Porcelain Vase. Blue Enameled Dragons On A Cracked White Background. Makuzu Kozan Style. Meji.

Hard porcelain vase covered with a crackle glaze. Decor of two facing dragons enamelled in an exceptionally bright electric blue, their eyes enamelled in yellow. Two friezes enamelled in green and a frieze of stylized flowers molded in relief on a celadon background. The style and quality of the drawings, enamels and technique suggest a creation by Makuzu Kozan. There is no mark, but the base seems to have been ground, if so, it was probably to erase a mark which would have made it possible to identify the vase. This type of grinding was done to remove the marks Imperial on Chinese objects stolen from the Palace and sold for trade by the eunuchs of the Imperial Court.
Japanese work from the end of the 19th century around 1900. Good general condition, a small enamel drop.
Height: 280mm.