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![Shonzui style blue and white porcelain water jar (mizusashi), Japan, Meiji era, circa 1900 [thumbnail]](/i/items/AA431-1_1-thb-2.jpg "Shonzui style blue and white porcelain water jar (mizusashi), Japan, Meiji era, circa 1900 [thumbnail]")
![Shonzui style blue and white porcelain water jar (mizusashi) (side 2), Japan, Meiji era, circa 1900 [thumbnail]](/i/items/AA431-1_2-thb-2.jpg "Shonzui style blue and white porcelain water jar (mizusashi) (side 2), Japan, Meiji era, circa 1900 [thumbnail]")
![Shonzui style blue and white porcelain water jar (mizusashi) (side 3), Japan, Meiji era, circa 1900 [thumbnail]](/i/items/AA431-1_3-thb-2.jpg "Shonzui style blue and white porcelain water jar (mizusashi) (side 3), Japan, Meiji era, circa 1900 [thumbnail]")
![Shonzui style blue and white porcelain water jar (mizusashi) (inside, lid off), Japan, Meiji era, circa 1900 [thumbnail]](/i/items/AA431-1_4-thb-2.jpg "Shonzui style blue and white porcelain water jar (mizusashi) (inside, lid off), Japan, Meiji era, circa 1900 [thumbnail]")
![Shonzui style blue and white porcelain water jar (mizusashi) (base), Japan, Meiji era, circa 1900 [thumbnail]](/i/items/AA431-1_5-thb-2.jpg "Shonzui style blue and white porcelain water jar (mizusashi) (base), Japan, Meiji era, circa 1900 [thumbnail]")
![Shonzui style blue and white porcelain water jar (mizusashi) (lid), Japan, Meiji era, circa 1900 [thumbnail]](/i/items/AA431-1_6-thb-2.jpg "Shonzui style blue and white porcelain water jar (mizusashi) (lid), Japan, Meiji era, circa 1900 [thumbnail]")
![Shonzui style blue and white porcelain water jar (mizusashi) (lid, inside), Japan, Meiji era, circa 1900 [thumbnail]](/i/items/AA431-1_7-thb-2.jpg "Shonzui style blue and white porcelain water jar (mizusashi) (lid, inside), Japan, Meiji era, circa 1900 [thumbnail]")
Shonzui style blue and white porcelain water jar (mizusashi) Japan, Meiji era, circa 1900
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Decorated with pine, prunus and bamboo, signed ‘Gorodaiyu, Go Shonzui zo’
Dimensions
18cm high
Condition
In good condition
Note
Shonzui is a type of blue and white porcelain made in China during the Ming Dynasty for the Japanese market. In the 19th century famous potters, such as Eiraku Hozen and Seifu Yohei I used this mark in tribute to these famous potters.
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