Set of 6 round plates, Senufo motif

An art linked to agricultural and initiation rites.

On each plate, a wide eggplant-colored ring cut into bands with white lines, dotted with yellow and red, frames a white center. This piece is our tribute to the emblematic Senufo art.

▦ The history of the motif

Senufo art, from Côte d'Ivoire, Mali, and Burkina Faso, is renowned for its powerful geometric forms, linked to agricultural and initiation rites.

• Senufo (Côte d'Ivoire, Mali, Burkina Faso): a people renowned for their masks, statues, and textiles.

✨ What the motif tells

The symbolism of the Senufo motif is linked to agricultural and initiation rites. This is the cultural dimension that the piece highlights when it is given as a gift.

Our reinterpretation

On this set of 6 round plates, the motif becomes a wide eggplant-colored ring around the edge, cut into bands with white lines and dotted with yellow and red, around a white center. The plates are decorated to order in our workshop in Alfortville: the motif is prepared, applied by hand, and glazed before firing. The packaging box measures 31 × 31 × 10 cm.

At your table

Designed for a table illuminated by soft light, with a natural linen tablecloth and a few guests gathered together, this composition takes place during a shared meal. A gift for those who love pieces filled with history, echoing the agricultural and initiation rites of Senufo art.

Characteristics

• Contents: 6 plates of your choice: 2 large, 2 dessert, and 2 deep plates, or 3 large and 3 dessert plates, at the same price (the photos show the 3 + 3 version).
• Colors: eggplant, black, white, yellow, red.
• Material: porcelain.
• Dimensions, large plate: Ø 27 cm, height 3.1 cm.
• Dimensions, dessert plate: Ø 21 cm, height 2.5 cm.
• Dimensions, deep plate: Ø 19 cm, height 5.5 cm.
• Box: 1 box measuring 31 × 31 × 10 cm, approximately 3.5 kg.
• Personalization: motif, colors, first name, date, or short message upon request; composition of your choice if indicated.
• In case of breakage: individual replacement possible (same motif, same dimensions), as long as the shape remains in the catalog.
• In the same motif: breakfast set, speckled bowl, mug, coffee cup, square salad bowl, set of 6 oval plates, oval salad bowl.

Write to us to personalize this Senufo motif and bring your own story into its geometric forms.