What is 17th-century furniture called?

What 17th-century furniture is called varies. The general term for all furniture produced 100 years ago, including 17th-century pieces, is antique furniture. You may also choose to be more specific and describe a piece by its style. Theatrical and lavish, the Baroque style was prevalent across Europe from the 17th to the mid-18th century and spread around the world through colonialism, including in Asia, Africa and the Americas. Baroque furniture was extravagant in all aspects, from shape to materials. 17th-century pieces from England often feature characteristics of the William and Mary style, such as crisp lines, maple and walnut veneers, inlaid bands and C-scroll ornaments. On 1stDibs, explore a variety of antique furniture.

Who invented the reflector telescope in the 17th century?

Sir Isaac Newton invented the reflector telescope in the 17th century. He created it as a replacement for the refracting telescope, which tended to have poor optics. Find a collection of antique and vintage telescopes on 1stDibs from some of the world’s top sellers.

What are the major features of Dutch 17th century portraiture?

17th-century Dutch portraiture has many similarities to other Baroque paintings, including rich colors, dark shadows and intense lighting. Many famous Dutch Baroque works lean toward realism. In Dutch portraiture, props and detailed backgrounds are uncommon. You'll find a collection of Dutch Baroque paintings from some of the world’s top art dealers on 1stDibs.

How did art change in the 18th century?

In the 18th century, art changed in style from Baroque to Rococo and Neoclassicism. Art became more ornamented and idealized during the Rococo period and then shifted toward a style that emulated the artwork of ancient Greece and Rome near the end of the century. You’ll find a variety of fine art on 1stDibs.

What art style was used by the 19th-century French painters?

The French painters of the 19th century worked in two styles. Neoclassicism dominated the first half of the century, and Impressionism was the most common style during the second half. On 1stDibs, you can find a variety of French paintings.

17th Century Japanese Art

Japan Edo Lacquer

17th Century Wood Panels

Black Lacquer With Gold Art

Edo Imari

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Japanese Blue And White Dish

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Antique Japanese Screens

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Antique Late 17th Century Japanese Ceramics

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Enamel

17th Century Pair of Japanese Imari Porcelain Putai Sit on Drum

$42,097 / set

Rare 17th Century Japanese Ko-Kutani Porcelain Bowl

Located in Paris, FR

and the motif of quails among millets, very common in Japanese art. This type of porcelain appeared in

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Antique Early 17th Century Japanese Ceramics

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Enamel

Rare 17th Century Japanese Ko-Kutani Porcelain Bowl

$66,152

17th Century Japanese Kakiemon Porcelain Teapot with Dutch Silver-Gilt Mounts

Located in Paris, FR

of the 17th and 18th century for oriental porcelains, which they adapt to their taste by adding

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Antique Late 17th Century Japanese Edo Ceramics

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Silver

17th Century Japanese Kakiemon Porcelain Teapot with Dutch Silver-Gilt Mounts

$15,636

17th Century, Japanese Blue and White Double Gourd Bottle

Located in London, GB

Blue and white double-gourd vase. Octopus design.

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Antique 17th Century Japanese Other Ceramics

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Ceramic

17th Century, Japanese Blue and White Double Gourd Bottle

$33,081

Japanese Lacquered Basin with Ear-Shaped Handles Mimidarai , 17th Century

Located in Milano, IT

blackening set. Teeth blackening (ohaguro) using black ink was a common practice in Japan among women of

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Antique 17th Century Japanese Lacquer

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Wood

Japanese Lacquered Basin with Ear-Shaped Handles Mimidarai , 17th Century

$15,186

Pair of Rare 17th Century Japanese Glazed Porcelain Temple Vases

Located in Farmers Branch, TX

An exquisite pair of rare 17th century Japanese Edo Period oversized porcelain temple or monument

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Antique 17th Century Japanese Japonisme Antiquities

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Bronze

Pair of Rare 17th Century Japanese Glazed Porcelain Temple Vases

$18,720 / set

Late 17th Early 18th Century Nabeshima Japanese Porcelain Plate Fruit Design

Located in Milano, IT

Dish with karatuuri (melon) design Late 17th-early 18th century Porcelain decorated with

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Antique Late 17th Century Japanese Ceramics

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Porcelain

Late 17th Early 18th Century Nabeshima Japanese Porcelain Plate Fruit Design

$21,168

17th Century Japanese Early Kakiemon Porcelain Small Boy Shaped Whistle

Located in Paris, FR

The whistle in form of a reclining boy with his head raised and supported by his hands. The whistle is blown through a slot in the feet and operated through a hole in the base and th...

