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On display at V&A South Kensington
Ceramics, Room 137, The Curtain Foundation Gallery

Vase

about 1900-1916 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Vase of cylindrical form, wider at the shoulder, with straight, stepped foot and inturned mouth. Decorated with a landscape scene of pines and misty peaks, painted with western style chiaroscura effects.


Object details

Categories
Object type
Materials and techniques
Porcelain painted in underglaze blue
Brief description
Vase, porcelain painted in underglaze blue with mist-shrouded mountain landscape, made by Makuzu Kozan, Japan (Yokohama), about 1900-16
Physical description
Vase of cylindrical form, wider at the shoulder, with straight, stepped foot and inturned mouth. Decorated with a landscape scene of pines and misty peaks, painted with western style chiaroscura effects.
Dimensions
  • Height: 29.5cm
Styles
Marks and inscriptions
'Makuzu Kozan sei' (Mark on the base in blue)
Gallery label
Vase Porcelain painted in underglaze blue with mist-shrouded mountain landscape Mark: Makuzu Kozan sei JAPANESE (Yokohama); circa 1900-20 Given by David and Annela King FE.22-1981(as at 2005)
Credit line
Given by David and Annela King
Production
Artist: Miyagawa Kozan (1842 - 1916)
Biographical reference: Laurance P. Roberts, 'A Dictionary of Japanese Artists', Weatherhill(New York/Tokyo, 1976), p.109.
Yokohama
Subjects depicted
Collection
Accession number
FE.22-1981

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Record createdFebruary 12, 2000
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