Meiji Decorative Objects
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
Early Meiji Period Japanese Cloisonne Enamel Bulbous Vase with Geometric Pattern
Located in Long Island City, NY
An antique Japanese copper vase with cloisonne enamel design against a bright turquoise background. Meiji period.
The vase is of a bulbous shape with a long fluted neck. Birds flyin...
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Late 19th Century Japanese Antique Meiji Decorative Objects
Materials
Enamel, Copper
$1,300 Sale Price
35% Off
Antique Early Meiji Japanese Cloisonne Enamel Translucent Floral Red Vase
Located in Long Island City, NY
Antique Early Meiji Japanese Cloisonne Enamel Translucent Floral Red Vase
An antique Japanese copper vase with polychrome cloisonne enamel design. Early Meiji period, ca. 1870s. Sli...
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19th Century Japanese Antique Meiji Decorative Objects
Materials
Copper, Enamel
Antique Early Meiji Japanese Cloisonne Vase in the Style of Namikawa
Located in Long Island City, NY
An antique Japanese early Meiji period cloisonne vase, attributed to the master artisan Namikawa Yasuyuki. Boasts a striking baluster shape adorned with phoenix birds, intricate foli...
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Late 19th Century Japanese Antique Meiji Decorative Objects
Materials
Enamel
Hand Woven Rice Basket with Wooden Frame and Handle
Located in Los Angeles, CA
A hand woven and hand crafted Rice Basket. Woven with Rattan and framed in wood with bamboo. A very solid and well thought out and well made piece, late 19th / Early 20th Century Basket.
While it could be used for practical purposes, we like to use these baskets for decor on or under console tables, on kitchen shelves...
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Late 19th Century Chinese Antique Meiji Decorative Objects
Materials
Cane, Raffia, Rattan, Wood
Pair Of Early Meiji Japanese Cloisonne Enamel Brush Pots
Located in Long Island City, NY
A pair of antique Japanese cloisoone enamel brush pots, Meiji era, 1868 to 1912. The exterior of both matched pieces is enameled with polychrome enamel blossoming flowers and butterf...
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Late 19th Century Japanese Antique Meiji Decorative Objects
Materials
Enamel
$540 Sale Price / set
55% Off
Japanese Cloisonne Wireless Mount Fuji and Wire Cranes
Located in Long Island City, NY
An antique Japanese, late Meiji period, Silver wire and enamel vase. The urn shaped vase has a narrow fluted neck. The ware is enameled with a polychrome image of cranes in the Mount...
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Late 19th Century Japanese Antique Meiji Decorative Objects
Materials
Enamel
$3,600 Sale Price
40% Off
19th Century Imari Porcelain Baluster Vase with Dragon Relief Decoration Japan
Located in Beuzevillette, FR
Very beautiful baluster-shaped ribbed vase in Japanese porcelain decorated with birds and flowers, in cobalt blue, iron red and white colors. Two sides of the vase are decorated with...
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19th Century Japanese Antique Meiji Decorative Objects
Materials
Porcelain
$1,076 Sale Price
25% Off
High Quality Antique Meiji Japanese Cloisonne Enamel Vase Kyoto School
Located in Long Island City, NY
A high quality antique Japanese, late Meiji period, enamel over brass bud vase. The vase has an amphora shaped body and a narrow fluted neck. The...
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Late 19th Century Japanese Antique Meiji Decorative Objects
Materials
Brass, Enamel
Antique Japanese Porcelain Meiji Period Arita Boat Shaped Blue And White Bowl
Located in Amsterdam, Noord Holland
Sharing with you this unusual and magnificent bowl from the Meiji period (19th century). It has a very interesting and lovely blue scene
Unmarked at the base.
Additional information...
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19th Century Japanese Antique Meiji Decorative Objects
Materials
Porcelain
$270 Sale Price
20% Off
Large Japanese Tiger in Patinated Bronze, Signed. MEIJI / TAISHO
By Kosai Taisho
Located in Kastrup, DK
Japanese tiger in reddish brown patinated bronze with glass eyes.
Signed.
Made in very high quality on original plinth root wood.
Meiji period 1852-1912.
