Tanabata Serving Plate

During the Tanabata summertime festival, also known as the Star Festival, a stray cat wandered into a pottery studio in Mino, Japan. The potters named her Tanabata and with her friends they became the beloved pottery-cats and subjects of this decorative serving plate.

This minoware ceramic plate has been dyed using the traditional sometsuke technique.

Use for serving starters and small plates.