A mustard-yellow-glazed trumpet-shaped vaseBy Suwa Sozan II (1890-1977), early/mid-20th century
Of Chinese inspiration and potted in the form of an archaic bronze ritual vessel (Chinese: zun), covered entirely with an even mustard yellow glaze, the body with a broad horizontal band above a spreading foot and surmounted by a wide flaring neck, separating the four vertical notched flanges dividing the foot and midsection into quadrants, signed on the base with an impressed seal Sozan; with a wood tomobako storage box inscribed Ki[...] sonshiki hanaire (Yellow [...] flared-rim flower vase) and signed Sozan with seal Sozan.
22.2cm high. (2).