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    "localId": "299441",
    "label": "Flower Vase with Chrysanthemums",
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    "id": "299441",
    "contentType": "object",
    "title": "Flower Vase with Chrysanthemums",
    "description": "In creating this <em>kanpakuji </em>(or \"bright-jewel white porcelain\") vase, Yohei IV has applied his father’s signature creamy translucent glaze in combination with underglaze pink gradation surrounding motifs in low relief over an ivory clay body. This method was used to achieve the creamy white of the stalks, leaves, buds, and flowers of the elaborate design of chrysanthemum flowers in diverse stages of bloom.",
    "date": "1914–46",
    "citation": "https://clevelandart.org/art/2022.205",
    "rights": "CC0",
    "rightsUri": "CC0",
    "language": "en",
    "wikidata": [
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    ],
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    "largeImageUrl": "https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/2022.205/2022.205_web.jpg",
    "imageCount": 1,
    "source": "import",
    "dimensionsRaw": "height: 28.6 cm (11 1/4 in.); Diameter: 15.2 cm (6 in.); height with stand: 31.1 cm (12 1/4 in.)",
    "cul": [
        "Japan, Meiji period (1868–1912)"
    ],
    "accession": "2022.205"
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    "tec": "Porcelain with molded and carved design, underglaze pink, and cream glaze",
    "tombstone": "Flower Vase with Chrysanthemums, 1914–46. Seifū Yohei IV (Japanese, 1872–1951). Porcelain with molded and carved design, underglaze pink, and cream glaze; height: 28.6 cm (11 1/4 in.); diameter: 15.2 cm (6 in.); height with stand: 31.1 cm (12 1/4 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of James and Christine Heusinger, 2022.205",
    "collection": "Japanese Art",
    "inscriptions": [
        {
            "inscription": "清風",
            "inscription_translation": "“Seifū” inscribed on the base",
            "sortorder": 1
        },
        {
            "inscription": "清風",
            "inscription_translation": "Seal on the top of the box lid: “Seifū”",
            "inscription_remark": "Storage box is inscribed and impressed with seals.",
            "sortorder": 2
        },
        {
            "inscription": "清風",
            "inscription_translation": "Archaic bronze-shaped seal on the inside of the box lid: “Seifū”",
            "sortorder": 3
        }
    ],
    "didYouKnow": "The ivory and pink vase by Yohei IV show his father’s “bright-jewel white porcelain” technique.",
    "citations": [
        {
            "citation": "Maezaki, Shinya and Sinéad Vilbar. <em>Colors of Kyoto: The Seifū Yohei Ceramic Studio</em>. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 2023.",
            "page_number": "Mentioned and Reproduced: cat. no. 62, p. 152"
        }
    ],
    "url": "https://clevelandart.org/art/2022.205",
    "creditline": "Gift of James and Christine Heusinger",
    "updatedAt": "2026-05-29 08:53:36.663000",
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    "sourceId": 299441,
    "dept": "Japanese Art",
    "coll": "Japanese Art",
    "med": "Porcelain with molded and carved design, underglaze pink, and cream glaze",
    "creatorTags": [
        "male",
        "Asian (from 1900 to present)"
    ],
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