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This sake pourers has a wide basin with a low foot; a generous spout open across the top half; a flat, round lid with a small knob recessed flush to the top of the container; and a tall, arched handle that meets the container where the top joins the basin at a sharp angle. It has a painting in underglaze blue of the Four Nobles: chrysanthemum, orchid, plum, and bamboo. Unlike the creamy white color of some Yohei III works, the white of this sake pourer has the bluish cast typical of porcelains produced in Kyoto. It is signed in underglaze blue on the base.
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519467
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Sake Pourer with Chrysanthemum, Orchid, and Plum
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Source metadata
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519467
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object
title
Sake Pourer with Chrysanthemum, Orchid, and Plum
description
This sake pourers has a wide basin with a low foot; a generous spout open across the top half; a flat, round lid with a small knob recessed flush to the top of the container; and a tall, arched handle that meets the container where the top joins the basin at a sharp angle. It has a painting in underglaze blue of the Four Nobles: chrysanthemum, orchid, plum, and bamboo. Unlike the creamy white color of some Yohei III works, the white of this sake pourer has the bluish cast typical of porcelains produced in Kyoto. It is signed in underglaze blue on the base.
date
c. 1887
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CC0
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CC0
language
en
creators
299428
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Ceramic
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1
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import
dimensionsRaw
height with handle: 23 cm (9 1/16 in.); width with spout: 24 cm (9 7/16 in.); Diameter: 18.5 cm (7 5/16 in.)
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Japan
accession
2022.158.a
Source extras
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Porcelain with underglaze blue
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Sake Pourer with Chrysanthemum, Orchid, and Plum, c. 1887. Seifū Yohei III (Japanese, 1851–1914). Porcelain with underglaze blue; height with handle: 23 cm (9 1/16 in.); width with spout: 24 cm (9 7/16 in.); diameter: 18.5 cm (7 5/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of James and Christine Heusinger, 2022.158.a
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Japanese Art
inscriptions
inscription
Artist's signature in underglaze blue on the base.
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1
didYouKnow
This sake pourer is decorated with the Chinese theme of the Four Nobles, in which the qualities of a good person are represented by plant.
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. 15, pp. 86–87
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Gift of James and Christine Heusinger
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2026-05-29 09:05:54.313000
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519467
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Japanese Art
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Japanese Art
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Porcelain with underglaze blue
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male
Asian (from 1900 to present)
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