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Flight Three Old Flying Garden Ducks Fine Details with Custom Stands
Located in South Burlington, VT
flying duck 41 inches high on custom iron stand and 11 inches length Medium flying duck crane 39
Category

Mid-20th Century Japanese Showa Sculptures and Carvings

Materials

Bronze, Iron

Nice Pair of Antique Bronze / Copper Cloisonné Crane Plates Japan, 19th Century
Located in Amsterdam, Noord Holland
Nice quality with superb decoration. Two cranes flying towards each other. Condition Overall
Category

Antique 19th Century Japanese Meiji Ceramics

Materials

Bronze

Japanese Crane and Pine Lacquer and Hardwood Box, Tebako, Taisho Period, Japan
Located in Austin, TX
, box for storing accessories, features indented edges and corners, and a bold design of a crane flying
Category

Vintage 1920s Japanese Taisho Decorative Boxes

Materials

Metal

Four-Panel Multi-Color Bonnet Top Screen with Flock of Red Crowned Cranes
Located in Yonkers, NY
surface, depicting a serene scene of red-crowned cranes, flying above large flowers. The screen's elegant
Category

Mid-20th Century Chinese Paintings and Screens

Materials

Wood

Stunning Vintage Wedding Kimono
Located in London, GB
and gold cranes flying through clouds. Cranes mate for life and are a fortuitous symbol representing
Category

1980s Japanese Coats and Outerwear

Japanese Long Woven Turquoise Silk and Metal Thread Obi
Located in New York, NY
metallic honeycomb, with flowers, trees and cranes flying upward through them. Absolutely stunning piece
Category

Mid-20th Century Japanese Japonisme Textiles

Materials

Metallic Thread

Pair of Late 19th Century Japanese Blue and White Vases
Located in Brighton, Sussex
edging to the tops, faux tassels to the necks. Painted scenes of cranes flying and feeding amongst trees
Category

Antique Late 19th Century Japanese Vases

Materials

Porcelain

1920s Leather Three-Panel Screen
Located in Palm Springs, CA
Three-panel screen with cranes flying across clouds, circa 1920. Hand-painted and embossed leather
Category

20th Century Japanese Screens and Room Dividers

Materials

Leather

Japenese Ceramic Garden Stool
Located in Moreno Valley, CA
and beige with crane flying designs. Great to use indoor or outdoors. Light and easy to carry around
Category

Mid-20th Century Japanese Japonisme Ceramics

Materials

Ceramic

19th Century Japanese Imari Plate
Located in Brighton, Sussex
depicting exotic flowers and trees and a screen, with Cranes flying through the sky. Measures: 12"(31cm
Category

Antique 19th Century Japanese Japonisme Platters and Serveware

Materials

Porcelain

Large Oriental Carvedwood Fireplace
Located in Brighton, Sussex
pelmet depicting cranes flying amongst clouds, turned columns and reeded brackets. Either side having
Category

Early 20th Century Japanese Chinoiserie Fireplaces and Mantels

Materials

Softwood

Vintage Japanese Orange Silk Embroidery Vintage Wedding Photo Album in Box
Located in Moreno Valley, CA
photo album. Beautiful Oriental hand made with rich orange silk fabric with flying gold cranes
Category

Mid-20th Century Japanese Japonisme Picture Frames

Materials

Silk

Japanese Cloisonne Jewelry Vanity Box Engraved Bronze Interior
Located in Haddonfield, NJ
with birds (cranes) flying about. The box is small and sturdy. The golden legs shine among the clusters
Category

Vintage 1960s Japanese Mid-Century Modern Decorative Boxes

Materials

Bronze, Enamel

Chic Early 20th Century Chinese Art Deco Rug
Located in Chicago, IL
and flowering lotus. The sky depicts a crane flying amidst stylized clouds, and an orange harvest moon
Category

Vintage 1920s Chinese Art Deco Chinese and East Asian Rugs

Materials

Wool

Set of Ten Japanese Art Deco Lacquer Trays
Located in Atlanta, GA
A set of ten lacquered trays from Japan, circa 1930-1940s. Decorated with crane flying over a
Category

