Meiji 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
Japanese Antique Octopus Fishing Pot
Located in South Burlington, VT
A recent Japanese acquisition
Rarely seen, this Japanese octopus fishing pot was used to trap octopus on old Japan's high seas coastline areas. Also known as a tako tsubo it dates t...
Category
19th Century Japanese Antique Meiji Furniture
Materials
Pottery
Japanese antique wooden wabisabi drawer/1868-1920/MINGEI/Meiji-Taisho
Located in Sammu-shi, Chiba
I would like to introduce you to a rare Japanese wooden drawer that gives you a wabi-sabi feel.
This is a medicine shop drawer built from the Meiji period to the Taisho period (aroun...
Category
Late 19th Century Japanese Antique Meiji Furniture
Materials
Cedar
Antique Japanese Meiji Ginbari Cloisonne Enamel Vase
Located in New York, NY
An antique Japanese, late Meiji era, Ginbari enamel over copper vase. The globular shaped vase is enameled with a polychrome image of blossoming Bluebells flowers on the light blue g...
Category
Late 19th Century Japanese Antique Meiji Furniture
Materials
Copper, Enamel
Japanese Antique Low Table/Japanese paper pasting/1868s-1912s WabiSabi Primitive
Located in Iwate-gun Shizukuishi-cho, Iwate Prefecture
This is a low table using old wood and old Japanese paper.
The top board is stacked with old Japanese paper on a pine tree and dyed with persimmon juice, ink, and black Urushi.
Whi...
Category
Late 19th Century Japanese Antique Meiji Furniture
Materials
Wood, Pine
Japanese Lacquer and Geometric Meiji Period Inlaid Tray
Located in Garnerville, NY
Japanese inlaid, lacquered and gilded tray. Possibly for the sacred tea ceremony. This tray has beautiful geometric inlays with a gilded edge and a bla...
Category
1890s Japanese Antique Meiji Furniture
Materials
Wood, Fruitwood, Oak, Lacquer
Japanese Silver Bowl
Located in London, GB
A fine Japanese silver bowl from the Meiji period of traditional double-skin, or double-wall, construction, showing especially detailed irises around...
Category
Early 1900s Japanese Antique Meiji Furniture
Materials
Silver
Japanese Meiji Period Black Lacquered Trunk on Stand
Located in Kenilworth, IL
Japanese black lacquered wood trunk with engraved cast brass corner mounts and bails for the lift off cover. The brasses retain traces of their original gilding. All four sides of the case have been decorated in a restrained design of flowers and butterflies, and the interior of the trunk retains its original watercolored paper. The trunk has been mounted on a custom forged iron stand...
Category
19th Century Antique Meiji Furniture
Materials
Brass, Iron
Antique ca 1900 Japanese Satsuma Vase Richly Decorated Marked Miniature
Located in Amsterdam, Noord Holland
Description
A Japanese Satsuma teapot and cover marked base, miniature
Condition
Overall condition restoration to rim. Size 60mm high
Period
19...
Category
19th Century Japanese Antique Meiji Furniture
Materials
Porcelain
Late 19th Century Wood and Copper Brazier / Hibachi
Located in New York, NY
A round wood Japanese brazier / hibachi with an inlaid nature scene in copper and mother-of-pearl, circa 1890. Copper insert with natural patina.
Category
1890s Japanese Antique Meiji Furniture
Materials
Copper
Antique Japanese Enamel Bronze Vase Archaic Vessel Japan, Edo or Meiji Period
Located in Amsterdam, Noord Holland
Marked at base, Japan, 19th century. Provenance: Collection Nieuwenhove.
Condition:
Minimal age signs like some ware to enamel. 1 process flaw or damage to base rim. Size: 330 x ...
Category
Early 20th Century Chinese Meiji Furniture
Materials
Bronze
Antique Japanesse Hand-Carved Elmwood Cabinet, Sideboard, Meiji, 20th Century
Located in Miami, FL
Monumental antique hand-carved elmwood cabinet. Sideboard, 20th century.
