It is a gift presented to leader Kim Jong Il by Mutsuko Miki, wife of a former Japanese prime minster.

It is a custom of the Japanese people to present one's own making to respected persons.

She learned ceramic technique and made the lamp by herself to repay deep concern paid to her family by President Kim Il Sung and leader Kim Jong Il.

Upon hearing the news that Kim Jong Il was elected general secretary of the Workers' Party of Korea, she presented the gift to him in November Juche 86 (1997.)