Stunning vase with cheerful and bright modernist design. Born in 1961, Tokuda Yasokichi IV succeeded her father Tokuda Yasokichi III after his death in 2009. Tokuda is one of few female heads of a traditional potting lineage in Japan. As a female leader of a traditional potter’s family, she is recognized both domestically and internationally. Tokuda inherited the techniques and methods of the Tokuda family style of Kutani porcelain production, especially saiyu glazing where arrangements and gradations of color play a central role in ornamentation, rather than the pictorial designs of birds, flowers and figures seen in conventional Kutani-ware. Her personal sensibility as a female artist gives her a novel perspective on tradition, reflected in her diverse choices of colors and unique interpretations of form. Selected Exhibitions 2025 Asia Week New York, US 2013–2018 Asia Week New York, US 2017 The 64th Japan Traditional Kōgei Exhibition, Japan 2016 The 72nd Contemporary Art Exhibition, Ishikawa Prefectural Museum of Art, Ishikawa, Japan The Power of Colors , Musée Tomo, Tokyo, Japan 2015 SOFA Chicago, Illinois, USTradition Reborn:Contemporary Japanese Ceramics , Indianapolis Museum of Art, Indiana, US 360th Anniversary Kutaniyaki Exhibition , Kutaniyaki Art Museum, Ishikawa, Japan 2014 Contemporary Japanese Ceramics, Embassy of Japan, Washington D.C., US 2013 Heritage: Japanese Works of Art by Contemporary Artis Measurements: diameter: 30 x 29 cm height: 30,5 cm Good condition, there could be signs of age and wear from normal use, marks, stains, scratches; please, see pictures for actual condition. Registered shipping with tracking number, well packed for safe and fast delivering!