{"product_id":"aka-e-plate-with-bamboo-leaf-motif-by-ken-akaji","title":"Aka-e Plate with Bamboo Leaf Motif OSARA -Japanese Ceramic Plate","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eAka-e\u003c\/i\u003e, red overglaze enamel, is painted onto an already-fired glaze and fixed in a second, lower firing — a decorating technique used across Japan's porcelain traditions since the Edo period to bring colour to white ware.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA large round porcelain plate by Ken Akaji painted with bamboo leaves in red and teal-blue overglaze enamel.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe leaves are brushed as long tapering strokes that fan out from two sides of the plate, the red laid on thickly and the blue more thinly, with a few strokes in a soft grey between them. The white ground is left open so the composition breathes.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe plate is thrown thin with a slight rise at the rim and a low foot.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAt thirty-two centimetres it serves as a centrepiece platter or as a single large plate on the wall.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis piece can be viewed in person at our gallery wanova TOKYO in Roppongi, by appointment.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"display:none\"\u003eW00258\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Ken Akaji \/ 赤地健","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52499010617564,"sku":null,"price":621.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0800\/3623\/3436\/files\/ken-akaji-aka-e-plate-with-bamboo-leaf-motif-w00258-01.jpg?v=1789265567","url":"https:\/\/wanova.org\/products\/aka-e-plate-with-bamboo-leaf-motif-by-ken-akaji","provider":"wanova","version":"1.0","type":"link"}