Japanese Ceramic Oribe Ware Cooking Fat Skimmer Pot Vtg Araire Green Beige Y209 Tea Ceremony The tag says Hida Shishimai

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

The front window of the litter is opened and the back window is closed with washi paper

14 cm wide x 3

It has an abstract splash of brown for an accent

Japanese Ceramic Oribe Ware Cooking Fat Skimmer Pot Vtg Araire Green Beige Y209 Tea Ceremony The tag says Hida ShishimaiVtg 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