Category
Early 20th Century Japanese Meiji Furniture
Materials
Wood
Antique Okimono Bronze Japanese Statue of a Crab 19th C Meiji Japan
Located in Amsterdam, Noord Holland
Nicely made artifact of high quality.
Condition
No damages, just some ware due to age. Size 180mm wide 110mm depth 50mm high
Period
19th century
20th century Meiji Perio...
Category
19th Century Japanese Antique Meiji Furniture
Materials
Bronze
Ichimatsu Ningyo Doll from Japan Around 1890
Located in Hamburg, DE
Ichimatsu Ningyo doll is a Japanese shell limestone doll from the Meiji period. The doll body as well as the head, forearms, hands, legs and feet are made...
Category
1890s Japanese Antique Meiji Furniture
Materials
Limestone
Large Pair of Japanese Cloisonne Enamel Blue-Ground Vases and Covers, Meiji
Located in New York, NY
A Large Pair of Japanese Cloisonne Enamel Blue-Ground Vases and Covers, Meiji Period.
A decorative pair of cloisonne enamel vases, the bodies decorated with colorful birds, butter...
Category
Early 20th Century Japanese Meiji Furniture
Materials
Enamel
Pair Large Antique Japanese Meiji Period Porcelain Imari Lidded Jars Urns, 1880
Located in Portland, OR
A good pair of large antique Japanese Meiji period porcelain lidded jars, circa 1880.
The jars having ribbed dome shaped lids topped with lion-dog (Komainu) finials, the baluster shaped jars also of corresponding ribbed form. The lids and jars are skillfully hand-decorated in the Imari palette with blue & iron red floral decoration over a white body, on one side are a pair of floral cartouches on another side is a fan shaped cartouche.
Condition is very good indeed, no damage or restoration, a very handsome pair of 19th century Japanese Imari lidded jars...
Category
1880s Japanese Antique Meiji Furniture
Materials
Porcelain
19th / 20th c Bronze Netsuke Squirrel with a nut Japanese Japan
Located in Amsterdam, Noord Holland
19th / 20th c Bronze Netsuke Squirrel with a nut Japanese Japan Signed
Condition
Period
20th century Meiji Periode (1867-1912)
Category
19th Century Japanese Antique Meiji Furniture
Materials
Metal, Bronze
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 Furniture
Materials
Porcelain
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 Furniture
Materials
Silver
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...
Category
1880s Japanese Antique Meiji Furniture
Materials
Iron
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...
Category
1890s Japanese Antique Meiji Furniture
Materials
Ivory
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...
Category
Late 19th Century Japanese Antique Meiji Furniture
Materials
Ivory
Large 19th Century Meiji Japanese Patinated Bronze Vase
Located in New York, NY
Very special and finely cast bronze vase with peacock and other birds in relief, with exceptional polychrome patina. 29 7/8 inches. See our other listing for a very similar vase, a...
Category
Late 19th Century Japanese Antique Meiji Furniture
Materials
Bronze
Large 19th Century Meiji Japanese Patinated Bronze Vase
Located in New York, NY
Very special and finely cast bronze vase with large eagle and other birds in relief, with exceptional polychrome patina. 29 1/4 inches. See our other listing for a very similar vas...
Category
Late 19th Century Japanese Antique Meiji Furniture
Materials
Bronze
pr of finest quality Large 19th Century Meiji Japanese Basket-Form Bronze Vases
Located in New York, NY
Pair of Finest quality large, antique Meiji period bronze vases of woven basket form, with tree branch form handles and adorned with various motifs including insects, buds and flowe...
Category
Late 19th Century Japanese Antique Meiji Furniture
Materials
Bronze
Antique Japanese Satsuma Porcelain Moon Flask Vase Decorated With Peacocks
By Satsuma
Located in Atlanta, GA
Satsuma ware has been produced since the 1600's and has a very distinct elaborately decorated body often with geometric enamel works throughout. Some of the most elaborate pieces mad...
