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Overview
Seifū Yohei IV molded a conch across this porcelain dish’s floor, with smaller shells on its sides. Concentrated blue glaze covers both surfaces; iron oxide defines the rim. The storage-box inscription identifies the glaze as his father’s evening-moon color.
One of five mukōzuke, it could serve small side dishes at a tea gathering; no particular gathering is documented. Its diameter is 12.1 cm. James and Christine Heusinger gave the set to Cleveland in 2022.
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Seifū Yohei IV
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Cleveland Museum of Art online catalogue: Dish from Dishes with Shells (2022.213.1)
Undated online publication; manufacture date and record timestamps are separate.
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- Primary institutional object recordDish from Dishes with Shells — Cleveland Museum of Art 2022.213.1Research access: 2026-10-21
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