A large lacquered-porcelain vase and cover by Mokuza of SetoCirca 1900
The ovoid porcelain vase decorated with chidori and butterflies amidst maple branches in wire enclosed compartments akin to cloisonné, reserved on a textured simulated-wood ground, the domed porcelain cover with bud-shaped finial similarly decorated (losses to cover and finial), the interior mouth rim with formal patterned border in underglaze blue, inscribed to base, 'Seto Mokuza sei' (Made by Mokuza in Seto).

67cm high. (2).