Cleveland Museum of Art
Water Container with Peonies
Seifū Yohei III (Japanese, 1851–1914) · 1900–1914
This water container may also serve as a site for cultural reckoning, as when the life cycle of a flower prized in East Asia as a symbol of wealth is displayed across a Japanese chanoyu vessel whose glaze is associated with the seats of power in China and Korea.
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