Onta Ware Tobikanna Small Plate - 10 cm - 4 Options / 小鹿田焼 小皿 Option:C a masterpiece of Japanese ceramic

a masterpiece of Japanese ceramic artistry

which has a history of 1300 years

inviting glow of the sun with its bright orange colour and unique hand-painted relief

It arrives in a wooden box signed and sealed by the artist

Onta Ware Tobikanna Small Plate - 10 cm - 4 Options / 小鹿田焼 小皿 Option:C a masterpiece of Japanese ceramicTo reach the village of Onta ware, you travel into the mountains of Hita, Oita Prefecture. Before seeing the kilns, you hear them. The soft, rhythmic sound of karausu traditional water powered wooden mills echoes through the valley as they slowly crush the local clay. It is a sound that seems to belong to the landscape itself, and a sign that you have arrived in Sarayama, the small pottery village where Onta ware has been made for around 300 years.