1890s Sculptures and Carvings

Japanese Meiji period netsuke. of a Yamabushi. This is an exceedingly beautiful and intricate carved netsuke, created during the imperial Japan in the Meiji period, back in he 1890....

A Very large Buddha in the Rattanakosin style, also known as the Bangkok style, in lacquered and gilded bronze. There is a strong Burmese influence with the presence of numerous inla...

Meiji period okimono of Daikoku. This is a beautiful okimono sculpture, created in the late 19th century during the imperial Japan in the Meiji era period, back in he 1895. The rare okimono sculpture has been carefully carved in ivory with engraved details. The sculpture depict the standing draped figure of Daikoku, the Japanese god of abundance and good luck. The god Daikoku is carrying-holding a big...

Meiji period okimono of a carpenter. This is a beautiful and magnificent okimono composition, created in the imperial Japan during the Meiji era period, back in he 1890. The rare ok...

Japanese Meiji period okimono. This is a beautiful okimono composition, created in imperial Japan during the Meiji period, back in he 1890. The okimono sculpture has been carefully ...

Japanese Shibayama cards case holder. This is a lovely late 19th century Imperial Japan, Gold lacquer and Shibayama cards case. Created during the the Meiji period (1868-1912), the ...

A Japanese carved sculpture of Daikoku. Magnificent sculpture of the god of the fortune Daikoku, created in Japan during the Meiji period, circa 1890. The carving depicts the Japane...

A large and playful Chinese foo lion or foo dog corbel of carved and polychromed poplar wood, yangmu, late Qing Dynasty, China. The large foo lion h...

Japanese Okimono sculpture of a father and son. Very rare and highly detailed sculpture, created during the meiji period (1868-1912) in the imperial Japan, circa 1890. This sculptural Okimono is very well realized and exceptionally proportionate. Show the figures of a father and a son playing, with happiness and smiling. The father hold a big basket at his back and both personages are wearing kimonos richly engraved. This piece was made from a carving with exceptional craftsmanship and intricate details. This sculpture stand itself on his own base and have all retain of the applied ochre ink accents. Measures: 130 mm by 45 mm by 53.3 mm (5.1 x 1.75 x 2.1 inches). Weight: 81.30 grams. Note: This kind of family scene is very rare to seen in nineteenth century japanese iconography. Okimono Is a Japanese term meaning for display an ornament; art object; or decorative object, usually displayed in a tokonoma or butsudan "Buddhist altar". It is an ornament or figure, especially one placed in a guest room. An okimono may be a small Japanese carving, similar to but larger than a netsuke. Unlike the netsuke, which had a specific purpose, the okimono is exclusively decorative and was displayed in the tokonoma. During the Meiji period, many okimonos were made for export to the West. Meiji Period This is an era of Japanese history that extended from October 23, 1868 to July 30, 1912.The Meiji era was the first half of the Empire of Japan, when the Japanese people moved from being an isolated feudal society at risk of colonization by Western powers to the new paradigm of a modern, industrialized nation state and emergent great power, influenced by Western scientific, technological, philosophical, political, legal, and aesthetic ideas. As a result of such wholesale adoption of radically different ideas, the changes to Japan were profound, and affected its social structure, internal politics, economy, military, and foreign relations...

A Wonderful 19th century hand carved Chinese Coral Sculpture of a Maiden and Child on a Phoenix. The tall hand carved coral maiden is seen stan...

Urn Jar carved from Jadeite jade Qing Dynasty (1644-1911). An exceptional carved antique lidded covered urn, from the late Qing dynasty (1644-1911) period, circa 1890-1910. They were carved from a single solid piece of natural jadeite white jade exhibiting extraordinary skills and very fine details of organic motifs, a small village, a landscape and a two mythological figures at the sides. It is adorned on the sides, with a pair of rings and two sections of chains connected to a decorative element with organic motifs. They are carved from the same material and hang freely from the top of the wooden frame. The urn has a measures of 197 mm by 102 mm by 51 mm (7.75 x 4 x 2 Inches) and the both parts of the chains raise Inches. The Qing dynasty, officially the Great Qing, was the Manchu-led last dynasty in the imperial history of China. It was proclaimed in 1636 in Manchuria (modern-day Northeast China), in 1644 entered Beijing, extended its rule to cover all of China proper, and then extended the empire into Central Asia. The dynasty lasted until 1912. In orthodox Chinese historiography, the Qing dynasty was preceded by the Ming dynasty and succeeded by the Republic of China. The multiethnic Qing empire lasted for almost three centuries and assembled the territorial base for modern China. It was the largest Chinese dynasty and in 1790 the fourth largest empire in world history in terms of territorial size. With a population of 432 million in 1912, it was the world's most populous country at the time. Qing Dynasty decorative arts, many craftsmen worked in the imperial court, producing artifacts for palace use: everything from items of jewelry art to beautiful Chinese lacquerware, including lacquered imperial thrones: see, for instance, the Qing Dynasty Imperial Throne (1775-80, Victoria and Albert Museum, London). The Imperial Household Department managed a number of crafts workshops both within the Forbidden City and outside it. Some of the skilled workers and master craftsmen were on permanent duty, like those in the imperial glass factory established in 1696 under the direction of the German Jesuit Kilian Stumpf (1655-1720). Other experts in gemstones carving, horn and jade sculpture and metallurgy were summoned to Beijing for a specific period of service. Note: Zaichun, Tongzhi Emperor, 1861-1875, Zaitian, Guangxu Emperor, 1875-1908, Puyi, Xuantong Emperor, 1908-1911. Note: The Chinese have revered and carved Jade and Nephrite for generations, and still do. The modern 20th century carvers use all the latest machinery and technology to carve this very hard, brittle material. But all of the antique jade carvings...

An extremely well detailed wood carving of Ebisu, as a fisherman. Beautiful and well detailed sculpture, created in Japan during the Meiji dynastic period (1868-1912) back in the 1890's. This piece represent the god of good fortune Ebisu. Was exceptionally carved and executed from one solid single piece of rose wood, showing a gorgeous face expression, with intricate details in the hands and feets, he's carrying as usual a rod and a fish. Ebisu (yebisu), ???, god of fortune, the ocean and fisherman. In the japanese mythology is one of the seven gods of luck, sichi-fuku-jin, the patron of the fisherman and tradesmen. he is depicted as a bearded, smiling fisherman with formal long court ropes, often carrying a rod in one hand and a tai, symbolic fish of the good luck, in the other. The height is 14.25 inches (36.20 cm) and the base measurements is 6.5 by 6.45 inches (16.5 x 16.38 cm). Meiji period, is an era of Japanese history that extended from October 23, 1868 to July 30, 1912.The Meiji era was the first half of the Empire of Japan, when the Japanese people moved from being an isolated feudal society at risk of colonization by Western powers to the new paradigm of a modern, industrialized nation state and emergent great power, influenced by Western scientific, technological, philosophical, political, legal, and aesthetic ideas. As a result of such wholesale adoption of radically different ideas, the changes to Japan were profound, and affected its social structure, internal politics, economy, military, and foreign...