Ceramic vase by Morino Hiroaki Taimei.

Cylindrical vase with a rounded rim. Decorated with flat areas of granulated black glaze on an ochre-brown background, forming irregular vertical bands. Signed. Delivered with its signed box. Dimensions Height: 18 cm — Diameter: 8 cm Morino Hiroaki Taimei 森野泰明 (1934–) Ceramicist from Kyoto. Son of the potter Morino Kako (1879–1987). Trained at Kyoto City University of Arts. Taught ceramics at the University of Chicago in the 1960s. His works are included in the collections of the Herbert F. Johnson Museum of Art (Cornell University) and in several public collections in Japan and the United States. A major figure in contemporary Japanese ceramics, recognised for his simple forms and abstract decorations.