Toshiko Takaezu, American, Japanese, 1922 to 2011, glazed stoneware artwork, probably from the series Apollo Muses, closed form with rattle. Circa: 1987. Signed with impressed initials, on the bottom. Toshiko Takaezu was an American ceramic artist, painter, sculptor, and educator whose oeuvre spanned a wide range of mediums, including ceramics, weavings, bronzes, and paintings. She is noted for her pioneering work in ceramics and has played an important role in the international revival of interest in the ceramic arts. Takaezu was known for her rounded, closed ceramic forms which broke from traditions of clay as a medium for functional objects. Modern American and Asian Ceramic Pottery Artworks, and Collectibles.