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Antique Late 17th Century Japanese Edo Antiquities

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Porcelain

17th Century Japanese Early Kakiemon Porcelain Small Boy Shaped Whistle

$1,142

Late 17th Century Genroku Period Japanese Imari Porcelain Fan-Shaped Dish

Located in Paris, FR

The Imari porcelain fan-shaped porcelain dish decorated with underglaze blue and overglaze red, green and gold enamels. The decoration imitating a painted fan, showing tortuous prunu...

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Antique Late 17th Century Japanese Edo Antiquities

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Porcelain

Late 17th Century Genroku Period Japanese Imari Porcelain Fan-Shaped Dish

$1,443

Pair of Japanese Porcelain Imari Chargers Late 17th Century

Located in Frome, Somerset

A pair of Imari chargers. Decorated in iron red, gilt and underglaze blue with a central lakeside scene, the rim with various flowers on a dark blue ground. The reverse with a contin...

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Antique 1690s Japanese Ceramics

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Porcelain

Pair of Japanese Porcelain Imari Chargers Late 17th Century

$5,513 / set

17th/ 18th Century Edo Period Japanese Kano School Style Byobu Screen

Located in Louisville, KY

ink on mulberry bark paper, depicting scenes of silk production in a mountainous landscape. Note: the Kano School was pioneered by Kano Sanraku, (1559-1635) worked in Kyoto and was a...

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Antique 18th Century and Earlier Japanese Japonisme Paintings and Screens

17th/ 18th Century Edo Period Japanese Kano School Style Byobu Screen

$4,500

17th Century Shigaraki Storage Jar for Rice Crackers with Natural Ash Glaze

Located in Berlin, Berlin

growing 17th century urban society. The mouth of the pot is left rough and was not smoothened. Also, there

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Antique 17th Century Japanese Edo Ceramics

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Stoneware

17th Century Shigaraki Storage Jar for Rice Crackers with Natural Ash Glaze

$14,433

Set of Four Japanese Suibokuga Ink Paintings by Kano Tokinobu, 17th Century

Located in New York, NY

Set of four antique Japanese Suibokuga by Kano Tokinobu, sumi-e ink on paper paintings illustrating

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Antique 1670s Japanese Edo Paintings and Screens

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Paper

Set of Four Japanese Suibokuga Ink Paintings by Kano Tokinobu, 17th Century

$12,000 / set

17th Century, Blue and White Arita Porcelain

Located in London, GB

A blue and white bottle vase. Japan, Arita, circa 1680.

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Antique 17th Century Japanese Other Ceramics

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Ceramic

17th Century, Blue and White Arita Porcelain

$10,338

Early Edo Period Japanese Kanefusa Wakizashi Sword with Papers, 17th Century

Located in Hampstead, QC

the “Preservation of the Japan Art Sword”. It was founded in February 1948 as an authorized

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Antique Early 17th Century Japanese Edo Arms, Armor and Weapons

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Metal

Early Edo Period Japanese Kanefusa Wakizashi Sword with Papers, 17th Century

$11,000

17th Century Pair of Imari Saucer Dishes after a Cornelis Pronk s Design

By Cornelis Pronk

Located in Paris, FR

Each saucer dish painted in underglaze blue and overglaze red, green, purple, black, lilac and gold enamels. The center decorated with a woman and her maid, dressed in kimonos, one h...

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Antique 17th Century Japanese Ceramics

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Gold

17th Century Pair of Imari Saucer Dishes after a Cornelis Pronk s Design

$6,976 / set

Pair of Abumi, Japanese Samurai Armour Stirrups

Located in Westmount, Quebec

lacquer This pair of Japanese stirrups are made in the traditional hato mune or dove’s breast shape

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Antique Early 17th Century Japanese Metalwork

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Iron, Silver

Pair of Abumi, Japanese Samurai Armour Stirrups

$3,000

Pair Of Japanese Blue And White Hollow Plates, Japan Edo Period

Located in Saverne, Grand Est

cover of a deer under a pine tree. Superb enamel quality, beautiful shine ! Japan, late 17th century.

