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Sometsuke Kuromaron Chimon Takara-Bori Kabin (染付黒マロン地文宝彫花瓶)

This is the Arita ware crafted by NAKAO, Ryuzumi (中尾龍純).
Chimon means that it's filled with the patterns like shippo cloisonne koshi lattice and others.
Mixing a few ingredients, he developed the original pigment called gosu.
NAKAO engraved the traditional treasure design called takara-mon.