Cup from Tea Cups with Dragons (1840s–57): Art, History and Details

Cup from Tea Cups with Dragons (1840s–57) is in the Cleveland Museum of Art collection. The museum's creator attribution is Seifū Yohei I (Japanese, 1801–1861).

The work and its context

The museum's open-access catalogue describes the work:

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).

Object facts

• Title: Cup from Tea Cups with Dragons
• Date: 1840s–57
• Creator attribution: Seifū Yohei I (Japanese, 1801–1861)
• Culture: Japan, Edo period (1615–1868)
• Type: Ceramic
• Technique: One from a set of five tea cups; porcelain with underglaze blue
• Collection: Japanese Art
• Department: Japanese Art
• Accession number: 2022.144.2

A detail from the museum

A small figure of an elephant serves as the handle for the lid.

Collection credit

Gift of James and Christine Heusinger

View the collection record

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