JAMSTEC Commemorative Medallion horse folk toy The bowl in this listing

The bowl in this listing is decorated with small medaka fish

and the twelve creatures are called junishi

Osawa and Yoshino

Ryukyu-ware refers to earthenware and stoneware pottery produced on the Ryukyu Islands

also this piece has patches of black which occur during the firing process

JAMSTEC Commemorative Medallion horse folk toy The bowl in this listing*SHIPPING OPTIONS VARY DEPENDING ON THE DESTINATION, PLEASE SCROLL TO THE END OF THIS LISTING FOR MORE DETAILS. This listing is for a commemorative medallion issued by JAMSTEC (the Japan Agency for Marine Earth Science and Technology). JAMSTEC is a Japanese national research institute for marine earth science and technology. The medallion was issued to coincide with the launch of the Shinkai 6500, a submersible capable of diving 6500 metres and used