Diameter: Approximately 8cm Height: Approximately 6.5cm This soba choko (small bowl for soba noodles) features a beautiful, calming color. It has a charming design with a window painting of mandarin oranges and bamboo joints crossing each other. Since ancient times, mandarin oranges, like pine trees, have been associated with "eternity" due to their evergreen nature, and are considered auspicious. Bamboo is also considered auspicious because of its rapid growth and evergreen nature. It has been revered as a protector against impurity, such as being placed at the four corners of a boundary as "Imidake" (sacred bamboo). This custom is still used today, such as in the New Year's kadomatsu (pine and bamboo decorations at the entrance) and ground-breaking ceremonies. This is an Edo-period sometsuke (blue and white) soba choko with auspicious patterns. One piece has some "nyu" (crazing, fine cracks in the glaze). (Nyu refers to the fine cracks that appear in the glaze of pottery, caused by the difference in shrinkage between the clay body and the glaze.) However, it is in good condition without any chips or cracks. Please make your judgment based on the photos. We hope that those who can appreciate it as an item that has aged over time will choose it. Thank you very much. Finally, please refrain from using the product description, copying images, and posting them on other websites.