Famiware Smoky Ceramic Soy Sauce Dish, 8-piece

What a photograph does not show is how the dish settles into your palm. Four ounces is exactly enough for a generous pour of soy sauce for one person at a dinner table, or for a dipping dish that holds a side of chili oil without slopping over the rim. The stoneware body gives it a quiet heft that steadies it on a linen cloth or a lacquer tray.

The eight dishes come from the Smoky collection, each with a reactive glaze that shifts in the light. They are sized for a table of eight: one dish per setting, small enough to sit beside a rice bowl without crowding the place mat. The pack says they run through the dishwasher and microwave without trouble, and they stack neatly when not in use.