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The title is Chawan Hikidashi Tebineri (茶碗 引き出し てびねり).

This is a tea bowl created by Mori Teisai.

The tea bowl was shaped by hand-build.

A pottery scraping marks by spatula can be seen at the front of the bowl.
The inside decoration of the tea bowl, a goma pattern is also shown, which the glaze is quite melted.

Hikidashi :
Taking the pottery from the kiln burning just before the door is closed.
Although it's still high-fired and hot, putting into the container with rice husks called "sukumo" in Japanese,
and makes it cool down quickly. Eventually, the color turns black.
The method comes with a risk of breaking, because it's rapidly cooled, then few pieces could be taken at kiln's firing which is quite valuable.