Category
Early 20th Century Japanese Meiji Decorative Objects
Materials
Bronze
Japanese Porcelain Dish or Plate hand painted wheels, Meiji Period circa 1870
Located in Lincoln, Lincolnshire
This is a good quality and very decorative Japanese porcelain dish or plate, which we date to the Meiji period, circa 1870.
The dish is well potted on a low foot with a frilled wav...
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19th Century Japanese Antique Meiji Decorative Objects
Materials
Porcelain
Japanese Satsuma Vase Landscape Figural Decoration Marked, 19th Century
Located in Amsterdam, Noord Holland
Fabulous Japanese earthenware Satsuma Vase with nice decoration of a landscape with figures. Meiji period, 19th c.
Lovely piece.
Additional information:
Material: Porcelain & Potte...
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19th Century Japanese Antique Meiji Decorative Objects
Materials
Porcelain
Pair of Antique Meiji Japanese Cloisonne Silver Wire Enamel Vases Blossoming Gar
Located in Long Island City, NY
A pair of antique Japanese, late Meiji period, silver wire enamel vases. Each vase has an amphora shaped body and a fluted neck. The wares are enameled with a polychrome image of a p...
Category
Late 19th Century Japanese Antique Meiji Decorative Objects
Materials
Enamel
Japanese Contemporary Gold Red Purple Blue Porcelain Vase by Master Artist, 4
Located in Takarazuka, JP
Contemporary Japanese dimpled decorative porcelain vase, a stunning piece gilded and hand painted by highly acclaimed porcelain artist of Japan’s Imari-Arita region. The artist is th...
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21st Century and Contemporary Japanese Meiji Decorative Objects
Materials
Gold
Japanese Satsuma Bowl Landscape Figural Decoration Marked, 19th Century
Located in Amsterdam, Noord Holland
Fabulous Japanese earthenware Satsuma bowl with nice decoration of a landscape with figures. Meiji period, 19th c.
Lovely piece.
Additional information:
Material: Porcelain & Pott...
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20th Century Japanese Meiji Decorative Objects
Materials
Porcelain
Antique Japanese Cloisonne Enamel Lotus Flower Bowl
Located in Long Island City, NY
An antique Japanese cloisonne enamel bowl crafted during the Meiji period. The bowl is designed in the shape of a lotus flower, a revered symbol of purity and enlightenment in Japane...
Category
Early 20th Century Japanese Meiji Decorative Objects
Materials
Enamel
Japanese Antique Wooden Candle Stick / Folk Art Object / 1868-1912s / WabiSabi
Located in Iwate-gun Shizukuishi-cho, Iwate Prefecture
This is an old Japanese Wooden candlestick.
It seems to be around the Meiji period.
The expression of the pile of soot is powerful, and the traces of wax dripping remain intact.
It...
Category
Late 19th Century Japanese Antique Meiji Decorative Objects
Materials
Iron
Japanese Woven Bamboo Tabako-bon, c. 1900
Located in Chicago, IL
This woven basket is actually a Japanese tabako-bon, or 'tobacco tray,' used as a portable hibachi for lighting tobacco pipes. Believed to have evolved from the traditional accessories of Japanese incense ceremony, tabako-bons first came into use in the 17th century and were often beautifully decorated to display one's wealth and status. This tabako-bon is woven of smoked bamboo and features a ceramic...
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Early 20th Century Japanese Meiji Decorative Objects
Materials
Ceramic, Bamboo
Antique Japanese Porcelain Meiji Arita Boys Figural Polychrome Dish, 19th C
Located in Amsterdam, Noord Holland
Sharing with you this unusual and magnificent plate from the Meiji period (19th century). It has a very interesting and lovely polychrome scene of different figures in a garden/pond ...
Category
19th Century Japanese Antique Meiji Decorative Objects
Materials
Porcelain
$634 Sale Price
20% Off
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...
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Late 19th Century Japanese Antique Meiji Decorative Objects
Materials
Silver, Copper
Large Pair of High Quality Japanese Cloisonne Goldstone Enamel Vases Sparrows in
Located in Long Island City, NY
A pair of large high quality Japanese enamel over brass vases
The sphere shaped vases are covered with polychrome enamel medallions depicting sparrows in blossoming flowers, and Phoe...
