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Source Description
Each side of this lavender-colored vase is nearly covered with a low-relief design of a four-clawed dragon curled around a flaming jewel. The box lid carries an attestation by Yohei IV that the vase was produced by his predecessor, and the signature on the base is one Yohei III used later in his career. The lid also makes reference to Jun (J. Kin) ware, which was made in numerous kilns in what is now Yuzhou or Yuxian in Henan Province, China, during the Northern Song dynasty. Some Jun wares had an opalescent purple glaze, which was clearly the inspiration for the color seen on this vase.
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Document identity
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447710
label
Vase with Dragon Roundels
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Source metadata
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447710
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object
title
Vase with Dragon Roundels
description
Each side of this lavender-colored vase is nearly covered with a low-relief design of a four-clawed dragon curled around a flaming jewel. The box lid carries an attestation by Yohei IV that the vase was produced by his predecessor, and the signature on the base is one Yohei III used later in his career. The lid also makes reference to Jun (J. Kin) ware, which was made in numerous kilns in what is now Yuzhou or Yuxian in Henan Province, China, during the Northern Song dynasty. Some Jun wares had an opalescent purple glaze, which was clearly the inspiration for the color seen on this vase.
date
1900–1914
rights
CC0
rightsUri
CC0
language
en
wikidata
Q117793530
creators
299428
genreSpecific
Ceramic
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1
source
import
dimensionsRaw
height: 15 cm (5 7/8 in.); Diameter: 10 cm (3 15/16 in.)
cul
Japan, Meiji period (1868–1912)
accession
2022.236
Source extras
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Porcelain with purple glaze and molded and carved design
tombstone
Vase with Dragon Roundels, 1900–1914. Seifū Yohei III (Japanese, 1851–1914). Porcelain with purple glaze and molded and carved design; height: 15 cm (5 7/8 in.); diameter: 10 cm (3 15/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of James and Christine Heusinger, 2022.236
collection
Japanese Art
inscriptions
inscription
清風
inscription_translation
“Seifū” inscribed on the base。 The signature's style is typical of Yohei III's later career.
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1
inscription
成山清風
inscription_translation
Seal on the inside of the box lid: “Seizan Seifū.”
inscription_remark
The inside of the box lid also carries an attestation by Yohei IV that the vase was produced by his predecessor.
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2
inscription
The top of the box lid describes the vase.
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3
didYouKnow
Kyoto-based Japanese ceramist Seifū Yohei III (1851–1914) admired the glaze colors found on Chinese porcelain and tried to replicate them through intensive experimentation.
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. 94, pp. 4 and 184
creditline
Gift of James and Christine Heusinger
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2026-05-29 09:01:38.337000
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447710
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Japanese Art
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Japanese Art
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Porcelain with purple glaze and molded and carved design
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male
Asian (from 1900 to present)
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