Category
Early 20th Century Japanese Meiji Furniture
Materials
Enamel
Early 20th Century Decorative Japanese Brass Bud Vase - Wabi Sabi - Patinated
Located in Glasgow, GB
Introducing an exquisite Japanese brass ikebana bud vase from the early 1920s
This elegant vase is a testament to Japanese craftsmanship, capturing the essence of simplicity and ref...
Category
1920s Japanese Vintage Meiji Furniture
Materials
Brass
Pair Antique Japanese Totai Shippo Cloisonné on Satsuma Vases Japanese 19th C
Located in Amsterdam, Noord Holland
Description
A pair Japanese Totai Shippo cloisonne (cloisonné ) pottery vases. The vases have the usual cream coloured body that is normally a...
Category
19th Century Japanese Antique Meiji Furniture
Materials
Porcelain
Japan 1890 Meiji Carved Figure of Fortune God Daikoku As a Farmer With Coins
Located in Miami, FL
A Japanese carved sculpture of Daikoku.
Magnificent sculpture of the god of the fortune Daikoku, created in Japan during the Meiji period, circa 1890. The carving depicts the Japane...
Category
1890s Japanese Antique Meiji Furniture
Materials
Ivory
Imari Charger Prunus Blossom
Located in Pasadena, CA
This is a good example of an Imari Charger that features a central basket, small scalloped border with an allover cherry blossom motif with three reserves. The diameter of the charge...
Category
Late 19th Century Japanese Antique Meiji Furniture
Materials
Porcelain
Miniature Japanese Meiji Satsuma Porcelain Vases Set
Located in New York, NY
A set of antique Japanese Satsuma porcelain vases. Late Meiji or Showa era, first half of the 20th century. A total of 6 items ...
Category
Early 20th Century Japanese Meiji Furniture
Materials
Porcelain
Lovely Antique Meiji Japanese Bronze Cloisonné Serving Plate Bird, Japan
Located in Amsterdam, Noord Holland
Lovely and very detailed piece.
Condition:
Overall condition, some age signs at the base and also a small chip. Front very good, only some crackle lines. Size: 240 mm
Period:
Mei...
Category
19th Century Japanese Antique Meiji Furniture
Materials
Bronze
Japanese Fine Antique Bronze Temple Dragon
Located in South Burlington, VT
From our recent Japanese acquisitions
A lovely example of a Japanese antique bronze dragon water spout miraculously saved from a temple vessel and dating to the late Meiji period, 1...
Category
Early 20th Century Japanese Meiji Furniture
Materials
Bronze
Antique Japanese Meiji Cloisonne Enameled Vase with Flowers C1920
Located in Big Flats, NY
Antique Japanese Meiji Cloisonne Enameled Vase with Flowers C1920
Measures- 9''H x 4.5''W x 4.5''D
Category
Early 20th Century Asian Meiji Furniture
Materials
Metal
Japanese Contemporary Red Blue Green Gold Porcelain Vase, 6
Located in Takarazuka, JP
Japanese contemporary porcelain vase featuring gilded ring handles presents traditional Imari floral motifs against a fine crackle-glaze background on a beautifully shaped porcelain body.
Bordered in blue and set off by a simple geometric design rendered in gold, the two scalloped panels depict peaches and pomegranates in shades of orange surrounded by green and brown foliage against a soft cream background. The pomegranates have burst open to reveal their ripened seeds. The two panels are connected by a traditional floral motif with golden peonies...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Japanese Meiji Furniture
Materials
Gold
Japanese Antique Choba Tansu (Merchant Chest) Meiji Era
Located in Soquel, CA
Japanese Antique Choba Tansu (Merchant Chest) Meiji Era
Antique Choba - Tansu (merchant's chest) from the Tohoku area of Northern Japan circa 1868-1912. Made with Kiri (Paulownia) wo...
