Ask the Scholar

{
    "localId": "447764",
    "label": "Teapot with Bamboo",
    "core": "obj",
    "dtoType": "object"
}

{
    "id": "447764",
    "contentType": "object",
    "title": "Teapot with Bamboo",
    "description": "This teapot has a well-balanced design of bamboo in underglaze blue and <em>nyoi </em>staff-head motifs applied to both sides at the shoulder.",
    "date": "1914–46",
    "citation": "https://clevelandart.org/art/2022.203",
    "rights": "CC0",
    "rightsUri": "CC0",
    "language": "en",
    "wikidata": [
        "Q117716969"
    ],
    "creators": [
        299426
    ],
    "genreSpecific": [
        "Ceramic"
    ],
    "iiifBase": "https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/2022.203/2022.203_web.jpg",
    "thumbnailUrl": "https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/2022.203/2022.203_web.jpg",
    "largeImageUrl": "https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/2022.203/2022.203_web.jpg",
    "imageCount": 1,
    "source": "import",
    "dimensionsRaw": "with handle: 16 cm (6 5/16 in.); Lid: 0.5 x 7 cm (3/16 x 2 3/4 in.); width with spout: 14.5 cm (5 11/16 in.)",
    "cul": [
        "Japan, Taishō period (1912–26) or Shōwa period (1926–89)"
    ],
    "accession": "2022.203"
}

{
    "tec": "Porcelain with underglaze blue, molded design and metal handles",
    "tombstone": "Teapot with Bamboo, 1914–46. Seifū Yohei IV (Japanese, 1872–1951). Porcelain with underglaze blue, molded design and metal handles; with handle: 16 cm (6 5/16 in.); lid: 0.5 x 7 cm (3/16 x 2 3/4 in.); width with spout: 14.5 cm (5 11/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of James and Christine Heusinger, 2022.203",
    "collection": "Japanese Art",
    "inscriptions": [
        {
            "inscription": "清風",
            "inscription_translation": "“Seifū” inscribed on the base",
            "sortorder": 1
        },
        {
            "inscription": "清風",
            "inscription_translation": "Seal on the inside of the box lid: “Seifū.” Storage box is inscribed and impressed with seals.",
            "sortorder": 2
        }
    ],
    "didYouKnow": "There is a seal on the base of the teapot.",
    "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. 60, p. 149"
        }
    ],
    "url": "https://clevelandart.org/art/2022.203",
    "creditline": "Gift of James and Christine Heusinger",
    "updatedAt": "2026-05-29 09:02:16.904000",
    "imageUrl": "https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/2022.203/2022.203_print.jpg",
    "sourceId": 447764,
    "dept": "Japanese Art",
    "coll": "Japanese Art",
    "med": "Porcelain with underglaze blue, molded design and metal handles",
    "creatorTags": [
        "male",
        "Asian (from 1900 to present)"
    ],
    "thumbnail_url": null,
    "image_url": null
}

{
    "seq": 1,
    "pageIndex": 0,
    "type": "photo",
    "url": "https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/2022.203/2022.203_web.jpg",
    "mediaId": "5ad2270c2dc9abbd"
}