Meiji Asian Art and Furniture
MEIJI STYLE
From 1868 to 1912, Emperor Mutsuhito oversaw an era of transformation in Japan. Formerly a country of feudalism and isolation, Japan entered an age of modernization influenced by newly established trade and exchange with the West. The Meiji period, or period of “enlightened rule,” also saw the global impact of the East Asian country’s culture. Japanese Meiji furniture was exhibited at expositions from Paris to San Francisco and created for export.
Prior to the Meiji era, furniture was mostly made by commission for the ruling class; now there were new domestic and international markets. European styles like Japonisme appropriated Japanese design while craftsmen in places like Wales and England employed japanning, a varnishing technique that approximated the appearance of lacquer for the surfaces of furnishings.
Meiji furniture made for Japanese homes and buildings constructed in Western styles resulted in taller tables, chairs, cabinets with large drawers and other features. The government invested in areas such as transportation and communication, and because people could freely choose occupations after the restrictions of feudalism, industries of various types were energized by expressive new ideas during those years. Art schools were formed and, for the first time, design was an area of study in the country, leading to the evolution of professional design as a career by the 1890s.
The work of Japanese designers was transmitted widely through lavishly illustrated pattern books that included designs for screens and lacquerware for the home. While screens today may be of use as decorative accents or partitions to ensure privacy in one’s space, Japanese screens were adorned with paintings and were featured in performing arts such as concerts, tea ceremonies and more. The color illustrations that characterize Meiji woodblock prints, a genre of Japanese art that grew out of 17th-century developments in printing and book publishing, depicted the sweeping changes that the era brought to East Asia.
Although it was a time of societal and cultural shifts, a bolstered interest in art and design elevated Japanese craft traditions. From colorful porcelain table lamps with silk shades and hardwood tables decorated with dark lacquer to cabinets featuring iron hardware and inlaid with mother-of-pearl, Meiji furniture showcased Japan’s artistic heritage to the world.
Find a collection of antique Japanese Meiji period case pieces and storage cabinets, decorative objects, wall decorations and more furniture on 1stDibs.
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Style: Meiji
Antique Japanese Meiji Cloisonné Enameled & Lidded Scent Dragon Jar C1920
Located in Big Flats, NY
Antique Japanese Meiji Cloisonné Enameled, Footed & Lidded Scent Jar with Dragon and Flowers C1920
Measures- 5''H x 5.25''W x 5.25''D
Category
Early 20th Century Japanese Meiji Asian Art and Furniture
Materials
Metal
Japanese Antique Ceramic Large Shrine of God "ZUSHI" 1860s-1900s / Wabisabi
By Axel Vervoordt
Located in Sammu-shi, Chiba
This is a very old and large ceramic shrine made in Japan.
It is called “zushi” in Japanese.
It is usually made of wood, but this one is ceramic.
It is rare and made only in certain...
Category
Early 20th Century Japanese Meiji Asian Art and Furniture
Materials
Ceramic
Japanese Bronze Water Coupe, Eguchi as Fugen, Edo/Meiji Period, Japan
Located in Austin, TX
A very finely cast Japanese bronze water coupe in the form of the courtesan Eguchi riding an elephant, signed Kazutada, Edo to Meiji Period, mid 19th century, Japan.
The small and e...
Category
Mid-19th Century Japanese Antique Meiji Asian Art and Furniture
Materials
Bronze
Japanese Antique Old Wooden Mortar / Coffee Table 1868s-1912s Wabisabi Japandi
Located in Iwate-gun Shizukuishi-cho, Iwate Prefecture
It's an old Japanese mortar.
It was used in the Tohoku region of Japan.
The material is unknown, but it seems that it was originally black, and it has become a natural expression o...
Category
Late 19th Century Japanese Antique Meiji Asian Art and Furniture
Materials
Wood
Lacquered Meiji Period Carved Wood Foo Dogs or Guardian Lions on Boulle Stands
Located in Chapel Hill, NC
Pair of Japanese lacquered wood figures depicting seated Foo Dogs or Guardian Lions in a deep red-brown lacquer with stylized mane and tail, having reverse painted glass eyes and sea...
Category
Early 20th Century Japanese Meiji Asian Art and Furniture
Materials
Brass
Japanese Carved and Lacquered Shibayama Cabinet, Meiji Period
Located in San Francisco, CA
An elaborate and finely detailed carved wood, and gold lacquered Shibayama cabinet (Chigaidansu). Having beautifully applied semi-precious stone and ...
