Stoneware vase by Taniguchi Ryōzō.

Stoneware vase, ovoid body with a slightly tapered neck and circular opening. Two-tone glaze: matte white enamel on the upper part, with a fringe of green-blue drips at the junction; matte slate blue enamel that is slightly textured on the body. Signed with a seal under the foot. Delivered with its signed tomobako. Dimensions Height: 25 cm — Diameter: 16 cm Taniguchi Ryōzō (1926–1996) Ceramicist born in Kyoto. Trained under Kiyomizu Rokubei VI. Selected for the Nitten as early as 1951, he received numerous awards there, including the Hokuto-shō prize and the Prime Minister's prize. Winner of the Japan Ceramics Society Award (1961) and the Kyoto Cultural Prize (1989). Invited to exhibit at the National Museum of Modern Art, Tokyo (MOMAT) in 1964. His works are included in the Imperial Collection of Japan and were presented during the official meeting between Emperor Hirohito and the Prince and Princess of Wales, Charles and Diana, in 1986.