Wednesday, 30 January 2008

Narumi Bone China


Narumi is a Japanese chinaware company.
http://www.narumi.co.jp/
(Their websites are only available in Japanese)

The tech is in the craftsmanship, okay, okay.... but this is still worth talking about here!

The first time I came across the Bone China from Narumi, was in the Island Shangri-La Hotel in Central, Hong Kong . The exquisite tableware was indeed very fine, a very clean and bold white, with a certain luminance about it. In particular, the ones they used in the hotel had a certain pattern that was more transparent, in the form of a Chinese dragon.

All this was over ten years ago, and to this day, I have rarely found their products outside of Asia. The same plates and bowls can be found in SOGO, Hong Kong, but without the dragon emblem. I am guessing this was exclusive to this prestigious hotel chain.

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