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Source Description
Seifū Yohei III made incense burners in a wide variety of designs and styles. This tripod incense burner has a distinctive red-colored glaze and linear molded decorations that run around the base of the collar and down the legs. It has a variety of flowers on its lid. The glaze is described as “crimson glaze” (<em>kōyū</em>); it is also dappled with dark spots of varied opacity and tiny pores throughout, which gives the container a rich, textured effect.
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Document identity
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448350
label
Lid for an Incense Burner
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448350
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object
title
Lid for an Incense Burner
description
Seifū Yohei III made incense burners in a wide variety of designs and styles. This tripod incense burner has a distinctive red-colored glaze and linear molded decorations that run around the base of the collar and down the legs. It has a variety of flowers on its lid. The glaze is described as “crimson glaze” (<em>kōyū</em>); it is also dappled with dark spots of varied opacity and tiny pores throughout, which gives the container a rich, textured effect.
date
1893–97
rights
CC0
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CC0
language
en
wikidata
Q117536030
creators
299428
genreSpecific
Ceramic
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1
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import
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Japan, Meiji period (1868–1912)
accession
2022.178.b
Source extras
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Floral openwork silver lid
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Lid for an Incense Burner, 1893–97. Seifū Yohei III (Japanese, 1851–1914). Floral openwork silver lid. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of James and Christine Heusinger, 2022.178.b
collection
Japanese Art
didYouKnow
The silver lid was produced outside the studio by metalwork specialists.
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. 34, pp. 108–109
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Gift of James and Christine Heusinger
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2026-05-29 09:03:29.225000
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448350
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Japanese Art
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Japanese Art
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Floral openwork silver lid
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male
Asian (from 1900 to present)
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