Adam's FINE ASIAN ART Part I 28th & Part II 29th June 2022

Fine Asian Art | 28-29 & 30 June 2022 201 Additional information and photographs for all lots can be found at www.adams.ie 452 A PAIR OF KUTANI CERAMIC PLATES POSSIBLY BY SASADA YUZAN 遊山堂 JAPAN, MEIJI PERIOD Of circular shape, it rests on a short ring foot and has a central recessed part and a foliate rim. The plate is all covered with a coral ground enhanced with gilt designs and against which are some reserved medallions. The me- dallions are painted with various characters. The reverse of the plate is painted with flowers. Its base bears a mark. D (the largest): 24,3 cm € 200 - 400 453 A WHITE-GLAZED MOLDED PORCELAIN KARASHISHI JAPAN, POSSIBLY HIRADO, CIRCA 1900s-1930s The mythical dog is represented as seated on his two back legs. H: 25 cm € 300 - 500 454 AN IRON-RED DECORATED ‘PROCESSION OF THE DAIMYO’ BALUSTER PORCELAIN VASE BY THE STUDIO OF MAKUZU KOZAN JAPAN, MEIJI PERIOD Resting on a short ring foot, with a waisted base and a globular body surmounted by a long tubular neck with a slightly everted rim. Finely painted in deliberately ‘faded’ iron red design depicting an interesting procession of insects. The base is inscribed in cobalt blue with a mark in Japanese script reading ‘Makuzu-gama Kozan Sei’. H: 20,7 cm € 600 - 800 455 A LARGE YELLOW-GLAZED ‘DRAGON’ PORCELAIN VASE BY THE STUDIO OF MAKUZU KOZAN JAPAN, MEIJI PERIOD It rests on a ring foot and has a round body surmounted by slight- ly waisted shoulders and a tubular neck with an everted rim. It is delicately adorned with a flying and coiled three-clawed dragon under a covering yellow glaze. The base is inscribed in cobalt blue with a mark in Japanese script reading ‘Makuzu-gama Kozan Sei’. H: 44,3 cm Note: Miyagawa Toranosuke, birth name of Makuzu Kōzan 宮川香山 (1842-1916) was of the major potters of the Meiji period appointed artist to the Japanese Imperial household. He won prizes at fifty-one (51) exhibitions. € 3,000 - 5,000