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Antique Late 17th Century Japanese Edo Ceramics

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Porcelain

Pair Of Japanese Blue And White Hollow Plates, Japan Edo Period

$1,022 / set

Japanese Dish In Arita Porcelain With Imari Decor Of Carps, Japan Edo Period

Located in Saverne, Grand Est

17th - early 18th century.

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Antique Late 17th Century Japanese Edo Ceramics

Materials

Porcelain

Japanese Dish In Arita Porcelain With Imari Decor Of Carps, Japan Edo Period

$3,488

Japanese Samurai Kabuto, Signed

Located in Portland, OR

Signed Bamen School Tomonori; Jo I, early Edo period (ca. 1620) Tetsu Sabiji 8 Ken Hoshi Kabuto with Yasuri Menpo. (VERY HEAVY - Built for war!) An Iron Hoshi Kabuto with Yasurime...

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Antique 17th Century Japanese Metalwork

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Iron

Japanese Samurai Kabuto, Signed

$19,500

Rare Large Japanese Lacquer Coffer

Located in Hilversum, NL

A rectangular Japanese transition style coffer with domed lid and gilded copper fittings. The

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Antique Mid-17th Century Japanese Edo Lacquer

Materials

Copper

Rare Large Japanese Lacquer Coffer

$294,679

Antique Japanese Kano School Hand-Painted Six-Panel Screen

Located in Concord, MA

Early Edo period (17th century) Japanese six-panel screen hand-painted with birds and floral

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Antique 17th Century Japanese Edo Paintings and Screens

Materials

Silk

Antique Japanese Kano School Hand-Painted Six-Panel Screen

$11,000

Imari porcelain barbers bowl, Arita, Japan, c. 1700. Edo Period.

By Arita

Located in Gargrave, North Yorkshire

Japanese Arita porcelain barbers bowl, c. 1700, Genroku Period. Well painted in Imari colours, with

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Antique 17th Century Edo Ceramics

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Porcelain

Imari porcelain barbers bowl, Arita, Japan, c. 1700. Edo Period.

$937

Tōkanmuri Kabuto Samurai Helmet in the Shape of a Court CAP

Located in Milano, IT

17th century The wearing of helmets that reproduced the shapes of traditional headgear became

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Antique 17th Century Japanese Metalwork

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Iron

Tōkanmuri Kabuto Samurai Helmet in the Shape of a Court CAP

$39,422

Extraordinary Pair of Octogonal Vases with Cover in Porcelain from Edo Period

Located in Madrid, ES

Pair of octogonal vases with cover. Japan, Arita, 17th century (Edo Period). Blue and white arita

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Antique 17th Century Japanese Edo Ceramics

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Porcelain

Extraordinary Pair of Octogonal Vases with Cover in Porcelain from Edo Period

$66,152 / set

Sujibachi kabuto 62-plate samurai helmet Haruta school, Edo period

Located in Milano, IT

Sujibachi kabuto 62-plate samurai helmet Haruta school, Edo period 17th-18th century A lamellar

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Antique Mid-17th Century Japanese Metalwork

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Iron

Sujibachi kabuto 62-plate samurai helmet Haruta school, Edo period

$15,186

Arita, a Kakiemon Square Section Vase, circa 1670-1690

Located in London, GB

A fine Kakiemon square section slender neck vase. Japan, Arita, circa 1670-1690.

