Type... Porcelain Type... Rice bowl Type... Tea bowl Ware... Mikawachi ware Ko-Hirado ware, sometsuke (blue and white) with raised relief bamboo grass design, lidded bowl As shown in the photo (fourth image), Karatsu ware would show "yohen" (kiln change) and sooty smoke marks, which can be considered as evidence that it was not fired in a gas kiln. Dimensions (approx.) Diameter: 11.5 cm Height: 6.1 cm Height: 7.6 cm (with lid) Base diameter: 5.0 cm With a moist porcelain body like Kakiemon's "Nigoshide-soji" (milky white body), bright sometsuke depicts bamboo grass, this is a valuable material of simple and beautiful Hirado ware. [Hirado Craftsmanship (sixth image)] The veins of the three leaves drawn on the lid are in raised relief, like Itchin work.