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Tokkuri (徳利)
This is a Bizen ware bottle which Mori-san has created.
You may use for a single vase even though it is bottle-shaped.
There are two interesting designs, one side, it is the fallen sesame pattern called "goma".
On the opposite side, the black pattern called sangiri comes out prominently.
Height : 12.6 cm
Diameter : 9.8 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.