The Cleveland Museum of Art
Collection Online as of December 13, 2025
Brazier with Coins Motif
1893–1914
(Japanese, 1851–1914)
height: 16.5 cm (6 1/2 in.); Diameter: 15.5 cm (6 1/8 in.)
Location: Not on view
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One coin is painted with the Japanese god of wealth, Daikokuten, standing upon two bales of rice.Description
Tall pottery braziers called ryōro are often used to heat the water for the tea served at sencha gatherings. This one sits on three sturdy legs, one of which bears the artist’s seal on its face. A horizontal rectilinear opening above this leg allows air to circulate into the lower part of the brazier. The top part is outfitted with three prongs onto which the kettle can be lowered; below them is a basin, perforated with circular holes, that holds the charcoal fuel.The brazier is decorated under the crackled transparent glaze with a design of old coins in iron oxide. The motif is cleverly chosen, for most older coins are round with a central hole, often square, which echoes the cylindrical form of the brazier with its rectilinear “wind gate,” or fūmon.
- ?–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. 31, p. 106
- {{cite web|title=Brazier with Coins Motif|url=false|author=Seifū Yohei III|year=1893–1914|access-date=13 December 2025|publisher=Cleveland Museum of Art}}
Source URL:
https://www.clevelandart.org/art/2022.175