Shino ware teapot by Rick Hintze, 1980s

This teapot is about 6" high x 7" spout to handle x 4.5" minus same. It is signed with "rh" in a square on the body of the pot. My images are a bit washed out and there is a greater orange tint to the glaze on this piece, much richer contrasts than I was able to capture. The finish is Shino ware, a Japanese glaze:

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shino_ware

No wear or damage, $3 GW find today. I did not notice until after posting my images that I had not put the lid on properly. It actually fits very well, flush against the body of the pot. What appears to be a chip on the base in the first image is a flaw in the glaze.

This is one of the best Shino ware finishes that I have seen, but I am not sure that it was made in Japan. The shape is non-traditional for a Japanese kyusu and it is a bit large.

Update:

At first, I thought this was the work of Canadian potter Robin Hopper, but when I contacted his partner, she said RH only put his mark in a circle and only on the unglazed part of the piece at the bottom. He also typically included a stamped impression that said "Canada" or the name of their studio. After revisiting my search I concluded that this pot was made by Wisconsin potter, Rick Hintze, which he confirmed. He dated it to the late 1980s.

He has a web site:

https://www.rickhintzepottery.com/

He is also included in The Marks Project:

https://www.themarksproject.org/marks/hintze

His biography from his web site:

"Rick Hintze was born in 1944 in Peoria, Illinois. He received a B.A. in Art from Knox College, Galesburg, Illinois, an M.A. in Art History from the University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa, and an M.F.A. in Ceramics from the University of Notre Dame, South Bend, Indiana. After teaching ceramics and sculpture at Kirkwood Community College in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, during the 1990's, he moved to Wisconsin to establish his studio in Johnson Creek and opened his gallery in the fall of 2002. Over the years he has received numerous awards, including a National Endowment for the Arts Individual Artist Fellowship, an Iowa Arts Council Artist Project Grant, and an Award of Excellence from the American Craft Council. His work is in the collections of the Racine Art Museum, the Cedar Rapids Museum of Art, the Topeka and Shawnee County Public Library, Southeastern Louisiana University, Ripon College, Kirkwood Community College, The China Zisha Museum in Yixing, Jiangsu Province, and various regional and national private collections. "