Cleveland Museum of Art
Sake Cup with Auspicious Plants
Seifū Yohei IILinkedCulture matchlcp-53402d29de8c
- Date
- 1861–78
- Medium
- One of a pair of sake cups; porcelain with underglaze blue
- Culture
- Japan
- Department
- Japanese Art
- Institution
- Cleveland Museum of Art
- Object ID
- 519432
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A small blue and white porcelain bowl with floral patterns.
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From the Cleveland Museum of Art record
Seifū Yohei II excelled as a painter, as evidenced by his floral and landscape designs. His works were selected as the best among Kyoto ceramics shown to jurists from Europe and the US, thus paving the way for international recognition of the studio in the late 1800s. Orchid, bamboo, chrysanthemum, and plum all appear on this cup and have associations with the four seasons.
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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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