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Teapot with Begonias
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
- Teapot with Begonias
- Date
- 1897–1914
- Culture / origin
- Japan, Meiji period (1868–1912)
- Materials and technique
- Porcelain with underglaze and overglaze colors
- Dimensions
- height with lid: 7.5 cm (2 15/16 in.); width with handle: 10.5 cm (4 1/8 in.); Diameter: 9 cm (3 9/16 in.)
- Artist / maker
- Seifū Yohei III (Japanese, 1851–1914)
- Museum
- The Cleveland Museum of Art
- Accession number
- 2022.168
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The following description is reproduced from the Cleveland Museum of Art’s original English record.
This teapot has complex surface treatment: a design of begonias in modulated underglaze blue for the leaves and stems as well as thick overglaze white with incised lines to define the petals, plus small areas of underglaze yellow at their low-relief centers. A band of underglaze blue gives further definition to the lid’s handle, and the area just above the base has a double band of blue above a row of snail-shell curls.
Unlike many other teapots, which have marks on their bases, this one has “Seifu” incised into one of its sides in relatively large characters. It is the side that would face the host if the teapot were held by the handle with the right hand, which would be the expectation.
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The Cleveland Museum of Art · Gift of James and Christine Heusinger · CC0
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