Meiji Pottery Vases
Antique Late 19th Century Japanese Meiji Ceramics
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Antique Late 19th Century Japanese Meiji Ceramics
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Antique Early 1900s Japanese Meiji Pottery
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Early 20th Century Japanese Meiji Vases
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Antique 19th Century Japanese Meiji Vases
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Antique Early 19th Century Japanese Edo Vases
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Antique Early 1900s Japanese Meiji Ceramics
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Antique 19th Century Japanese Meiji Vases
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Early 20th Century Japanese Meiji Vases
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Early 20th Century Japanese Meiji Vases
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Early 20th Century Japanese Meiji Vases
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Early 20th Century Japanese Meiji Vases
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Early 20th Century Japanese Meiji Vases
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Antique 19th Century Japanese Edo Vases
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Early 20th Century Japanese Meiji Vases
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Antique Late 19th Century Japanese Meiji Vases
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Early 20th Century Japanese Meiji Vases
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Early 20th Century Japanese Meiji Vases
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Early 20th Century Japanese Meiji Vases
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Early 20th Century Japanese Meiji Vases
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Early 20th Century Japanese Meiji Vases
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Early 20th Century Japanese Meiji Vases
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Early 20th Century Japanese Meiji Vases
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Antique Late 19th Century Japanese Meiji Vases
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Early 20th Century Japanese Meiji Vases
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Early 20th Century Japanese Meiji Vases
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Early 20th Century Japanese Meiji Vases
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Early 20th Century Japanese Meiji Vases
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Early 20th Century Japanese Meiji Vases
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Early 20th Century Japanese Meiji Vases
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Early 20th Century Japanese Meiji Vases
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Early 20th Century Japanese Meiji Vases
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Early 20th Century Japanese Meiji Vases
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Early 20th Century Japanese Meiji Vases
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Antique Late 19th Century Japanese Meiji Vases
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Early 20th Century Japanese Meiji Vases
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Early 20th Century Japanese Meiji Vases
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Antique 1890s Japanese Meiji Ceramics
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Antique 19th Century Japanese Meiji Ceramics
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Antique Early 1900s Japanese Meiji Ceramics
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Antique 1880s Japanese Meiji Ceramics
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Antique Early 1900s Japanese Meiji Vases
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Antique Late 19th Century Japanese Meiji Vases
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Early 20th Century Japanese Meiji Ceramics
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Early 20th Century Japanese Meiji Ceramics
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Antique Late 19th Century Japanese Meiji Ceramics
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Antique 19th Century Japanese Meiji Ceramics
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A Close Look at Meiji Furniture
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.
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- What is vase pottery?1 Answer1stDibs ExpertMarch 22, 2022Vase pottery is a type of decorative object with an open top formed out of earthenware or clay. Not all vases are clay, however. Artisans may also produce them out of glass, aluminum, stone, marble, bronze and stainless steel. Typically, people arrange flowers in vases, but they can also function as standalone decorations. You'll find a large collection of antique and vintage vases on 1stDibs.








