the kiln was commissioned for works to be presented to the Prince of Wales, the 25th wedding anniversary gift for the Taisho emperor and the Showa Emperors coronation gift. The kiln was completely destroyed in the bombing of Yokohama in 1945. For more on this illustrious family see Bridging East and West, Japanese Ceramics from the Kozan Studio by Kathleen Emerson-Dell.