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    "localId": "519396",
    "label": "Water Container with Shell and Seaweed",
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    "id": "519396",
    "contentType": "object",
    "title": "Water Container with Shell and Seaweed",
    "description": "Yohei IV chose an aquatic theme for this <em>mizusashi</em>. He applied clay to the surface and molded the shape of a large conch on one side and, on the other, a clam and a scallop. The finer details he incised into the surface of his low-relief shapes. He then painted seaweed as though it were coming out from behind the sea creatures, and he further set off\u001e the animals using a masking technique with a gradated blue surround. Finally, he applied a translucent blue glaze, identified on the box as <em>mizusai,</em> over the entire body of the vessel. The resulting effect is that one imagines having descended through the water to the ocean floor.",
    "date": "1914–46",
    "citation": "https://clevelandart.org/art/2022.212.a",
    "rights": "CC0",
    "rightsUri": "CC0",
    "language": "en",
    "creators": [
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    ],
    "genreSpecific": [
        "Ceramic"
    ],
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    "largeImageUrl": "https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/2022.212.a/2022.212.a_web.jpg",
    "imageCount": 1,
    "source": "import",
    "cul": [
        "Japan, Meiji period (1868–1912) or Taishō period (1912–26)"
    ],
    "accession": "2022.212.a"
}

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    "tec": "Porcelain with underglaze blue, blue glaze and molded design",
    "tombstone": "Water Container with Shell and Seaweed, 1914–46. Seifū Yohei IV (Japanese, 1872–1951). Porcelain with underglaze blue, blue glaze and molded design. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of James and Christine Heusinger, 2022.212.a",
    "collection": "Japanese Art",
    "didYouKnow": "A <em>mizusashi</em>, water container, is an essential utensil for a tea ceremony.",
    "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. 69, pp. 160–161"
        }
    ],
    "url": "https://clevelandart.org/art/2022.212.a",
    "creditline": "Gift of James and Christine Heusinger",
    "updatedAt": "2026-05-29 09:05:26.849000",
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    "dept": "Japanese Art",
    "coll": "Japanese Art",
    "med": "Porcelain with underglaze blue, blue glaze and molded design",
    "creatorTags": [
        "male",
        "Asian (from 1900 to present)"
    ],
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