A Blue and white porcelain smoking setBy Makuzu Kozan I (1842-1916), Meiji era (1868-1912), late 19th/early 20th century
Consisting of a cylindrical pot painted in underglaze blue and moulded with deer resting among pine trees in an undulating landscape, the trees in high relief and deeply undercut, signed in underglaze blue Makuzu Kozan sei (Made by Makuzu Kozan) and a fitted saucer dish, moulded in high relief with five reishi fungus, painted in underglaze blue, the reverse painted with pine trees, signed Makuzu Kozan sei; with a wood tomobako storage box inscribed outside the lid Seika, kitsuenki (Blue and white porcelain smoking set), inside the lid signed Makuzugama Kasugayama-e Kozan sei (Design of Mount Kasuga, made by Kozan at the Makuzu Kiln) and sealed Makuzu Kozan. The pot: 7.3cm x 8.5cm (3 1/8in x 3 3/8in); the dish: 18cm (7 1/8in). (3).