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Japanese-made pottery
The title is Bizen O-Tsubo (備前大壷).
This is a jar created by Mori Yasushi.
It has the round shape perfectly.
He used the soils collected around Inbe region and its rough texture lets us feel dynamism.
We see the burst stones pattern called "ishihaze" on the surface.
Height : 41.5 cm
Diameter : 39.2 cm
It's been over fifty years since he started making Bizen-yaki. He thought up the idea of a twice baking method to bring out a changeable black color.