Masa Designs: Black Clay Catchall Christopher Isherwood Set against a solid pale

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Masa Designs: Black Clay Catchall Christopher Isherwood Set against a solid paleThis small, square handmade dish was designed by legendary chef Masayoshi Takayama, known as Masa, for serving sashimi on crushed ice; however, its elegant simplicity makes it a truly multifunctional piece. Due to the unique properties of the clay used, the piece can be kept either oven warm or refrigerator chilled. Following the seven principles of shibusasimplicity, implicitness, modesty, naturalness, imperfection, everydayness, and silencethe Masa