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Seiji Kikusui Senmon Shakusara (青磁菊水仙文尺皿)

This is a Nabeshima ware dish which Kawasoe-san has created.
The plate has designed for -"Nabeshima-style seiji"-.
Enjoy the rich patterns of chrysanthemums and daffodils.

30 centimeters in diameter.
Comes with a plate stand like the photo above.
The dish is also good for decoration in the room.

Nabeshima Seiji (鍋島青磁)
- A porcelain colored in blue green with mysterious beauty of Nabeshima ware-

It refers to the skill of making celadon using natural ore taken in Mt. Okawachi.
So that color is said to be as transparent as jade.

It was Nabeshima-Hanyo which was founded as a directly managed business for Saga-Nabeshima domain.
A wide variety of ceramics are made such as ironabehsima, sometsuke and seiji as a gift to the lord.
In other words, a special works does not concern profitability.

It's said that the baked pottery in Mt. Okawachi were one of the excellent one in the mid-Edo period.
It's still passed down as a hidden treasure even today.
Kosen-gama has a workshop in Okawachi-cho.

Kawasoe-san also preserves the technique and works hard to make ceramics that's suitable for today's life.