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This flower vase has two pairs of butterflies forming low-relief roundels, one on each side. The butterflies face each other, one positioned above and the other below, their antennae curling up to a centrally placed floral motif. In the spaces between the pairs of insects, additional raised floral designs are set within vinelike extensions reminiscent of open metalwork banners and canopy adornments in Buddhist temples. The lip and the foot of the vase remain white, and the thinning of the green glaze within the higher-relief portions of the body decoration accentuates the designs. This work, like the sweets bowl <a href="http://www.clevelandart.org/art/2022.232"><u>CMA 2022.232</u></a><u>,</u> has a box lid attribution to Yohei III by Yohei IV. His inscription is dated to the autumn of 1919.
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Document identity
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448370
label
Flower Vase with Butterflies
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object
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Source metadata
id
448370
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object
title
Flower Vase with Butterflies
description
This flower vase has two pairs of butterflies forming low-relief roundels, one on each side. The butterflies face each other, one positioned above and the other below, their antennae curling up to a centrally placed floral motif. In the spaces between the pairs of insects, additional raised floral designs are set within vinelike extensions reminiscent of open metalwork banners and canopy adornments in Buddhist temples. The lip and the foot of the vase remain white, and the thinning of the green glaze within the higher-relief portions of the body decoration accentuates the designs. This work, like the sweets bowl <a href="http://www.clevelandart.org/art/2022.232"><u>CMA 2022.232</u></a><u>,</u> has a box lid attribution to Yohei III by Yohei IV. His inscription is dated to the autumn of 1919.
date
1907–14
rights
CC0
rightsUri
CC0
language
en
wikidata
Q117793562
creators
299428
genreSpecific
Ceramic
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1
source
import
dimensionsRaw
height: 35.5 cm (14 in.); Diameter: 16 cm (6 5/16 in.)
cul
Japan, Meiji period (1868–1912)
accession
2022.234
Source extras
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Porcelain with green glaze and carved and molded design
tombstone
Flower Vase with Butterflies, 1907–14. Seifū Yohei III (Japanese, 1851–1914). Porcelain with green glaze and carved and molded design; height: 35.5 cm (14 in.); diameter: 16 cm (6 5/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of James and Christine Heusinger, 2022.234
collection
Japanese Art
inscriptions
inscription
清風
inscription_translation
“Seifū” inscribed on the base
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1
inscription
【印】 帝室技芸員。 【印】 清風
inscription_translation
Seals on the inside of the box lid: Imperial Household Artist “Teishitsu gigei’in” and “Seifū”
inscription_remark
The lid also has an inscription by Yohei IV dated to the autumn of 1919, which attests that the vase was by his father, Yohei III.
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2
didYouKnow
The box identifies the vase as in the <em>hisokuyō </em>(Chinese <em>mise yao </em>秘色窯), or “mysterious color ware,” style.
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. 92, pp. 10 and 180–183
creditline
Gift of James and Christine Heusinger
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2026-05-29 09:03:43.310000
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448370
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Japanese Art
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Japanese Art
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Porcelain with green glaze and carved and molded design
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male
Asian (from 1900 to present)
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