Japanese Ceramic Plate Golden Wattle
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This Japanese ceramic plate, golden wattle is designed by Skimming Stones in Melbourne. Skimming Stones create distinctive, meaningful designs that combine the essence of Australian living and Japanese aesthetics.
The Golden Wattle is Australia’s floral emblem and has long been valued by Indigenous Australians who used them as medicines and food.
The tree flowers in late winter and early spring, producing a mass of fragrant, fluffy, golden flowers. It is a symbol of unity, resilience and spirit of the people of Australia.
. Inspired and designed in Melbourne + made in Arita, Japan
. Made using a 400-year-old tradition
. Arita porcelain
. Cobalt blue
. 15 cm diameter
. For display or to serve
. Comes with matching box and information insert
ARITAYAKI – since 1616
Arita is known as the home of Imari porcelain, internationally the most famous type of Japanese pottery. The distinctive Japanese Arita porcelain is renowned for its superb quality and the tradition of porcelain making dating back 400 years, when Korean potters first discovered kaolin, a superior quality white clay in Arita and introduced the art of pottery to Japan.
COBALT BLUE – a Japanese heritage
The traditional blue and white cobalt oxide underglaze that has been in use in Japan from the earliest time of porcelain production.