The Cleveland Museum of Art

Collection Online as of December 14, 2025

Teapot with Pines

1893–1914

Seifū Yohei III

(Japanese, 1851–1914)
Japan
Porcelain with underglaze blue
height with lid: 8 cm (3 1/8 in.); width with handle: 10.5 cm (4 1/8 in.); Diameter: 8 cm (3 1/8 in.)
Gift of James and Christine Heusinger 2022.162
Location: Not on view

Did You Know?

This teapot with images of pines are among Seifū Yohei III’s designs painted in blue.

Description

Side-handled teapots known as kyūsu and hot water coolers, or yuzamashi, are essential components of sencha tea sets. The teapot is, of course, meant for steeping and serving the tea. Yuzamashi are used to cool boiled water to the ideal temperature for the type of tea to be brewed.

This teapot has a pine in underglaze blue on each side. The tip of one of these pines reaches onto the tiny lid, and as with the trees on the Water Cooler with Pines, CMA 2022.163, the trunks are curvy ribbons with little definition. Considering the execution of the two vessels' designs, one might imagine the pot and cooler to have been part of the same set.
  • ?–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. 18, pp. 92–93
  • 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=Teapot with Pines|url=false|author=Seifū Yohei III|year=1893–1914|access-date=14 December 2025|publisher=Cleveland Museum of Art}}

Source URL:

https://www.clevelandart.org/art/2022.162