Cleveland Museum of Art

Lid for an Incense Burner with Flowers and Dots

Seifū Yohei IIILinkedCulture matchlcp-76f8f3f7462b

Date: 1893–1914
Medium: Silver
Culture: Japan, Meiji period (1868–1912)
Department: Japanese Art
Institution: Cleveland Museum of Art
Object ID: 519602

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Yohei III made incense burners in a wide variety of designs and styles. The body and glaze of this one are taihakuji , or “great white porcelain,” an important early invention Yohei III devised in 1872 that involved the combination of a distinctive translucent, creamy glaze over an ivory-colored clay body. The silver lid is meant to look like a single flower. The vessel has tapering legs with a combined curvilinear and geometric design; the bands encircling the middle have simple, incised flower motifs alternating with single dots. The silver lid was produced outside the studio by metalwork specialists.

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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