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Source Description
Seifū Yohei III made incense burners in a wide variety of designs and styles. Their silver lids were produced outside the studio by metalwork specialists. This tripod incense burner has a distinctive red-colored glaze and linear molded decorations that run around the base of the collar and down the legs.
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Document identity
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299438
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Incense Burner
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299438
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object
title
Incense Burner
description
Seifū Yohei III made incense burners in a wide variety of designs and styles. Their silver lids were produced outside the studio by metalwork specialists. This tripod incense burner has a distinctive red-colored glaze and linear molded decorations that run around the base of the collar and down the legs.
date
1893–97
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CC0
language
en
wikidata
Q117536004
creators
299428
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Ceramic
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1
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import
dimensionsRaw
height with lid: 10.8 cm (4 1/4 in.); Diameter: 11.4 cm (4 1/2 in.)
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Japan, Meiji period (1868–1912)
accession
2022.178
Source extras
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Porcelain with molded design, crimson glaze, and floral openwork silver lid
tombstone
Incense Burner, 1893–97. Seifū Yohei III (Japanese, 1851–1914). Porcelain with molded design, crimson glaze, and floral openwork silver lid; height with lid: 10.8 cm (4 1/4 in.); diameter: 11.4 cm (4 1/2 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of James and Christine Heusinger, 2022.178
collection
Japanese Art
didYouKnow
Seifū Yohei III’s incense burner with a variety of flowers on its lid has a glaze described as “crimson glaze” (<em>kōyū</em>); it is also dappled with dark spots of varied opacity and tiny pores throughout, which gives the container a rich, textured effect.
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. 34, pp. 108–109
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Gift of James and Christine Heusinger
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2026-05-29 08:53:28.574000
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299438
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Japanese Art
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Japanese Art
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Porcelain with molded design, crimson glaze, and floral openwork silver lid
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male
Asian (from 1900 to present)
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