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Antique 17th Century Japanese Other Ceramics

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Ceramic

Arita, a Kakiemon Square Section Vase, circa 1670-1690

$68,920

Giltwood Lacquered Buddhist Figure of Amida Nyorai

Located in London, GB

A giltwood lacquered Buddhist figure of Amida Nyorai Late 17th-early 18th century Represented

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Antique 17th Century Japanese Antiquities

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Giltwood, Lacquer

Giltwood Lacquered Buddhist Figure of Amida Nyorai

$20,676

17th Century Japanese Calligraphy Scroll

Located in Hudson, NY

17th century Japanese calligraphy scroll, the two large characters translate to "Accept This

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Antique 17th Century Japanese Edo Paintings and Screens

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Silk, Wood, Paper

17th Century Japanese Calligraphy Scroll

$4,500

Late 17th Century Japanese Sake Bottle

Located in Wainscott, NY

Late 17th century Japanese sake bottle. The bottle from the Meiji period. Striking soft gold-toned

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Antique Late 17th Century Japanese Ceramics

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Pottery

Late 17th Century Japanese Sake Bottle

$750

Fine 17th Century Arita Chargers a Pair Japan

Located in Hudson, NY

Very fine pair of "Arita" Japanese Chargers of the late 17th century based on the Chinese "Kraak

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Antique 17th Century Japanese Edo More Asian Art, Objects and Furniture

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Porcelain

Fine 17th Century Arita Chargers a Pair Japan

$11,000 / set

Large 17th Century Japanese Keyaki Wood Kettle Hook (Jizai)

Located in Hudson, NY

Large 17th Century Japanese Keyaki Wood Kettle Hook (Jizai)

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Antique 17th Century Asian More Asian Art, Objects and Furniture

Large 17th Century Japanese Keyaki Wood Kettle Hook (Jizai)

$20,000

Antique Japanese Imari Porcelain Blue and White Vase, 17th Century

Located in Bishop s Stortford, Hertfordshire

shape standing on a narrow rounded unglazed foot. From a Japanese 17th century collection of similar

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Antique 17th Century Japanese Ceramics

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Porcelain

Antique Japanese Imari Porcelain Blue and White Vase, 17th Century

$1,791

17th-18th Century, Edo, A Set of Japanese Samurai Armor

Located in Sampantawong, TH

A set of Japanese Samurai armor. Age: Japan, Edo Period, 17th - 18th Century Size: Height 190.5

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Antique 17th Century Japanese Antiquities

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Metal

17th-18th Century, Edo, A Set of Japanese Samurai Armor

$26,000

Pair 17th century Japanese Porcelain Figural Jugs Blue White Dish Antique

Located in Amsterdam, Noord Holland

17th century Edo Period (1603–1867)

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Antique 17th Century Japanese Edo Ceramics

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Porcelain

Pair 17th century Japanese Porcelain Figural Jugs Blue White Dish Antique

$3,077 / set

Japanese Buddhist Offering Table, circa 17th Century

Located in Prahran, Victoria

Rare Japanese red and black lacquered Buddhist offering table decorated with gilded floral and

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Antique Mid-17th Century Japanese Edo Furniture

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Copper

Japanese Buddhist Offering Table, circa 17th Century

$3,500

17th-18th Century, Edo, A Set of Antique Japanese Samurai Armor

Located in Sampantawong, TH

A set of Japanese Samurai armor. Age: Japan, Edo Period, 17th-18th Century Size: Height 149 C.M

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Antique 17th Century Japanese Antiquities

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Metal

17th-18th Century, Edo, A Set of Antique Japanese Samurai Armor

$20,800

Japanese Antique 17th Century Small Copper Buddha Statue /Wabisabi/Tathagata

Located in Sammu-shi, Chiba

This is what is called a hanging Buddha. (Called kakebutu in Japan) kakebutu is a combination of a

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Antique 17th Century Japanese Arts and Crafts Sculptures and Carvings

Materials

Copper

Japanese Antique 17th Century Small Copper Buddha Statue /Wabisabi/Tathagata

$800

Edo Japanese Folding Screen Hand Painted on Gold Leaf

By Japanese Studio

Located in Brescia, IT

Six-panel screen of the Kano school, painted with mineral pigments on gold leaf and rice paper. Painting before the middle of the Edo period. Landscape representing a simple large...

