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Japanese-made pottery
The title is Kake Hanaire (掛花入).
This is a vase created by Mori Yasushi.
He came up with an idea that the vase can tightly attached to the wall.
Rice straw was put on top of the work and he placed a bowl in the kiln.
You see red color called "hidasuki", fire marks that is made out of rice straw in the kiln.
Height : 6.2 cm
Diameter : 16.8 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.