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Vase with Bamboo Joints
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About this work
Yohei IV’s Vase with Bamboo Joints has a shape often seen in pairs of bronze flower vases placed to either side of Buddhist altars before sculptural icons. While the term hisoku (Chinese mise 秘色), or “mysterious color” glazing, indicates a more specific green color than seiji 青磁, a more general word for green-glazed porcelain, there is still some range in the actual color of the glaze.
Cleveland Museum of Art’s own descriptionCredit lineVase with Bamboo Joints, 1914–46. Seifū Yohei IV (Japanese, 1872–1951). Porcelain with green glaze and molded design; height: 30.5 cm (12 in.); diameter: 15.2 cm (6 in.); height with stand: 33 cm (13 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of James and Christine Heusinger, 2022.235
