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    "localId": "447767",
    "label": "Bowl with Dragons Chasing Flaming Jewels",
    "core": "obj",
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}

{
    "id": "447767",
    "contentType": "object",
    "title": "Bowl with Dragons Chasing Flaming Jewels",
    "description": "The decoration of this large bowl, described as a <em>donburi</em> on one side of its box, is executed entirely in molded and carved relief under a creamy, pink-tinged translucent glaze. The main motif is a pair of four-clawed dragons pursuing flaming jewels. As is standard for this design, the beasts are surrounded by wisps of cloud, and a foliate pattern runs around the bottom of the basin. A geometric pattern circles the exterior of the footring. The white-on-white design makes the bowl subtle and elegant.",
    "date": "1893–97",
    "citation": "https://clevelandart.org/art/2022.238",
    "rights": "CC0",
    "rightsUri": "CC0",
    "language": "en",
    "wikidata": [
        "Q117793540"
    ],
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    ],
    "genreSpecific": [
        "Ceramic"
    ],
    "iiifBase": "https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/2022.238/2022.238_web.jpg",
    "thumbnailUrl": "https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/2022.238/2022.238_web.jpg",
    "largeImageUrl": "https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/2022.238/2022.238_web.jpg",
    "imageCount": 1,
    "source": "import",
    "dimensionsRaw": "9.5 x 18.6 cm (3 3/4 x 7 5/16 in.)",
    "cul": [
        "Japan, Meiji period (1868–1912) to Taishō period (1912–26)"
    ],
    "accession": "2022.238"
}

{
    "tec": "Porcelain with molded and carved design",
    "tombstone": "Bowl with Dragons Chasing Flaming Jewels, 1893–97. Seifū Yohei III (Japanese, 1851–1914). Porcelain with molded and carved design; 9.5 x 18.6 cm (3 3/4 x 7 5/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of James and Christine Heusinger, 2022.238",
    "collection": "Japanese Art",
    "inscriptions": [
        {
            "inscription": "大日本清風造",
            "inscription_translation": "Incised on the bowl's base: \"Made by Seifū of Great Japan\"",
            "sortorder": 1
        },
        {
            "inscription": "清風",
            "inscription_translation": "Seal on the top of the box lid: “Seifū\"",
            "sortorder": 2
        },
        {
            "inscription": "清風與平",
            "inscription_translation": "Seal on the top of the box lid: “Seifū Yohei”",
            "sortorder": 3
        }
    ],
    "didYouKnow": "Kyoto-based Japanese ceramist Seifū Yohei III (1851–1914) admired the glaze colors found on Chinese porcelain and tried to replicate them through intensive experimentation.",
    "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. 96, p. 186"
        }
    ],
    "url": "https://clevelandart.org/art/2022.238",
    "creditline": "Gift of James and Christine Heusinger",
    "updatedAt": "2026-05-29 09:02:24.371000",
    "imageUrl": "https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/2022.238/2022.238_print.jpg",
    "sourceId": 447767,
    "dept": "Japanese Art",
    "coll": "Japanese Art",
    "med": "Porcelain with molded and carved design",
    "creatorTags": [
        "male",
        "Asian (from 1900 to present)"
    ],
    "thumbnail_url": null,
    "image_url": null
}

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