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This side-handled <em>sencha </em>teapot has the lid flush against the body, forming an oblong orb. It is decorated with a sprinkling of similar chrysanthemum motifs in red, green, and purple overglaze color enamels with centers of pale red dotted with gold.

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519486
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Teapot with Chrysanthemum Motifs
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519486
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title
Teapot with Chrysanthemum Motifs
description
This side-handled <em>sencha </em>teapot has the lid flush against the body, forming an oblong orb. It is decorated with a sprinkling of similar chrysanthemum motifs in red, green, and purple overglaze color enamels with centers of pale red dotted with gold.
date
1912–14
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en
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299428
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Ceramic
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1
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Japan, Meiji period (1868–1912)
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2022.167.a
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Porcelain with overglaze color enamel and gold
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Teapot with Chrysanthemum Motifs, 1912–14. Seifū Yohei III (Japanese, 1851–1914). Porcelain with overglaze color enamel and gold. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of James and Christine Heusinger, 2022.167.a
collection
Japanese Art
didYouKnow
This teapot with chrysanthemum motifs shows off Seifū Yohei III’s technique of enamels painted over the glaze.
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.
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Mentioned and Reproduced: cat. no. 23, pp. 94–96
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Gift of James and Christine Heusinger
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2026-05-29 09:06:12.006000
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519486
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Japanese Art
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Japanese Art
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Porcelain with overglaze color enamel and gold
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male
Asian (from 1900 to present)
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