Category
19th Century Japanese Antique Meiji Asian Art and Furniture
Materials
Mother-of-Pearl, Wood
Japanese Lacquer Tray
Located in New Orleans, LA
Hailing from illustrious Meiji-period Japan, this lacquer tray showcases the mastery of Japanese craftsmen. Precious materials are precisely inlaid in the lacquer base, creating an a...
Category
Late 19th Century Japanese Antique Meiji Asian Art and Furniture
Materials
Silver
Japanese Antique Medicine Chest 1860s-1920s/Drawer Storage Wabisabi Mingei
Located in Sammu-shi, Chiba
An old Japanese medicine chest.
It is a furniture of Meiji era (1860s-1920s).
The materials used are mainly chestnut and cedar wood.
The grain...
Category
Early 20th Century Japanese Meiji Asian Art and Furniture
Materials
Chestnut, Cedar
Early 20th Century Mechanical Toy from Kobe, Japan
Located in Point Richmond, CA
Early 20th century mechanical toy from Kobe, Japan.
This small mechanical toy was made in Kobe, Japan. This is the classic doll of a man chopping an...
Category
Early 20th Century Japanese Meiji Asian Art and Furniture
Materials
Wood
Japanese Contemporary Ko-Imari Gold Blue Porcelain Koro Incense Burner
Located in Takarazuka, JP
Stunning contemporary Japanese Ko-Imari style porcelain koro or incense burner or jewelry box, hand painted on a beautifully shaped round body in cobalt blue, red and green and gener...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Japanese Meiji Asian Art and Furniture
Materials
Gold
Japanese Antique Cement Daruma 1860s-1920s / Sculpture Wabi Sabi
Located in Sammu-shi, Chiba
This is a very old cement Daruma doll made in Japan.
It was made during the Meiji period (1860s-1920s).
Wooden Daruma dolls are often found, but cement ones are rare.
A cement mold ...
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Early 20th Century Japanese Meiji Asian Art and Furniture
Materials
Cement
Antique 19th Century Meiji Period Japanese Tansu Isho Dansu Two Section Chest
Located in Portland, OR
A good antique Japanese Meiji period Isho Dansu, Tansu chest, circa 1880.
This very stylish antique Japanese chest is in two sections, with hinged carrying handles at the side of eac...
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1880s Japanese Antique Meiji Asian Art and Furniture
Materials
Iron
An Exceedingly Fine Pair of 19th C. Miniature Japanese Mixed Metal Bronze Vases
Located in Ottawa, Ontario
Both bottle-shaped & panelled bodies richly decorated with finely worked motifs using both shibuichi & shakudo techniques, depicting cranes in flight on one side, with others standin...
Category
Late 19th Century Japanese Antique Meiji Asian Art and Furniture
Materials
Gold, Silver, Bronze, Copper
An Extremely Fine 19th C. Miniature Japanese Mixed Metal Bronze Cylinder Vase
Located in Ottawa, Ontario
The diminutive & finely proportioned cylinder-shaped body illustrating a naturalistic motif of a silvered lily blossom issuing from a leafy stem, decorated with both shibuichi & Shak...
Category
Late 19th Century Japanese Antique Meiji Asian Art and Furniture
Materials
Gold, Silver, Bronze, Copper
A Very Fine Miniature Japanese Mixed Metal Bronze Bottle Vase, Meiji Period
Located in Ottawa, Ontario
The finely proportioned ovoid shaped body rising to an elongated slender neck with a flaring rim, decorated with motifs of waterfowl standing in a grassy marsh with silvered bodies, ...
Category
Late 19th Century Japanese Antique Meiji Asian Art and Furniture
Materials
Gold, Silver, Bronze, Copper
Kutani Japanese Meiji Porcelain Vase Painted with Figures
Located in Bishop's Stortford, Hertfordshire
Japanese Meiji porcelain Kutani vase hand painted with decorative and a figural panel dating between 1868 and 1912. The elegantly shaped tall ...
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19th Century Japanese Antique Meiji Asian Art and Furniture
Materials
Porcelain
Japanese Antique Wood Carving Daruma 1860s-1900s / Sculpture Wabisabi
Located in Sammu-shi, Chiba
This is a very old wooden Daruma doll.
It was made in the Meiji period (1860s-1900s).
The material is cedar wood.
A wooden model of Daruma doll.
Many Daruma dolls were mass-produced...
Category
Early 20th Century Japanese Meiji Asian Art and Furniture
Materials
Cedar
Imari Black Ship bowl, Japan, c. 1890, Meiji Period.
