This brown mug was manufactured by OMC. It features three Chinese symbols down the back that are identical to those found on the regular OMC Empress Mug and The Mandarin Empress Fogcutter mug put out by OMC for The Mandarin in San Francisco. The front has brushstroke Chinese characters/symbols that roughly translate to: 1st character means "forest", 2nd character means "happiness", 3rd character means "light". It might be a Chinese proverb translating to "Enlightenment is a Forest of Happiness" or some other similar sentiment.