【Rare】 Mansaku Nakao Hard-to-Find Painted Dishes Popular Artist Swirl Pattern Rinka Small Plate Set of 2 These are dishes by the popular Mansaku Nakao. Nakao-san's paintings are very popular and hard to come by. This product is a rare type among Nakao-san's paintings. These are perfect dishes for the coming season. I finally got them, but I cherished them so much that I hardly used them and kept them carefully, so they are beautiful. They were stored in a cupboard without being used. I will sell them to someone who will use them with care while they are still beautiful. I think you don't often see this color design these days. ◆ Characteristics of Mansaku Nakao's pottery What Mansaku Nakao values in making pottery is the basic part of the work, "preparing the clay properly and firing the kiln properly." Among them, the soil is distinctive. By mixing in small stones and rough particles of soil, a unique expression is created on the surface. The rustic texture that cannot be seen with uniform soil is a great charm of Mansaku Nakao's dynamic pottery. For those who can understand. Mansaku Nakao, a ceramic artist who has been in "Kutani Seiyo," known for its dishes that inherit the tradition of Kutani ware while also being close to modern usage, and then established "Hoshigai" to create works with a new worldview. As is typical of Mansaku Nakao, who always thinks about the user's feelings when creating pottery, these are dishes that are familiar in daily life and can be enjoyed. ◆ There is no back mark ◆ ※ No blue signature of the artist's name on the bottom 【Search terms】 #Kutani ware #Kutani Seiyo #Mansaku Nakao #Haruzo Masaki #Shozo Furukawa #Seika Suda #Artist's work #Handmade #Deep plate #Bowl Material: Pottery/Ceramics Shape: Round plate Item type: Small plate Material: Pottery/Ceramics Shape: Round plate Item type: Small plate/Small dish/Chuko