Chinese Blue And White Rice Grain Porcelain Bowls BL-KOK-5

Handmade small serving bowls for nuts, fruits and dessert. Individual bowls in relief hand painting flower motif and high quality porcelain. Vintage Chinese porcelain, for ethnic and oriental decor, at Stern. DIMENSIONS: 14cmDia x 4cmH

“Rice grain” is a name of a technique rather than actual rice grains. To make this kind of decoration the holes are pierced through the rather thick walls of the rough and unfired porcelain and the holes are then filled with translucent glaze. When the whole thing have solidified together the walls are thinned down manually in thickness until the walls are as thin as the potter dares to make them.