Lot description

A studio ware vase

By Ito Tozan (1846-1920), Meiji period (late 19th century)
Of ovoid shape with a rolled rim and decorated in brown, green, blue and black enamels on a clear crackled glaze with a multitude of butterflies in flight over wind-swept willow branches, some of the butterflies molded in low relief, the short neck with a band of demi flowerheads, signed Tozan-sei
12in (30.5cm) high

Footnotes

Provenance:
purchased at Christie’s, South Kensington, 25 June, 1996, lot 120

Quoted from the lot page, © Bonhams. Bonhams, Fine Japanese Works of Art, 2014-03-19, lot 3232 ↗