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Creator: Satsuma
Antique Japanese Satsuma Vase, Hand-Painted Warrior Scene, Meiji-Era Masterpiece
By Satsuma
Located in Bochum, NRW
Antique Japanese Satsuma Vase – Hand-Painted Warrior Scene, Meiji-Era Masterpiece. Japanese Satsuma ceramic vase with polychrome decorations of Japanese men and soldiers in armor. Go...
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1930s Japanese Meiji Vintage Satsuma Asian Art and Furniture

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Porcelain

Antique Japanese Satsuma Vase – Hand-Painted Meiji-Era Masterpiece
By Satsuma
Located in Bochum, NRW
Antique Japanese Satsuma Vase – Hand-Painted Meiji-Era Masterpiece Japanese Satsuma ceramic vase with polychrome decorations of Japanese men and soldiers in armor. Golden details. Ja...
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1930s Japanese Meiji Vintage Satsuma Asian Art and Furniture

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Porcelain

Pair of Japanese Satsuma Moriage Porcelain Gilt Vases
By Satsuma
Located in LA CIOTAT, FR
This handsome pair of 20th century glazed and gilded Japanese Satsuma vases, with their vivid, jewel-like colours and elegant baluster-shaped forms, feature the traditional Japanese ...
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20th Century Japanese Satsuma Asian Art and Furniture

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Porcelain

Pair of Early 20th Century Japanese Satsuma Vases
By Satsuma
Located in LA CIOTAT, FR
This exquisite pair of Satsuma vases dates back to the early 20th century. Hand-painted with intricate relief decorations, these ceramic masterpieces showcase exceptional craftsmansh...
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20th Century Japanese Satsuma Asian Art and Furniture

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Ceramic

Satsuma Red Gold Blue Satsuma Porcelain Tea Set, Nakasima Japan
By Satsuma
Located in Valladolid, ES
Gorgous and very Delicate six-piece tea or coffee set made of Japanese Satsuma porcelain. Cherry, blue, and ochre colors predominate. The main motif features the goddess Kannon surro...
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Early 1900s Japanese Japonisme Antique Satsuma Asian Art and Furniture

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Gold

Antique Japanese Satsuma Vase – Hand-Painted Festival Scene with Sculpted Animal
By Satsuma
Located in Bochum, NRW
Antique Japanese Satsuma Vase – Hand-Painted Festival Scene with Sculpted Animal Heads Meiji-Era Masterpiece A beautiful Chinese 'Nanjing' porcelain baluster vase, intricately decora...
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1930s Japanese Meiji Vintage Satsuma Asian Art and Furniture

Materials

Porcelain

Antique circa 1900 Chinese Very Large Earthenware Dragon Planter Plant Egg Pot
By Satsuma
Located in Autonomous City Buenos Aires, CABA
Antique Chinese glazed ceramic egg cup. This brown glazed stoneware urn displays vibrant turquoise tones within. Large egg planter currently being used as ...
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Early 1900s Chinese Chinese Export Antique Satsuma Asian Art and Furniture

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Earthenware

Antique Satsuma One Thousand Faces and Dragon Meiji Period Baluster Shaped Vase
By Satsuma
Located in Tustin, CA
A very exquisite and elaborately detailed collectible antique hand made "A Thousand Faces" Japanese Satsuma earthenware pottery baluster shaped vase features intricately hand painted...
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19th Century Japanese Meiji Antique Satsuma Asian Art and Furniture

Materials

Earthenware, Pottery

Satsuma Imperial Vase "A Thousand Faces" Meiji Period
By Satsuma
Located in Autonomous City Buenos Aires, CABA
Satsuma Imperial Vase "A Thousand Faces" Meiji Period A Japanese collectible vase, hand painted decorated with intricate designs and figures, with a classic shape and painted with va...
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19th Century Japanese Meiji Antique Satsuma Asian Art and Furniture

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Ceramic

Japanese Satsuma Dragon Vase, Meiji Period, c 1900, Japan
By Satsuma
Located in Austin, TX
A fantastic small Japanese Satsuma vase with image of writhing dragons, Meiji Period, circa 1900, Japan. The vase of elegant baluster form, with a slightly flared foot, slender body...
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Early 1900s Japanese Meiji Antique Satsuma Asian Art and Furniture

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Ceramic, Porcelain, Pottery, Stoneware, Hardwood

