Vase - Ceramic - Japan - No customs for the EU - Taniguchi Ryōzō 谷口良三

Stoneware vase by Taniguchi Ryōzō 谷口良三 From the collection of Mr. D, Europe. Shipped from Europe: no customs fees for EU bidders. Stoneware vase, body ovoid with a slightly narrowed neck and circular opening. Two-tone glaze: matte white enamel on the upper part, with a fringe of blue-green drips at the junction; matte slate-blue enamel and slightly textured on the body. Unglazed beige stoneware foot. Signed with a seal under the foot. Accompanied by its signed tomobako. Dimensions Height: 25 cm — Diameter: 16 cm Taniguchi Ryōzō 谷口良三 (1926–1996) Ceramist born in Kyoto. Trained under Kiyomizu Rokubei VI. Selected for Nitten from 1951, receiving numerous prizes including the Hokuto-shō and the Prime Minister's Prize. Recipient of the Japan Ceramics Society Award (1961) and the Kyoto Cultural Award (1989). Invited to exhibit at the National Museum of Modern Art, Tokyo (MOMAT) in 1964. Works held in the Imperial Collection of Japan, displayed during the official meeting between Emperor Hirohito and the Prince and Princess of Wales, Charles and Diana, in 1986.

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