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Pair of Japanese Carved Wooden Temple Ornaments 木鼻
Kibana
Shaped like Baku 獏
Located in Amsterdam, NL
-like mythical creatures known as ‘Baku’.
Baku are Japanese supernatural beings that are said to devour
Category
Early 19th Century Japanese Antique Japanese Wood Carvings
Materials
Wood
Pair of Japanese Edo Period Musha Ningyo Courtier Dolls
Located in Austin, TX
Two exquisite Japanese musha ningyo dolls, crafted as courtiers, Edo Period, early 19th century
Category
Early 19th Century Japanese Edo Antique Japanese Wood Carvings
Materials
Shell, Brocade, Silk, Glass, Wood, Paint, Paper
Antique Meiji Signed Japanese Figural Woman
Lantern Incense Burner with Base
Located in Hamilton, Ontario
This large antique Meiji period Japanese patinated and polychromed bronze is signed by an unknown
Category
Late 19th Century Japanese Meiji Antique Japanese Wood Carvings
Materials
Bronze
Japanese Antique Zen Rosewood Mala Prayer Bead String 800 Beads With Alms Bowl
Located in South Burlington, VT
consisting of over 800 handcrafted wooden hard wood beads with a large central largest diameter "Guru bead
Category
Early 20th Century Japanese Meiji Antique Japanese Wood Carvings
Materials
Wood
$360 Sale Price / set
58% Off
Asian Sculpture / Okimono with Lion and Crows, Japan, Meiji Era, circa 1880
Located in VÉZELAY, FR
Rare and important Japanese sculpture / statue / okimono in blackened and carved wood, depicting 1
Category
1880s Japanese Meiji Antique Japanese Wood Carvings
Materials
Wood
$2,513 Sale Price
25% Off
Superb Example Antique Japanese Gilded Statue of a Shinto God, Momoyama Period
Located in Prahran, Victoria
A Japanese statue of a Shinto god from the Momoyama period. Hand carved from wood with a layer of
Category
16th Century Japanese Antique Japanese Wood Carvings
Materials
Gesso, Wood
Japanese Fine Antique Gilt and Red Lacquer Lotus Bud Flower, Edo Period 19th C
Located in South Burlington, VT
From our recent Japanese acquisitions, a rare find
Antique Original Japanese temple "blossoming
Category
1840s Japanese Edo Antique Japanese Wood Carvings
Materials
Wood, Pine
$300 Sale Price
68% Off
JAPAN 1800 Edo Period Seated Shakyamuni Buddha In Zushi Buddhist Altar Cabinet
Located in Miami, FL
reaping great revenues.
Country: Japan.
Period: Edo Period, Circa 1800
Materials: Wood, gold, lacquer
Category
Early 1800s Japanese Edo Antique Japanese Wood Carvings
Materials
Gold, Berlin Iron
$4,725 Sale Price / set
30% Off
Japanese Jizo Bodhisattva Statue, Late 19th Century
Located in Tokyo, Tokyo
Item No.
Late 19th century / Japan
Size W470 D430 H360
A Japanese Jizo Bodhisattva statue
Category
Late 19th Century Antique Japanese Wood Carvings
Materials
Wood
19thc Antique Monumental Asian Carved Wood Sculpture - A Carved Tree - Chinoise
Located in Opa Locka, FL
Huge Monumental 19thc Asian Japanes Carved Woor 1/2 Tree Sculpture of Asian Scenes in Full Relief
Category
1890s Japanese Napoleon III Antique Japanese Wood Carvings
Materials
Wood
$3,540 Sale Price
20% Off
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
Category
Early 20th Century Japanese Meiji Antique Japanese Wood Carvings
Materials
Brass
Japanese Meiji Period Kyogen Comic Theater Wooden Mask of a Black Man, 1910
Located in New York, NY
Japanese Meiji Period
Kyogen Comic Theater Wooden Mask
of a Black Man
Circa 1910
Category
1910s Japonisme Antique Japanese Wood Carvings
Materials
Wood
A wooden sculpture in the form of a sphere with a dragon carved in the round
Located in Milano, IT
A Japanese wooden sculpture in the form of a sphere, featuring a dragon carved in high relief and
Category
Mid-19th Century Japanese Antique Japanese Wood Carvings
Materials
Wood
Gilt Bronze Mandarin Duck Screen Holders
Located in Tampa, FL
An antique pair of gilt bronze mandarin duck screen holders. Meiji period, Japan. Very rare.
