A fluted vessel by Sakai Hiroshi in his signature Blue Shino glaze enclosed in the original signed wooden box titled Ai-iro Shino Hanaire. It is 11.5 cm (4-1/2 inches) diameter, 25 cm (10 inches) tall and is in excellent condition.
Sakai Hiroshi was born in Toki City in central Mino country in 1960. He graduated the Nagoya Institute of Technology in 1983, after which he spent two years at the Tajimi City Ceramic Research Facility before apprenticing under future Living National Treasure Kato Kozo. He has been exhibited or awarded at the National Traditional Crafts Exhibition (Nihon Dento Kogeiten), National Ceramic Art Exhibition (Nihon Togeiten), Asahi Ceramic Exhibition, as well as being exhibited internationally in Taiwan, Korea, and Italy among others. Work by the artist is held in the Italian Faenze Ceramic Museum, The Gifu Prefectural Museum of Modern Ceramic Art and Mino Ceramic Art Museum, both in Tajimi as well as the Ibaraki Ceramic Art.
