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    "localId": "519699",
    "label": "Container from Lit Charcoal and Ash Containers",
    "core": "obj",
    "dtoType": "object"
}

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    "id": "519699",
    "contentType": "object",
    "title": "Container from Lit Charcoal and Ash Containers",
    "description": "The box lid for these six-lobed lit charcoal and ash containers, or <em>hiire</em>, identifies them as <em>kōhakuji</em>, another of Yohei III’s translucent cream colors over ivory clay bodies. One might translate the name as “lustrous pearl[–glazed ivory] porcelain.” A <em>hiire </em>was filled with ash with burnt coals at the center so that embers and tobacco ash could be discarded safely during a gathering. Each of the lobes on the containers has a round protrusion set below the rim. The studlike pattern is called <em>ruiza</em>. The term is also used to describe the pattern that rings the shoulder of some flower vases or metal kettles used in chanoyu.",
    "date": "1893–1914",
    "citation": "https://clevelandart.org/art/2022.181.2",
    "rights": "CC0",
    "rightsUri": "CC0",
    "language": "en",
    "creators": [
        299428
    ],
    "genreSpecific": [
        "Ceramic"
    ],
    "iiifBase": "https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/2022.181.2/2022.181.2_web.jpg",
    "thumbnailUrl": "https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/2022.181.2/2022.181.2_web.jpg",
    "largeImageUrl": "https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/2022.181.2/2022.181.2_web.jpg",
    "imageCount": 1,
    "source": "import",
    "dimensionsRaw": "Overall: 10 x 12 cm (3 15/16 x 4 3/4 in.)",
    "cul": [
        "Japan, Meiji period (1868–1912)"
    ],
    "accession": "2022.181.2"
}

{
    "tec": "One from a set of four containers; porcelain with molded design",
    "tombstone": "Container from Lit Charcoal and Ash Containers, 1893–1914. Seifū Yohei III (Japanese, 1851–1914). One from a set of four containers; porcelain with molded design; overall: 10 x 12 cm (3 15/16 x 4 3/4 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of James and Christine Heusinger, 2022.181.2",
    "collection": "Japanese Art",
    "inscriptions": [
        {
            "inscription": "清風",
            "inscription_translation": "“Seifū” inscribed on the base",
            "sortorder": 1
        },
        {
            "inscription": "The storage box for this set is inscribed and impressed with seals.",
            "sortorder": 2
        }
    ],
    "didYouKnow": "The Seifu studio generally followed the standard practice in Japan for identifying the artist and object in box inscriptions.",
    "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. 37, p. 110"
        }
    ],
    "url": "https://clevelandart.org/art/2022.181.2",
    "creditline": "Gift of James and Christine Heusinger",
    "updatedAt": "2026-05-29 09:07:34.899000",
    "imageUrl": "https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/2022.181.2/2022.181.2_print.jpg",
    "sourceId": 519699,
    "dept": "Japanese Art",
    "coll": "Japanese Art",
    "med": "One from a set of four containers; porcelain with molded design",
    "creatorTags": [
        "male",
        "Asian (from 1900 to present)"
    ],
    "thumbnail_url": null,
    "image_url": null
}

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    "pageIndex": 0,
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