We love the simplicity of the Mino-Yaki Octo Bean Bowl. A petite octagonal bowl in coral pink, its edges are softly delineated with a subtly darker hue that highlights its warm flecked glaze. Use it to plate a side dish or dessert, or keep it on the dresser to house small pieces of jewellery and trinkets.
We have four styles of Bean Bowl — a star, a flower, a four-leaf clover and this octagon — each a perfectly formed piece of Japanese Mino Ware in playful, but elegant designs and gently hues.
Bean bowl, or mamebachi, is the cute name given to tiny bowls of traditional Japanese tableware. Part of the art of Japanese food plating, these dishes are traditionally used to serve pickles, a few pieces of colourful vegetables, sauces or condiments. Today, they are also often used as decorative items — a little bowl to display a piece of jewellery or keepsake.
To see them all, visit our Mino-Yaki collection.
Mino-yaki, believed to be the oldest form of artistic pottery produced in Japan, dates back to the Nara Period 710-794. Produced in the old Mino Province, in present-day Gifu Prefecture, it became popular for traditional tea ceremony vessels. Today, the styles of Mino-yaki are as varied as they are beautiful — from the warm rustic glazes of hand-thrown traditional Kiso Seto, Black Seto, Shino and Oribe ware to the soft pastels of modern tableware.
Porcelain
Please note, these are hand-glazed, so items may differ slightly from the image.
Diameter 7.2 cm x Height 3.6cm
Microwave and dishwasher safe
Made in Japan
