Chinese/Japanese vase help.

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Update. Japanese Satsuma in the Iznik ( Persian ) style late 19c as referred to by Ce BCA. Probably by one of the Kozan artists ( see Gothborg Marks ) IMO. Still looking for a good comparable. Regardless very nice piece. The French reference is interesting.
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Kevin

 

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Kevin

 

I think given the clay type it probably isn't Satsuma, it looks more like that used on Japanese celadon ware, so Arita region instead. This also fits with the underglaze blue signature which again isn't typically Satsuma, but quite common on Arita ware.

Regarding the Kozan mark, they have a ? on the site for it, and I don't think it really fits the op's mark as I can't see any way the second character can read 'zan' here. It may be worth looking through more Arita marks though and the first character may well be Ko, Kou or Ka