Sake Cup (c. 1893–1914): Art, History and Details

Sake Cup (c. 1893–1914) is in the Cleveland Museum of Art collection. The museum's creator attribution is Seifū Yohei III (Japanese, 1851–1914).

The work and its context

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

Seifū Yohei III was the first ceramist to be designated an Imperial Household Artist, a position that came with an annuity. He was tasked with producing items need by the imperial household to decorate the Meiji Palace and to present to state guests as gifts.

Object facts

• Title: Sake Cup
• Date: c. 1893–1914
• Creator attribution: Seifū Yohei III (Japanese, 1851–1914)
• Culture: Japan, Meiji period (1868–1912)
• Type: Ceramic
• Technique: porcelain
• Dimensions: height: 3 cm (1 3/16 in.); Diameter: 5.5 cm (2 3/16 in.)
• Collection: Japanese Art
• Department: Japanese Art
• Accession number: 2022.160

A detail from the museum

There are subtle bamboo leaflike shapes on the interior of the sake cup.

Collection credit

Gift of James and Christine Heusinger

View the collection record

See the museum's photographs and full catalogue entry. Catalogue text is reproduced from the Cleveland Museum of Art's open-access data, with HTML formatting removed. This object and its supplied image are designated CC0.