Category
1860s Japanese Antique Meiji Furniture
Materials
Wrought Iron
Antique Japanese Meiji Period Bronze Temple Lantern Light
Located in Norwich, GB
A beautiful antique Japanese Meiji Period bronze temple lantern light. Circa 1890.
Delivery is Included for all areas in Mainland UK via a selected p...
Category
19th Century Japanese Antique Meiji Furniture
Materials
Bronze
Japanese Plique-a-Jour Cloisonne Vase
Located in Brisbane, QLD
This plique-a-jour cloisonne vase is an exceptional example of Japanese craftsmanship from the tail end of the Meiji period (1868-1912). The most remarkable thing about this delicate...
Category
Early 20th Century Japanese Meiji Furniture
Materials
Metal
Set of Three Meiji Period Blue & White Imari Fish Form Brush Washers
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
Set of Three Meiji Period Blue & White Imari Fish Form Brush Washers
Japan, circa 1890s
Embrace the elegance of Japanese artistry with this captivating set of three Meiji period blu...
Category
Late 19th Century Japanese Antique Meiji Furniture
Materials
Porcelain
19th century Japanese Imari Petite Charger
Located in Savannah, GA
Petite Imari charger featuring a center medallion with butterflies. The edges are painted with intricate geometric, floral and bird motifs in lovely pale colors. Designs painted on b...
Category
1890s Japanese Antique Meiji Furniture
Materials
Porcelain
Lovely 19c Antique Meiji Period Japanese Ginbari Bronze Cloisonne Vase
Located in Amsterdam, Noord Holland
Description
Lovely and beautifully made piece. With a stunning scene of a crane
Cloisonné is an enamelling technique in which the pattern is formed by wires soldered to the surfa...
Category
19th Century Japanese Antique Meiji Furniture
Materials
Porcelain
Meiji Period Signed Fukagawa Blue & White Fish 'Flounder' Plate
By Fukagawa
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
Meiji Period signed Fukagawa blue & white fish 'Flounder' plate
Japan Circa 1900s
We are pleased to offer a rare two -headed (flounder) blue and white signed Fukagawa fish plate me...
Category
Early 20th Century Japanese Meiji Furniture
Materials
Porcelain
Japan Large Antique Hand Painted Kutani Garden Bowl, Brilliant Colors
Located in South Burlington, VT
From our recent Japanese Acquisition Travels- a big and lovely big 13 inch diameter hand painted bowl from Japan.
Japan hard to find early hand painted ceramic lush "garden scene" serving bowl, circa 1910. Inside painting depicts elite individual with his attendants seated amidst a three some of cranes, plush patterns, foliage and seas. The exterior a dragon style...
Category
Early 20th Century Japanese Meiji Furniture
Materials
Ceramic
Japanese Antique Pottery Bottle 1860s-1900s/Flower Vase Wabisabi Jar Mingei
Located in Sammu-shi, Chiba
This is an old Japanese sake bottle. It is from the Meiji period (1860s-1900s). It is made of ceramic and covered with paper. It is slightly cracked and reinforced with paper. The pa...
Category
Early 20th Century Japanese Meiji Furniture
Materials
Pottery, Paper
Lovely 19c Antique Meiji Period Japanese Vase Flower Bronze Cloisonne
Located in Amsterdam, Noord Holland
Description
Lovely and beautifully made piece.
Provenance:
Originally part of the Catherina collection of Japanese bronzes and cloisonne that was partly auctioned in Amsterdam...
Category
19th Century Japanese Antique Meiji Furniture
Materials
Porcelain
Antique Japanese Bronze / copper Statue Incense Burner Quaill
Located in Amsterdam, Noord Holland
a very nice statue of a fisherman on a fish
Condition
Good condition, the mouth seems to have been filled. 12cm
Period
19th century
Category
19th Century Japanese Antique Meiji Furniture
Materials
Metal, Bronze
Japanese Antique Zen Rosewood Mala Prayer Bead String 800 Beads With Alms Bowl
Located in South Burlington, VT
Rare find!: 24 feet long Zen monk Mala Prayer Bead String plus original wooden alms bowl with its original attached triangular shaped stone ojime.