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Antique Late 17th Century Japanese Edo Paintings and Screens

Materials

Gold Leaf

Edo Japanese Folding Screen Hand Painted on Gold Leaf

$30,069

17-18 th century, zTwo panel with fish17th-18th Century Rinpa School Two-Panel S

Located in Fukuoka, JP

17-18 th century, zTwo panel with fish17th-18th Century Rinpa School Two-Panel Screen Period: 17th

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Antique Late 17th Century Japanese Edo Paintings and Screens

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Wood, Paper

17-18 th century, zTwo panel with fish17th-18th Century Rinpa School Two-Panel S

$5,750

17th-18th Century, Edo, A Set of Very Rare Antique Japanese Female Samurai Armor

Located in Sampantawong, TH

A set of very rare antique Japanese female Samurai armor. Age: Japan, Edo Period, 17th - 18th

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Antique 17th Century Japanese Antiquities

Materials

Metal

17th-18th Century, Edo, A Set of Very Rare Antique Japanese Female Samurai Armor

$22,000

Antique Edo period Ca 17th Century Japanese Porcelain Plate Arita Grasshopper

Located in Amsterdam, Noord Holland

DiameterxHeight Period 17th century Edo Period (1603–1867)

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Antique 17th Century Japanese Edo Ceramics

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Porcelain

Antique Edo period Ca 17th Century Japanese Porcelain Plate Arita Grasshopper

$1,071

17th-18th Century Japanese Porcelain Charger Edo Period Bamboo Tiger

Located in Amsterdam, Noord Holland

Huge and very nicely painted Japanese charger with blue and white decoration of tiger. 19-8-19-1-2

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Antique 18th Century Japanese Edo Ceramics

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Porcelain

17th-18th Century Japanese Porcelain Charger Edo Period Bamboo Tiger

$1,984

Antique 17th-18th Century Arita Plate / Dish Set Japan Japanese Edo Period

Located in Amsterdam, Noord Holland

A very nice set of plates from Japan. Rare scene seems like fishermen in boats A very

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Antique 19th Century Japanese Meiji Ceramics

Materials

Earthenware

Antique 17th-18th Century Arita Plate / Dish Set Japan Japanese Edo Period

$1,022

17th-18th Century Japanese Porcelain Plate Kraak Arita Deer Symbols Antique

Located in Amsterdam, Noord Holland

Condition: Perfect condition. Size: 352 x 60mm Period: 17th century 18th century.

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Antique 18th Century Japanese Edo Ceramics

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Porcelain

17th-18th Century Japanese Porcelain Plate Kraak Arita Deer Symbols Antique

$1,924

Antique Edo Period 17th Century Japanese Porcelain Kakiemon Jar Flowers Enamel

Located in Amsterdam, Noord Holland

A Kakiemon jar with handles Edo period (late 17th century) The Jar or pot is of great and

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Antique 18th Century Japanese Qing Ceramics

Materials

Porcelain

Antique Edo Period 17th Century Japanese Porcelain Kakiemon Jar Flowers Enamel

$7,312

Antique 17th Century Arita Jug with Dutch Silver Lid Japan Edo Period Porcelain

Located in Amsterdam, Noord Holland

A very nice jug early Japanese. A very nice cup from Japan. Rare scene Condition Overall

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Antique 17th Century Japanese Edo Ceramics

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Porcelain

Antique 17th Century Arita Jug with Dutch Silver Lid Japan Edo Period Porcelain

$1,327

Japanese 17th Century Edo Period Kakiemon Octagonal Bowl with Kintsugi Repairs

Located in Austin, TX

A refined early Edo Period Kakiemon bowl with an octagonal rim. The interior of the bowl with a restrained decoration in overglazed enamels in the typical Kakiemon palette. One sid...

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Antique Late 17th Century Japanese Edo Ceramics

Materials

Enamel, Gold

Japanese 17th Century Edo Period Kakiemon Octagonal Bowl with Kintsugi Repairs

$2,500

Old Japanese Pottery "Karatsum Ware" 16th-17th Century / Kintsugi Plate

Located in Sammu-shi, Chiba

Karatsu is a kiln with a long history in Saga prefecture, Japan. The position is described in the

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Antique 16th Century Japanese Edo Ceramics

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Pottery

Old Japanese Pottery "Karatsum Ware" 16th-17th Century / Kintsugi Plate

$800

Important 17th Century Imari Vase

Located in Saint-Ouen, FR

Important 17th century Imari vase, mounted in gilt bronze in the 19th century. Measures: H: 67 cm

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Antique 17th Century Japanese Ceramics

Materials

Porcelain

Important 17th Century Imari Vase

$9,862

# 4 Ko-Kutani Edo Period 17th-18th Century Japanese Porcelain Dish Arita

Located in Amsterdam, Noord Holland

Period 18th century.

