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Collection Online as of December 13, 2025

Sake Cups with Auspicious Flora

1861–78

Seifū Yohei II

(Japanese, 1844–1878)
Japan
Pair of sake cups; porcelain with underglaze blue
height (each): 3 cm (1 3/16 in.); diameter (each): 7 cm (2 3/4 in.)
Gift of James and Christine Heusinger 2022.145
Location: Not on view

Did You Know?

These modest cups are important for the connoisseurship of the art of Yohei II because their original box is intact with a signature and seal on the interior of the lid.

Description

Seifū Yohei II excelled as a painter, as evidenced by his floral and landscape designs. His works were selected as the best among Kyoto ceramics shown to jurists from Europe and the US, thus paving the way for international recognition of the studio in the late 1800s.
  • ?–2022
    James and Christine Heusinger, Berea, OH, given to the Cleveland Museum of Art
    2022–
    The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
  • Maezaki, Shinya and Sinéad Vilbar. Colors of Kyoto: The Seifū Yohei Ceramic Studio. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 2023. Mentioned and Reproduced: cat. no. 4, pp. 68–69 and fig. 36, p. 59
  • Colors of Kyoto: The Seifū Yohei Ceramic Studio. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (August 19, 2023-March 10, 2024).
  • {{cite web|title=Sake Cups with Auspicious Flora|url=false|author=Seifū Yohei II|year=1861–78|access-date=13 December 2025|publisher=Cleveland Museum of Art}}

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