Material: Ceramic (clay)
Color: brown 

• External dimensions:
  Width: 50cm
  Lengh: 41cm
  Height: 12 cm
• Internal dimensions:
  Width: 42cm
  Lengh: 34 cm
  Height: 11 cm

SKU: 156767

Deep brown ceramic bonsai pot, 50 x 41 x 12 cm

A broad, deep rectangular bonsai pot in warm brown stoneware, measuring 50 by 41 centimetres with a full 12 centimetres of depth. This is one for a tree that has put on real timber. The near-square footprint and the extra height set it apart from shallower trays: it reads as a solid, four-square container, the kind that anchors a powerful trunk and lets a heavy nebari sit comfortably below the soil line.

The clay is fired to an even earthen brown with the soft, matte surface that flatters bark rather than glossing over it. Walls are thick and square, the rim clean, and the generous interior of roughly 42 by 34 centimetres gives a mature root system somewhere to go. Drainage holes and wiring points are set into the base so the tree can be tied down firmly once potted. Everything shown in the photographs is the empty ceramic pot; no tree, soil or plant is supplied.

In the tradition of the bonsai container

Unglazed-look brown stoneware sits at the heart of classical bonsai display. Earth tones were chosen, in Japan and China alike, precisely so the eye stays on the tree. A deeper rectangular pot like this carries connotations of strength and maturity, which is why it has long been paired with masculine conifers and heavyweight broadleaf trees rather than delicate flowering specimens. The form is honest and unornamented, and that is the point.

About this piece

The depth here makes a real difference. Twelve centimetres gives room for a vigorous root ball and the extra soil volume that a large tree appreciates, while the wide near-square plan suits trunks with girth and movement. Think old pines, junipers, large maples or a collected tree with a heavy base. The proportions lean toward power and presence, so this pot rewards a specimen that already has weight in the trunk and a developed branch structure.

For a grower stepping a big tree up into a more permanent home, this is a confident, classical choice that will keep its quiet brown dignity season after season.