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Kohiki Senmon Nagasara (粉引線文長皿)
This is the Takeo ware crafted by MATSUO, Jun (松尾潤).
It's finished with a method called tatara-zukuri.
Tatara is made by stretching clay into board to make a disk.
Then he put lines in the sliced plate, and shaped by pressing the mold.
Height : 2 cm
Width : 19 cm
Length : 34.5 cm
MATSUO trained ceramic a lot in Kyoto in early life. A wide rage of style can be seen from his artworks.