Meiji Metalwork
MEIJI STYLE
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.
Find a collection of antique Japanese Meiji period case pieces and storage cabinets, decorative objects, wall decorations and more furniture on 1stDibs.
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Style: Meiji
Japanese Meiji Totai Cloisonne Enamel Ceramic Jar
Located in Long Island City, NY
An antique Japanese late Meiji era covered Totai enamel on ceramic ginger jar. Circa: late 19th century to early 20th century. The body and the lid of the ware are enameled with poly...
Category
Late 19th Century Japanese Antique Meiji Metalwork
Materials
Enamel
Antique Japanese Cloisonne Enamel Brush Geometric Patterns Brush Pot, style GOTO
Located in Long Island City, NY
A Japanese Cloisonne enamel over gilt copper brush pot. Circa: late 19th century. The cylindrical form pot is adorned with polychrome floral, foliage and geometric motifs made in the...
Category
Late 19th Century Japanese Antique Meiji Metalwork
Materials
Copper, Enamel
Pair of Signed Antique Japanese Cloisonne Enamel Vases by Daikichi
Located in Philadelphia, PA
A fine pair of Japanese Meiji period cloisonne enamel vases.
By the Ohta Cloisonne workshop of Aichi Prefecture, Japan. T...
Category
20th Century Japanese Meiji Metalwork
Materials
Enamel
Massive Japanese Meiji Period Bronze Vase, Late 19th Century, Japan
Located in Austin, TX
A very large Meiji period bronze vase, possibly for temple use, with high relief design and elephant head handles, late 19th century, Japan.
Of baluster form and unusual size, yet ...
Category
Late 19th Century Japanese Antique Meiji Metalwork
Materials
Bronze
Japanese Meiji Cloisonne Lidded Jar Decorated with Flowers
Butterflies
Located in Bishop
s Stortford, Hertfordshire
A very fine Japanese Meiji cloisonne lidded jar decorated with butterflies amidst bamboo and flowering shrubs dating from the latter 19th Century...
Category
19th Century Japanese Antique Meiji Metalwork
Materials
Metal
Japanese Bronze Usubata Ikebana Vase with Inlay
Located in San Francisco, CA
An antique Japanese Meiji period bronze usubata ikebana vase with gold inlay, crafted in two sections.
Signed on the bottom.
Excellent condition.
Japan, late 19th-early 20th century
Category
Late 19th Century Japanese Antique Meiji Metalwork
Materials
Bronze
Rare Antique Japanese Cloisonne Enamel Charger Plate With Figures 12 Inch
Located in Long Island City, NY
An antique Japanese enamel over copper charger plate, Meiji era, 1880s. The plate is adorned with a polychrome image of three male figures with a large leaf on a turquoise ground mad...
Category
Late 19th Century Japanese Antique Meiji Metalwork
Materials
Copper, Enamel
Pair Of Antique Japanese Cloisonne Enamel Lidded Vases
Located in Long Island City, NY
A pair of antique Japanese Meiji era cloisonne enamel lidded vases. The vases have a similar shape: a rounded body with a slightly tapered base and a domed lid. Each lid has a bronze...
Category
Late 19th Century Japanese Antique Meiji Metalwork
Materials
Enamel, Bronze
Antique Japanese Cloisonne Enamel Brush Geometric Patterns Brush Pot, style GOTO
Located in Long Island City, NY
A Japanese Cloisonne enamel over gilt copper brush pot. Circa: late 19th century The cylindrical form pot is adorned with polychrome floral, foliage and geometric motifs made in the...
Category
Late 19th Century Japanese Antique Meiji Metalwork
Materials
Copper, Enamel
Japanese Meiji Cased Bronze Kagami Hand Mirror with Cranes
Located in Bishop
s Stortford, Hertfordshire
An exceptional quality antique Meiji period bronze Japanese Kagami mirror molded with cranes and presented in its original fitted case dating from the 19...
Category
1870s Japanese Antique Meiji Metalwork
Materials
Bronze
Antique Japanese Cloisonne Yellow Enamel with Flying Sparrows Plate
Located in Long Island City, NY
An antique Japanese late Meiji era decorative enamel over copper plate.
