Bowl with Auspicious Ideographs and Floral Motifs
Unknown Artist
1600s
Medium
Stoneware with overglaze color enamels
Dimensions
diam. 21.5 cm · height: h. 9 cm
Classification
Ceramic
Department
Chinese Art
Museum
Cleveland Museum of Art
Credit
Gift of James and Christine Heusinger
Accession Number
2022.243
About this artwork
As part of their work, members of the Seifu studio, and Seifū Yohei III (三代清風与平, Japanese, 1851–1914), in particular, engaged in the viewing and appreciation of Chinese ceramics. While they were not authenticators, they would have been familiar with imported examples of Chinese stoneware and porcelain through tea gatherings, meetings with their elite clients, exhibitions, and other opportunities to see and study actual pieces from the mainland. This object and its box may be a reflection of Yohe...