Botanical Textures Objet d'Art 28 Small plate finished with hand-brushed calligraphy on

finished with hand-brushed calligraphy on the lid

This porcelain sauce plate features hanazume—a traditional Kutani pattern meaning “filled with flowers”—rendered in soft white

enhancing its elegant appearance

With a capacity of 320 ml (10

where the firing has left its most intense imprint

Botanical Textures Objet d'Art 28 Small plate finished with hand-brushed calligraphy onA mysterious plant that lives forever. In this objet dart, Alyne Ohigashi imaginatively draws on her knowledge of plant biology to create a fantastical botanical sculpture. Making the invisible visible, its texture is inspired by a tropical fruit exposing its seeds and by chlorophyll, but it might also be likened to a cactus or parts of a flower. This intriguing ambiguity rewards repeated viewing. It is sculpted out of Tobe porcelain, a difficult