The Cleveland Museum of Art
Collection Online as of December 19, 2025
Teabowl with Pinks
1893–1914
(Japanese, 1851–1914)
height: 7.5 cm (2 15/16 in.); Diameter: 11 cm (4 5/16 in.)
Location: Not on view
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The vessel comes with a bespoke brocade pouch with a silk fastening cord, as is customary for Japanese teabowls.Description
This teabowl, for use in chanoyu, is a good example of Yohei III’s mastery of the techniques involved in producing Kyoto ware. The painting of the pinks, with their blue centers, bright red petals, and green leaves, is carefully controlled with crisp gold borders throughout. There is crackling in the transparent glaze and obvious, thick dripping of the milky glaze over the outside of the mouth of the bowl. The pink spots would have appeared in the clay during firing, and the bottom of the inside of the bowl is entirely pink. A triangular wedge has been cut away from the foot, and a gently impressed band rings the bowl beneath the rim.- ?–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. 40, p. 113
- 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=Teabowl with Pinks|url=false|author=Seifū Yohei III|year=1893–1914|access-date=19 December 2025|publisher=Cleveland Museum of Art}}
Source URL:
https://www.clevelandart.org/art/2022.184