The interior of the plate is adorned with a polychrome image of sparrows on the yellow ground made in the Cloi...
Category
Late 19th Century Japanese Antique Meiji Metalwork
Materials
Enamel
Japanese Pair Meiji Cloisonne Bottle Vases with Scattered Floral Designs
Located in Bishop
s Stortford, Hertfordshire
A fine pair Japanese Meiji period cloisonne bottle shaped vases decorated with scattered floral patterns and dating between 1868 and 1912. The vases are lightly made standing on a fl...
Category
19th Century Japanese Antique Meiji Metalwork
Materials
Brass
Japanese Meiji Articulated Bronze Crab
Located in Essex, MA
Dark copper toned patina, wonderfully articulated. Purchased in London by previous owner.
Category
1870s Japanese Antique Meiji Metalwork
Materials
Bronze
Meiji Period Signed Bronze and Mixed Metal Bonsai Planter or Brush Pot
Located in Ottawa, Ontario
Meiji period (1868-1912) signed bronze and mixed metal bonsai planter or brush pot, polygon shaped (six sided) decorated with different scenes on each p...
Category
Late 19th Century Japanese Antique Meiji Metalwork
Materials
Metal, Bronze
Japanese Meiji Gilt Patterned Bronze Figure of a Fisherman
Located in Bishop
s Stortford, Hertfordshire
A delightful antique Japanese Meiji Bronze portrayal of a fisherman dating from the 19th century. The fisherman is portrayed with a very large fish and sitting on it to hold it down....
Category
19th Century Japanese Antique Meiji Metalwork
Materials
Bronze
Antique Meiji Japanese Cloisonne Enamel Charger Plate Blossoming Flowers Butterf
Located in Long Island City, NY
An antique Japanese, late Meiji era, enamel over gilt copper charger plate. The plate is adorned with polychrome enamel figural medallions made in the shape of a fan, a heart, a flow...
Category
Late 19th Century Japanese Antique Meiji Metalwork
Materials
Enamel, Copper
$1,300 Sale Price
35% Off
Antique Japanese Cloisonne Enamel Cabinet Vase with Wisteria
Located in Philadelphia, PA
A fine antique Japanese cloisonne enamel cabinet vase.
With polychrome enamel on a brass base.
Decorated with an enameled tree branches with blue & purple wisteria blossoms on a ...
Category
19th Century Japanese Antique Meiji Metalwork
Materials
Enamel
19th Century Japanese Meiji Period Bronze Censer
Located in Rochester, NY
Antique 19th century Meiji period Japanese bronze censer. Top lid decorated with finely sculpted reclining anthropomorphic figure / bonsai tree / acorn and cut out hearts. Overall be...
Category
19th Century Japanese Antique Meiji Metalwork
Materials
Bronze
Japanese Totai Cloisonne Enamel On Porcelain Bottles
Located in Long Island City, NY
A pair of Japanese covered Totai enamel on porcelain bottles. The wares are enameled with polychrome figural medallions representing blossoming flowers surrounded by floral, foliage ...
Category
19th Century Japanese Antique Meiji Metalwork
Materials
Enamel
$1,050 Sale Price / set
65% Off
Large Antique 18 inch Japanese Cloisonne Enamel Charger with Fans
Located in Long Island City, NY
An antique Japanese, late Meiji era, enamel over gilt copper plate. The interior of the plate is adorned with polychrome enamel figural medallions depicting fans with birds, blossomi...
Category
19th Century Japanese Antique Meiji Metalwork
Materials
Enamel, Copper
Antique Japanese Cloisonne Early Edo Green Enamel Plate
Located in Long Island City, NY
A large antique Japanese enamel over copper serving plate. Early Edo period, 19th century. Footed round dish with elevated rims. The interior of the plate is...
Category
19th Century Japanese Antique Meiji Metalwork
Materials
Copper, Enamel
$2,250 Sale Price
50% Off
Antique Meiji Japanese Cloisonne Enamel Geometric Brush Pot Vase
Located in Long Island City, NY
An antique Japanese late Meiji Era cylindrical shaped enamel brush pot. Circa: late 19th century. The cylindrical form pot is enameled with polychrome medallions depicting a scene wi...
