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Source Description
The glazing of this long, narrow-necked and bulbous-based vase has a network of shallow cracks, created when the glaze fractured as it cooled from firing. It is called a cracked-ice pattern or glaze, since the effect resembles the surface of a frozen lake. The cracks here are of a consistently high density throughout the vessel. This pattern is observed also in the transparent glaze of some Kyoto ware, in some of Yohei III’s green glazes, and in some of his vessels emulating Chinese forms. The interior of the box lid has an attestation to its authenticity by Yohei IV, and the footring is inscribed Seifū of Great Japan (Dai Nihon Seifū) in iron black.
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299442
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Long-Necked Vase
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299442
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object
title
Long-Necked Vase
description
The glazing of this long, narrow-necked and bulbous-based vase has a network of shallow cracks, created when the glaze fractured as it cooled from firing. It is called a cracked-ice pattern or glaze, since the effect resembles the surface of a frozen lake. The cracks here are of a consistently high density throughout the vessel. This pattern is observed also in the transparent glaze of some Kyoto ware, in some of Yohei III’s green glazes, and in some of his vessels emulating Chinese forms. The interior of the box lid has an attestation to its authenticity by Yohei IV, and the footring is inscribed Seifū of Great Japan (Dai Nihon Seifū) in iron black.
date
1893–97
rights
CC0
rightsUri
CC0
language
en
wikidata
Q117716954
creators
299428
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Ceramic
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1
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import
dimensionsRaw
height: 30 cm (11 13/16 in.); Diameter: 15.5 cm (6 1/8 in.)
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Japan, Meiji period (1868–1912)
accession
2022.196
Source extras
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Stoneware with crackled glaze
tombstone
Long-Necked Vase, 1893–97. Seifū Yohei III (Japanese, 1851–1914). Stoneware with crackled glaze; height: 30 cm (11 13/16 in.); diameter: 15.5 cm (6 1/8 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of James and Christine Heusinger, 2022.196
collection
Japanese Art
inscriptions
inscription
大日本清風造
inscription_translation
The footring is inscribed "Seifu of Great Japan" (Dai Nihon Seifu) in iron black
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1
inscription
帝室技芸員
inscription_translation
Seal on the lid: Imperial Household Artist “Teishitsu gigei’in”
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2
inscription
清風盧人
inscription_translation
Seal on the lid: “Seifū rojin”
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3
didYouKnow
Seifū Yohei III apprenticed in the Seifū studio, married into the family, and later adopted the Seifū Yohei name, when he became head of the studio.
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. 52, p. 127
creditline
Gift of James and Christine Heusinger
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2026-05-29 08:53:47.255000
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299442
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Japanese Art
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Japanese Art
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Stoneware with crackled glaze
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male
Asian (from 1900 to present)
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