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Source Description
This vase is copper red in color at the top and becomes purple closer to the bottom, not unlike a Chinese transformation or flambé glaze with mottling and dripping of the glaze. The lip of the vase and much of the lion-head designs remain white. On the box lid, the color of the glaze is called <em>shinsha</em>, which is often glossed as copper red or oxblood, or sometimes cinnabar. Here, it is meant to refer to a Qing-dynasty glazing technique developed in an effort to reproduce a red glaze used during the reign of the Xuande emperor (1426–35) of the Ming dynasty.
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Document identity
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299445
label
Single Stem Vase
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obj
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object
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1
Source metadata
id
299445
contentType
object
title
Single Stem Vase
description
This vase is copper red in color at the top and becomes purple closer to the bottom, not unlike a Chinese transformation or flambé glaze with mottling and dripping of the glaze. The lip of the vase and much of the lion-head designs remain white. On the box lid, the color of the glaze is called <em>shinsha</em>, which is often glossed as copper red or oxblood, or sometimes cinnabar. Here, it is meant to refer to a Qing-dynasty glazing technique developed in an effort to reproduce a red glaze used during the reign of the Xuande emperor (1426–35) of the Ming dynasty.
date
1914–46
rights
CC0
rightsUri
CC0
language
en
wikidata
Q117716957
creators
299426
genreSpecific
Ceramic
imageCount
1
source
import
dimensionsRaw
height: 17.1 cm (6 3/4 in.); Diameter: 9.5 cm (3 3/4 in.)
cul
Japan, Taishō period (1912–26)
accession
2022.21
Source extras
tec
Porcelain with molded design and copper-red glaze
tombstone
Single Stem Vase, 1914–46. Seifū Yohei IV (Japanese, 1872–1951). Porcelain with molded design and copper-red glaze; height: 17.1 cm (6 3/4 in.); diameter: 9.5 cm (3 3/4 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of James and Christine Heusinger, 2022.210
collection
Japanese Art
inscriptions
inscription
清風
inscription_translation
“Seifū” inscribed on the base
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1
inscription
清風造
inscription_translation
Inscription on the inside of the box lid: "Made by Seifū"
sortorder
2
inscription
成山
inscription_translation
Seal on the inside of the box lid: “Seizan"
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3
inscription
清風盧人
inscription_translation
Seal on top of the box lid: “Seifū rojin”
inscription_remark
The storage box lid is also inscribed with a description of the bowl.
sortorder
4
didYouKnow
This vase has lion heads for “ears."
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. 67, p. 158
creditline
Gift of James and Christine Heusinger
updatedAt
2026-05-29 08:53:49.125000
sourceId
299445
dept
Japanese Art
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Japanese Art
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Porcelain with molded design and copper-red glaze
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male
Asian (from 1900 to present)
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