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Japanese-made pottery
The title is Tetsuki Hanaire (手付花入).
This is a vase created by Mori Yasushi.
He rolls out the clay into a long narrow plate and put the handles.
It became gentle black color like sangiri pattern, because it was burned to be directly hit by charcoal fire.
Height : 29.6 cm
Diameter : 11.6 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.