| abstract |
Sanitary ware, including a ceramic base material, an upper glaze layer positioned on a surface of the ceramic base material, and an intermediate layer positioned between the ceramic base material and the upper glaze layer, wherein the sanitary ware satisfies at least one of the following conditions: a pore area ratio of 3% or less in terms of a ratio of an area of pores present in a cut surface obtained by cutting the upper glaze layer along the thickness direction thereof, relative to an area of the cut surface, an average pore size of 50 μm or less as measured with respect to the cut surface obtained by cutting the upper glaze layer along the thickness direction thereof, and a difference of 50 μm or less between the maximum and minimum values of the thickness of the upper glaze layer. |