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Source Description
While this bowl has no box, it is attributed to Yohei III based in part on the style of the signature on its base. Below the rim, the bowl’s interior has a ring of clouds in underglaze blue. On the outside, bright yellow is combined with roundels of dragons capturing flaming jewels, painted under the glaze in blue, while the inside has a single dragon roundel in underglaze blue against a white ground. The work’s bold decorative scheme is more in keeping with what might be expected from the high-output studio of Miyagawa Kozan in Yokohama, whose products were designed for mass appeal. A similar bowl is in the collection of the Museum of Ceramic Art, Hyogo.
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447712
label
Bowl with Dragon Roundels
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object
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Source metadata
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447712
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object
title
Bowl with Dragon Roundels
description
While this bowl has no box, it is attributed to Yohei III based in part on the style of the signature on its base. Below the rim, the bowl’s interior has a ring of clouds in underglaze blue. On the outside, bright yellow is combined with roundels of dragons capturing flaming jewels, painted under the glaze in blue, while the inside has a single dragon roundel in underglaze blue against a white ground. The work’s bold decorative scheme is more in keeping with what might be expected from the high-output studio of Miyagawa Kozan in Yokohama, whose products were designed for mass appeal. A similar bowl is in the collection of the Museum of Ceramic Art, Hyogo.
date
1897–1914
rights
CC0
rightsUri
CC0
language
en
wikidata
Q117793531
creators
299428
genreSpecific
Ceramic
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1
source
import
dimensionsRaw
8.1 x 18.2 cm (3 3/16 x 7 3/16 in.)
cul
Japan, Meiji period (1868–1912)
accession
2022.237
Source extras
tec
Porcelain with underglaze blue, iron oxide, and yellow glaze
tombstone
Bowl with Dragon Roundels, 1897–1914. Seifū Yohei III (Japanese, 1851–1914). Porcelain with underglaze blue, iron oxide, and yellow glaze; 8.1 x 18.2 cm (3 3/16 x 7 3/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of James and Christine Heusinger, 2022.237
collection
Japanese Art
inscriptions
inscription
清風
inscription_translation
“Seifū” inscribed on the base
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1
didYouKnow
Seifū Yohei III was inspired by the Chinese mythical animals and motifs with magical symbolism—including clouds and fungi—that were common on porcelain objects made at Jingdezhen in China during the Ming dynasty (1368–1644) and then exported around the world.
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. 95, p. 185
creditline
Gift of James and Christine Heusinger
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2026-05-29 09:01:34.821000
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447712
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Japanese Art
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Japanese Art
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Porcelain with underglaze blue, iron oxide, and yellow glaze
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male
Asian (from 1900 to present)
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