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    "localId": "519503",
    "label": "Lid for a Teapot with Bamboo",
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    "id": "519503",
    "contentType": "object",
    "title": "Lid for a Teapot with Bamboo",
    "description": "This teapot has a well-balanced design of bamboo in underglaze blue and <em>nyoi </em>staff-head motifs applied to both sides at the shoulder.",
    "date": "1914–46",
    "citation": "https://clevelandart.org/art/2022.203.b",
    "rights": "CC0",
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    "language": "en",
    "wikidata": [
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    "source": "import",
    "cul": [
        "Japan, Taishō period (1912–26)"
    ],
    "accession": "2022.203.b"
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    "tec": "Porcelain with underglaze blue, molded decoration and metal handle",
    "tombstone": "Lid for a Teapot with Bamboo, 1914–46. Seifū Yohei IV (Japanese, 1872–1951). Porcelain with underglaze blue, molded decoration and metal handle. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of James and Christine Heusinger, 2022.203.b",
    "collection": "Japanese Art",
    "inscriptions": [
        {
            "inscription": "清風",
            "inscription_translation": "“Seifū” inscribed on the base",
            "sortorder": 1
        },
        {
            "inscription": "清風",
            "inscription_translation": "Seal on the inside of the box lid: “Seifū.” Storage box is inscribed and impressed with seals.",
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        }
    ],
    "didYouKnow": "Seifū Yohei IV was the second son of Yohei III.",
    "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. 60, p. 149"
        }
    ],
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    "creditline": "Gift of James and Christine Heusinger",
    "updatedAt": "2026-05-29 09:06:24.158000",
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    "dept": "Japanese Art",
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        "Asian (from 1900 to present)"
    ],
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}

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