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Sweets Bowl

1893–1914

Seifū Yohei III 三代清風与平

(Japanese, 1851–1914)
Japan, Meiji period (1868–1912)
Porcelain with yellow glaze
height: 4.5 cm (1 3/4 in.); Diameter: 21 cm (8 1/4 in.)
Gift of James and Christine Heusinger 2022.195
Location: not on view
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Names for the glazes, written in ink with a brush on the lids of the custom-made storage boxes for the works, often indicate a specific glaze or ware that had inspired Seifū Yohei III.

Description

The simply elegant shape of this sweets bowl allows one to fully appreciate its yellow glaze. Like Yohei III’s other monochrome, undecorated pieces, this one emulates Chinese prototypes. The box lid identifies the work’s coloration with an unusual name, hongama kōtekiji. Hongama means “high-fired,” and the inventive phrasing kōteki may mean something akin to “lustrous yellow.”

Sweets Bowl

1893–1914

Seifū Yohei III

(Japanese, 1851–1914)
Japan, Meiji period (1868–1912)

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