By Arita
Located in Gargrave, North Yorkshire
Japanese porcelain ‘Black Ship’ shallow bowl, 19th Century, Meiji Period. The bowl, well painted to the centre, with a circular panel, containing a Dutch merchant ship, firing a cano...
Category
1890s Japanese Antique Meiji Asian Art and Furniture
Materials
Porcelain
Japanese antique penis-shaped wooden ornament/1868-1920/Folk belief
Located in Sammu-shi, Chiba
This is an ornament based on the ancient Japanese folk belief of the prosperity of descendants.
In the past, when medical care was not as advanced as it is today, it was difficult t...
Category
Late 19th Century Japanese Antique Meiji Asian Art and Furniture
Materials
Cedar
Kinkozan Satsuma Plate with Miniature Figures, Meiji Period, circa 1900, Japan
By Kinkozan
Located in Austin, TX
A very finely painted Japanese Satsuma plate with miniature figural paintings, signed Kinkozan for the Kinkozan workshops, Meiji Period, circa 1900, Japan.
The lovely plate crafted ...
Category
Early 1900s Japanese Antique Meiji Asian Art and Furniture
Materials
Ceramic, Stoneware
Japanese Bronze Deer Incense Burner, Koro, Meiji Period, late 19th c, Japan
Located in Austin, TX
An elegant and ethereal Japanese bronze censer, koro, in the form of a deer, Meiji Period, late 19th century, Japan.
The deer is portrayed standing upon thin, spindly legs, one leg ...
Category
Late 19th Century Japanese Antique Meiji Asian Art and Furniture
Materials
Bronze
Antique Japanese Meiji 'Black Ship' Imari Porcelain Cup & Saucer
Located in Philadelphia, PA
A fine of antique Japanese Imari porcelain cup & saucer.
In the 'Black Ship' pattern.
Decorated throughout with painted depictions of Western sailors and their ships in reds, blues...
Category
Early 20th Century Japanese Meiji Asian Art and Furniture
Materials
Porcelain
An Exceptionally Fine 19th Century Taizan Satsuma Cylinder Vase, Meiji Period
Located in Ottawa, Ontario
The large cylindrical stoneware body richly decorated in enamels depicting songbirds & cherry blossoms set against a striking, and progressively darkening blue ground rising to a fla...
Category
Late 19th Century Japanese Antique Meiji Asian Art and Furniture
Materials
Enamel
A 19th Century Japanese Patinated Bronze 'Suiteki' Water Dropper, Meiji Period
Located in Ottawa, Ontario
A fine 19th century scholarly object used to moisten inksticks for an inkstone when working with calligraphy.
Naturalistically cast in the form of a gourd with a detachable leafy st...
Category
Late 19th Century Japanese Antique Meiji Asian Art and Furniture
Materials
Bronze
Antique Japanese Imari Porcelain Scalloped Bowl or Vide Poche
Located in Philadelphia, PA
A fine antique Japanese Imari porcelain bowl.
With a white ground. Central to the bowl is a stylized Shimazu clan crest (家紋, lit. family crest) within a black and red circle that is...
Category
Early 20th Century Japanese Meiji Asian Art and Furniture
Materials
Porcelain
Antique Japanese Meiji Period Imari Porcelain Punch Bowl or Centerpiece
Located in Philadelphia, PA
A fine large antique Japanese Meiji porcelain bowl.
With a white ground and extensively gilt throughout.
Primarily decorated in red, blue, and gold with bits of green, brown, and ...
Category
Early 20th Century Japanese Meiji Asian Art and Furniture
Materials
Porcelain
Japanese Red Brown Hand-Glazed Porcelainn Sculptur by Contemporary Master Artist
Located in Takarazuka, JP
Mesmerizing large museum-quality hand-glazed decorative porcelain sculpture in a stunning egg shape, an award-winning exhibition masterpiece by a master artist of the Arita-Imari reg...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Japanese Meiji Asian Art and Furniture
Materials
Porcelain
Japanese antique wooden house of God/[Zushi]/1868-1920/Meiji-Taisho/God's shrine
Located in Sammu-shi, Chiba
A ``zushi'' is a box used to enshrine Buddhist statues, and in Japan, where Shintoism and Buddhism are syncretized, statues of deities have also come to be enshrined there.
In additi...
