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Like a field of blue, this platter is handcrafted from ceramic in a rectangular shape and finished with a shiny glaze. Balinese artisan Putu Oka Mahendra creates this platter, which is perfect for serving dishes, snacks, and hors d'oeuvres.

Leaving the edges unglazed for a rustic effect, Kika in Java crafts this gorgeous platter. The serving plate is made from ceramic and given a lovely light blue glaze.

Putu Oka Mahendra's platter perfectly combines form and function, boasting a captivating blue shade streaked with black for a rustic finish. The corners of the dish curl up in an elegant style. It is crafted from ceramic fired in a kiln at over 2000 degrees Fahrenheit.

An abstract shape adds uniqueness and majesty to a gorgeous accessory directly from the luxurious Armenian lands. Shahe Harutyunyan handcrafts this ceramic platter in a palette of blue hues, adding a glazed finish that enriches the design's sublime aura. As a traditional touch, a pomegranate detail adorns the accessory, foreshadowing good fortune and abundance.

Impress guests with the natural beauty of this exquisitely handcrafted Thai ceramic platter by Penpan. Meticulously glazed in crackled celadon blue, its texture evokes the intricate rings of a tree stump for an organic, earthy feel. Versatile enough for serving appetizers or plated meals, this elegant accessory adds an artistic touch to any table.

Artisan Tigran Danielyan infuses your table with classic Armenian gallantry, present in each of the geometric details composing this ceramic platter. Completed with a glazed finish to enrich the palette of bold hues, the platter displays an elongated shape ideal for an elegant aura.

Crafted of ceramic, a Talavera-style owl serves up snacks and canapés with style. A master of Mexico's colonial Majolica ceramics, Gorky González creates this whimsical dish. He signs his work "AT," for alfarería tradicional (traditional ceramics).

Duangkamol takes her inspiration from the exotic beauty of the vanda orchid for the design of this small salad plate. Featuring a turquoise blue glazed finish, the plate is crafted with millenary celadon ceramic techniques.

Turquoise waves evoke the Guatemalan Caribbean as flowers in the same tone add their beauty to this lovely design. Working in high-fired ceramic, Lilyan Bebecke crafts a generous serving platter. Nature is her inspiration.

Whatever your signature dish is, you can serve it to your guests with charm in this deep, 14-inch hand-painted ceramic platter. Crafted by artist Lilyan Benecke of Guatemala, this long oval plate features a geometric and floral-inspired design in blue and orange on an off-white background.

Flowers blossom with an exuberant feast of colors on a platter designed in the Talavera style of the state of Puebla. The motifs are painted by hand over the ivory-color ceramic dish with a palette that includes yellow-orange, blue, and green flowers over a crisscross network of dots and crosses. Bordered by a black honeycomb, this platter comes from the 'Zacatlán Flowers' collection designed by Pedro Tecayehuatl.

Talavera is a distinctive art form brought to Mexico by artisans from Talavera de la Reina, Spain. The ceramic artisans of Puebla, Mexico then incorporated Chinese designs, thus creating the blue and oyster-white patterns traditionally associated with Talavera Poblana. Today there are also more "contemporary" designs that include yellow, green, orange, mauve, black and red.

National and international conventions require that a rigorous procedure be followed in the elaboration of authentic Talavera-style ceramics. Each individual piece will be slightly different, and therefore a unique work of art.