Vintage 1930s Japanese Art Deco Serving Pieces

Materials

Lacquer

Japanese Kokuyo White Silk Embroidery Vintage Wedding Photo Album
Located in Moreno Valley, CA
flying white cranes Absolutely beautiful vintage wedding day album by Japanese company "Kokuyo". Front
Category

Late 20th Century Japanese Japonisme More Asian Art, Objects and Furniture

Materials

Silk

Early Hand Held Fan "Mount Fuji". Japanese Circa 1870
Located in Incline Village, NV
subject matter is that of the iconic Mount Fuji in Japan with a multiplicity of cranes flying about in the
Category

Antique 1870s Japanese Victorian Decorative Art

Materials

Silk

Korean Lacquer Mother of Pearl Inlay Cigarette Box, 1930 s, Korea
Located in Austin, TX
features a pair of swimming turtles and a pair of cranes flying overhead. Again, both cranes and turtles
Category

Vintage 1930s Korean Showa Lacquer

Materials

Mother-of-Pearl, Softwood, Lacquer

Framed Antique Chinese Embroidery Panel Qing Dynasty Provenance
Located in Atlanta, GA
of lovely textile showcases cranes flying among plum and chrysanthemum blossom on a cream silk
Category

Antique Mid-19th Century Chinese Chinese Export Textiles

Materials

Silk, Wood

Japanese Shakudo Pill Box Kozan
By Kozan Zo
Located in Newark, England
and foliage. To each longer side frogs jump between lily pads with a crane flying to the shorter side
Category

Antique Early 1900s Japanese Meiji Metalwork

Materials

Metal, Gold, Silver, Brass

Mid-Century Modern Luxury Golden Vase With Wild Ducks And Reeds, Germany 1950s
Located in Hannover, DE
This is a rare and unique Vase with one flying golden crane in the golden nature. The vase has a
Category

Vintage 1960s German Mid-Century Modern Vases

Materials

Gold Plate, Brass

Antique Walnut Fireplace Mantel Set with Aesthetic Movement Minton Tiles
Located in London, GB
fine gold, platinum and dragon red rhodium, depict cranes flying and feeding over tranquil lakes amid
Category

Antique Late 19th Century English Aesthetic Movement Fireplaces and Mantels

Materials

Ceramic, Walnut

Japanese Hand Painted Blue White Porcelain Vase Master Artist
Located in Takarazuka, JP
geometric patterns. The artist depicts in great detail this stunning scene of cranes flying gracefully
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Japanese Vases

Materials

Gold

Lovely Vintage Water Color Hand Painted on Fabric Chinese Folding Room Divider
Located in West Sussex, Pulborough
water color paintings depict crane birds, flying geese and bamboo plants, the condition is sublime In
Category

20th Century Chinese Chinese Export Paintings and Screens

Materials

Linen

Pair of Royal Worcester Porcelain Lamp-Mounted Vases, England, 1877
By Royal Worcester
Located in PARIS, FR
, gilt front and back with cranes flying above blue painted seaside landscapes, on a pierced rectangular
Category

Antique 1870s English Japonisme Table Lamps

Materials

Porcelain

Pair of Large Japanese 6-Panel Nanga Sansui Folding Screens by Oka Buntô 岡文濤
By Oka Buntô
Located in Amsterdam, NL
is painted with a single crane flying by the small boat. They are both inscribed with the complete
Category

Early 20th Century Japanese Paintings and Screens

Materials

Gold Leaf

Red Cloisonné Vase Flying Cranes
Located in Stamford, CT
Oriental red cloisonné vase, flying cranes.   
Category

Early 20th Century Vases

Materials

Ceramic

Silver Brooch "Flying Crane" by Wiwen Nilsson
Located in Lund, SE
Silver brooch "Flying Crane" by Wiwen Nilsson, Lund, Sweden. Four layers of engraved sterling
Category

Vintage 1970s Scandinavian Modern Collectible Jewelry

Materials

Sterling Silver

Signed Vintage Korean Celadon Vase with Flying Cranes
Located in Armonk, NY
Signed vintage Korean celadon vase with flying cranes is a high-quality reproduction of traditional
Category