Category
1870s Japanese Antique Japanese Wood Carvings
Materials
Bronze
$650 / set
Late 19th Century Hibachi Tree Root
Located in Pomona, CA
A Japanese Meiji period freeform hibachi from the late 19th century.
Category
Late 19th Century Japanese Antique Japanese Wood Carvings
Materials
Wood
Antique Charred Branch Candle Holder
Located in Asheville, NC
from an old traditional Japanese home with an Irori. An irori is a sunken fireplace in a center of a
Category
Late 19th Century Japanese Antique Japanese Wood Carvings
Materials
Wood
$700 Sale Price
50% Off
Hibachi-Paulownia Brazier
Located in Pomona, CA
A Hibachi and Paulownia brazier. A carved monkey wrapped around the brazier. Copper liner
Category
1920s Japanese Antique Japanese Wood Carvings
Materials
Wood
Netsuke in Boxwood in the form of a turtle hidden in its shell
Located in PARIS, FR
passing of a thread. In Japan, tortoise are symbol of luck and longevity, it is thought to be a creature
Category
Late 18th Century Japanese Edo Antique Japanese Wood Carvings
Materials
Wood
Large Japnese Buddha -Carved by Enku?
Located in Ukiah, CA
Life-size Carved Wood Buddha, possibly by the great 17thC Japanese carver Enku. One of the all-time
Category
17th Century Japanese Antique Japanese Wood Carvings
Materials
Wood
$72,000 Sale Price
20% Off
Japanese wooden mask
Located in Brescia, IT
A rare three-eyed Japanese Bukaku comic demon mask, dating from the early Edo period, but could also be from the late Momoyama period.
The early Edo period is the golden age of Noh t...
Category
17th Century Japanese Edo Antique Japanese Wood Carvings
Materials
Wood
$4,548
Large wooden iki ningyō depicting a Kabuki theater actor
Located in Milano, IT
Large wood, plaster and pigment iki ningyō with glass eyes, depicting a Kabuki theater actor (probably Matsumoto Kōshirō VII, 1870-1949) as Benkei in the kabuki opera "Kanjinchō." He...
Category
Early 20th Century Japanese Antique Japanese Wood Carvings
Materials
Gesso, Glass, Wood
Meiji Temple Dragon Panels
Located in Fukuoka, JP
, strength, and good luck in Japanese culture, intricately crafted with vibrant colors and dynamic movement
Category
Late 19th Century Japanese Meiji Antique Japanese Wood Carvings
Materials
Gold Leaf
Noh Edo Period Lion Mask
Located in Pasadena, CA
This a well-preserved lion mask that dates to the 18th century (possibly earlier). Lion masks were used in the traditional Gion Matsuri festival lion dances. The articulated mask wit...
Category
Early 18th Century Japanese Edo Antique Japanese Wood Carvings
Materials
Wood
$4,750
Noh Edo Period Lion Mask II
Located in Pasadena, CA
This another superb example of an Edo Period early 18th century or earlier Lion Mask created for the Lion Dances of the Gion Matsuri Festival. The mask is in overall good condition f...
Category
Early 18th Century Japanese Edo Antique Japanese Wood Carvings
Materials
Wood
Japanese Antique Wood Carving Wall Panel, Abstract Art , Wabi Sabi
Located in Katori-Shi, 12
This wall-hanging carved wooden ornament is made from recycled zelkova wood from a kotatsu table
Category
Early 20th Century Japanese Meiji Antique Japanese Wood Carvings
Materials
Wood
Late Meiji Period Folk Wood Carving Japanese God of War, Arts, Shrines Protector
Located in Miami, FL
Probably more than likely from a Japanese home altar, this is a folk art rendition of Hachiman
Category
Early 1900s Japanese Meiji Antique Japanese Wood Carvings
Materials
Wood
$304 Sale Price
20% Off
Great Wood Carving Lion Figurine / 1868-1920 / Rare Item
Located in Sammu-shi, Chiba
This looks like an old copperware, but it is a wood carving work.
