Porcelain Curry Bowl - Comet
コメット フリーボール(L) 白磁
£59.00 per item
A white porcelain bowl made for eating curry, produced in Nagasaki Prefecture.
This white porcelain curry bowl is inspired by the form of a comet, with a raised lip that can be held onto for scooping up the last spoonfuls of curry.
Curry began to be served in Japan when the country was introduced to Indian curry by the British. Despite these roots, it developed into its own evolution of thick curry sauce eaten with Japanese short-grain rice. Alongside this, an etiquette around serving and eating curry took shape: curry and rice are served on a single plate, kept to two distinct sides rather than the curry poured over the rice. The curry is eaten from the boundary between the two, with mixing beforehand considered taboo. This bowl’s oval shape allows for a rice side and a curry side, while its deep walls are designed to hold plenty of curry.
It received the GOOD DESIGN AWARD in 2017 for its balanced form and ease of use.
27×14×4.5cm
Kyūshū and Okinawa
This is Japan’s south-west region including the island of Kyūshū and the sub-tropical island chain of Okinawa. Kyūshū was an early centre of Japanese civilization, and offers many historic treasures, modern cities and volcanic natural beauty. It is home to the ports of Kagoshima, Nagasaki and Fukuoka, the porcelain manufacturing centre in Arita and the Tanegashima Space Center launch site.
