Thank you for viewing. [New, Unused] Arita-yaki, 14th generation Iwao Taizan Kiln, Sometsuke Nishiki (Overglaze Enamel) with vermilion ink pad, Sometsuke Nishiki incense container. Size: Diameter approx. 8cm Lid diameter: approx. 9cm Height: approx. 3.5cm (with lid) 3cm (without lid) The vermilion ink inside is unused; it can be used as an incense container by removing the ink. Comes with the original box. Please understand that this item has been stored at home. From the internet: The Otaru kiln is a large kiln that has been in operation since the beginning of Arita. In the Kyoho era, Hachirobei Iwao moved from Nishi-Arita with the white porcelain boom and received a certificate of excellence in kiln firing, which was the first ancestor of the Iwao family. Judging from the numerous pottery shards excavated from the Otaru kiln site, it seems that in the early days, they mass-produced trade goods such as Li Dynasty-style works, Fuyode, and Nigoshide. In the middle period, they produced rough items such as hibachi and large bowls. In the Meiji era, they specialized in producing medium and small plates. The tradition is based on technological development, adapting to the demands of the times, sometimes grand and luxurious, sometimes skillful and brilliant, and sometimes mass-produced for service, always responding to change with a diverse attitude. Now, we dare not call ourselves the Otaru kiln, but the Taizan kiln, because Mr. Kyoshi Takahama gave this kiln the words "old pot, new sake," and Mr. Osamu Kimata wrote, "The color of porcelain that emits modern light is also born in today's Arita kilns," and also because of the previous generation's natural approach of "because there is a mountain there." Aiming for harmony between the old Arita tradition and bright modernity, the themes of the Taizan kiln are old pottery masterpieces (sometsuke, gos, indigo), colored gold brocade, and large-scale ceramic art, from which new ideas are constantly born, and there is no greater joy than for them to enrich everyone's lives.