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Yohei III made incense burners in a wide variety of designs and styles. The body and glaze of this one are <em>taihakuji</em>, or “great white porcelain,” an important early invention Yohei III devised in 1872 that involved the combination of a distinctive translucent, creamy glaze over an ivory-colored clay body. <br><br>The silver lid is meant to look like a single flower. The vessel has tapering legs with a combined curvilinear and geometric design; the bands encircling the middle have simple, incised flower motifs alternating with single dots.
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519603
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Incense Burner with Flowers and Dots
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519603
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Incense Burner with Flowers and Dots
description
Yohei III made incense burners in a wide variety of designs and styles. The body and glaze of this one are <em>taihakuji</em>, or “great white porcelain,” an important early invention Yohei III devised in 1872 that involved the combination of a distinctive translucent, creamy glaze over an ivory-colored clay body. <br><br>The silver lid is meant to look like a single flower. The vessel has tapering legs with a combined curvilinear and geometric design; the bands encircling the middle have simple, incised flower motifs alternating with single dots.
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1893–1914
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CC0
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CC0
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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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2022.180.a
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Porcelain with creamy white translucent glaze and molded and incised design
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Incense Burner with Flowers and Dots, 1893–1914. Seifū Yohei III (Japanese, 1851–1914). Porcelain with creamy white translucent glaze and molded and incised design. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of James and Christine Heusinger, 2022.180.a
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Japanese Art
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This cylindrical incense burner has molded decorations on its creamy body.
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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. 36, pp. 108–109
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Gift of James and Christine Heusinger
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2026-05-29 09:06:58.680000
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519603
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Japanese Art
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Japanese Art
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Porcelain with creamy white translucent glaze and molded and incised design
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male
Asian (from 1900 to present)
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