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Kasama ceramic plate
Kasama ceramic plate
Kasama ceramic plate
Kasama ceramic plate
Kasama ceramic plate
Kasama ceramic plate
Kasama ceramic plate
Kasama ceramic plate
Kasama ceramic plate
Kasama ceramic plate

Kasama ceramic plate

$38.00

This footed ovoid dish has an asymmetric lip on one side and rough organic texture. Bring wabi sabi character to the bedside as a jewellery dish, or supply an artful spot for pickles and other condiments at the table.

Located on the outskirts of Tokyo, Kasama is a relative new-comer in Japanese ceramics, established a little over 250 years ago. Kasama pottery is known for being part of a 'new' wave of idiosyncratic ceramicists, unencumbered by some of the more traditional techniques and aesthetics of the older kilns.

The listing is for one dish.

width : 11cm
depth : 8.5cm

made in Japan

During the late 1770s the population of Kasama was growing, and the irregular income from agriculture led people to seek more from their surroundings; the answer lay in the rich seam of ceramic clay that lay beneath the people's feet! In 1772 village elder, Hanuemon Kuno, encountered a visiting ceramicist from western Japan, and legend has it that the meeting of these two minds led to the establishment of a new pottery industry that has prospered ever since.