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Bowl with Dragon Roundels
The collection record classifies this work as ceramic. It is dated 1897–1914. Recorded culture or place: Japan, Meiji period (1868–1912).
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- Museum title
- Bowl with Dragon Roundels
- Date
- 1897–1914
- Culture / origin
- Japan, Meiji period (1868–1912)
- Materials and technique
- Porcelain with underglaze blue, iron oxide, and yellow glaze
- Dimensions
- 8.1 x 18.2 cm (3 3/16 x 7 3/16 in.)
- Artist / maker
- Seifū Yohei III (Japanese, 1851–1914)
- Museum
- The Cleveland Museum of Art
- Accession number
- 2022.237
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The following description is reproduced from the Cleveland Museum of Art’s original English record.
While this bowl has no box, it is attributed to Yohei III based in part on the style of the signature on its base. Below the rim, the bowl’s interior has a ring of clouds in underglaze blue. On the outside, bright yellow is combined with roundels of dragons capturing flaming jewels, painted under the glaze in blue, while the inside has a single dragon roundel in underglaze blue against a white ground. The work’s bold decorative scheme is more in keeping with what might be expected from the high-output studio of Miyagawa Kozan in Yokohama, whose products were designed for mass appeal. A similar bowl is in the collection of the Museum of Ceramic Art, Hyogo.
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The Cleveland Museum of Art · Gift of James and Christine Heusinger · CC0
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