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"A small dish from the 1960s by Fujihira Shin enclosed in the original signed wooden box.  It is 8 inches (20 cm) diameter and in fine condition.  &lt;br&gt;\r\nFujihira Shin (b. 1922-2012) was born into the family of a ceramics dealer in Kyoto, raised among the pots, and attended the Art University, however, in his second year would lose four years of his life to battling illness. This life and death struggle would make him a strong character, coming forth from then on in his works.  He would come to the National Scene first upon receiving the Hokutosho prize at the Nitten National Exhibition in 1958.  This brought him to the forefront of the ceramics scene.   He was awarded the JCS (Japan Ceramic Society) award in 1973.   During his career works by him were often selected to represent Japan and it\u2019s arts overseas, in Europe, and the Americas. He was awarded the order of cultural merit in 1991 by Kyoto prefecture.  In 1993 the Mainichi Ceramics Prize.  In 1996 Kyoto prefectural order of cultural merit and in 1998 received the Japan Ceramic Society Gold Prize, one of the highest honors for a Japanese potter.  Held in the collections of the V&amp;A, National Museum in Warsaw, The National Museum of Modern Art, Tokyo has more than a dozen pieces, only to be outdone by Kyoto which has more than 20 pieces.  For more see \u201CJapanese Ceramics Today Part 1\u201D 2003.  \r\n"^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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