Milan 2012: Dutch designers Scholten & Baijings showed a tableware set based on the archives of hand-painted porcelain company 1616 Arita Japan at Spazio Rossana Orlandi in Milan last week. The ...

Arita’s obsession with porcelain ware, registered officially as one of the Traditional Crafts of Japan in 1977, dates back more than 400 years.

Quite a number of urns, vases and especially plates are signed 'Angelica Kauffmann.' The paintress Kaufmann (1741-1807) is not known to have decorated porcelain at all.

ARITA PORCELAIN LAB Co., Ltd. Founded in 1804, this brand presents modern and luxurious Arita ware matched to modern lifestyles, while keeping the over 200-year-old Arita ware tradition of ...