Hagi Ware Hand-Trailed Plate, 13.5 cm — Seseragi

Hand-formed plates in Hagi ware (萩焼), from the coastal kiln town in Yamaguchi where potters have drawn on their prized local clay for over four centuries. Ribbons of cobalt, sky blue and chartreuse are trailed by hand across a milky white ground — abstract and quick as a stream in early summer. The line takes its name from seseragi, the Japanese word for the murmur of shallow water. Because each plate is decorated by hand, no two are identical: your customers receive a piece that is theirs alone, within a consistent palette and form you can reorder with confidence. The softly undulating rim and warm exposed clay at the foot are signature Hagi; the occasional iron freckle in the glaze is a mark of the clay, not a flaw. An impressed kiln seal sits in the unglazed base. At 13.5 cm, a versatile small plate — for wagashi and sweets, jewellery and trinkets, a single candle, or styling on an open shelf. A quiet point of difference for shops in ceramics, Japanese craft, slow living and considered homeware.