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Ironabeshima Momomon Nanasun Kodaizara (色鍋島桃文七寸高台皿)

This is a Nabeshima ware dish which Aoki-san has created.
It's one of the famous design in Nabeshima ware.
The most typical shape with multiple good luck patterns.

Design of peach
In the Nabeshima-yaki, there are several kinds of vegetable designs hand-painted.
Especially, here's a peach, it's also called the best piece of Nabeshima ware.
In ancient china, the design was used for getting rid of negative energy or evil spirits.

Kodai-sara
Kodai means trimmig a high footring of dish.
It leads to a sense of elegance.
Back to the Edo period, it was presented to the shogun's family.
The inside of the dish is also deep and the shape looks lile Japanese mokuhai cup.

Turning this plate upside down, there are blue color flowers hand-painted.
The skill of sometsuke, and the process of Japanese "damu" is done.
Aoki-san has completed the work by applying paint over and over again.
The beauty made from damu's work is said to be the best in Japan.

Shaku and sun are traditional measurement of length in Japan.
1 shaku = 30 centimeters
1 sun = 3 centimters

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

Iro Nabeshima (色鍋島)
- A porcelain vividly colored in red, green, and yellow of Nabeshima ware-

It refers to the skill of making colored porcelain.
Red, green, and yellow , those three colors are mainly used.
Traditional Japanese style geometry design, flowers, historic sites and others.

Colored porcelain made in the Nabeshima kiln is generally called iro-Nabeshima style.
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.

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