A Japanese Satsuma Earthenware Circular Box and Cover
By Satsuma
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A Japanese Satsuma earthenware circular box and cover, MEIJI PERIOD (1868-1912), the interior and exterior decorated with gilt and contrasting figural scenes, signed Satsuma yaki se...
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20th Century Satsuma Asian Art and Furniture

Materials

Porcelain

Meiji Period Diminutive Satsuma Baluster Vase.
By Satsuma
Located in Vero Beach, FL
Meiji Period Diminutive Satsuma Baluster Vase. This Japanese Satsuma vase from the late Meiji period is hand painted and gilt decorated with a Japanese landscape in exquisite detail...
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20th Century Japanese Meiji Satsuma Asian Art and Furniture

Materials

Porcelain

Antique Japanese Taisho Satsuma Painted Vase
By Satsuma
Located in LA CIOTAT, FR
A petite and beautiful hand-decorated ceramic baluster vase, painted all around with traditional Japanese motifs, including native flora, birds and bamboo stems on a creamy glazed background. The colour palette is bold and bright, with highlights of green, red and blue, together with plentiful gilt relief...
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Early 20th Century Japanese Taisho Satsuma Asian Art and Furniture

Materials

Ceramic

Pair of Satsuma Pedestals, 20th Century
By Satsuma
Located in CABA, AR
Enter the world of Japanese craftsmanship and elegance with this exquisite pair of Satsuma columns or pedestals. Satsuma ware, originating from the Sat...
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Mid-20th Century Japanese Satsuma Asian Art and Furniture

Materials

Porcelain

Pair of Satsuma Pedestals, 20th Century
Pair of Satsuma Pedestals, 20th Century
$1,800 Sale Price / set
55% Off
Meiji Satsuma Earthenware Urn or Vase with Foo Dog Sculpture, circa 1880
By Satsuma
Located in Atlanta, GA
A magnificent testament to the artistry of the Japanese Meiji period (1868-1912), this rare Satsuma earthenware urn is an extraordinary find. Crafted in Japan circa 1880, its delicat...
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Late 19th Century Japanese Meiji Antique Satsuma Asian Art and Furniture

Materials

Earthenware

Satsuma Japanese Meiji Miniature Enameled Teapot Kozon Mark
By Satsuma
Located in Bishop s Stortford, Hertfordshire
An exceptional Japanese Satsuma miniature spool shaped pottery teapot and cover finely hand enameled with Kozon mark and dating from around 1880. This delightful teapot has an invers...
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19th Century Japanese Meiji Antique Satsuma Asian Art and Furniture

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Pottery

Japanese Antique Satsuma Pottery Buddhist Monks Vase with Shimazu Crest Mark
By Satsuma
Located in Studio City, CA
A beautiful Japanese Satsuma pottery studio vase featuring multiple kesa-clad enlightened Buddhist monks on each side of the vase. The piece is finely detailed with rich raised gilt highlights throughout and beautifully decorated in gold and various hand painted other colors. From the Meiji period (1868-1912). This piece has the all-important Shimazu Family crest mark (red circle with a cross inside) on the base authenticating the work as an old and original Satsumaware work. The mark shows the pottery was made under the rule of the Shimazu clan. From a Los Angeles Collection...
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Early 20th Century Japanese Meiji Satsuma Asian Art and Furniture

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Earthenware, Pottery

Japanese Meiji Period Satsuma Large Square Bowl Centerpiece
By Satsuma
Located in Vero Beach, FL
Japanese Meiji Period Satsuma large square bowl Antique early Meiji Period 15" square with scalloped rim Satsuma bowl. Highly unusual and finely painted. ...
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19th Century Japanese Meiji Antique Satsuma Asian Art and Furniture

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Ceramic

Satsuma Japanese Meiji Pair Diamond Shaped Pottery Vases
By Satsuma
Located in Bishop s Stortford, Hertfordshire
A good and unusual pair antique Japanese Satsuma Meiji diamond shaped pottery vases decorated with monk figures with a scrolling dragon dating from the 1...
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19th Century Japanese Meiji Antique Satsuma Asian Art and Furniture

Materials

Pottery

Pair of Blue Ground Japanese Satsuma Vases
By Satsuma
Located in Norwood, NJ
These are a very good quality pair of earthenware Japanese Satsuma vases, beautifully hand decorated and from the Meiji period, circa 1920. The vases have a hexangular shape raised o...
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Early 20th Century Japanese Meiji Satsuma Asian Art and Furniture