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Late 19th Century Japanese Antique Meiji Decorative Objects
Materials
Brass, Enamel
Japanese Contemporary Pink Blue Gold Porcelain Vase by Master Artist, 2
Located in Takarazuka, JP
Exquisite Japanese contemporary decorative porcelain vase, extremely intricately gilded and hand painted on a beautifully shaped ovoid body in fine porcelain in different shades of b...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Japanese Meiji Decorative Objects
Materials
Gold
Large Antique Meiji Japanese Cloisonne Enamel Barrel Vase with Butterflies
Located in Long Island City, NY
A large antique Japanese copper vase with cloisonne enamel design. Barrel shape. Floral ornaments and central butterfly motif against the turquoise blue background.
Late 19th Century...
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Late 19th Century Japanese Antique Meiji Decorative Objects
Materials
Enamel, Copper
Pair Japanese Bronze Vases Egret Handle Decoration, c1890
Located in Cheltenham, GB
A stylish pair of Japanese vases of the Meiji period with egret handle dual tone decoration.
Some tiny indentations and slight rubbing to extremities.
Condition commensurate wi...
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Late 19th Century Japanese Antique Meiji Decorative Objects
Materials
Bronze
$769 Sale Price
24% Off
Japanese Cloisonne Enamel Double Dragon French Mounted Gilt Bronze Centerpiece
Located in Long Island City, NY
An antique Japanese gilt bronze centerpiece urn or jardiniere with enameled body. Late Meiji period, before 1912. The foot is decorated with sculptural sea creatures. The item has fi...
Category
Late 19th Century Japanese Antique Meiji Decorative Objects
Materials
Enamel, Bronze
$1,820 Sale Price
35% Off
Old or Antique Japanese Imari Porcelain Covered Jar or Urn
Located in Philadelphia, PA
A fine Japanese Imari porcelain lidded jar or urn.
Decorated throughout with painted red floral devices with blue underglaze and gilt highlights against a white ground.
Simply ...
Category
20th Century Japanese Meiji Decorative Objects
Materials
Porcelain
Pair of Japanese Kutani Porcelain Vases with Flared Collars, Meiji Period, 19th
Located in NICE, FR
A beautiful pair of signed Japanese porcelain vases dating from the late 19th century (Meiji period, 1868–1912). Each vase features a sl...
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1880s Japanese Antique Meiji Decorative Objects
Materials
Enamel
Japanese Satsuma Vase Landscape Figural Decoration Marked, 19th Century
Located in Amsterdam, Noord Holland
Fabulous Japanese earthenware Satsuma bowl with nice decoration of a landscape with figures. Meiji period, 19th c.
Lovely piece.
Additional information:
Material: Porcelain & Pott...
Category
19th Century Japanese Antique Meiji Decorative Objects
Materials
Porcelain
Japanese Contemporary Green White Blue Porcelain Vase by Master Artist Duo
Located in Takarazuka, JP
Extraordinary Japanese contemporary highly museum quality decorative porcelain vase. This masterpiece is the collaborative work of two brothers and signed by both, highly acclaimed second-generation master porcelain artists of the Imari-Arita region of Japan. The older brother excels in the depiction of breathtaking natural scenes while the younger brother specializes in creating intricate geometric patterns, which in this piece are found in the neck and base of the vase.
It depicts stunning scenes from the famous Japanese Classic literature...
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21st Century and Contemporary Japanese Meiji Decorative Objects
Materials
Gold
$5,250 Sale Price
44% Off
Japanese Contemporary Green Blue Porcelain Vase by Master Artist, 4
Located in Takarazuka, JP
Exceptional Japanese contemporary decorative porcelain vase, stunningly hand painted in yellow, green and blue, a signed piece by highly acclaimed master porcelain artist. The artist...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Japanese Meiji Decorative Objects
Materials
Porcelain
Pair Of Antique Decorative Vases, Japanese, Bronze Baluster, Meiji, Victorian
Located in Hele, Devon, GB
This is a pair of antique decorative vases. A Japanese, bronze baluster from the Meiji period, dating to the mid Victorian period, circa 1870.
Strikingly sculpted and finished vases...
