Very good condition.
Signed, titled, and sealed on the back side of the box lid.

Registration under No.TK247 issued by the Taizo Kuroda Estate

Born in 1946 in the evacuation home in Shiga Prefecture, Taizo Kuroda was a Japanese ceramic artist renown for his signature white porcelain ceramic works. At the age of 20, Kuroda moved to France where he met potter Tatsuzo Shimaoka. Introduced by Shimaoka, Kuroda relocated himself to Canada to study ceramic under Gaétan Beaudin. After a brief return to Japan, he further honed his craft under Shimaoka. Kuroda then worked at a Canadian pottery company before permanently returning to Japan in 1980. In Japan, he established his studio in Shizuoka Prefecture, where he dedicated himself to his creation. In 1991, he relocated to a new studio in Ito City, Shizuoka, and imposed three guiding principles on his work: wheel-thrown molding, vessel forms, and a monochromatic color palette. By 1992, Kuroda had developed his iconic white porcelain style, which remains celebrated to this day.

Kuroda's white porcelain works, characterised by their light but tense contours, are internationally renowned and are collected by museums in Japan and abroad, including the National Museum of Modern Art, Tokyo, the Brooklyn Museum, New York, and the Victoria and Albert Museum, London.
The two works by Kuroda on display at NEW008 are in his signature style, created after 1992. In particular, the conical shape with a hollow inside is a rare and precious example of a wheel-thrown piece. Kuroda believed that by stripping away individuality, it was possible to find a common individuality in itself, and he explored this truth through his ceramics. This body of works, which speaks gently to the viewer with a veil of soft serenity, shows traces of Kuroda's practice, which could be described as his philosophy.