Materials

Ceramic, Earthenware

19th Century Japanese Satsuma Porcelain Water Well Bucket, Wishing Well Vase
By Satsuma
Located in Vero Beach, FL
This Japanese porcelain vase is barrel shaped with a yolk handle. It is both finely and intricately hand painted. It pictures groups of scholars with scrolls dressed in elaborate brocade kimonos...
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Late 19th Century Japanese Meiji Antique Satsuma Asian Art and Furniture

Materials

Porcelain

A Japanese Satsuma earthenware circular box and cover
By Satsuma
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A Japanese Satsuma earthenware circular box and cover, 19th/early 20th century sealed with Satsuma
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20th Century Satsuma Asian Art and Furniture

Materials

Porcelain

Satsuma Earthenware Flat Shouldered Ovoid Vase, Garlic Mouth by Yabu Meizan
By Satsuma
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A Satsuma earthenware flat shouldered ovoid vase with garlic mouth by Yabu Meizan, Osaka, 1853-1934, decorated in polychrome enamels and gilt over a cle...
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1890s Antique Satsuma Asian Art and Furniture

Materials

Earthenware

Excellent Satsuma Charger
By Satsuma
Located in Swadlincote, GB
A super quality Satsuma bowl, in overall excellent condtion. Satsuma china, or Satsuma ware, originates from the Satsuma Province in southern Kyūshū, Jap...
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19th Century Japanese Japonisme Antique Satsuma Asian Art and Furniture

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Ceramic

Japanese Meiji Satsuma Finely Decorated and Gilded Scenic Box
By Satsuma
Located in Sarasota, FL
Japanese Meiji satsuma finely hand decorated and gilded box. The box depicts a different scene on each side. Marked with a maker's mark on the bottom.
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Late 19th Century Japanese Meiji Antique Satsuma Asian Art and Furniture

Materials

Pottery

Satsuma Earthenware Cabinet Vase, Early 20th Century
By Satsuma
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
Satsuma earthenware cabinet vase, early 20th century. Decorated with immortals, signed. Height 4.25 in. (10.79 cm.), by 2.5 in. (6.35 cm.)
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20th Century Satsuma Asian Art and Furniture

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Ceramic

Satsuma Earthenware Covered Box, by Kinkozan
By Satsuma
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A Satsuma Earthenware covered box, by Kinkozan, Japanese, Meiji period (1868-1912) decorated in polychrome enamels and gilt over a clear, crackled glaze, delicately painted with s...
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Early 1900s Antique Satsuma Asian Art and Furniture

Materials

Earthenware

Satsuma Earthenware Vase and Cover, Japanese, Meiji Period
By Satsuma
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A Satsuma Earthenware vase and cover, Japanese, Meiji period, (1868-1912) decorated in polychrome enamels and gilt over a clear, crackled glaze, delicately painted with samurai on ...
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1890s Antique Satsuma Asian Art and Furniture

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Ceramic

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Located in Tustin, CA
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Located in New York, NY
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Located in Atlanta, GA
An Satsuma ceramic stone ware vase, circa 19th century, around the end of the Edo and the beginning of Meiji period. In the form of a Classic garlic bottle whose prototype was from China, the white bodied piece is decorated with an early form of kin nishikide, the so called golden brocade, a palette of iron-red, blue, green, yellow, purple and black with golden highlight. The over glazed enamel paint shows a group of robed figures in a garden setting with a lion and three tigers. A transparent overall glaze shows very fine crackles. The design is relatively sparse with plenty of negative space in contrast to the Satsuma production from the late 19th century, when the trend became fussy and overly glitz, due to the influence by the perceived western taste for the export market. This piece may still be made for export but its pattern was more influenced by both Kyoto Pottery and the Kano school of painting compared to the export ware by the end of the 19th century onward to the early 20th century. It was believed by many that this was a result of Satsuma potters visiting Kyoto in the late seventeenth century to learn over glaze painting techniques. There are some age glaze crackles especially around the foot. The piece is not signed in keeping with the earlier production before Satsuma ceramics...
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Antique Japanese Meiji Period Satsuma Pottery Moon Flask Vase Samurai 1880
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Located in Portland, OR
A magnificent antique Japanese Meiji period Satsuma pottery moon flask vase, circa 1880. The vase is very skillfully hand-painted in polychrome enamels and gilt decoration, it is of ...
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Satsuma Polychrome Painted Vase, Taisho Period (1912- 1926)
By Satsuma
Located in New Orleans, LA
An early 20th century antique Japanese Taisho Period Satsuma vase, with hand painted moriage (raised paint) fighting Samurai warriors on one side and a floral scene on the reverse. T...
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Satsuma asian art and furniture for sale on 1stDibs.

