MAKUZU KOZAN (1842-1916)A Pair of Earthenware Baluster Vases with Appliqué DecorationMeiji era (1868-1912), late 19th centuryDecorated in enamels and gilt, each moulded and carved in high relief with largetanchozuru (red-crested cranes), standing amongst blossoming peonies with sparrows in flight, the neck, shoulder and foot decorated with bands of various brocade,po-tsunagi (linked-cash) and diaper patterns and gilt cloud roundels; one signed on the base with a faintly impressed signature within a double-gourd reserve.Each approx. 36cm (14 3/16in) high. (2).Provenance: For a similarly conceived pair of vases decorated with quails, from the Tanabe Tetsuhito Collection, see NHK Promotions,Miyagawa Kozan botsugo hyakunen (Miyagawa Kozan 100th Anniversary Retrospective), Tokyo, 2016, pp.56-57, no.26.