Cup from Sake Cups with Dragons
Cleveland Museum of Art

Cup from Sake Cups with Dragons

Seifū Yohei III (Japanese, 1851–1914) · c. 1893–1914

One from a set of six sake cups; porcelain with underglaze blue and iron oxide rims
CC0 — Public Domain
Cleveland Museum of Art

Seifū Yohei III was inspired by the Chinese mythical animals that were common on porcelain objects made at Jingdezhen in China during the Ming dynasty (1368–1644) and then exported around the world.

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