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Late 19th Century Japanese Antique Meiji Decorative Objects
Materials
Bronze
Set of Vintage Japanese Famille Rose Style Saucer, 20th Century
Located in Amsterdam, Noord Holland
Vintage Japanese Famille Rose Style Saucer, 20th Century
Additional information:
Material: Porcelain & Pottery
Region of Origin: Japan
Period: 20th century
Japan Dynasty Period: Mei...
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20th Century Japanese Meiji Decorative Objects
Materials
Porcelain
Exceptional Antique 19th c Japanese Porcelain Vase with Birds and Flowers. Red
Located in Amsterdam, Noord Holland
Sharing with you this lovely and well made Vase. The shape and color are truly beautiful.
Country of origin: Japan
Period: 19th century
Condition
Condition. 1 Large hairline. Size: ...
Category
19th Century Asian Antique Meiji Decorative Objects
Materials
Porcelain
$1,676 Sale Price
63% Off
Japanese Black Platinum Gold Porcelain Vase by Contemporary Master Artist, 1
Located in Takarazuka, JP
Contemporary Japanese porcelain vase, hand painted showcasing a dramatic dragon set against a dimpled black background, a signed piece from the signature dragon collection by highly ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Japanese Meiji Decorative Objects
Materials
Gold, Platinum
Antique Japanese Bronze Vase Meiji Period
Located in Wisbech, Cambridgeshire
Japanese Meiji period bronze vase with bird and foliage decoration and elephant handles, circa 1900.
Would look amazing in the right location. The very best color and patina.
Overa...
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19th Century Antique Meiji Decorative Objects
Materials
Bronze
$951 Sale Price
30% Off
Antique Meiji Period Japanese Wall Dish with Quails Bronze Flowers, 19th Century
Located in Amsterdam, Noord Holland
Lovely and beautifully made piece with different kind of flowers and birds on a tree bark base.
Cloisonné is an enamelling technique in which the pattern is formed by wires soldered...
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19th Century Japanese Antique Meiji Decorative Objects
Materials
Bronze
$1,271 Sale Price
20% Off
Meiji Japanese Yamashita Fish Figure Bird Mountain Porcelain Plate, 19th Century
Located in Amsterdam, Noord Holland
Beautiful Japanese porcelain plate with a high quality scene of a landscape with figures, birds and fish. Details are amazing.
22-2-19-21-6
Additional information:
Material: Porcel...
Category
20th Century Japanese Meiji Decorative Objects
Materials
Porcelain
$668 Sale Price
20% Off
Japanese Contemporary Yellow Blue Orange Porcelain Vase by Master Artist, 2
Located in Takarazuka, JP
Extraordinary Japanese Contemporary museum-quality decorative porcelain vase with an exceptional story, stunningly hand-painted in vivid yellow, red and blue on an exquisitely shaped...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Japanese Meiji Decorative Objects
Materials
Gold
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...
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19th Century Japanese Antique Meiji Decorative Objects
Materials
Silver, Brass, Bronze, Copper
Great Wood Carving Lion Figurine / 1868-1920 / Rare Item
Located in Sammu-shi, Chiba
This looks like an old copperware, but it is a wood carving work.
It is glossy because it is finished with black lacquer.
It is a very delicate and beautiful sculpture.
The expression of the lion is cool.
Also, the sculpture on the tail is wonderful.
It is thought that it was carved on wood such as Japanese cypress.
The name of the engraver is also engraved.
The name "Kichitaro" is engraved.
I don't know the details of this person.
There are also small cracks and defects.
There is a loss in the lower part of his right ear and part of his tail.
And there are lacquer cracks and wood cracks.
This is an old one, so there is something like this.
Also, in the case of Japanese and Chinese lions, a ball is attached to the left hand, but this is missing.
However, it is a work that is quite impressive.
It is a rare item...
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19th Century Japanese Antique Meiji Decorative Objects
Materials
Wood
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...
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Early 20th Century Japanese Meiji Decorative Objects
Materials
Silver, Bronze, Copper
Monumental Japanese Sake Vessel, c. 1850
Located in Chicago, IL
This elegant, large-scale vessel is a Japanese widemouth stoneware jar (kame) traditionally used for storing water and other liquids. This 19th-century example continues traditional ...
