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Sake Cup with Auspicious Plants — Seifū Yohei II

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Written by: Hannah ClarkeContributing Writer · Furniture & Decorative Arts
Asian Art · Catalogue no. 19523
Seifū Yohei II

Sake Cup with Auspicious Plants

StatusReference work · Not for sale
Held byCleveland Museum of Art
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Seifū Yohei II excelled as a painter, as evidenced by his floral and landscape designs. His works were selected as the best among Kyoto ceramics shown to jurists from Europe and the US, thus paving the way for international recognition of the studio in the late 1800s.

Artist / MakerSeifū Yohei II
Date1861–78
Culture / OriginJapan
MediumOne of a pair of sake cups; porcelain with underglaze blue
DepartmentJapanese Art
TypeCeramic
About the Artist

Seifū Yohei II (Japanese, 1844–1878) Full biography →

Provenance & Source

Image & data: Cleveland Museum of Art, CC0 / Public Domain.

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