Nesting Dish with Scattered Pine Needles and Maple Leaves
Cleveland Museum of Art

Nesting Dish with Scattered Pine Needles and Maple Leaves

Seifū Yohei I (Japanese, 1801–1861) · 1861–78

One of a pair of side dishes; stoneware with underglaze blue and iron oxide, white slip, and overglaze color enamel (Kyoto ware)
CC0 — Public Domain
Cleveland Museum of Art

Where he intended to place the maple leaves, Yohei I first applied a white color, which can be seen around the leaf edges under the glaze. This layering on top of the white brightens the color of the translucent red overglaze.

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