Vintage vase, Kutani, "Cranes over forest and mountain", porcelain, glaze, gold and silver paint painting on a gold background. Japan, the twentieth century is marked.  Vases with the image of cranes are an original gift, a wish for a long life in happiness and well-being. The crane is immortality, a symbol of a long and happy married life. Being monogamous birds, cranes mate once and for life. This is wisdom in the flesh, unity, and nobility of thought. The symbol of the mountain in art is the pursuit of high things, it is the fragility of existence and spiritual uplift, mountains are the abode of the spirits of kami - a sacred symbol, for many poets it was an inexhaustible source of inspiration and eternity.  The forest in Japanese art is a way of conveying philosophical overtones, reflecting the thoughts and ideas of the creator. This is perseverance, harmony of man with nature and philosophy. The display of the forest is an opportunity to show the unity of the people with nature.