Bowl with Phoenixes and Auspicious Motifs

Eiraku Tokuzen Japanese

second half of the 19th century

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永樂得全作　金襴手鳳凰吉祥文鉢
Title: Bowl with Phoenixes and Auspicious Motifs
Artist: Eiraku Tokuzen (Japanese, 1853–1909)
Period: Meiji period (1868–1912)
Date: second half of the 19th century
Culture: Japan
Medium: Porcelain painted with cobalt blue under and red and gold over a transparent glaze (Kyoto ware)
Dimensions: H. 4 1/8 in. (10.5 cm); Diam. 7 in. (17.8 cm)
Classification: Ceramics
Credit Line: Gift of Mrs. V. Everit Macy, 1923
Object Number: 23.225.265
Curatorial Department: Asian Art

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