Late 20th Century Korean Vases

Materials

Celadon

Silver Brooch "Flying Crane with Leafs" by Wiwen Nilsson
By Wiwen Nilsson
Located in Lund, SE
Sterling silver brooch by Wiwen Nilsson, Sweden. Four layers of engraved silver.
Category

Vintage 1960s Swedish Scandinavian Modern Collectible Jewelry

Materials

Sterling Silver

Silver Brooch by Wiwen Nilsson
By Wiwen Nilsson
Located in Lund, SE
Sterling silver brooch "Flying crane" by Wiwen Nilsson, Sweden. Three layers of engraved silver.
Category

Vintage 1950s Swedish Scandinavian Modern Collectible Jewelry

Materials

Sterling Silver

Japanese Silk Embroidered Pillow
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Vintage silk fabric with silk embroidered flying cranes. Silk velvet back. Invisible zipper and
Category

Vintage 1940s Japanese Pillows and Throws

19th Century Japanese Imari Pottery Dish with Cranes
Located in London, west Sussex
predominately red enamels with gilt highlights depicting flying cranes, temple dogs and precious objects
Category

Antique Late 19th Century Japanese Meiji Platters and Serveware

Materials

Pottery

A Japanese Porcelain Umbrella Stand
Located in San Francisco, CA
Decorated with a continuous scene of flying cranes against a red-color ground all above blue white
Category

Early 20th Century Japanese Umbrella Stands

Pair Japanese Bronze Urns as Lamps
Located in Atlanta, GA
A pair of Japanese Bronze Urns with caligraphy and flying cranes in clouds decoration. Elaborate
Category

Antique 19th Century Japanese Table Lamps

Materials

Bronze

Art Nouveau Chandelier by Muller Freres
By Muller Frères
Located in Fairfax, VA
rendering of three flying cranes and a snake. Vibrant Muller Freres glass shades run a gamut of transitional
Category

Early 20th Century French Art Nouveau Chandeliers and Pendants

Materials

Bronze

Pair of Large Decorative 19th C Japanese Cloisonné Vases
Located in Essex, MA
grounds decorated with dragons, flying cranes,butterflies, flowers and geometric decoration in various
Category

Antique 19th Century Japanese Vases

Materials

Enamel, Brass

19th Century Japanese Lacquer Cabinet
Located in Paris, FR
flying cranes. Corners, hinges and beautiful round locker with a carved copper decor of foliage and pine
Category

Antique 19th Century Japanese Lacquer

Japanese Lacquer Trinket Box
Located in Northampton, United Kingdom
Japanese Meiji period lacquerware box. Decorated with exquisite flying cranes on a "Nashiji" ground
Category

Antique 19th Century Japanese Boxes

Pair of French Aesthetic movement vases
Located in Sleepy Hollow, NY
popular asian subject matter: flying cranes. The bottoms of the vases even show "faux" japanese signatures
Category

Antique 19th Century French Vases

19th Century Kutani Double Gourd Vase
Located in London, GB
flying cranes and landscapes. The appeal of Kutani ware exists in its colourful glazes - 'uwaetsuke
Category

Antique Late 19th Century Japanese Ceramics

GORHAM JAPONESQUEC STERLING SILVER AESTHETIC BROOCH
By Gorham
Located in New York, NY
Providence, RI, with original clasp, the pin with applied elements include a flying crane, fan and Japanesque
Category

American Brooches

Museum Quality Gorham 1873 Sterling Silver Japanesque Brooch
Located in New York, NY
Providence, RI, with original clasp, the pin with applied elements include a flying crane, fan and Japanesque
Category

Antique 19th Century American Metalwork

Materials

Sterling Silver

A.Jeschel Stunning Morganite necklace with a signature clasp.
By A.Jeschel One-of-a-kind
Located in Miami, FL
in a Sterling Silver square clasp of flying cranes on a tinted pinkish sky that reprises the
Category

