Rice bowl 15 cm, MIJ Earth & Sky

Rice bowl from the Earth & Sky series, a so-called donburi bowl. The base is light brown and the rim blue, and the surface has a fine grain.

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.

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.