These auspicious plates from Zochingama are adorned with gold and silver! ♡ How about using them for the New Year, serving ham, red and white kamaboko, or ikura? Or as a large plate for a winter hot pot? ⭐️ Breathtakingly... luxurious! ⭐️ My luck improves when I use them, so I absolutely adore plates with gold accents, and I've been collecting gold Japanese tableware for many years. ♡ I'm selling these because my collection of large plates has grown! This beautiful, gold-leaf-like shine... I wonder if it's achieved through metallic compounds or crystallization ( ^-' ) For gold coloring, they might use gold crystal glaze or gold metallic glaze. It seems that compounds like iron or manganese can create a gold-like color. Silver is often achieved with oil spot tenmoku glaze, but it can also develop during the reduction firing and cooling of iron glazes, creating a beautiful shine. As a side note, silver glazes using palladium are popular overseas. Another method involves applying gold or silver leaf and then firing it with a transparent glaze. Perhaps this technique was used?! The depth of color changes depending on how the light hits it, making it feel like you've entered a cosmic space. These are high-quality plates with a mysterious and profound feel. ⭐️ In any case, the firing conditions (temperature, atmosphere: oxidation/reduction) are very difficult, especially for silver. It seems like only pottery enthusiasts and professionals can use these techniques. ⭐️ These plates are from Zochingama, a Mino ware kiln located in Tajimi City, Gifu Prefecture. Zochingama uses a 300-year-old traditional house as its workshop and is a historic kiln that is committed to handmade and hand-painted tableware (⁎⁍̴̛ᴗ⁍̴̛⁎) Please be sure to read my profile! - Material: Ceramic with metallic finish - Color: Gold and silver - Shape: Round - Design: Two-tone hammered surface Thank you for looking.