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Collection Online as of May 20, 2025

Sweets Bowl

1893–1914
(Japanese, 1851–1914)
Japan, Meiji period (1868–1912)
Porcelain with yellow glaze
height: 4.5 cm (1 3/4 in.); Diameter: 21 cm (8 1/4 in.)
Gift of James and Christine Heusinger 2022.195
Location: not on view

Did You Know?

Names for the glazes, written in ink with a brush on the lids of the custom-made storage boxes for the works, often indicate a specific glaze or ware that had inspired Seifū Yohei III.

Description

The simply elegant shape of this sweets bowl allows one to fully appreciate its yellow glaze. Like Yohei III’s other monochrome, undecorated pieces, this one emulates Chinese prototypes. The box lid identifies the work’s coloration with an unusual name, hongama kōtekiji. Hongama means “high-fired,” and the inventive phrasing kōteki may mean something akin to “lustrous yellow.”
  • ?–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.
  • 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=Sweets Bowl|url=false|author=Seifū Yohei III|year=1893–1914|access-date=20 May 2025|publisher=Cleveland Museum of Art}}

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