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    "localId": "299421",
    "label": "Dish from Dishes with Shells",
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    "id": "299421",
    "contentType": "object",
    "title": "Dish from Dishes with Shells",
    "description": "Yohei IV chose an aquatic theme for this set of five <em>mukōzuke</em>, side dishes. He added an iron oxide rim and used a concentrated blue glaze on both the interior and exterior. The glaze, named on the box lid, is his father’s “evening moon” (<em>tsukiyoi</em>) color. The conch in relief takes up the entire bottom of the dish. Up the sides are two snails on one end and on the other a scallop. This results in a boldly graphic, less realistic effect.",
    "date": "1914–46",
    "citation": "https://clevelandart.org/art/2022.213.1",
    "rights": "CC0",
    "rightsUri": "CC0",
    "language": "en",
    "wikidata": [
        "Q117774632"
    ],
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    "genreSpecific": [
        "Ceramic"
    ],
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    "largeImageUrl": "https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/2022.213.1/2022.213.1_web.jpg",
    "imageCount": 1,
    "source": "import",
    "dimensionsRaw": "height: 2.5 cm (1 in.); Diameter: 12.1 cm (4 3/4 in.)",
    "cul": [
        "Japan, Taishō period (1912–26)"
    ],
    "accession": "2022.213.1"
}

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    "tec": "One from a set of five dishes; porcelain with blue glaze, iron oxide, and molded design",
    "tombstone": "Dish from Dishes with Shells, 1914–46. Seifū Yohei IV (Japanese, 1872–1951). One from a set of five dishes; porcelain with blue glaze, iron oxide, and molded design; height: 2.5 cm (1 in.); diameter: 12.1 cm (4 3/4 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of James and Christine Heusinger, 2022.213.1",
    "collection": "Japanese Art",
    "inscriptions": [
        {
            "inscription": "清風",
            "inscription_translation": "“Seifū” inscribed on the base",
            "sortorder": 1
        },
        {
            "inscription": "清風造",
            "inscription_translation": "Inscription on the inside of the lid: \"Made by Seifū“",
            "sortorder": 2
        },
        {
            "inscription": "清風",
            "inscription_translation": "Seal on the inside of the box lid: “Seifū\"",
            "sortorder": 3
        },
        {
            "inscription": "成山清風",
            "inscription_translation": "Seal on the top of the box lid: “Seizan Seifū”",
            "inscription_remark": "The storage box is also inscribed.",
            "sortorder": 4
        }
    ],
    "didYouKnow": "This set of dishes, <em>mukōzuke, </em>could be used for serving small side dishes at a tea gathering.",
    "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. 70, pp. 160–161"
        }
    ],
    "url": "https://clevelandart.org/art/2022.213.1",
    "creditline": "Gift of James and Christine Heusinger",
    "updatedAt": "2026-05-29 08:53:05.302000",
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    "sourceId": 299421,
    "dept": "Japanese Art",
    "coll": "Japanese Art",
    "med": "One from a set of five dishes; porcelain with blue glaze, iron oxide, and molded design",
    "creatorTags": [
        "male",
        "Asian (from 1900 to present)"
    ],
    "thumbnail_url": null,
    "image_url": null
}

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