Author's vase by Fujii Shumei. Made of porcelain, covered with hand painting. The vase has the author's mark - Fujii Shumei (藤井朱明). The vase comes with a stand. Japan, 1970s.

Fujii Shumei (藤井朱明) is one of the iconic Japanese ceramists of the 20th century. In Japan, it is not customary to name styles after one person; most often, styles were named after a locality (Kutani village, Satsuma province). The fact that the Japanese have moved away from the centuries-old traditions that they honor speaks of the scale of the master. Fujii Shumei's vases are exhibited at major world auctions and are in museums, for example, in the exposition of the British Museum in London.