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Antique 18th Century Japanese Edo Ceramics

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Porcelain

# 4 Ko-Kutani Edo Period 17th-18th Century Japanese Porcelain Dish Arita

$1,924 / set

Old Japanese Copper Buddha Statue and Wooden Box / 16th-17th Centuries

Located in Sammu-shi, Chiba

A small copper Buddha statue from the Muromachi period to the early Edo period (16th to 17th

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Antique 16th Century Japanese Edo Antiquities

Materials

Copper

Old Japanese Copper Buddha Statue and Wooden Box / 16th-17th Centuries

$800

Antique 17th Century Japanese Porcelain Bowl 1660-1680 Ko-Imari Ninsei

Located in Amsterdam, Noord Holland

Description A very nice bowl 17th century Ko-Kutani style 1660-1680. Edo period. Absolutely the

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Antique 17th Century Chinese Edo Ceramics

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Porcelain

Antique 17th Century Japanese Porcelain Bowl 1660-1680 Ko-Imari Ninsei

$5,412

Early 17th Century Japanese Rinpa School Screen with Birds and Flowers

Located in Chicago, IL

period. The Rinpa school was started in the 17th century by Hon'ami Koetsu and Tawaraya Sotatsu who

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Antique 18th Century and Earlier Japanese Paintings and Screens

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Paper, Paint

Early 17th Century Japanese Rinpa School Screen with Birds and Flowers

$13,800

Monumental Imari Vase and Cover, Japan, Arita, Edo Period, Late 17th Century

Located in Worpswede / Bremen, DE

some Japanese authors use ko-Imari to indicate the entire assortment of (old) Arita wares, enamelled as

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Antique Early 18th Century Japanese Edo Ceramics

Materials

Porcelain

Monumental Imari Vase and Cover, Japan, Arita, Edo Period, Late 17th Century

$28,866

Antique 17th Century Japanese Porcelain Plate 1660-1680 Ko-Imari Ko Kutani

Located in Amsterdam, Noord Holland

A very nice bowl 17th century Ko-Kutani style 1660-1680. Edo period. Absolutely the most beautiful

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Antique 17th Century Chinese Edo Ceramics

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Porcelain

Antique 17th Century Japanese Porcelain Plate 1660-1680 Ko-Imari Ko Kutani

$3,157

Japanese Antique Pot "Shigaraki Ware" / 16th -17th Century / Edo Period Jar/Vase

Located in Sammu-shi, Chiba

to have originated around the 8th century. There are 6 kilns with a long history in Japan, It is

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Antique 16th Century Japanese Edo Ceramics

Materials

Pottery

Japanese Antique Pot "Shigaraki Ware" / 16th -17th Century / Edo Period Jar/Vase

$1,200

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17th Century Japanese Art For Sale on 1stDibs

Find many varieties of an authentic piece of 17th century Japanese art available at 1stDibs. Was constructed with extraordinary care, often using ceramic, metal and porcelain. Your living room may not be complete without an item from our selection of 17th century Japanese art — find older editions for sale from the 18th Century and newer versions made as recently as the 19th Century. When you’re browsing for the right choice in our collection of 17th century Japanese art, those designed in Art Deco, Arts and Crafts and Baroque styles are of considerable interest. Arita, Mitani Toshuku and Imari Porcelain each produced at least one beautiful object in our assortment of 17th century Japanese art that is worth considering.

How Much is a 17th Century Japanese Art?

The average selling price for a piece of 17th century Japanese art at 1stDibs is $6,890, while they’re typically $450 on the low end and $193,398 for the highest priced.

Finding the Right Asian Art And Furniture for You

From Japanese handmade earthenware pottery, originating circa 14,500 B.C. and adorned with elaborate corded patterns known as jōmon, to natural elm case pieces and storage cabinets built in Qing dynasty–era China to mid-century Thai rice-paper charcoal rubbings, antique and vintage Asian art and furniture make for wonderful additions to all kinds of contemporary interiors.

