Onta Ware Tobikanna Ivory Lidded Container with Notch / 小鹿田焼 甕 Jin-17 The plate features a finely

The plate features a finely detailed depiction of chrysanthemums in lovely colours

精炻器 (Sei-sekki) is a rare type of pottery distinct from porcelain and regular pottery

Standing before the large kiln that anchors the space

Tokoname City boasts a millennium-long heritage

or admired as a collectible piece

Onta Ware Tobikanna Ivory Lidded Container with Notch / 小鹿田焼 甕 Jin-17 The plate features a finelyTo reach the village of Onta ware, you travel into the mountains of Hita, Oita Prefecture. Before seeing the kilns, you hear them. The soft, rhythmic sound of karausu traditional water powered wooden mills echoes through the valley as they slowly crush the local clay. It is a sound that seems to belong to the landscape itself, and a sign that you have arrived in Sarayama, the small pottery village where Onta ware has been made for around 300 years.