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Sake Cups with Auspicious Flora
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About this work
Seifū Yohei II and his successor, Seifū Yohei III, trained in ink painting. Their brush skills are seen in their underglaze cobalt blue designs. One of Yohei II’s sake cups has depictions of orchid, bamboo, and chrysanthemum, representing spring, summer, and fall, while the other has pine and plum, representing winter. Just under the rim, he has also brushed the phrase “Pine, plum, and fungus immortals” (松梅芝仙).
Cleveland Museum of Art’s own descriptionCredit lineSake Cups with Auspicious Flora (蘭竹菊・松梅図盃), 1861–78. Seifū Yohei II (Japanese, 1844–1878). Pair of sake cups; porcelain with underglaze blue; height (each): 3 cm (1 3/16 in.); diameter (each): 7 cm (2 3/4 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of James and Christine Heusinger, 2022.145
