Antique vase, Kutani. Made of porcelain, plated with gold. The vase is decorated with hand-painted pheasants. Japan, 20th century.

Kutani is one of the three main and most famous movements of Japanese artistic porcelain/ceramics. The workshops are located in Ishikawa Prefecture, mainly in the Kutani region, literally translated as "nine valleys".

Numerous workshops located near the city of Kaga worked with porcelain so skillfully that they became a household name for all Japanese porcelain. Kutani ceramics were presented at the world exhibitions in Vienna and Paris and were truly of great importance for the entire world of ceramics.