21st Century and Contemporary American Contemporary Beaded Necklaces

Materials

Morganite, Sterling Silver

Vintage 1990s Cavalli Hand Painted Suede Leather Kimono Jacket Skirt Suit
By Roberto Cavalli
Located in TARRAGONA, ES
featuring flying cranes and rising sun. The edges are finished with smooth gold and turquoise leather
Category

1990s Italian Suits, Outfits and Ensembles

Set of Twelve Meissen Dinner Plates with Flying Mythological Dragons and Cranes
By Meissen Porcelain
Located in Boston, MA
with mythological flying dragons with wings, cranes, insects and flowering bushes. These would
Category

Antique 1880s German Japonisme Dinner Plates

Materials

Porcelain

Crane Ranma
Located in San Francisco, CA
-carved ranma shows a crane flying over a pine tree forest. It can be used as a headboard or as wall decor.
Category

Early 20th Century Asian Sculptures

Materials

Cypress, Cedar

Japanese Etegere
Located in New York, NY
landscape in low relief, with Mount Fuji in the background and flying cranes and phoenix on the upper tier
Category

Antique 19th Century Japanese Shelves

Materials

Brass

Japanese Crane Ranma
Located in San Francisco, CA
decoration. This handcarved transom depicting a crane flying over a pine tree forest, can be used as a
Category

Early 20th Century Japanese Sculptures

Materials

Cypress, Cedar

Japanese 6 Panel Crane Screen
Located in San Francisco, CA
rice paper and gold leaf showing cranes flying along grass and into the sky and clouds. Silk brocade
Category

Antique 19th Century Japanese Paintings and Screens

1970s Christian Dior Crane Caftan
By Christian Dior
Located in Rockwood, ON
make a girl look a million limes tall and I love the detail of the cranes flying the circumferences of
Category

1970s Clothing

Fine Large Japanese Edo Period Painted Crane Screen, circa 1820
Located in San Francisco, CA
A large Japanese Edo period painted six-panel screen featuring cranes flying in gold clouds and
Category

Antique 19th Century Japanese Japonisme Paintings and Screens

Materials

Fabric, Wood, Paint, Paper

19th Century Golden Japanese Lacquered Box
Located in Paris, FR
Beautiful small gilded lacquered box with a decor of cranes flying in a cloudy landscape. Nashi-ji
Category

Antique 19th Century Japanese Lacquer

Materials

Wood, Lacquer

19th Century Small Nashi-Ji Lacquer Tray
Located in Paris, FR
cranes flying over pavilions on water side under the pine trees.
Category

Antique 19th Century Japanese Lacquer

Materials

Wood, Lacquer

MINTONS CERAMIC MOON FLASK
Located in Essex, MA
Mintons ceramic moon flask in turquoise and black decorated with cranes flying in a moonlit sky
Category

Antique 19th Century English Vases

19th Century Japanese Gold Lacquered Inro
Located in Paris, FR
Six sections Inro (dan) in gold lacquer decorated with a crane flying over a forested landscape of
Category

Antique 19th Century Japanese Lacquer

Materials

Wood

Japanese Cabinet, Japan Edo Period
Located in Saverne, Grand Est
Precious lacquer cabinet with two leaves and a drawer decorated with cranes flying over the waves
Category

Antique Early 19th Century Japanese Furniture

Materials

Lacquer

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Flying Cranes For Sale on 1stDibs

At 1stDibs, there are several options of flying cranes available for sale. Each of these unique flying cranes was constructed with extraordinary care, often using wood, ceramic and metal. Flying cranes have been made for many years, and versions that date back to the 18th Century alongside those produced as recently as the 20th Century. Flying cranes made by Mid-Century Modern designers — as well as those associated with Scandinavian Modern — are very popular at 1stDibs. There have been many well-made flying cranes over the years, but those made by Meissen Porcelain, Japanese School and Joseph Holdcroft are often thought to be among the most beautiful.

How Much are Flying Cranes?

Prices for flying cranes can differ depending upon size, time period and other attributes — at 1stDibs, flying cranes begin at $154 and can go as high as $14,552, while the average can fetch as much as $1,275.