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Saucers
The collection record classifies this work as ceramic. It is dated 1893–1914. Recorded culture or place: Japan, Meiji period (1868–1912).
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- Museum title
- Saucers
- Date
- 1893–1914
- Culture / origin
- Japan, Meiji period (1868–1912)
- Materials and technique
- Set of ten saucers; porcelain with green glaze
- Dimensions
- height (each): 2.5 cm (1 in.); diameter (each): 8 cm (3 1/8 in.)
- Artist / maker
- Seifū Yohei III (Japanese, 1851–1914)
- Museum
- The Cleveland Museum of Art
- Accession number
- 2022.187
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The following description is reproduced from the Cleveland Museum of Art’s original English record.
Yohei III’s main output for his sophisticated clientele was in the form of tea sets and dining sets. He created a range of dishes in green glazes. He often produced in pairs, sets of five, or sets of ten. For this set of ten small dishes in a simple, round form that emphasizes the glaze above all, the box lid designates the piece as seiji, or green-glazed porcelain, using a general term for the extensive palette of green glazes often called celadon in English. The box lid further identifies the dishes themselves as tōchō, literally “bean-sized saucers,” a size that makes them suitable for dipping sauces.
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