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    "localId": "299439",
    "label": "Gu-shaped Vase",
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    "id": "299439",
    "contentType": "object",
    "title": "Gu-shaped Vase",
    "description": "Seifū Yohei III mined the repertoire of Chinese vessel types, from ceramics modeled after ancient ritual bronzes to shapes developed in the Yuan (1279–1368) and Ming (1368–1644) dynasties. His designs tended to be formal and restrained, often featuring creamy white glazes suggestive of the hue of Ding ware and green glazes resembling Longquan ware.<br><br>This <em>gu</em>-shaped vase has a cracked-ice glaze, which was once customarily called <em>Ge </em>(Japanese pronunciation <em>Ka</em>), after the kiln where it purportedly originated during the Southern Song dynasty (1127–1279). The glaze’s double-crackle pattern, featuring both deeper and shallower cracks, is called “gold threads and iron lines.” The effect was enhanced here by coating the vessel with ink or another stain, which was allowed to seep into the cracks before the surface was wiped clean.",
    "date": "1912–14",
    "citation": "https://clevelandart.org/art/2022.223",
    "rights": "CC0",
    "rightsUri": "CC0",
    "language": "en",
    "wikidata": [
        "Q117793517"
    ],
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    "genreSpecific": [
        "Ceramic"
    ],
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    "thumbnailUrl": "https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/2022.223/2022.223_web.jpg",
    "largeImageUrl": "https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/2022.223/2022.223_web.jpg",
    "imageCount": 1,
    "source": "import",
    "dimensionsRaw": "27.9 cm (11 in.); Diameter of top: 14.6 cm (5 3/4 in.)",
    "cul": [
        "Japan, Meiji period (1868–1912)"
    ],
    "accession": "2022.223"
}

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    "tec": "Porcelain with crackled glaze",
    "tombstone": "Gu-shaped Vase, 1912–14. Seifū Yohei III (Japanese, 1851–1914). Porcelain with crackled glaze; 27.9 cm (11 in.); diameter of top: 14.6 cm (5 3/4 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of James and Christine Heusinger, 2022.223",
    "collection": "Japanese Art",
    "inscriptions": [
        {
            "inscription": "清風",
            "inscription_translation": "“Seifū” incised on the base",
            "sortorder": 1
        },
        {
            "inscription": "清風",
            "inscription_translation": "Seal on the top of the box lid: “Seifū”",
            "inscription_remark": "The storage box is also inscribed with a description of the contents of the box.",
            "sortorder": 2
        },
        {
            "inscription": "帝室技芸員",
            "inscription_translation": "Seal on the inside of the box lid: Imperial Household Artist “Teishitsu gigei’in”",
            "inscription_remark": "The storage box is also inscribed with the artist's name.",
            "sortorder": 3
        }
    ],
    "didYouKnow": "<em>Gu</em>-shaped vases are relatively slender cylinders that flare at both the mouth and foot with orbs or drumlike forms partway up the vessel.",
    "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. 81, pp. 170–171"
        }
    ],
    "url": "https://clevelandart.org/art/2022.223",
    "creditline": "Gift of James and Christine Heusinger",
    "updatedAt": "2026-05-29 08:53:38.227000",
    "imageUrl": "https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/2022.223/2022.223_print.jpg",
    "sourceId": 299439,
    "dept": "Japanese Art",
    "coll": "Japanese Art",
    "med": "Porcelain with crackled glaze",
    "creatorTags": [
        "male",
        "Asian (from 1900 to present)"
    ],
    "thumbnail_url": null,
    "image_url": null
}

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