High-Footed Bowl with Lotus Pond
Medium
Porcelain with molded design and underglaze color
Dimensions
diam. 23 cm · height: h. 10 cm
Classification
Ceramic
Department
Japanese Art
Museum
Cleveland Museum of Art
Credit
Gift of James and Christine Heusinger
Accession Number
2022.155
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About this artwork
This high-footed bowl is an especially well-executed example of Yohei III’s work in underglaze blue combined with other underglaze colors. This bowl is of a takatsuki shape, often used for offering bowls set before altars. Its flared foot has two raised bands, and the lip of the basin is everted. The exterior is painted delicately with an underglaze design of large lotuses, with the leaves, stems, and open flower in blue line and wash. The artist creates dewdrops by leaving domes of clay unpain...