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Source Description
Each of these sake cups pictures two backward-looking dragons. The highly stylized creatures resemble jade carvings.
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Document identity
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447761
label
Sake Cups with Dragons
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obj
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object
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Source metadata
id
447761
contentType
object
title
Sake Cups with Dragons
description
Each of these sake cups pictures two backward-looking dragons. The highly stylized creatures resemble jade carvings.
date
1893–1914
rights
CC0
rightsUri
CC0
language
en
wikidata
Q117536017
creators
299428
genreSpecific
Ceramic
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1
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import
dimensionsRaw
height (each): 5 cm (1 15/16 in.); diameter (each): 4.5 cm (1 3/4 in.)
cul
Japan, Meiji period (1868–1912)
accession
2022.239
Source extras
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Set of six sake cups; porcelain with underglaze blue and iron oxide rims
tombstone
Sake Cups with Dragons, 1893–1914. Seifū Yohei III (Japanese, 1851–1914). Set of six sake cups; porcelain with underglaze blue and iron oxide rims; height (each): 5 cm (1 15/16 in.); diameter (each): 4.5 cm (1 3/4 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of James and Christine Heusinger, 2022.239
collection
Japanese Art
inscriptions
inscription
大日本清風造
inscription_translation
Inscription on base of each cup: "Made by Seifu of Great Japan"
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1
inscription
清風
inscription_translation
Seal on the top of the box lid: “Seifū”
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2
didYouKnow
Seifū Yohei III was inspired by the Chinese mythical animals 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. 97, p. 187
creditline
Gift of James and Christine Heusinger
updatedAt
2026-05-29 09:02:07.835000
sourceId
447761
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Japanese Art
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Japanese Art
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Set of six sake cups; porcelain with underglaze blue and iron oxide rims
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male
Asian (from 1900 to present)
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