Teapot with Chrysanthemum Motifs
Seifu Yohei III
1912–1914
- Medium
- Porcelain with overglaze color enamel and gold
- Dimensions
- height: 8 cm (3 1/8 in.); width: 11 cm (4 5/16 in.); Diameter: 8.5 cm (3 3/8 in.)
- Genre
- Ceramics
- Museum
- Cleveland Museum of Art
Styles
Tags
Japan, Meiji period (1868–1912)
About
This side-handled sencha teapot has the lid flush against the body, forming an oblong orb. It is decorated with a sprinkling of similar chrysanthemum motifs in red, green, and purple overglaze color enamels with centers of pale red dotted with gold.