Category
Late 19th Century Japanese Antique Meiji Metalwork
Materials
Enamel
$1,400 Sale Price
30% Off
Antique Japanese Meiji Cloisonne Enamel Tazza Bowl
Located in Long Island City, NY
An antique footed Japanese, Meiji era, enamel over copper tazza bowl. The exterior of the ware is covered with polychrome enamel panels with blossoming flowers surrounded by floral, ...
Category
Late 18th Century Japanese Antique Meiji Metalwork
Materials
Enamel, Copper
$2,250 Sale Price
50% Off
Large Antique Japanese Cloisonne Enamel Black Hawk in Cherry Blossom Tree Charge
Located in Long Island City, NY
An antique Japanese late Meiji era decorative enamel over copper charger plate. The interior of the plate is adorned with a polychrome image of a hawk seated on a sakura tree branch,...
Category
Late 19th Century Japanese Antique Meiji Metalwork
Materials
Enamel, Copper
Antique Japanese Cloisonne Enamel Butterfly and Insect Plate Charger
Located in Long Island City, NY
An antique Japanese late Meiji era decorative enamel over copper plate or charger. The interior of the plate is adorned with a polychrome design of butterflies surrounded by sakura f...
Category
Late 19th Century Japanese Antique Meiji Metalwork
Materials
Copper, Enamel
High Quality Meiji Japanese Cloisonne Enamel Plate Autumn Leaves Chrysanthemum F
Located in Long Island City, NY
A high quality antique Japanese, late Meiji era, enamel plate. The interior of the plate is adorned with a polychrome enamel image of a case with autumn leaves and Chrusantemum flowe...
Category
Late 19th Century Japanese Antique Meiji Metalwork
Materials
Enamel
$1,170 Sale Price
35% Off
Antique Japanese Cloisonne Enamel Gold Stone Coffee Set
Located in Long Island City, NY
An antique Japanese coffee service. Early Meiji period, after 1868. A total of three items including a coffee pot, a creamer, and a sugar bowl. Copper, polychrome cloisonne enamel de...
Category
Late 19th Century Japanese Antique Meiji Metalwork
Materials
Enamel
Antique Japanese Singing Bowl Brown Hammered Divots C5
Located in Somis, CA
A beautiful early 20th century Japanese singing bowl of C5 tone, exhibiting rows of hand hammered divots, deliberate yet free, design with restra...
Category
20th Century Japanese Meiji Metalwork
Materials
Bronze
$255 Sale Price / set
32% Off
19th Century Japanese cloisonné Bowl with Fish Attributed to Hattori Tadasaburo
Located in Long Island City, NY
An antique Japanese copper plate with cloisonne enamel design. Late Meiji era, ca. 1910s. The piece depicts two carp fish among seaweed against the light blue background. Attributed ...
Category
19th Century Japanese Antique Meiji Metalwork
Materials
Enamel, Copper
Antique Japanese Mixed Metals Copper
Silver Usubata Ikebana Flower Vase
Located in Philadelphia, PA
A fine antique Japanese flower vase.
In hand-hammered copper (or possibly a thin-bodied bronze) with applied silver bands to rim, footrim, shaped edge, and with a lotus petal border at the joint of neck and body.
Having the usubata form with a wide flared neck and mouth.
The 'usubata' vase is a form favored for large scale floral arrangements by the Ikenobo school, the oldest and largest school of Japanese ikebana founded in the 15th century by Buddhist monk Senno Ikenobo. It is believed that the wide and shallow rim of an usubata vase which displays the surface of the water best imitates natural conditions of growth while also contributing to the longevity of an arrangement with the increased surface area of the water better oxygenating the plants.
The base retains still retains hand-hammered marks.
There is evidence of seams and folds throughout from the construction, and the surface has a cloud-like brown patina throughout.
Simply a wonderful Japanese mixed metal vase...
Category
Late 19th Century Japanese Antique Meiji Metalwork
Materials
Silver, Copper
Rare Antique Japanese Meiji Cloisonne Enamel Water Dropper
Located in Long Island City, NY
An antique Japanese copper water dropper with cloisonne enamel design. Meiji period, 1868 to 1913. Cylinder shape, moveable top handle. Polychrome floral pattern against the dark gre...
