Bowl from Nesting Bowls with Daoist Immortals
Medium
Outer bowl from a set of three bowls; porcelain with underglaze blue
Dimensions
9.9 × 23.9 cm
Classification
Ceramic
Department
Japanese Art
Museum
Cleveland Museum of Art
Credit
Gift of James and Christine Heusinger
Accession Number
2022.185.3
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About this artwork
Yohei III was capable of ink painting–like compositions in underglaze blue, as well as more decorative ones like that on this set of three nesting bowls. Bowls with very similar designs in five colors were produced in the reign of the Wanli emperor (r. 1572–1620) during the Ming dynasty, and Yohei must have had direct access to one of these or to a close copy. A scene of Daoist immortals is presented on the bowls. On each one, the ground plane is defined with a blue wash. Four lanterns are evenl...