Category
Late 19th Century Japanese Antique Meiji Asian Art and Furniture
Materials
Cedar
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Japanese Maki-e Lacquer Sutra Box with Peony Mon, Meiji Period, c 1900, Japan
Located in Austin, TX
A Japanese maik-e decorated black lacquer sutra box, kyobako, with peony mon design, Meiji Period, circa 1900, Japan.
The elegant lacquer box originally crafted to hold sutras, sacr...
Category
Early 1900s Japanese Antique Meiji Asian Art and Furniture
Materials
Copper
Pair of Japanese Abalone And Lacquer Inlaid Kiri Hibachis With Copper Inserts
Located in Point Richmond, CA
Pair of Japanese Abalone and Lacquer Inlaid Kiri Hibachis with copper inserts, Late Meiji period, early 20th century. Signed.
The images of birds and flowers are artistically inlai...
Category
Early 20th Century Japanese Meiji Asian Art and Furniture
Materials
Wood, Lacquer, Shell
Satsuma Japanese Meiji Miniature Enameled Teapot Kozon Mark
By Satsuma
Located in Bishop's Stortford, Hertfordshire
An exceptional Japanese Satsuma miniature spool shaped pottery teapot and cover finely hand enameled with Kozon mark and dating from around 1880. This delightful teapot has an invers...
Category
19th Century Japanese Antique Meiji Asian Art and Furniture
Materials
Pottery
19th Century Japanese Cloisonné Lidded Jar Fine Decoration, Early Meiji Period
Located in Lincoln, Lincolnshire
This is a very decorative cloisonné lidded jar, made in Japan and dating to the 19th century, early Meiji period, circa 1875 or possibly earlier....
Category
19th Century Japanese Antique Meiji Asian Art and Furniture
Materials
Ceramic
Japanese Contemporary Black Brown Hand-Glazed Porcelain Vase by Master Artist, 3
Located in Takarazuka, JP
Exquisite Japanese contemporary hand-glazed decorative porcelain vase in the artist's beloved signature pattern in a dramatic flared form in stunning caramel and black, a signed mast...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Japanese Meiji Asian Art and Furniture
Materials
Porcelain
Japanese Antique Black Wooden Drawer / Small Low Desk / 1868-1920 / Chest
Located in Sammu-shi, Chiba
This is a wooden drawer made in Japan around the Meiji and Taisho periods (1868-1920).
It would also have been used as a low desk. In modern times, it could be used very beautifully ...
Category
Late 19th Century Japanese Antique Meiji Asian Art and Furniture
Materials
Cedar
Antique Japanese Karamono-style Tea Cabinet
Located in Point Richmond, CA
Antique Japanese Karamono-style Tea Cabinet. A simple chest made for the type of Chinese style tea ceremony of Sencha that was popular during the Meiji era. The cabinet is composed o...
Category
1890s Japanese Antique Meiji Asian Art and Furniture
Materials
Wood
Antique Japanese Meiji Cloisonne Enameled Garden Scene Vase C1920
Located in Big Flats, NY
Antique Japanese Meiji Cloisonne Enameled Garden Scene Vase with Flowers & Birds, C1920
Measures- 9.75''H x 4''W x 4''D
Category
Early 20th Century Asian Meiji Asian Art and Furniture
Materials
Metal
Japan 1900 Meiji Period Rare Carved Okimono of Two Sumo Fighters Signed
Located in Miami, FL
Japanese Okimono sculpture of a father and son.
A highly detailed sculptural composition, created during the Meiji imperial period (1868-1912), circa 1900. The composition displayed...
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1890s Japanese Antique Meiji Asian Art and Furniture
Materials
Ivory
Japanese bronze Rabbit okimono, Maruki Company, Meiji Period.
Located in Gargrave, North Yorkshire
Japanese bronze okimono of a rabbit, Maruki Company, Meiji Period. This charming study, cast as a seated rabbit, with its ears erect, and a curious expression on its face.
Having sha...
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1890s Japanese Antique Meiji Asian Art and Furniture
Materials
Bronze
Fine Quality Japanese Meiji Chrysanthemum Silver Incense Burner
Located in New York, NY
Fine quality Japanese Meiji silver incense burner, ca 1890. Barrel-form with solid top and bottom and open sides; applied chrysanthemums heightened with gold and silver. Cover oval a...
Category
Late 19th Century Japanese Antique Meiji Asian Art and Furniture
Materials
Silver
19th Century Japanese Meiji Four Panel Screen Festival Scenes
Located in Rio Vista, CA
Colorful late 19th century late Meiji period four-panel byobu screen featuring 12 scenes of a festival preparation. The intricately painted scenes have vibrant natural color pigments...
