Property of various owners ATTRIBUTED TO MAKUZU KŌZAN (1842-1916)A Porcelain Covered Jar Meiji era (1868-1912) Of ovoid form decorated in blue, green, yellow, and red enamels and gilt, realistically modeled as a tea jar contained in a net bag, the shoulder wrapped in a brocade cloth decorated in chrysanthemums and leafy tendrils gathered at the neck and knotted with a cord, with a label inscribed []koku Iwai 14 3/4in (37.4cm) high For two nearly identical jars by Makuzu Kōzan of this size and shape in the Khalili Collection, see Oliver Impey et al., The Nasser D. Khalili Collection, vol.5, Ceramics, part I: Porcelain , London, Kibo Foundation, 1995, cat no. 78; and Miyagawa Kozan rekidaiten unei iinkai, ed., Minato Yokohama ga sodateta Makuzuyaki (Makuzu ware: Product of Yokohama Port), Yokohama, Yokohama-shi Kyoiku Iinkai, 1989, cat. no. 70.