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Sazanami Small Bowl
JPY 1,650 (incl. tax)
In gently translucent light blue and sandy natural white, the pattern creates shadows like ripples washing onto a shallow beach.
Made for bean snacks, nuts, and simmered beans, this little dish cradles them in a deep, rounded form so you can pick them up without them rolling away.
Bean snacks with tea, nuts with coffee, or jam at breakfast—enjoy uses that are a little different from a flat small plate.
Size: diameter 65 × H38 mm
Material Porcelain
Made in Japan
Use and care
Keep out of the microwave.
Wash by hand.
Do not use in the oven.
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Cradling little morsels: Sazanami, a small dish made for beans
Carved surfaces that recall rippling water, with bowl-like depth for serving bean snacks.
Introducing Sazanami from Teshio, POTPURRI's small-plate brand.
The rhythm of carved facets and gradients of color
Sazanami has a gentle rhythm like ripples washing onto and retreating from a shallow beach. Smooth and rounded inside, it has individually varied facets outside, overlaid with glaze that creates rippling gradients of color. The matte surface sparkles in the light, while pale white clay shows through at the edges of the facets. This tiny dish holds a world of different expressions, in natural white that suggests sand seen through water and light blue reminiscent of the shallows.
Sazanami was designed for serving simmered beans and bean snacks. Its deep, rounded bowl cradles small morsels that might otherwise roll away, making them easy to serve and scoop. Beyond beans and nuts, try it for salted seafood with drinks, homemade dips, or even as a small sake cup—the possibilities are yours to explore.
The craft of making by hand
From the first form to the final firing, Sazanami is made with the artisan's careful attention.
After carving several clay models to explore the shape, we carve the chosen form in plaster. We take a mold from it and pour in clay to produce the pieces. The formed bodies are dried, trimmed smooth, bisque-fired, glazed, and fired again. Through these many stages, each piece comes to life as tableware.
About Teshio, POTPURRI's small-plate brand
Named after the teshio-zara, considered one possible origin of small Japanese plates, Teshio is a brand that puts heartfelt care into these little dishes.
Long ago, as part of beliefs associated with salt, a small dish of salt was placed in the corner of a dining tray to purify the meal setting. This little dish, which fits in the palm of a hand, is called a teshio-zara.
Over time, these small plates became pieces for enjoying food. Their presence adds character to the table.
We fire each piece in our Tokyo workshop and send it out with the hope that its owner will cherish it and enjoy using it for years.
Numerous facets on the outside make the bowl easier to grip. Glaze is thinner on the edges, revealing the white clay beneath. This small, bowl-shaped dish lets you enjoy the flow and pooling of the glaze with both your eyes and your hands.
In gently translucent light blue and sandy natural white, the pattern creates shadows like ripples washing onto a shallow beach.
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| Dimensions | 65 × 65 × 38 mm |
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