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Teapot with Chrysanthemum Motifs
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About this work
This side-handled sencha teapot has the lid flush against the body, forming an oblong orb. It is decorated with a sprinkling of similar chrysanthemum motifs in red, green, and purple overglaze color enamels with centers of pale red dotted with gold.
Cleveland Museum of Art’s own descriptionCredit lineTeapot with Chrysanthemum Motifs, 1912–14. Seifū Yohei III (Japanese, 1851–1914). Porcelain with overglaze color enamel and gold; height: 8 cm (3 1/8 in.); width: 11 cm (4 5/16 in.); diameter: 8.5 cm (3 3/8 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of James and Christine Heusinger, 2022.167
