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Source Description
The complex design of this bowl is also technically sophisticated in its execution. On the interior, Yohei III has placed a mythical beast called a <em>kirin</em> (Chinese, <em>qilin</em>) within a double-banded circle painted in cobalt blue under the glaze. Around the interior of the mouth, bordered at top and bottom with underglaze blue under a brown iron oxide painted rim, he has painted a continuous coin pattern with a red wash and green color enamels. The pattern is further defined and embellished with black iron outlining the green- and gold-painted diamonds over the diluted red. The inside is otherwise left white. On the exterior, the body has a dark blue glaze and an overlaid silver design of <em>reishi</em> with incised lines for detail.
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Document identity
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299433
label
Bowl with Numinous Fungi and Kirin
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299433
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object
title
Bowl with Numinous Fungi and Kirin
description
The complex design of this bowl is also technically sophisticated in its execution. On the interior, Yohei III has placed a mythical beast called a <em>kirin</em> (Chinese, <em>qilin</em>) within a double-banded circle painted in cobalt blue under the glaze. Around the interior of the mouth, bordered at top and bottom with underglaze blue under a brown iron oxide painted rim, he has painted a continuous coin pattern with a red wash and green color enamels. The pattern is further defined and embellished with black iron outlining the green- and gold-painted diamonds over the diluted red. The inside is otherwise left white. On the exterior, the body has a dark blue glaze and an overlaid silver design of <em>reishi</em> with incised lines for detail.
date
1893–1900
rights
CC0
rightsUri
CC0
language
en
wikidata
Q117793508
creators
299428
genreSpecific
Ceramic
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1
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import
dimensionsRaw
height: 8.3 cm (3 1/4 in.); Diameter: 18.3 cm (7 3/16 in.)
cul
Japan, Meiji period (1868–1912)
accession
2022.241
Source extras
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Porcelain with cobalt blue glaze, overglaze color enamel, and silver painting overlay
tombstone
Bowl with Numinous Fungi and Kirin, 1893–1900. Seifū Yohei III (Japanese, 1851–1914). Porcelain with cobalt blue glaze, overglaze color enamel, and silver painting overlay; height: 8.3 cm (3 1/4 in.); diameter: 18.3 cm (7 3/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of James and Christine Heusinger, 2022.241
collection
Japanese Art
inscriptions
inscription
清風
inscription_translation
“Seifū” inscribed on the base
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1
inscription
清風
inscription_translation
Seal on the top of the box lid: “Seifū”
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2
inscription
帝室技芸員
inscription_translation
Inscription on the inside of the box lid: Imperial Household Artist “Teishitsu gigei’in”
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3
inscription
清風
inscription_translation
Seal on the inside of the box lid: “Seifū”
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4
didYouKnow
Inside the bowl is an auspicious, mythical deerlike creature called <em>kirin </em>in Japanese (麒麟 or <em>qilin </em>in Chinese).
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. 99, pp. 190–191
citation
"Colours of Kyoto, Ceramics From the Yohei Studio." <em>The Asian Art Newspaper: Monthly for Collectors, Dealers, Museums and Galleries </em>27, no. 1 (November 2023): 8
page_number
Mentioned and Reproduced: p. 8
creditline
Gift of James and Christine Heusinger
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2026-05-29 08:53:19.499000
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299433
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Japanese Art
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Japanese Art
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Porcelain with cobalt blue glaze, overglaze color enamel, and silver painting overlay
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male
Asian (from 1900 to present)
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