Rice bowl 15 cm, MIJ Black Pearl

Rice bowl from the Black Pearl series, a so-called donburi bowl. Grey glaze at the base meets a glossy black rim, and the transition looks like small drops. From a distance it looks like metal.

Ceramics from Gifu in Japan. Gifu is the home of Mino ware (minoyaki). Each piece is checked and glazed by hand, so the glaze settles slightly differently on each one.

Donburi is the name of both the bowl and the dish: hot rice in a deep bowl with the topping placed straight on top. Well-known versions are gyudon (thin slices of beef), oyakodon (chicken and egg) and katsudon (breaded pork cutlet). The bowl is deep enough for sauce and stock to soak down into the rice, and also works for side dishes.

• Volume: 450 ml, diameter 15 cm
• Weight: 0.4 kg
• Dishwasher and microwave safe. Not for the oven.