Satsuma asian art and furniture are available for sale on 1stDibs. These distinctive items are frequently made of ceramic and are designed with extraordinary care. There are many options to choose from in our collection of Satsuma asian art and furniture, although brown editions of this piece are particularly popular. If you’re looking for additional options, many customers also consider asian art and furniture by Ando Jubei, Makuzu Kozan, and Kinkozan. Prices for Satsuma asian art and furniture can differ depending upon size, time period and other attributes — on 1stDibs, these items begin at $580 and can go as high as $13,500, while a piece like these, on average, fetch $1,825.
Questions About Satsuma Asian Art and Furniture
  • 1stDibs ExpertApril 5, 2022
    Satsuma porcelain or pottery includes a maker’s mark with the name of the person who made the item. Japanese numbers may also indicate that a Satsuma piece was part of a collection. Genuine Satsuma pieces will not have a “Made in Japan” label and should only include Japanese characters. When in doubt, work with a certified appraiser to determine the authenticity of your Satsuma piece. Find a variety of expertly vetted Satsuma porcelain and pottery collectibles on 1stDibs.
  • 1stDibs ExpertApril 26, 2024
    Yes, some Satsuma pottery is valuable. The age, type, style and condition will determine how much a particular piece is worth. In addition, the history of ownership may also make a piece more valuable. For example, if a piece was previously in the collection of a notable person, such as a member of the Japanese Imperial Family, it may be worth more. To get an estimated value for a particular piece, consult a certified appraiser or knowledgeable antiques dealer. Find a range of Satsuma pottery on 1stDibs.
  • 1stDibs ExpertOctober 7, 2024
    The difference between Satsuma and moriage is that the former is a type of pottery, and the latter is a technique for decorating pottery. Satsuma pottery is the term for earthenware pottery from Japan's Satsuma region. Although there are different styles, the most common element of Satsuma pottery is a heavy, dark glaze. Moriage is the term for when potters add raised slip decorations to pottery, creating a three-dimensional effect. Some Satsuma pieces show off moriage details, while others do not. Shop a range of Satsuma pottery on 1stDibs.
  • 1stDibs ExpertMarch 22, 2022
    To date a Satsuma vase, study its mark. Vases made before World War II normally feature a mark in Japanese. A vase that says "Royal Satsuma" likely dates back to the late 20th century. You'll find a variety of expertly vetted Satsuma vases on 1stDibs.
  • 1stDibs ExpertOctober 12, 2021
    A type of Japanese pottery originated from Satsuma province in Japan is termed as Satsuma ware. A vase of this kind is known as a Satsuma vase. An interesting fact about Satsuma ware is that they feature a "makers mark" or marking as a key to help collectors unlock the value, age and authenticity of the piece. Shop a range of antique and vintage Japanese vases on 1stDibs.
  • 1stDibs ExpertNovember 4, 2024
    To identify Satsuma pottery marks, you'll typically need to perform research using trusted online resources. Satsuma is a region in Japan known for its pottery, and many factories and artisans have operated there, including Kinkozan, Taizan, Yasuda, Choshuzan, Fuzan, Gyozan, Koshida and Maruni Kobe. Each maker has its own marks associated with it, and these typically are in Japanese kanji characters. You can compare the characters on your piece to pictures shared online to find a match. Alternatively, a certified appraiser or experienced antique dealer can help you identify your pottery markings. On 1stDibs, shop a selection of Satsuma pottery.
  • 1stDibs ExpertFebruary 1, 2024
    One way to tell if your Satsuma vase is valuable is to look for markings on it. The oldest and typically most expensive pieces will usually have the Shimazu family crest — a circle with a cross through it — hand-painted on the bottom. If the piece is stamped with the marking or says "Made in Japan" in the Roman alphabet, it is a newer vase. Factors like the style of the vase and its condition will also impact its price. It's a good idea to have a certified appraiser or knowledgeable dealer evaluate your vase to determine its value. Find a variety of Satsuma vases on 1stDibs.
  • 1stDibs ExpertSeptember 9, 2024
    Yes, some Satsuma pottery is worth something. Depending on their age, maker, type, style, condition and other factors, pieces may sell for a few hundred to several thousand dollars. Looking at sales and auction histories can give you a rough idea of the value of a piece. For a more definitive valuation, use the services of a certified appraiser or knowledgeable antique dealer. On 1stDibs, explore a collection of Satsuma pottery.

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