Category
Late 19th Century Japanese Antique Meiji Metalwork
Materials
Copper, Enamel
$780 Sale Price
35% Off
Large Meiji Japanese Cloisonne Enamel Dueling Dragons Pink Butterfly Tray
Located in Long Island City, NY
A large antique Japanese, late Meiji era, enamel over brass tray. The tray is enameled with a polychrome medallion depicting a butterfly surrounded by floral and foliage patterns, an...
Category
Late 19th Century Japanese Antique Meiji Metalwork
Materials
Brass, Enamel
Japanese Bronze Censer
Located in Astoria, NY
Japanese Bronze Censer, late 19th century, the globular pierced top with hinged door, on integral base cast with a dragon and turtles, previously mounted as lamp. 13.5" H x 7.25" W x...
Category
Late 19th Century Japanese Antique Meiji Metalwork
Materials
Bronze
$1,800
Japanese Damascene Belt Buckle
Located in Hamilton, Ontario
Meiji period silver Japanese damascene belt buckle with gold inlay.
Category
Early 20th Century Japanese Meiji Metalwork
Antique Japanese bronze incense burner, in the form of a bird
Located in Point Richmond, CA
Antique Japanese bronze incense burner, in the form of a bird perched on one foot on a tall rocky outcropping, the bird’s head l...
Category
Late 19th Century Japanese Antique Meiji Metalwork
Materials
Bronze
Japanese Usubata Ikebana Vessel, c. 1900
Located in Chicago, IL
This early 20th century iron vessel is a Meiji-era vase designed especially for ikebana, the Japanese art of floral arrangement. The two-piece vase was cast in the classical usubata (thin rim) form, with a broad, flat top with an upturned lip. Usubata vessels are typically cast of bronze and have been used in ikebana arrangements since the 16th century. The broad rim of this usubata vase...
Category
Early 20th Century Japanese Meiji Metalwork
Materials
Iron
Japanese Meiji Bronze Basketweave Pattern Sake Pot
Located in Bishop
s Stortford, Hertfordshire
An exceptional quality Japanese Meiji bronze sake pot decorated with a basket weave patterning dating between 1868 and 1912 and probably made around 1890. The...
Category
1890s Japanese Antique Meiji Metalwork
Materials
Bronze
$692 Sale Price
35% Off
Japanese Meiji Twin Handled Bronze Vase with Silver, Brass
Copper Inlay
Located in Bishop
s Stortford, Hertfordshire
A fine antique Japanese Meiji twin handled bronze vase decorated with floral designs in silver, brass and copper inlay dating from the 19th century...
Category
19th Century Japanese Antique Meiji Metalwork
Materials
Silver, Brass, Bronze, Copper
Japanese okimono sculpture of a lying puppy with its head facing its rear
Located in PARIS, FR
Bronze okimono sculpture with a deep brown patina, of a lying puppy, probably of shiba inu breed, represented with its head facing its rear. This kind of subject is common in traditi...
Category
Late 19th Century Japanese Antique Meiji Metalwork
Materials
Bronze
Antique Edo/Meiji 19C Wildboar / Sanglier Okimono Bronze Japanese Japan
Located in Amsterdam, Noord Holland
Nicely made Okimono.
Good condition, just some ware.
Size: 14.5x9.8CM LengthxHeight
Condition
Good condition, just some ware. Size: 14.5x9.8CM LengthxHeight
Period
19th century
Category
19th Century Japanese Antique Meiji Metalwork
Materials
Porcelain
Pair Fine Antique 19th Century Japanese Meiji Cloisonné Double Gourd Vases 1890
Located in Portland, OR
A very good pair of antique Japanese Meiji period cloisonné vases, circa 1890.
This is a very handsome pair of antique double gourd shaped cloisonné vases, one with a blue ground the...
Category
1890s Japanese Antique Meiji Metalwork
Materials
Copper, Enamel
A Large Japanese Cast Bronze Censer, Meiji Period, Late 19th Century
Located in ARMADALE, VIC
A Large Japanese Cast Bronze Censer, Meiji Period, Late 19th Century
Description:
Of circular form with a flat rim, decorated with mythical creature ring handles and a band of ourob...