Category
19th Century Japanese Antique Meiji Asian Art and Furniture
Materials
Brass
Fine Japanese Hibachi Lacquer with Inlays Meiji Period
Located in Atlanta, GA
A fine Japanese wood Hibachi with copper insert circa 1900-30s end of Meiji to Taisho Period. It can be used as a unique planter or to showcase an ikebana design.
Hibachi means "fir...
Category
Early 20th Century Japanese Meiji Asian Art and Furniture
Materials
Copper
Japanese Silk Embroidery in Lacquer Frame, c.1890
Located in Savannah, GA
A Japanese export silk embroidery of a Shinto shrine in original parcel gilt ebonized lacquer frame, circa 1890.
29 ¼ by 24 ¾ inches
Category
Late 19th Century Japanese Antique Meiji Asian Art and Furniture
Materials
Silk, Glass, Wood, Lacquer
Antique Japanese Furoshiki
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
Antique Furoshiki from Northern Japan
This antique Furoshiki has an interesting design and colors that compliment the design. The edges are all hand stitched as shown in photos....
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Late 19th Century Japanese Antique Meiji Asian Art and Furniture
Materials
Cotton
Japan 1890 Meiji Carved Sculpture of a Dressed Monk With a Rake
Located in Miami, FL
A Japanese carved sculpture of a monk.
An outstanding antique tall sculpture, created in Japan during the Meiji period, circa 1890. The carving depicts the figure of a Japanese stan...
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Late 19th Century Japanese Antique Meiji Asian Art and Furniture
Materials
Ivory
Japanese Contemporary Orange Blue Green Porcelain Vase by Master Artist, 2
Located in Takarazuka, JP
Exquisite Japanese contemporary Imari porcelain vase, a signed masterpiece by highly acclaimed award-winning master porcelain artist in overglaze enameling. The elegant ovoid shape ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Japanese Meiji Asian Art and Furniture
Materials
Gold
Antique Meiji Japanese Bronze Figures Dancing Man in Chinese Style
Located in Amsterdam, Noord Holland
Condition Report: 29cm inc stand. Good condition.
Heavy and top quality Meiji period dancing Figures. Top quality
Category
19th Century Japanese Antique Meiji Asian Art and Furniture
Materials
Metal, Bronze
Japanese Meiji Six Panel Screen Brushwood Gate with Chrysanthemums
Located in Rio Vista, CA
Gorgeous Japanese early 20th century Meiji period six-panel byobu screen featuring a brushwood gate and fence with flowering chrysanthemums. The large screen is crafted with ink and ...
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20th Century Japanese Meiji Asian Art and Furniture
Materials
Brass, Gold Leaf, Silver Leaf
Antique Japanese Meiji Cloisonne Enamel Trinket Box
Located in New York, NY
An antique Japanese, late Meiji era, covered enamel over brass jewelry or trinket box. The body of the ware is enameled with floral and foliage motifs made in the Cloisonne technique...
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Late 19th Century Japanese Antique Meiji Asian Art and Furniture
Materials
Brass, Enamel
Huge Antique Meiji Japanese Bronze Bird of Prey On a Rock Gold Elements Marked
Located in Amsterdam, Noord Holland
Huge Antique Meiji Japanese Bronze Bird of Prey On a Rock Gold Elements Marked
Condition
Close to perfect condition, just some ware. 40 x 45CM LengthxWidexHeight (including base)
P...
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19th Century Japanese Antique Meiji Asian Art and Furniture
Materials
Metal, Bronze
Japanese Octagonal Imari Plate, Late 19th Century
Located in Melbourne, Victoria
A decorative handpainted Japanese Imari octagonal ceramic charger, gilt edges, profusely decorated in vibrant shades or blue, red, green and yellow, featuring a rocky island with mat...
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Late 19th Century Japanese Antique Meiji Asian Art and Furniture
Materials
Pottery
Pair Of Early Meiji Japanese Cloisonne Enamel Ginger Jars
Located in New York, NY
A pair of antique Japanese late Meiji era, 1868 to 1912, covered ginger jars. The exterior of both matched pieces is enameled with polychrome enamel blossoming flowers and butterflie...
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Late 19th Century Japanese Antique Meiji Asian Art and Furniture
Materials
Enamel
Antique Meiji Japanese Imari Plate
Located in Philadelphia, PA
A fine antique Japanese Imari plate.
With a white ground and decorated with geometric and floral devices in blues, reds, oranges, and oranges. The blue cross device to the middle is reminiscent of a shimazu mon.
