Cleveland Museum of Art
Teapot with Pines
Seifū Yohei IIILinkedCulture matchlcp-76f8f3f7462b
- Date
- 1893–1914
- Medium
- Porcelain with underglaze blue
- Culture
- Japan
- Department
- Japanese Art
- Institution
- Cleveland Museum of Art
- Object ID
- 447766
From the Cleveland Museum of Art record
Side-handled teapots known as kyūsu and hot water coolers, or yuzamashi , are essential components of sencha tea sets. The teapot is, of course, meant for steeping and serving the tea. Yuzamashi are used to cool boiled water to the ideal temperature for the type of tea to be brewed. This teapot has a pine in underglaze blue on each side. The tip of one of these pines reaches onto the tiny lid, and as with the trees on the Water Cooler with Pines, CMA 2022.163 , the trunks are curvy ribbons with little definition. Considering the execution of the two vessels' designs, one might imagine the pot and cooler to have been part of the same set. This teapot with images of pines are among Seifū Yohei III’s designs painted in blue.
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- Credit line
- Gift of James and Christine Heusinger
- Provenance
- ?–2022: James and Christine Heusinger, Berea, OH, given to the Cleveland Museum of Art | 2022–: The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
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