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Vase with Dragon Roundels
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 Dragon Roundels
- Date
- 1900–1914
- Culture / origin
- Japan, Meiji period (1868–1912)
- Materials and technique
- Porcelain with purple glaze and molded and carved design
- Dimensions
- height: 15 cm (5 7/8 in.); Diameter: 10 cm (3 15/16 in.)
- Artist / maker
- Seifū Yohei III (Japanese, 1851–1914)
- Museum
- The Cleveland Museum of Art
- Accession number
- 2022.236
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The following description is reproduced from the Cleveland Museum of Art’s original English record.
Each side of this lavender-colored vase is nearly covered with a low-relief design of a four-clawed dragon curled around a flaming jewel. The box lid carries an attestation by Yohei IV that the vase was produced by his predecessor, and the signature on the base is one Yohei III used later in his career. The lid also makes reference to Jun (J. Kin) ware, which was made in numerous kilns in what is now Yuzhou or Yuxian in Henan Province, China, during the Northern Song dynasty. Some Jun wares had an opalescent purple glaze, which was clearly the inspiration for the color seen on this vase.
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