The Cleveland Museum of Art
Collection Online as of December 5, 2024
Guan-Shaped Vessel with Floral Scroll
1914–46
(Japanese, 1872–1951)
height: 25.7 cm (10 1/8 in.); Diameter: 24.2 cm (9 1/2 in.)
Location: not on view
Did You Know?
According to the box lid, the vase is a kanpakuji, "bright-jewel white porcelain," work.Description
Many of the vases created by Yohei III and IV were made with reference to and in emulation of Chinese ceramics in both form and glazing. The Seifu studio was inspired by later Chinese copies of two other archaic vessel types, the hu (Japanese ko) and guan (Japanese kan). In simple terms, in their original contexts, the hu and guan were storage jars that also appeared in ritual contexts.This hefty guan-shaped vase by Yohei IV has a floral scrolling pattern known in Japanese as karakusa, or “Chinese grasses.” The flowers are generally identified as lotus or peony. This flower vase might alternately be categorized as having the form of what is called a shukaiko in Japan, or a large vessel for holding wine. Shukaiko were created as early as the latter part of the Kamakura period after Yuan dynasty examples.
- ?–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. 85, pp. 172–175
- 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=Guan-Shaped Vessel with Floral Scroll|url=false|author=Seifū Yohei IV|year=1914–46|access-date=05 December 2024|publisher=Cleveland Museum of Art}}
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