Dishes with Flowers
Seifū Yohei IV (Japanese, 1872–1951)
1915–1951
- Medium
- Set of five dishes; porcelain with underglaze yellow and blue glaze
- Dimensions
- height (each): 4 cm (1 9/16 in.); diameter (each): 10.2 cm (4 in.)
- Genre
- Ceramics
- Museum
- Cleveland Museum of Art
Styles
Tags
Japan, Taishō period (1912–26) or Shōwa period (1926–89)
About
One can imagine a cool summer breeze when looking at this set of dishes, each shaped with a crenulated mouth and glazed with blue. Around the rim and into the basin, the bowls have low-relief designs of flowers with underglaze yellow petals; their leaves and stems show white through the glaze. On each dish, the design continues over the rim onto one side.
