The Cleveland Museum of Art
Collection Online as of December 17, 2025
Dining Bowl with Clematis
1893–97
(Japanese, 1851–1914)
height: 6.9 cm (2 11/16 in.); Diameter: 19 cm (7 1/2 in.)
Location: Not on view
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This bowl shows an environment painted in the round.Description
The bowl is an especially well-executed example of Yohei III’s work in underglaze blue combined with other underglaze colors.This low-profile dining bowl has paintings of flowering clematis vines under the glaze in blue and red. Water is depicted with blue in the bottom of the bowl. The lines of white used to show motion on the water’s surface were created using either a reserve technique, where blue was omitted, or a masking technique, where parts of the surface were covered before applying the blue. A pair of butterflies flutters across one side. The foot is decorated with a pattern of spirals in blue, and the lip curves in slightly. The overall effect is one of seeing the flowering vine hanging down, hovering just above the surface of a pond, whose slight disturbances hint at unseen fish swimming below.
- ?–2022James and Christine Heusinger, Berea, OH, given to the Cleveland Museum of Art2022–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. 13, pp. 82–85 and cover
- 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=Dining Bowl with Clematis|url=false|author=Seifū Yohei III|year=1893–97|access-date=17 December 2025|publisher=Cleveland Museum of Art}}
Source URL:
https://www.clevelandart.org/art/2022.156