Eastern elements elevate any home’s decor. Introduce zen sensibility to your living room, dining room and bedroom with the neutral color palettes and the natural materials such as rattan, bamboo and elm that we typically associate with traditional Asian furniture. Decorative handwoven embroideries and textiles originating from India and elsewhere on the continent, which can be draped over a bed or sofa or used as a wall hanging, can be as practical as they are functional, just as you wouldn’t seek out Japanese room-divider screens — often decorated with paintings but constructed to be lightweight and mobile — merely for privacy.

With everything from blanket chests to lighting fixtures to sculptures and carvings, it’s easy to tastefully bring serenity to your living space by looking to the treasures for which the East has long been known.

For British-born furniture designer Andrianna Shamaris, the Japanese concept of beauty in imperfection isn’t limited to her Wabi Sabi collection. She embraces it in her New York City apartment as well. In the living area, for instance, she retained the fireplace’s original black marble while swathing its frame and the rest of the room in bright white.

“We left the fireplace very clean and wabi-sabi, so that it blended into the wall,” says Shamaris, who further appointed the space with a hand-carved antique daybed whose plush pillows are upholstered in antique textiles from the Indonesian island of Sumba.

In the growing antique and vintage Asian art and furniture collection on 1stDibs, find ceramics from China, antiquities from Cambodia and a vast range of tables, seating, dining chairs and other items from Japan, India and other countries.

Questions About 17th Century Japanese Art

What is 17th-century furniture called?
1 Answer
1stDibs ExpertSeptember 23, 2024
What 17th-century furniture is called varies. The general term for all furniture produced 100 years ago, including 17th-century pieces, is antique furniture. You may also choose to be more specific and describe a piece by its style. Theatrical and lavish, the Baroque style was prevalent across Europe from the 17th to the mid-18th century and spread around the world through colonialism, including in Asia, Africa and the Americas. Baroque furniture was extravagant in all aspects, from shape to materials. 17th-century pieces from England often feature characteristics of the William and Mary style, such as crisp lines, maple and walnut veneers, inlaid bands and C-scroll ornaments. On 1stDibs, explore a variety of antique furniture.
Who invented the reflector telescope in the 17th century?
1 Answer
1stDibs ExpertApril 5, 2022
Sir Isaac Newton invented the reflector telescope in the 17th century. He created it as a replacement for the refracting telescope, which tended to have poor optics. Find a collection of antique and vintage telescopes on 1stDibs from some of the world’s top sellers.
What are the major features of Dutch 17th century portraiture?
1 Answer
1stDibs ExpertApril 5, 2022
17th-century Dutch portraiture has many similarities to other Baroque paintings, including rich colors, dark shadows and intense lighting. Many famous Dutch Baroque works lean toward realism. In Dutch portraiture, props and detailed backgrounds are uncommon. You'll find a collection of Dutch Baroque paintings from some of the world’s top art dealers on 1stDibs.
How did art change in the 18th century?
1 Answer
1stDibs ExpertApril 5, 2022
In the 18th century, art changed in style from Baroque to Rococo and Neoclassicism. Art became more ornamented and idealized during the Rococo period and then shifted toward a style that emulated the artwork of ancient Greece and Rome near the end of the century. You’ll find a variety of fine art on 1stDibs.
What art style was used by the 19th-century French painters?
1 Answer
1stDibs ExpertApril 5, 2022
The French painters of the 19th century worked in two styles. Neoclassicism dominated the first half of the century, and Impressionism was the most common style during the second half. On 1stDibs, you can find a variety of French paintings.

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Now working alongside his daughter Bianca, dealer Joel Chen has presented a most covetable array of antiques, art and contemporary creations for more than 40 years.

12 Calming Spaces Inspired by Japanese Design

From cherry-blossom-adorned walls paired with glamorous lighting to wood-paneled ceilings above checkerboard-patterned chairs, these 12 spaces seamlessly blend Eastern and Western aesthetics.

Rodrigo Rivero Lake’s Mexico City Showroom Is a Museum-Worthy Trove of Spanish Colonial and Asian Antiques

The dealer and curator has spent the past 50 years amassing a collection of exceptional art, furniture and architectural elements that trace the cultural influence of the Spanish empire from Europe to the Americas and beyond.