Category
Mid-19th Century Japanese Antique Meiji Decorative Objects
Materials
Porcelain, Stoneware
Antique Japanese Bronze Cloisonné Vase with Colors Butterflies, 19th Century
Located in Amsterdam, Noord Holland
Lovely vase
Additional information:
Material: Bronze & Metal
Primary Material: Bronze & Cloisonne
Region of Origin: Japan
Period: 19th century
Japan Dynasty Period: Meiji Period (18...
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19th Century Japanese Antique Meiji Decorative Objects
Materials
Bronze
Contemporary Japanese Hand-Glazed Red Purple Porcelain Vase by Master Artist, 2
Located in Takarazuka, JP
Mesmerizing Japanese contemporary hand-glazed decorative porcelain vase in opulent signature wine red and stunning signature shape, a masterpiece by highly acclaimed master of the "...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Japanese Meiji Decorative Objects
Materials
Porcelain
$3,375 Sale Price
50% Off
Japanese Contemporary Black Red Blue Hand-Glazed Porcelain Vase by Master Artist
Located in Takarazuka, JP
Exceptional large Japanese contemporary hand-glazed decorative porcelain vase, an exhibition masterpiece in black, brown, and the artist's stunning signature red and blue, titled "Da...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Japanese Meiji Decorative Objects
Materials
Porcelain
$11,700 Sale Price
40% Off
Japanese Contemporary Blue White Gold Porcelain Vase by Master Artist, 3
Located in Takarazuka, JP
Extraordinary Japanese contemporary decorative porcelain vase, painstakingly intricately gilded and hand painted in a mesmerizing deep blue in various shades on a stunning globular b...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Japanese Meiji Decorative Objects
Materials
Gold
Pair Japanese Bronze Meiji Era Vases with Multiple Birds on Branches Signed
Located in Ann Arbor, MI
Pair Japanese Bronze Meiji Era vases with multiple birds on branches very detailed with multiple ways to display. Both vases are signed as shown.
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Early 1900s Japanese Antique Meiji Decorative Objects
Materials
Bronze
Japanese Blue White Porcelain Charger by Master Artist, 2
Located in Takarazuka, JP
Exquisite Japanese contemporary museum-quality porcelain charger, extremely intricately hand-painted masterpiece hand-painted in blue underglaze in various shades of blue on a stunni...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Japanese Meiji Decorative Objects
Materials
Porcelain
Japanese Meiji Bronze Okimono of a Wild Boar by Akasofu Gyokko
Located in Shippensburg, PA
An exquisite Japanese sculpture of a Wild Boar from the Meiji period (1868-1912) raised over a fine carved and lacquered hardwood base. Finely cast, expertly chiseled and chased with...
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19th Century Japanese Antique Meiji Decorative Objects
Materials
Bronze
Japanese Contemporary Blue Purple Porcelain Vase by Master Artist, 4
Located in Takarazuka, JP
Exquisite contemporary Japanese decorative porcelain vase, extremely intricately hand painted in various shades of blue and purple It is lavishly decorated with intricate gold detail...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Japanese Meiji Decorative Objects
Materials
Gold
A very fine Meiji period cloisonné box and cover with brocade designs, by Hayash
Located in Lymington, Hampshire
A very fine Meiji period cloisonné box and cover with brocade designs, by Hayashi Tanigoro, worked in silver wire and coloured enamels with geometric and stylised dragon and phoenix ...
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Late 19th Century Japanese Antique Meiji Decorative Objects
Materials
Ceramic
Japanese Miniature Satsuma Vase Yabu Meizan Meiji
By Yabu Meizan
Located in Atlanta, GA
A small Satsuma vase from the studio of Yabu Meizan (birth name Yabu Masashichi; 1853-1934), who is one of the most celebrated and collectible Satsu...
Category
Early 1900s Japanese Antique Meiji Decorative Objects
Materials
Ceramic
Large Japanese Lacquer Pedestal Bowl and Cover with Mon, Meiji Period, Japan
Located in Austin, TX
A large Japanese black lacquer and maki-e lacquer decorated footed pedestal bowl and cover featuring the Fujiwara mon, Meiji Period, circa 1900, J...
Category
Early 1900s Japanese Antique Meiji Decorative Objects
Materials
Lacquer
Old Wooden Netsuke Japanese Frog Figure Meiji Period, 19/20th Century
Located in Amsterdam, Noord Holland
Lovely and very detailed piece. Unsigned. Japan 19th or 20th century.