A huge...
Category
Early 20th Century Japanese Meiji Furniture
Materials
Wood
Japanese Antique Black Wooden Box 1860s-1900s/Sofa Table Tansu Mingei Storage
Located in Sammu-shi, Chiba
This is an old Japanese black wooden box. It is from the Meiji period (1860s-1900s). The material is cedar. This is black and beautiful. After many years of use, it has become a very...
Category
Late 19th Century Japanese Antique Meiji Furniture
Materials
Wood
Lovely Meiji Period Scroll Paintings Japan Artist Landscape Painted
Located in Amsterdam, Noord Holland
Hanging scroll calligraphy "mountains" silk color Zaimei (Baiyun Sang-jin) both box
Size Axis ... vertical 196cm horizontal 50.5cm
in ... vertical 126cm horizontal 37.5cm.
Category
19th Century Japanese Antique Meiji Furniture
Materials
Silk
Samurai Warriors Statue Japan Meiji era (1868-1912) Gyokko studio
Located in Amsterdam, Noord Holland
BRONZE top level Japanese statues. Samurai with flute and sword.
Both with weapons intentional. Gyokko studio
Meiji era (1868-1912), 19th century
Condition
Statues some wear, but cl...
Category
19th Century Japanese Antique Meiji Furniture
Materials
Metal, Bronze
Japan Scroll Painting, Meiji Period
Located in Pasadena, CA
This is a wonderful example of a Meiji Period screen painting of Japanese Tanuki or racoon dogs in a landscape. The Tanuki is considered to be a mythical creature Japanese culture. T...
Category
Late 19th Century Japanese Antique Meiji Furniture
Materials
Fabric, Paint
Japanese Antique Pair of Wood Rice Measure Vessels
Located in South Burlington, VT
Special find from our last Japanese Acquisition
Here's a beautiful and unique way to accent your indoor or outdoor garden space with these treasures from Japan!
This special ...
Category
Early 20th Century Japanese Meiji Furniture
Materials
Metal
Japanese Huge 18 Inch Antique Temple Shinto Prayer Bell, Genuine Historical Item
Located in South Burlington, VT
Historical Bell- Immediately Useable
First ever to be offered
A genuine temple used de-accession 96 inch prayer bell with original wooden handled rope from a shrine in Nakamura Ward, Nagoya, Japan
An extraordinary opportunity to acquire, collect, use and display the largest scale 18” temple bell of this kind we have ever seen in private hands- including its original wood and hemp rope pull- a Japanese authentic hand cast copper Shinto Suzu bell.
The auspicious temple shrine from which this bell comes, was founded in 1156 to honor Ojintenno, who was the 15th emperor of Japan. It was commissioned in part by Minamoto no Tametomo, who was a famous Samurai, who is known as possibly being the first samurai to commit Seppuku.
Its big 18" high and 12" diameter bell including a massive hand carved wooden pull handle measuring 17 inches in length shows patina from great age, dates to the late 19th century, and was formerly rung outside a Nagoya Temple great hall where it was enjoyed by members of Japan's local Shinto communities.
This bell was authentically rung at this temple shrine.
We will include the original 96 inch rope pull with massive 17 inch long hand carved wooden handle.
In total, this is an extraordinary copper bell which includes its rare original wood and hemp rope pull.
Important: Please view the actual insitu photograph of this amazing relic before it was deaccessioned.
This huge old bell dates to the late 19th century period, displays an impressive patina from age, and sounds impressive. It's lower half portion has been purposely hand-hammered by design to improve its sound- this is not damage.
The Suzu Shinto bell...
Category
1890s Japanese Antique Meiji Furniture
Materials
Copper
Pair of 19th Century Japanese Meiji Period Imari Porcelain Vases
Located in Pearland, TX
A gorgeous pair of 19th-Century Japanese Meiji Period Imari porcelain vases. These fine vases have a lovely shape and hand painted floral designs in the traditional Imari colors. The...