Category
Late 19th Century Japanese Antique Meiji Metalwork
Materials
Bronze
Set of 19th Century Meiji Era Ornate Etched Bronze Kagami Hand Mirrors, Japan
Located in North Miami, FL
Set of 19th century Meiji Era ornate etched bronze kagami hand mirrors, Japan
By: unknown
Material: bronze, copper, tin, metal
Technique: cast, molded, patinated, polished, metalwor...
Category
19th Century Japanese Antique Meiji Metalwork
Materials
Metal, Bronze, Copper, Tin
Antique Signed Japanese Meiji Period Mixed Metals Bronze Double Gourd Form Vase
Located in Philadelphia, PA
A fine antique Japanese bronze vase.
From the Meiji Period.
With copper and silver floral and vine and butterfly inlay as well a kanji symbol to the neck (possibly a stylized f...
Category
Early 20th Century Japanese Meiji Metalwork
Materials
Silver, Bronze, Copper
Pair Antique Edo/Meiji 19th c Vases Bronze Japanese Heavy elephant ears
Located in Amsterdam, Noord Holland
Nicely made and carved pair of Bronze vases.
Condition
just some ware and some small scratches/dents. As pictures Size: 16CM high
Period
19th century
Category
19th Century Japanese Antique Meiji Metalwork
Materials
Porcelain
$1,116 Sale Price
20% Off
JAPAN 1890-1900 Meiji Period Decorative Six-sided Vase In Cloisonné Enamel
Located in Miami, FL
Japanese vase from the Meiji Period (1868-1912).
This is a beautiful antique decorative vase created in the imperial Japan during the Meiji period (1868-1912), circa 1890s. It was c...
Category
1890s Japanese Antique Meiji Metalwork
Materials
Gold, Bronze, Enamel
$1,198 Sale Price
20% Off
Antique Japanese Bronze Boat Flower Arranging Container
Located in Point Richmond, CA
Antique Japanese bronze hanging flower arranging container in the shape of a boat, sharp angular form with flat bottom hull base and center water receptacle sitting within a removabl...
Category
Late 19th Century Japanese Antique Meiji Metalwork
Materials
Bronze
A Large Japanese Cast Bronze Censer, Meiji Period, Late 19th Century
Located in ARMADALE, VIC
A Large Japanese Cast Bronze Censer, Meiji Period, Late 19th Century
Description:
Of circular form with a flat rim, decorated with mythical creature ring handles and a band of ourob...
Category
Late 19th Century Japanese Antique Meiji Metalwork
Materials
Bronze
Japanese Wireless Musen Cloisonne Vase by Ando Jubei
By Ando Jubei
Located in Atlanta, GA
A Japanese cloisonne vase in bottle-form made by Ando Jubei (1876-1963) circa 1910-20s (late Meiji to Taisho period). The vase features a completely smooth surface without showing any wire. The technique is known as Musen (hidden wire) in Japanese and was notoriously difficult to perfect, especially with piece like this with a relatively large continuous surface. The beguiling effect is to use enamel to mimic porcelain or even jade. This vase, with its ultra smooth surface and soft yellow color (Yellow was often associated with Japanese imperial household...
Category
Early 20th Century Japanese Meiji Metalwork
Materials
Silver, Enamel
Pair 19th Century Meiji Japanese Usabata Ikebana Bronze Vases
Located in New York, NY
Pair of antique (late 19th century) Meiji period Japanese usabata ikebana vases crafted in four sections and measuring an impressive 18 3/4 inches tall. Each with cartouches depicti...
Category
Late 19th Century Japanese Antique Meiji Metalwork
Materials
Bronze
Antique Japanese Cloisonne Enamel Goldstone Pink Geometric Patterns Charger Plat
Located in Long Island City, NY
An antique Japanese enamel over copper plate or charger. The interior of the plate is adorned with a polychrome enamel medallion with blossoming Chrysanthemum flowers on the light pi...
Category
Late 19th Century Japanese Antique Meiji Metalwork
Materials
Copper, Enamel
$1,950 Sale Price
35% Off
Large Pair of Fine Quality Japanese Bronze Vases Dated 1903 Meiji Period Antique
Located in Wisbech, Cambridgeshire
Antique Very Large Pair of Japanese Bronze Vases - Exquisite Meiji Period Presentation Pieces!
