Original Box
Meiji - Showa
Cup ：D 8cm H5.4cm
Saucer：D13cm H2cm
This coffee cup depicts a phoenix, a spiritual animal that signals good omens, and a paulownia tree, which was considered sacred as the tree in which the phoenix dwells.
Eiraku Myōzen 永樂 妙全
1852-1927
She was a Japanese ceramist. She led the Eiraku workshop in Kyoto, becoming its 14th head upon the death of her husband Tokuzen. She was one of women to head a crafts workshop in Japan. At her death she was succeeded by Shozen, a nephew of her husband. In his turn he was succeeded by her adopted son. A presentation set of coffee cups and saucers produced under Myōzen's direction was acquired by the Arthur M. Sackler Gallery in 2018. Another work, a mizusashi with bamboo in porcelain, was acquired by the Seattle Art Museum in the same year.
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