Category
Late 19th Century Japanese Antique Meiji Furniture
Materials
Porcelain
Japan 1890 Meiji Period Rare Carved Okimono Of A Father And Son Playing Signed
Located in Miami, FL
Japanese Okimono sculpture of a father and son.
Very rare and highly detailed sculpture, created during the meiji period (1868-1912) in the imperial Japan, circa 1890. This sculptural Okimono is very well realized and exceptionally proportionate. Show the figures of a father and a son playing, with happiness and smiling. The father hold a big basket at his back and both personages are wearing kimonos richly engraved.
This piece was made from a carving with exceptional craftsmanship and intricate details. This sculpture stand itself on his own base and have all retain of the applied ochre ink accents.
Measures: 130 mm by 45 mm by 53.3 mm (5.1 x 1.75 x 2.1 inches).
Weight: 81.30 grams.
Note: This kind of family scene is very rare to seen in nineteenth century japanese iconography.
Okimono
Is a Japanese term meaning for display an ornament; art object; or decorative object, usually displayed in a tokonoma or butsudan "Buddhist altar". It is an ornament or figure, especially one placed in a guest room. An okimono may be a small Japanese carving, similar to but larger than a netsuke. Unlike the netsuke, which had a specific purpose, the okimono is exclusively decorative and was displayed in the tokonoma. During the Meiji period, many okimonos were made for export to the West.
Meiji Period
This is an era of Japanese history that extended from October 23, 1868 to July 30, 1912.The Meiji era was the first half of the Empire of Japan, when the Japanese people moved from being an isolated feudal society at risk of colonization by Western powers to the new paradigm of a modern, industrialized nation state and emergent great power, influenced by Western scientific, technological, philosophical, political, legal, and aesthetic ideas. As a result of such wholesale adoption of radically different ideas, the changes to Japan were profound, and affected its social structure, internal politics, economy, military, and foreign relations...
Category
1890s Japanese Antique Meiji Furniture
Materials
Wood, Paint
Japan Beautiful Largest Antique Hand Painted Kutani Garden Bowl, 1910
Located in South Burlington, VT
From our recent Japanese Acquisition Travels- a lovely big 14 inch diameter hand painted bowl from Japan.
Japan hard to find early hand painted ceramic lush "garden scene" serving bowl, circa 1910. Inside painting depicts elite individual with his attendants seated amidst a three some of cranes, plush patterns, foliage and seas. The exterior a dragon style...
Category
Early 20th Century Japanese Meiji Furniture
Materials
Ceramic
Japanese Lacquer Tray With Cards
Located in New Orleans, LA
This Meiji-period lacquer tray represents the mastery of Japanese craftsmen in the art of lacquer work. Precious materials are precisely inlaid in the lacquer base, creating a highly...
Category
Late 19th Century Japanese Antique Meiji Furniture
Materials
Gold
19th Century Japanese Imari Decorative Centerpiece Bowl
Located in Germantown, MD
19th century Japanese Imari Decorative centerpiece bowl. Measures 10" in diameter and 4.5" tall.
Category
Late 19th Century Japanese Antique Meiji Furniture
Materials
Enamel
Antique 19th C Japanese Satsuma Gosu Blue Koro in superb Shape Japan FLowers
Located in Amsterdam, Noord Holland
Fabulous Koro Kyoto Satsuma. With an a jour lid. Floral scene.
Marked base: Satsuma
Condition
Overall condition 1 chip with line to inside lid. Si...
Category
19th Century Japanese Antique Meiji Furniture
Materials
Earthenware
Meiji furniture for sale on 1stDibs.
Find a broad range of unique Meiji 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 furniture created in this style to your space, the works available on 1stDibs include asian art and furniture, decorative objects, serveware, ceramics, silver and glass and other home furnishings, frequently crafted with metal, ceramic and other materials. If you’re shopping for used Meiji 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 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 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 $2,112.
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