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The title is Kokusai Shirongashi Guinomi (黒彩白流ぐい呑).

This is a sake cup created by Okada Yuh.

・Japanese Guinomi (sake cup)
A type of cups mainly used for drinking Japanese sake.
Generally it's a larger sized sake cup than Japanese sakazuki, Japanese ochoko and others.
It's said that guinomi can hold twice as much Japanese sake as an ochoko.

Being characterized by a deep base and a wide mouth,
that's why there are many ways of use including sauce, beans, olives and
appetizer bowls, houseplant vase and others.

Actually, pouring sake from a bottle called "tokkuri" and
having the flask with one's hands, and then sipping sake from a "guinomi".

Perfect for enjoying the aroma of alcohol and temperature changes.

Using the technique of kesho-gake slip, "engobe", clay slurry to produce the beautiful color.
The cup is painted by black soil as a whole.
Then Okada-san glazes the warabai-yu which is the Hagi-yaki's common glaze to make powerful cracked patterns.