It is glossy because it is
Category
19th Century Japanese Meiji Antique Japanese Wood Carvings
Materials
Wood
Antique Print of Japanese Carving in Ivory and Wood by G. Audsley, 1884
By George Ashdown Audsley
Located in Langweer, NL
originates from the second volume of 'The ornamental arts of Japan' by G. Audsley. The exquisite plates were
Category
Late 18th Century Antique Japanese Wood Carvings
Materials
Paper
$287 Sale Price
20% Off
Japanese Edo Period Okimono Carving of a Mythological Figure of Kirin, Ca. 1860
Located in New York, NY
Japanese Edo Period Okimono Carving of a Mythological Figure of Kirin, Ca. 1860
Category
1860s Japanese Antique Japanese Wood Carvings
Materials
Wood
Kitsune from the Edo Period
Located in New York, NY
According to Japanese folklore the fox, or kitsune, can assume human form to protect and trick
Category
18th Century Japanese Antique Japanese Wood Carvings
Materials
Wood
Japanese Imperial Pair Dolls 1840
Located in South Burlington, VT
From our recent Japanese acquisitions
A rare couple.
These Japanese Tachibina dolls represent
Category
Mid-19th Century Japanese Edo Antique Japanese Wood Carvings
Materials
Shell, Wood
$280 Sale Price
85% Off
Japanese Ranma Wood Carving Featuring "Birds in Flight"
"Long Blades of Grass"
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
Japanese Ranma are traditionally positioned in open space, above a doorway, or in a high open area
Category
Late 19th Century Japanese Meiji Antique Japanese Wood Carvings
Materials
Cedar
Japanese Ranma Wood Carving Featuring "Birds in Flight"
"Long Blades of Grass"
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
Japanese Ranma are traditionally positioned in open space, above a doorway, or in a high open area
Category
Late 19th Century Japanese Meiji Antique Japanese Wood Carvings
Materials
Cedar
Japanese Ranma Wood Carving Featuring "Birds in Flight"
"Long Blades of Grass"
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
Japanese Ranma are traditionally positioned in open space, above a doorway, or in a high open area
Category
Late 19th Century Japanese Meiji Antique Japanese Wood Carvings
Materials
Cedar
Japanese Wood Carved Sculpure
Located in MILANO, IT
A large Japanese wood carved sculpture finely carved. Good and original patina.
Category
Early 19th Century Japanese Antique Japanese Wood Carvings
Materials
Wood
Japanese Carved Wood Horse
Located in Paradise Point, Queensland
Japanese vintage carved wood horse, on a wooden base.
