# Teacups with Dragons

- By: Seifū Yohei I (Japanese, 1801–1861)
- Date: 1840s–57
- Medium: Set of five tea cups; porcelain with underglaze blue
- Classification: Ceramic
- Dimensions: height (each): 4.5 cm (1 3/4 in.); diameter (each): 7 cm (2 3/4 in.)
- Culture: Japan, Edo period (1615–1868)
- Credit line: Gift of James and Christine Heusinger
- Museum: [Cleveland Museum of Art](https://clevelandart.org/art/2022.144)
- Rights: [Public domain (CC0)](https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/)
- Picture: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/2022.144/2022.144_web.jpg
- Who can see it: Teens profiles and older (museums give no ratings; placed by Invisible Network from the museum's own words)

Seifū Yohei I made both blue and white porcelains after Ming dynasty (1368–1644) Chinese wares fired in the kilns at Jingdezhen for export. He also made colorful stoneware in the style of his teacher, Nin’ami Dōhachi (Takahashi Dōhachi II) (1783–1855).