Vase with narcissi and a wagtail
Details
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Title
Vase with narcissi and a wagtail
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Artist/maker
Seifū Yohei III (1851 - 1914) (potter) -
Associated place
Kyoto (place of creation) -
Date
c. 1900 -
Material and technique
porcelain, thrown, with moulded decoration under an ivory-coloured glaze
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Object type
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Dimensions
28.7 cm (height)
23.5 cm (diameter) -
No. of items
1
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Credit line
Presented by David Hyatt King, 1993.
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Museum location
not on display
Museum department
Eastern Art
Accession no.
EA1993.398
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Catalogue text
Porcelain vase of tapering shape with wide shoulders & indented mouth. Decorated in low relief self-coloured on an ivory ground, with narcissus & a wagtail. Incised signature on base: Dai Nihon Seifū zō (Great Japan made by Seifū.)
Where Makuzu Kōzan won prizes at the International Expositions, Seifū Yohei (1851-1914) won more prizes at the domestic Expositions, a nice comment on subtle differences of taste; in the Fourth National Industrial Exposition in 1895, the extremely knowledgable judges commented "the shape [of the vase] is perfect... and his skill is unparalleled in Japan... He is a model for other potters". He was the son of the Maruyama school painter Okada Ryōhei, studied painting under the nanga artist Tanomura Chokunyū (1814-1907), and then was adopted by Seifū II, becoming Seifū III in 1878.In: Impey, Oliver, and Joyce Seaman, Japanese Decorative Arts of the Meiji Period 1868-1912, Ashmolean Handbooks (Oxford: Ashmolean Museum, 2005)
Glossary of terms
glaze
porcelain
Further reading
Impey, Oliver, and Joyce Seaman, Japanese Decorative Arts of the Meiji Period 1868-1912, Ashmolean Handbooks (Oxford: Ashmolean Museum, 2005), no. 14 on p. 32, illus. pp. 32-33
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