Our eclectic stock crosses cultures
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1920s Japanese Japonisme Antique Japanese Wood Carvings
Materials
Wood
Japanese Wood sculpture of Carp
Located in MILANO, IT
A Japanese senoki wood okimono of a koi carp finely carved with its body slightly curved to the
Category
Early 1900s Japanese Antique Japanese Wood Carvings
Materials
Wood
Japanese Wood sculpture Okimono of Lion
Located in MILANO, IT
A Japanese carved wood sculpture okimono of an elegant and mightily lion with thick mane. Good
Category
1850s Japanese Antique Japanese Wood Carvings
Materials
Wood
Sensational Japanese Wood
Lacquer Octopus Group - Iki Ningyo
Located in Christchurch, GB
Period 1868-1912, carved wood and lacquered figural group depicting a battle between a Japanese fisherman
Category
19th Century Japanese Meiji Antique Japanese Wood Carvings
Materials
Wood, Lacquer
Antique Japanese Buddhist Gilded Wood Kannon Sculpture
Located in New York, NY
Japanese Buddhist assembled wood sculpture of Kannon-Bosatsu (Avalokitesvara), the God of
Category
15th Century and Earlier Japanese Japonisme Antique Japanese Wood Carvings
Materials
Wood
Japanese Carved Hard Wood Okimono Circa 1880
Located in GB
This superbly detailed Japanese carved hard wood figure depicts an elderly bearded gentleman
Category
1880s Japanese Japonisme Antique Japanese Wood Carvings
Materials
Hardwood
Pair of Large Japanese Carved Wood Trays, 19th-20th Century
Located in Frome, Somerset
A pair of large wood trays. Each in the form of open lotus leaves together with seed pods and
Category
1890s Japanese Antique Japanese Wood Carvings
Materials
Wood
19th Century Japanese Bronze Lion Meiji Period on Wood Base Signed
Located in Hampstead, QC
its lacquered wood base. The left glass eye of the lion is missing. The joint where the tail meets the
Category
19th Century Japanese Meiji Antique Japanese Wood Carvings
Materials
Bronze
Large Antique Japanese Bronze Eagle Root Wood Base Meiji Period Signed Gyoko 36"
By Gyoko
Located in London, GB
Treasures of Imperial Japan, the D. Khalili Collection', Metalwork part II, No.110.
Size Eagle without wood
Category
1890s Japanese Meiji Antique Japanese Wood Carvings
Materials
Bronze
Japanese Hand Carved Burl Wood Fruit and Flower Display Basket
Located in New York, NY
Japanese solid wood fruit and flower display basket, carved from one piece of burl wood in an oval
Category
Early 20th Century Japanese Folk Art Antique Japanese Wood Carvings
Materials
Burl
Antique Japanese Gosho-ningyo
Located in New York, NY
Japanese Gosho-ningyo, a standing young male holding a painted and embroidered Chinese style fan
Category
Early 1900s Japanese Meiji Antique Japanese Wood Carvings
Materials
Wood
Japanese Okimono of a Goat
By Kichikawa Yoshinobu
Located in MILANO, IT
A Japanese wood okimono of a goat with kid. Signed under the base on a rectangular reserve.
Category
Mid-19th Century Japanese Antique Japanese Wood Carvings
Materials
Wood
Japanese Sculpture of Daikoku God Good Fortune
Located in Seattle, WA
Japanese wood carving of Daikoku, god of good fortune. Daikoku is depicted wearing flowing robes
Category
18th Century and Earlier Japanese Antique Japanese Wood Carvings
Japanese Tachiko Gosho Ningyo, Edo Period
Located in New York, NY
Japanese Tachiko Gosho Ningyo, standing male figure with ikat patterned purple chirimen silk kimono
Category
Early 19th Century Japanese Edo Antique Japanese Wood Carvings
Materials
Wood
Large Carved Japanese Lotus Tray 19th-20th Century
Located in Frome, Somerset
A large Japanese wood Lotus Tray. Well carved in the form of lotus leaves, flowers and seed pods
Category
1890s Japanese Antique Japanese Wood Carvings
Materials
Wood
Japanese Kuge Tachiko Gosho Ningyo, Edo Period
Located in New York, NY
Japanese Kuge Tachiko Gosho Ningyo, a standing young prince figure holding a compass, wearing a
Category
1840s Japanese Edo Antique Japanese Wood Carvings
Materials
Wood
Antique Japanese Gosho Ningyo Palace Doll
Located in New York, NY
Japanese Gosho Ningyo, a palace figure of a young noble boy seated with his feet extended forward
Category
Early 19th Century Japanese Edo Antique Japanese Wood Carvings
Materials
Shell, Wood
Japanese Kofuku-no-inori Gosho Ningyo, Edo Period
Located in New York, NY
Japanese Kofuku-no-inori gosho ningyo (a good luck wish palace doll) of a plump kneeling male child
Category
1820s Japanese Edo Antique Japanese Wood Carvings
Materials
Wood
Antique Japanese Hearth,
Kettle Hook
“Jizai Kogi”