Weight: 8 grams
Provenance: Collected in the 1980’s. From the collection of Clemens Merkelbach van Enkhuizen...
Category
20th Century Japanese Meiji Decorative Objects
Materials
Wood
Pair of Old or Antique Japanese Imari Porcelain Soap Dishes
Located in Philadelphia, PA
A pair of fine antique Japanese Imari porcelain soap dishes
Decorated throughout with floral devices in underglaze blue, iron-red paint, and gilding.
...
Category
Early 20th Century Japanese Meiji Decorative Objects
Materials
Porcelain
Large Japanese Satsuma Ceramic Vase Kinkozan
By Kinkozan
Located in Atlanta, GA
A large Japanese ceramic vase from the end of Meiji period circa 1890-1910s by Kinkozan (1645-1927). One of the largest studio manufacturers of the export ceramics at the time based in Kyoto. In the typical style of satsuma made at the turn of 20th century, the vase is elaborately decorated with a rather unusual kinran-de (gold paint) and green enamel highlight on a mottled brown background. The painterly decoration depicts a large seasonal floral arrangement in a circular fashion. Besides the obviously superb craftsmanship, what sets this particular vase apart from many lower quality and mass-produced pieces is its tone-on-tone color pallet that is visually somber and the small and sensitive details that heralds the change of the seasons. When the viewer goes beyond the first casual glimpse of the blossom and foliage, one would notice that on the edges of certain leaves as well as along the stalks, there accumulates a very thin layer of the white dust that represents the frost. The flower in bloom are chrysanthemums. Despite of being splendid, they are the messengers of the autumn. The large lotus leaf was subtly rendered in a bended and slightly withered manner, just past its prime. Although the lotus is still in bloom, the prominent seed pod indicates it may be the last for the season. The sentimental capture of the change of the seasons is not unusual in Japanese art. This vase poetically represents such a subtle transition from summer to fall, perhaps depicting the very first frost.
The neck of the vase is also slightly unusual with two rolled rings...
Category
Early 20th Century Japanese Meiji Decorative Objects
Materials
Ceramic
Japanese Bronze Vase on Tripod Base, Signed
Located in Stamford, CT
A fine Japanese bronze ikebana vase decorated with a landscape of trees and mountains, a house with tiled roof in the foreground. A heavy ...
Category
Early 19th Century Japanese Antique Meiji Decorative Objects
Materials
Bronze
Japanese Meiji Period Bronze Tiger with Cub
Located in Kastrup, DK
Japanese Meiji period (1868-1912) patinated bronze sculpture of a tiger with cub.
Mounted on a carved hardwood base decorated with foliage.
High...
Category
19th Century Japanese Antique Meiji Decorative Objects
Materials
Bronze
19th Century Japanese Flower Arranging Ikebana Basket
Located in Germantown, MD
A rare Meiji Japanese flower arranging ikebana basket. Hancrafted and handwoven in split bamboo skins and vines roots. Great antique condition.
Measur...
Category
19th Century Japanese Antique Meiji Decorative Objects
Materials
Reed, Wood
Meiji Period Bronze Dragon Form Candelabrum a Pair
Located in Philadelphia, PA
In two separate pieces, these bronze whimsical dragons hold a four arm candleholder in their mouths and a crystal ball in their claws.
Category
Late 19th Century Asian Antique Meiji Decorative Objects
Materials
Bronze
Meiji decorative objects for sale on 1stDibs.
Find a broad range of unique Meiji decorative objects for sale on 1stDibs. Many of these items were first offered in the 21st Century and Contemporary, but contemporary artisans have continued to produce works inspired by this style. If you’re looking to add vintage decorative objects created in this style to your space, the works available on 1stDibs include decorative objects, asian art and furniture, serveware, ceramics, silver and glass and other home furnishings, frequently crafted with metal, ceramic and other materials. If you’re shopping for used Meiji decorative objects 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 decorative objects, popular names associated with this style include Satsuma, Ando Jubei, Kinkozan, 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 decorative objects differ depending upon multiple factors, including designer, materials, construction methods, condition and provenance. On 1stDibs, the price for these items starts at $83 and tops out at $98,000 while the average work can sell for $2,518.
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