26331 Living National Treasure: Sakaida Kakiemon XIV Pair of coffee cups with brocade grass design

Cup
Height: 6.5 cm, Diameter: 9.8 cm

Saucer
Height: 2.2 cm, Diameter: 13.8 cm

Sakaida Kakiemon XIV (born 1934 in Arita Town) graduated from Tama Art University with a degree in Japanese painting. He succeeded to the name Kakiemon XIV in 1982. In 1984, he received the Japan Ceramic Society Award. He received the Japan Crafts Association Encouragement Award at the Japan Traditional Crafts Exhibition in both 1986 and 1992. In 1997, he became Chairman of the Prefectural Ceramic Art Association. He is a director of the Japan Crafts Association and Secretary-General of the Western Japan branch of the Japan Crafts Association. He is also a full-time professor in the Graduate School of Art at Kyushu Sangyo University.