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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. His green and creamy white glazes were particularly well received. The combinations of colors with subtle molded and incised decorations in his ceramics respond powerfully to changes in light, creating a dynamic viewing experience. Names for the glazes, written in ink with a brush on the lids of the custom-made storage boxes for the works, often indicate a specific glaze or ware that had inspired him, even when the resulting color was distinctively his own.
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519554
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Lid for an Incense Burner
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object
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519554
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object
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Lid for an Incense Burner
description
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. His green and creamy white glazes were particularly well received. The combinations of colors with subtle molded and incised decorations in his ceramics respond powerfully to changes in light, creating a dynamic viewing experience. Names for the glazes, written in ink with a brush on the lids of the custom-made storage boxes for the works, often indicate a specific glaze or ware that had inspired him, even when the resulting color was distinctively his own.
date
1895–1914
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CC0
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CC0
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en
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299428
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Ceramic
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1
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Japan, Meiji period (1868–1912)
accession
2022.177.b
Source extras
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Geometric openwork silver lid
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Lid for an Incense Burner, 1895–1914. Seifū Yohei III (Japanese, 1851–1914). Geometric openwork silver lid. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of James and Christine Heusinger, 2022.177.b
collection
Japanese Art
didYouKnow
The silver lid was produced outside the studio by metalwork specialists.
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. 33, pp. 108–109
citation
"Colours of Kyoto, Ceramics From the Yohei Studio." <em>The Asian Art Newspaper: Monthly for Collectors, Dealers, Museums and Galleries </em>27, no. 1 (November 2023): 8
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Reproduced: p. 8
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Gift of James and Christine Heusinger
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2026-05-29 09:06:33.520000
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519554
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Japanese Art
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Japanese Art
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Geometric openwork silver lid
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male
Asian (from 1900 to present)
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