A large basin inlayed with a haunting white bloom by Wada Morihiro enclosed in the original signed wooden box titled Tsukihana-mon Hachi. Tsukihana is a metaphor for elegant and refined things or something one prizes, delights in, or cherishes.The bowl dates rom early in his career. It is 31.5 cm (12-1/2 inches) diameter, 5.6 cm (just over 2 inches) tall and in excellent condition.
Wada Morihiro (1944-2008) was born in Hyogo prefecture and apprenticed under Kyotos Tomimoto Kenkichi before moving to Kasama in 1976. He has been displayed at the Nihon Togei Ten (National Ceramics Exhibition), Nihon Dento Kogei Ten (National Traditional Crafts Exhibition) Gold medal at the Florence International Ceramics Exhibition in 1980 as well as being displayed at the Victoria Albert and Smithsonian as one representative of modern Japanese ceramics in 1983. He subsequently received the Japanese Ceramic Society Award in 1988, one of the highest honors for a Japanese potter.
