Nesting Dishes with Scattered Pine Needles and Maple Leaves
Seifū Yohei I (Japanese, 1801–1861)
1861–1878
- Medium
- Pair of dishes; stoneware with underglaze blue, iron oxide, slip, and crackled glaze, and overglaze color enamel
- Dimensions
- inner dish: 6.7 x 14.4 x 11.5 cm (2 5/8 x 5 11/16 x 4 1/2 in.); outer dish: 7.5 x 15.3 x 12.7 cm (2 15/16 x 6 x 5 in.)
- Genre
- Ceramic
- Museum
- Cleveland Museum of Art
Styles
About
Seifū Yohei I made both blue and white porcelains after Ming dynasty (1368–1644) Chinese wares fired in the kilns at Jingdezhen for export. He also made colorful stoneware in the style of his teacher, Nin’ami Dōhachi (Takahashi Dōhachi II) (1783–1855).
