met-asian: by Miyagawa Chozo, Metropolitan Museum of Art: Asian Art Gift of Florence and Herbert Irv
met-asian: by Miyagawa Chozo, Metropolitan Museum of Art: Asian Art Gift of Florence and Herbert Irving, 2015 Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NYMedium: Stoneware with polychrome enamelshttp://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/667248 Incense Container (Kōgō) in the Shape of a Bird, Japan, 19th centuryMiyagawa (Makuzu) Kōzan (宮川香山) (1842–1916) took over his family’s pottery business in 1860, at the age of 18. He studied with a local bunjinga artist, the future Taigadō IV of the Ike no Taiga line, from the age nine. Later Kōzan was appointed artist to the Japanese Imperial household and was one of the major potters of the Meiji Era. From 1876 to 1913, Kōzan won prizes at 51 exhibitions, including the World’s fair and the National Industrial Exhibition.[text source: @wikipedia] -- source link
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