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While porcelain was their primary specialization, all the members of the Seifū studio also made stoneware painted with iron oxide designs under the glaze and with color enamel and gold over the glaze. Many examples are further characterized by pink dots brought out during firing and by crackling in the glaze. Works of this type are classified as Kyoto ware, after the city where the style developed. People used the ceramics for a diversity of purposes, from everyday dining to chanoyu, or Japanese tea practice.
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519472
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Bowl with Seven Treasures
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519472
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Bowl with Seven Treasures
description
While porcelain was their primary specialization, all the members of the Seifū studio also made stoneware painted with iron oxide designs under the glaze and with color enamel and gold over the glaze. Many examples are further characterized by pink dots brought out during firing and by crackling in the glaze. Works of this type are classified as Kyoto ware, after the city where the style developed. People used the ceramics for a diversity of purposes, from everyday dining to chanoyu, or Japanese tea practice.
date
1861–78
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en
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Q117351430
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446686
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Ceramic
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Japan, Edo period (1615–1868)
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2022.146.a
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Stoneware with overglaze color enamel and gold
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Bowl with Seven Treasures, 1861–78. Seifū Yohei II (Japanese, 1844–1878). Stoneware with overglaze color enamel and gold. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of James and Christine Heusinger, 2022.146.a
collection
Japanese Art
didYouKnow
Overglaze enamels in red, green, and white sit within lattices of jewel-shaped gold forms scattered across the lid and base in a design known as the seven treasures.
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.
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Mentioned and Reproduced: Cat. No. 5, pp. 70–71
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Gift of James and Christine Heusinger
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2026-05-29 09:05:59.959000
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519472
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Japanese Art
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Japanese Art
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Stoneware with overglaze color enamel and gold
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