These magnificent Japanese bronze vases, dating back to the Meiji Period and dated 190...
Category
Early 1900s Japanese Antique Meiji Metalwork
Materials
Bronze
$1,906 Sale Price / set
30% Off
Japanese Bronze sculpture representing a puppy lying down
Located in PARIS, FR
Bronze okimono sculpture with a deep brown patina, representing a lying puppy, probably of shiba inu breed. This kind of subject is common in traditional Nippon sculptures, this spec...
Category
Late 19th Century Japanese Antique Meiji Metalwork
Materials
Bronze
Japanese Hammered Copper and Mixed Metal Meiji Period Vase.
Located in Sarasota, FL
Japanese hammered copper and mixed metal inlay Meiji period vase. The vase has a motive of a silver and shaudo dragon in the clouds. Precise execution. Bears signatures on the bottom.
Category
Late 19th Century Japanese Antique Meiji Metalwork
Materials
Silver, Copper
Antique Very Large Pair of Japanese Bronze Vases Meiji Period
Located in Wisbech, Cambridgeshire
Antique very large pair of fine quality Japanese bronze vases C1910 Meiji Period.
Would look amazing in the right location. Rare large size and design.
Overall maximum dimensi...
Category
1910s Japanese Vintage Meiji Metalwork
Materials
Bronze
$1,715 Sale Price / set
30% Off
Articulated iron sculpture or Jizai (articulated) in the form of a butterfly
Located in PARIS, FR
Fine iron jizai of an articulated butterfly with fascinating openwork on its wings. In 1876, the Haitōrei decree was proclaimed, prohibiting the use of swords by anyone other than th...
Category
Late 19th Century Japanese Antique Meiji Metalwork
Materials
Bronze
Jizai Okimono Snake
Located in London, GB
Jizai Okimono – Snake (2025)
Handcrafted Articulated Sculpture – Collector’s Piece
Step into the world of Japanese metal artistry with this one-of-a-kind Jizai Okimono sculpture, cra...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary British Meiji Metalwork
Materials
Steel
$25,941
A pair of Meiji period bronze vases
Located in Lymington, Hampshire
A pair of Meiji period bronze vases, decorated in high relief, one with a pheasant perched on a branch of prunus blossom and the other with two carp swimming under a bough of wisteri...
Category
Early 1800s Japanese Antique Meiji Metalwork
Materials
Bronze
$5,732 / set
Japanese Meiji Period Cloisonne Bowl
Located in Hamilton, Ontario
Japanese Meiji period cloisonne bowl.
Category
19th Century Japanese Antique Meiji Metalwork
Bronze okimono sculpture of a huge cicada lying on a bamboo segment
Located in PARIS, FR
Huge bronze sculpture in the form of a cicada standing on a bamboo segement. This type of sculpture of small dimensions with a flat base is generally used by calligraphs to maintain ...
Category
Late 20th Century Japanese Meiji Metalwork
Materials
Bronze
Meiji metalwork for sale on 1stDibs.
Find a broad range of unique Meiji metalwork for sale on 1stDibs. Many of these items were first offered in the Mid-20th Century, but contemporary artisans have continued to produce works inspired by this style. If you’re looking to add vintage metalwork created in this style to your space, the works available on 1stDibs include asian art and furniture, decorative objects, serveware, ceramics, silver and glass and other home furnishings, frequently crafted with metal, bronze and other materials. If you’re shopping for used Meiji metalwork made in a specific country, there are Asia, East Asia, and Japan pieces for sale on 1stDibs. While there are many designers and brands associated with original metalwork, popular names associated with this style include Ando Jubei, Eisuke Miyao, Hayashi Kodenji Studio, and Inaba Cloisonne Co.. It’s true that these talented designers have at times inspired knockoffs, but our experienced specialists have partnered with only top vetted sellers to offer authentic pieces that come with a buyer protection guarantee. Prices for metalwork differ depending upon multiple factors, including designer, materials, construction methods, condition and provenance. On 1stDibs, the price for these items starts at $200 and tops out at $113,520 while the average work can sell for $4,200.
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