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Vase with Peonies
The collection record classifies this work as ceramic. It is dated 1900–1914. Recorded culture or place: Japan, Meiji period (1868–1912).
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- Museum title
- Vase with Peonies
- Date
- 1900–1914
- Culture / origin
- Japan, Meiji period (1868–1912)
- Materials and technique
- Porcelain with molded and carved design and pink-infused cream glaze
- Dimensions
- height: 17.8 cm (7 in.); Diameter: 12.1 cm (4 3/4 in.)
- Artist / maker
- Seifū Yohei III (Japanese, 1851–1914)
- Museum
- The Cleveland Museum of Art
- Accession number
- 2022.198
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The following description is reproduced from the Cleveland Museum of Art’s original English record.
This flower vase has a creamy white glaze infused with pink. Sadly, the box has been lost, so we cannot know how it was described by the studio. However, through comparison with other works, it is possible to surmise that the work can be categorized as kanpakuji with in-glaze pink. A single huge blossom shoots up into the widest part of the vessel, near the top, so it will be visible from a distance. If this design is displayed in a space with a decorative alcove located some distance away from the entrance, even at a remove, it can announce the taste of its owner and immediately please a guest. On the other side of the vase, two butterflies, their wings overlapping, flit through the sky.
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The Cleveland Museum of Art · Gift of James and Christine Heusinger · CC0
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