Blue Sakura Blossom Sauce Dish

Description

White cherry blossoms spread across a deep cobalt background on the Blue Sakura Blossom Sauce Dish, with yellow centers, red stems, and pale green leaves adding small touches of color. A few loose petals drift across the open blue at the center, as if falling from the branches. This Japanese sauce dish is Kutani ware porcelain from Seikou Kiln. Kutani ware has been made in Ishikawa Prefecture for more than 360 years and is known for bold, vivid colors like the ones on this dish. Its shallow, round shape works well as a sauce plate for soy sauce, pickles, or bite-sized desserts. In Japan, cherry blossoms bloom just as the new school and work year begins in April, so they are closely tied to new beginnings. That makes the dish a fitting gift for a graduation, a new job, or a move. Its strong blue also stands out against plain white Japanese dishware. Explore our full Sauce Dishes collection.