Vintage: 信楽焼Shigaraki ware 荒土Arado Japanese Ceramic bowl, Wafu, rustic style, natural soil color grazed with plant picture.
Size Small 4.5" diameter x 1.5" height.
Sandpapery touch, rough cray make rustic looks yet combination of the color creates aesthetics warm hand made looks.
Pottery have traditionally been professional artisans, passing skills down from generation to generation in Japan.
Shigaraki ware, as one of Japan’s Six Ancient Kilns, is one of the oldest pottery 1250 years old producing places in Japan, Shigaraki was a crossroads for transportation between Nara and Yamashiro, of the central Kinai region,and the Tokai region (Nagoya area).
Porcelain clay so called "Toudo"clay is the main raw material, variety of texture could be created with perfect balance of clay and fire. Each Shigaraki ware is unique and its characteristics (unsotisphicated /nature look) is created by each artist's ingenious technique.
