Everything Hayashi Shotaro creates is incredible, and this piece is no exception. A crisp vase of sculptural form clouded with textured red, green and blue with dark charring enclosed in the original signed wooden box titled Manyosai Henko. It is 18.5 x 16 x 27.5 cm (7-1/2 x 6-1/2 x 11 inches) and is in perfect condition.
Hayashi Shotaro (b. 1947) is one of the biggest names in contemporary Mino ceramics. He first began with a 7 year apprenticeship under his older brother Kotaro, ending when he established his own kiln in 1974. Since then his list of exhibitions and awards has been amazing, including the Nihon Dento Kogei Ten (National Traditional Arts and Crafts Exhibition), Governors Prize and five times winner of Best of Show at the Asahi Togei Ten (Asahi Ceramics Exhibition), and Best of Show at Gifu Prefectural Exhibition.
