Japanese Ceramic Oribe Ware Cooking Fat Skimmer Pot Vtg Araire Green Beige Y209 Tea Ceremony It has an abstract splash

It has an abstract splash of brown for an accent

Packed weight: 1757 grams

The tag says Hida Shishimai Clay Bell 飛騨獅子舞土鈴

Kanji on the front cover: Showa seimei shu

Signature on the bottom (yoshigama)

Japanese Ceramic Oribe Ware Cooking Fat Skimmer Pot Vtg Araire Green Beige Y209 Tea Ceremony It has an abstract splashVtg Japanese Ceramic Cooking Fat Skimmer Pot This is a small vintage ceramic Japanese pot called araire. It is a useful and unique accessory for nabe and shabushabu. The pot is filled with a shallow layer of water, then, when the hotpot shabushabu stew etc has fat or scum floating on the surface, you use a fine sieve ladle to collect it. After, you dip the sieve into the water inside the pot to clean it off. It also acts as a storage pot for both