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Source Description
This Yohei III dining bowl with an everted rim has a glaze identified in its box lid inscription as <em>hisoku </em>(C. <em>mise</em>), or “mysterious color.” This name typically refers specifically to a type of high-quality, green-glazed ceramic produced in the ninth and tenth centuries at the Yue kilns in China’s Zhejiang Province as tribute ware for the imperial family.
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Document identity
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447782
label
Dining Bowl
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object
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Source metadata
id
447782
contentType
object
title
Dining Bowl
description
This Yohei III dining bowl with an everted rim has a glaze identified in its box lid inscription as <em>hisoku </em>(C. <em>mise</em>), or “mysterious color.” This name typically refers specifically to a type of high-quality, green-glazed ceramic produced in the ninth and tenth centuries at the Yue kilns in China’s Zhejiang Province as tribute ware for the imperial family.
date
1912–14
rights
CC0
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CC0
language
en
wikidata
Q117793543
creators
299428
genreSpecific
Ceramic
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1
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import
dimensionsRaw
height: 9 cm (3 9/16 in.); Diameter: 18.5 cm (7 5/16 in.)
cul
Japan, Meiji period (1868–1912)
accession
2022.231
Source extras
tec
Porcelain with green glaze
tombstone
Dining Bowl, 1912–14. Seifū Yohei III (Japanese, 1851–1914). Porcelain with green glaze; height: 9 cm (3 9/16 in.); diameter: 18.5 cm (7 5/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of James and Christine Heusinger, 2022.231
collection
Japanese Art
inscriptions
inscription
共箱の箱書：（蓋表）秘色彩古磁盂（印：清風）；（蓋裏）清風制之（印：帝室技藝員）
inscription_translation
On the top of the storage box's lid, an inscription with a description of the contents and seal reading “Seifū." On the inside of the box lid, an inscription reading "Made by Seifū" with the Imperial Household Artist seal, “Teishitsu gigei’in.”
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1
inscription
彫銘：清風
inscription_translation
“Seifū” incised on the base of the bowl.
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2
didYouKnow
Many ceramics created by the Seifū Studio refer to and emulate Chinese ceramics in form and glazing.
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. 89, pp. 180–183
creditline
Gift of James and Christine Heusinger
updatedAt
2026-05-29 09:02:32.704000
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447782
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Japanese Art
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Japanese Art
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Porcelain with green glaze
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male
Asian (from 1900 to present)
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