# Saucers with Matching Shells

- By: Seifū Yohei III (Japanese, 1851–1914)
- Date: 1893–1914
- Medium: Pair of dishes; porcelain with green glaze and crackling, molded design
- Classification: Ceramic
- Dimensions: height (each): 3 cm (1 3/16 in.); width (each): 12 cm (4 3/4 in.)
- Culture: Japan, Meiji period (1868–1912)
- Credit line: Gift of James and Christine Heusinger
- Museum: [Cleveland Museum of Art](https://clevelandart.org/art/2022.189)
- Rights: [Public domain (CC0)](https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/)
- Picture: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/2022.189/2022.189_web.jpg
- Who can see it: Little Ones profiles and older (museums give no ratings; placed by Invisible Network from the museum's own words)

Yohei III’s main output for his sophisticated clientele was in the form of tea sets and dining sets. He created a range of dishes in green glazes. He often produced in pairs, sets of five, or sets of ten.

This pair of shell dishes have a box lid interior attestation by Yohei IV that the dishes were made by Yohei III with a cracked-ice (hyōretsu) pattern in the glaze, omitting reference to any glaze coloration.