Heat-resistant Small Bowl with Handle

Overview Details Shipping & Delivery Heat-resistant Individual Bowls, that can also be Heated Directly on Stove. This bowl is ideal to use as an individual bowl for serving hot pot dish etc. On top of it, this bowl is highly heat-resistant, so you can heat the bowl directly over gas stove top, oven or microwave. So, you can make a small serving dish directly in the bowl. True “Terroir” of Iga Iga region, where this pottery is made, used to be the bed of Lake Biwa about 4 million years ago. The clay is coarse and consists of a high level of pre-historic fossilized microorganisms that leave the clay porous when fired. With this effect, when Iga-yaki (Iga-style) pottery is crafted by artisanal hands, it creates the signature wabi-sabi (“unfinished beauty”) look. This exceptional wabi-sabi beauty of Iga-yaki pottery has been praised by pottery lovers in Japan over centuries. Authentic Iga-yaki pottery by Nagatani-en Iga-yaki pottery is one of Japan’s most highly-regarded tradition