Hand-Painted Red Fruit Porcelain Dish

A small, softly squared porcelain dish with a cobalt-blue rim that fades gently into the white glaze. In one corner, a cluster of fruit is hand-painted in bright red-orange and deep blue, with curling blue leaves and one fresh green leaf. The rest of the dish is left white on purpose. It sits low and shallow, about the size of your palm, which makes it just right for pickles, sweets, a spoon rest or your rings at the end of the day.

That bright red-orange has a famous history in Asian porcelain. In 17th-century Arita, the potter Sakaida Kizaemon was said to have perfectly recreated the colour of a ripe persimmon (kaki) in overglaze enamel. He was given the name "Kakiemon" in honour of it, and the Kakiemon style became one of Japan's most prized porcelain exports to Europe.