A celadon incense-burnerBy Tofu, Taisho era (1912-1926), dated 1925
In the form of a mask box, the cover formed as a karasu tengu mask covered in pale crackled celadon glaze, the eyes and reverse of the mask in biscuit stoneware, dated on the base Kinoto-ushi (1925) with an illegible signature; with a wood tomobako storage box inscribed outside Kozangama seiji menbako koro . . . Tofu sei (Celadon incense-burner in the form of a mask box, from the Kozan kiln, made by Tofu). 10.7cm x 10cm x 7.6cm (4 3/8in x 37/8in x 3in). (3).注脚The maker of this box, Tofu, has not been identified but clearly worked at the kiln in Yokohama operated by Miyagawa Kozan II (1859-1940), who took over from his father in 1917.