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    "localId": "447790",
    "label": "Guan-Shaped Vessel with Floral Scroll",
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    "id": "447790",
    "contentType": "object",
    "title": "Guan-Shaped Vessel with Floral Scroll",
    "description": "Many of the vases created by Yohei III and IV were made with reference to and in emulation of Chinese ceramics in both form and glazing. The Seifu studio was inspired by later Chinese copies of two other archaic vessel types, the <em>hu </em>(Japanese <em>ko</em>) and <em>guan </em>(Japanese <em>kan</em>). In simple terms, in their original contexts, the <em>hu </em>and <em>guan </em>were storage jars that also appeared in ritual contexts.<br><br>This hefty <em>guan</em>-shaped vase by Yohei IV has a floral scrolling pattern known in Japanese as <em>karakusa</em>, or “Chinese grasses.” The flowers are generally identified as lotus or peony. This flower vase might alternately be categorized as having the form of what is called a <em>shukaiko </em>in Japan, or a large vessel for holding wine. <em>Shukaiko </em>were created as early as the latter part of the Kamakura period after Yuan dynasty examples.",
    "date": "1914–46",
    "citation": "https://clevelandart.org/art/2022.227",
    "rights": "CC0",
    "rightsUri": "CC0",
    "language": "en",
    "wikidata": [
        "Q117793545"
    ],
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    "genreSpecific": [
        "Ceramic"
    ],
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    "thumbnailUrl": "https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/2022.227/2022.227_web.jpg",
    "largeImageUrl": "https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/2022.227/2022.227_web.jpg",
    "imageCount": 1,
    "source": "import",
    "dimensionsRaw": "height: 25.7 cm (10 1/8 in.); Diameter: 24.2 cm (9 1/2 in.)",
    "cul": [
        "Japan, Taishō period (1912–26) or Shōwa period (1926–89)"
    ],
    "accession": "2022.227"
}

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    "tec": "Porcelain with molded and carved design and cream glaze",
    "tombstone": "Guan-Shaped Vessel with Floral Scroll, 1914–46. Seifū Yohei IV (Japanese, 1872–1951). Porcelain with molded and carved design and cream glaze; height: 25.7 cm (10 1/8 in.); diameter: 24.2 cm (9 1/2 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of James and Christine Heusinger, 2022.227",
    "collection": "Japanese Art",
    "inscriptions": [
        {
            "inscription": "清風",
            "inscription_translation": "“Seifū” incised on the base",
            "sortorder": 1
        },
        {
            "inscription": "清風",
            "inscription_translation": "Seal on the box lid: “Seifū.\"",
            "inscription_remark": "The storage box is also inscribed with a description of the vase as a kanpakuji, \"bright-jewel white porcelain,\" work.",
            "sortorder": 2
        },
        {
            "inscription": "清風造之 【印】成山",
            "inscription_translation": "Inscription on the inside of the box lid, \"Made by Seifū,\" with seal reading “Seizan\"",
            "sortorder": 3
        }
    ],
    "didYouKnow": "According to the box lid, the vase is a <em>kanpakuji</em>, \"bright-jewel white porcelain,\" work.",
    "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. 85, pp. 172–175"
        }
    ],
    "url": "https://clevelandart.org/art/2022.227",
    "creditline": "Gift of James and Christine Heusinger",
    "updatedAt": "2026-05-29 09:02:34.306000",
    "imageUrl": "https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/2022.227/2022.227_print.jpg",
    "sourceId": 447790,
    "dept": "Japanese Art",
    "coll": "Japanese Art",
    "med": "Porcelain with molded and carved design and cream glaze",
    "creatorTags": [
        "male",
        "Asian (from 1900 to present)"
    ],
    "thumbnail_url": null,
    "image_url": null
}

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