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Lid for a 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 lineLid for a Teapot with Chrysanthemum Motifs, 1912–14. Seifū Yohei III (Japanese, 1851–1914). Porcelain with overglaze color enamel and gold. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of James and Christine Heusinger, 2022.167.b