The exterior of the rim has blue underglaze devices and accent lines to the footrim.
Simply a wonderful Meiji porcelain plate...
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Early 20th Century Japanese Meiji Asian Art and Furniture
Materials
Porcelain
Antique Japanese Cloisonne Ginbari Enamel Kogo Incense Box
Located in New York, NY
An antique Japanese Meiji Era Ginbari enamel kogo or box for incense. Circa: late 19th century . The box is enameled with a polychrome image of a blossoming flower on the white groun...
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Late 19th Century Japanese Antique Meiji Asian Art and Furniture
Materials
Enamel
Japanese Brilliant Blue Bird Of Paradise Gold Screen
Located in South Burlington, VT
Just acquired in Kyoto, Japan
A beautifully and finely rendered smaller scale Japanese gold leaf six-panel folding screen byobu conceived in a convenient size 18 inches high and 48 ...
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Early 20th Century Japanese Meiji Asian Art and Furniture
Materials
Paper
Six Kinkozan Bowls with Birds and Flowers of the Months, Meiji Period, Japan
By Kinkozan
Located in Austin, TX
A very fine partial set of six Japanese Satsuma bowls decorated with flowers and birds of the months, signed Kinkozan, Meiji Period, circa 1900, Japan.
The set of six exquisitely pa...
Category
Early 1900s Japanese Antique Meiji Asian Art and Furniture
Materials
Ceramic, Stoneware
Japanese Cloisonne Totai Enamel Jar with Paulownia Flowers
Located in New York, NY
An antique Japanese late Meiji era covered Totai enamel on ceramic ginger jar. Circa: late 19th century .
The body and the lid of the ware are enameled with polychrome floral, folia...
Category
Late 19th Century Japanese Antique Meiji Asian Art and Furniture
Materials
Enamel
Japan Huge Antique Champleve Floral Bronze Orb Lantern, 19th Century
Located in South Burlington, VT
First we've seen this magnificent size
Japan, a fine antique hand cast bronze round lantern with unique "champleve” enameled floral leaves and tree branches - an orb with exquisite ...
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19th Century Japanese Antique Meiji Asian Art and Furniture
Materials
Bronze
Japanese Brilliant Spring Summer Gold Screen
Located in South Burlington, VT
Just acquired in Kyoto, Japan
A beautifully rendered smaller scale Japanese gold leaf six-panel folding screen byobu conceived in a convenient size 20 inches high and 54 inches length.
This brilliant Heian spring/summer scene features a scene of ladies and Shinto gentlemen harvesting flowers among a sparkling blue river, moutainous green backdrop, and against a rich gold back ground punctuated by cherry trees in full bloom. All pigments on paper. The entirety is framed in black lacquer with bronze enhancements.
Smaller size makes this lovely one eminently installable.
Comes as found with original black lacquer frame with original brocade border, and original backing paper .
These smaller scale screens are ideal for small wall areas and in tea rooms or alcoves tokonoma (toko-no-ma), which are built-in recessed space in a Japanese style reception room, in which items for artistic appreciation.
Dimensions: 20 inches tall and 54 inches wide
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About the Heian Period:
The Heian period (平安時代, Heian jidai) is the last division of classical Japanese history, running from 794 to 1185. It followed the Nara period...
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Early 20th Century Japanese Meiji Asian Art and Furniture
Materials
Paper
Meiji asian art and furniture for sale on 1stDibs.
Find a broad range of unique Meiji asian art and furniture for sale on 1stDibs. Many of these items were first offered in the 21st Century and Contemporary, but contemporary artisans have continued to produce works inspired by this style. If you’re looking to add vintage asian art and furniture created in this style to your space, the works available on 1stDibs include asian art and furniture, decorative objects, wall decorations and other home furnishings, frequently crafted with ceramic, metal and other materials. If you’re shopping for used Meiji asian art and furniture made in a specific country, there are Asia, East Asia, and Japan pieces for sale on 1stDibs. While there are many designers and brands associated with original asian art and furniture, popular names associated with this style include Satsuma, Kinkozan, Ando Jubei, and Makuzu Kozan. It’s true that these talented designers have at times inspired knockoffs, but our experienced specialists have partnered with only top vetted sellers to offer authentic pieces that come with a buyer protection guarantee. Prices for asian art and furniture differ depending upon multiple factors, including designer, materials, construction methods, condition and provenance. On 1stDibs, the price for these items starts at $65 and tops out at $190,804 while the average work can sell for $2,196.
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