Item NK040

Kobachi
Dish Set

(5pc. & signed box)

$225

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Ken Nagai

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Tamba-yaki is a style of high-fired, unglazed pottery originating more than 800 years ago in a remote and mountainous region east of Kyoto in Hyogo prefecture.  During the Edo era (1600 - 1868), Tamba tea tea bowls were used extensively by tea ceremony practitioners who appreciated their simple, austere beauty.  Because Tamba-yaki is unadorned and free of decorative elements, its beauty derives solely from the quality of the clay, also known as its "flavor", and how kiln dynamics are rendered upon it.

This kobachi (small dish) set by Ken Nagai is formed and fired in the Tamba tradition.  The intense heat inside the noborigama climbing kiln produces warm gradations of rust red to dark brown and small pebbles where feldspar crystals in the clay burst through.  Swirling embers of red pine fuse with the surface of the dishes and produce a natural glaze, or shizen-yu, which is rough yet pleasing to the touch.

Full of warmth and rustic charm, these hand thrown dishes naturally bring out the color of food and are ideal for serving side salads and fresh fruit.

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