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
Japanese Hearth Hook “Jizai Kogi” repurposed as Sculpture
Beautifully executed craftsmanship
Category
1860s Japanese Edo Antique Japanese Wood Carvings
Materials
Wood
Japanese Yokogi, a Fish Shaped Fulcrum, Edo Period
Located in New York, NY
Japanese Yokogi, a fish shaped fulcrum for the pot hook assembly over the hearth, a naively carved
Category
Early 1800s Japanese Edo Antique Japanese Wood Carvings
Materials
Wood
Japanese Kofuku No Inori Gosho Ningyo, Edo Period
Located in New York, NY
Japanese Kofuku-no-inori gosho ningyo (a good luck wish palace doll) of a plump kneeling male child
Category
1820s Japanese Edo Antique Japanese Wood Carvings
Materials
Wood
Japanese Kofuku No Inori Gosho Ningyo, Edo Period
Located in New York, NY
Japanese Kofuku no inori Gosho Ningyo (a good luck prayer palace doll) of a kneeling boy holding a
Category
Early 1800s Japanese Edo Antique Japanese Wood Carvings
Materials
Wood
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Antique Japanese Wood Carvings For Sale on 1stDibs
An assortment of antique Japanese wood carvings is available at 1stDibs. Each of these unique antique Japanese wood carvings was constructed with extraordinary care, often using wood, metal and bronze. There are all kinds of antique Japanese wood carvings available, from those produced as long ago as the 18th Century to those made as recently as the 20th Century. Antique Japanese wood carvings have been a part of the life’s work for many furniture makers, but those produced by George Ashdown Audsley are consistently popular.
How Much are Antique Japanese Wood Carvings?
The average selling price for at 1stDibs is $969, while they’re typically $99 on the low end and $15,000 highest priced.
Finding the Right Sculptures-carvings for You
Asian sculptors have worked in materials including wood, bronze and jade. Artists and artisans have used traditional techniques to depict deities, scenes from culture and more, and today, antique Asian sculptures and carvings are a popular choice for provocative and sophisticated home decor.
In China, the Qing dynasty, from the mid-17th century to the early 20th century, brought about significant changes in art while preserving traditional culture. Many emperors during this period were patrons of the arts, such as painting, calligraphy and decorative arts. This era saw the building of new Buddhist temples, which were decorated with statues. Some of these sculptures were adorned with colorful cloisonné decoration, in which tiny compartments, or cloisons, made by soldering copper filaments to a metal surface were filled with vibrantly hued enamel.
From the 17th to mid-19th century in Japan, kimonos were worn across classes and often fastened with a netsuke, a type of small carved toggle. Artists carved these from ivory, wood, shells and coral, creating animals, flowers and mythical creatures. During the Japanese Meiji period, spanning from 1868–1912, the country began trading internationally after centuries of isolation, allowing artists to sell their work overseas. Bronze sculpture flourished around this time for creating teapots, vases and incense burners.
Asian sculpture continued to evolve in the 20th century. During the Japanese Shōwa era, from 1926–89, art was influenced by international modernist movements like abstraction, Futurism and Surrealism. Contemporary Asian sculptures and carvings continue to combine global influences and a rich heritage of technique.
Decorating a space with Asian sculptures and carvings is a great way to add interest to any corner of your home. Explore by material, period or style on 1stDibs.
Questions About Antique Japanese Wood Carvings
- What is Japanese wood carving?1 Answer1stDibs ExpertApril 5, 2022Japanese wood carving is an art form in which artists produce intricate figurines and other objects by cutting and shaping blocks of zelkova, camphor or paulownia wood. In Japanese, the artwork is known as inami. Find a selection of Japanese wood carvings on 1stDibs.
- 1stDibs ExpertApril 5, 2022Antique carved wood can be identified by how it is made. Antique carvings were done by hand, so nicks and cuts will indicate carvings completed with a plane or knife. In addition, hand-carved wood will not be uniform or have perfect symmetry. Always works with a certified appraiser to determine the exact date and value of an item. Find a variety of antique carved wood furniture and decor on 1stDibs.
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