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1950s Japanese Cranes

Japanese Fine Hand Carved Pair Flying Cranes With Matsu Trees Ranma Screen
Located in South Burlington, VT
pair (2) of finely carved flying cranes among matsu trees executed in kuri (chestnut wood), circa 1950s
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Mid-20th Century Japanese Showa Paintings and Screens

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Wood

"Princess Is Welcoming a Crane, " Mixed Media on Paper - Expressive Drawing
By Ushio Shinohara
Located in Houston, TX
Museum of Contemporary Art; Centre Georges Pompidou; the Guggenheim Museum, New York; the Japan Society
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2010s Abstract Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

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Paper, Acrylic, Gouache

Vintage Japanese Gold Silk Embroidery Wedding Photo Album in Box
Located in North Hollywood, CA
white cranes photo album. Japanese Sanyo white and gold silk embroidery photo album. Beautiful Oriental
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Mid-20th Century Japanese Japonisme Textiles

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Silk, Paper

Untitled Stockholm print, from the Castelli Sonnabend Collection signed/numbered
By Jim Dine
Located in New York, NY
an American artist who rose to prominence in late-1950’s New York. He played a key role in creating
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1970s Pop Art Abstract Prints

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Rag Paper, Screen, Pencil

Purple Hat Ada
By Alex Katz
Located in Miami, FL
TECHNICAL INFORMATION Alex Katz 2017 Archival pigment inks on Crane Museo Max 365 gsm fine art
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2010s Pop Art Prints and Multiples

Materials

Archival Pigment

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Dalmatian Skull – Porcelain Sculpture by Andréason & Leibel, Contemporary
By Andréason & Leibel
Located in Arlöv, SE
A shiny white porcelain figurine/sculpture titled Dalmation is a human skull redefined as a simplistic industrial form. Inglazed dots in different sizes imply the human's best friend...
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2010s Swedish Modern Abstract Sculptures

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Porcelain

Edmé Beauchêne disarticulated human skull with museum provenance, France
Located in Leuven , BE
Edmé François Chauvot de Beauchêne (1780, Île-de-France – 1830, Paris), was a French physician, surgeon and anatomist. He was Chief of l'hopital Saint-Antoine Paris, the Deputy Chief...
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Antique 19th Century French Scientific Instruments

Materials

Brass

Japanese Two-Panel Screen: Egrets in Japanese Red Pine with Gold Ground
Located in Hudson, NY
Seven graceful Egrets perched upon very vibrant pine. Representing strength, luck, and longevity. A harmonious balance in nature. Mineral pigments on Mulberry paper with dark brown ...
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Antique Late 19th Century Japanese Paintings and Screens

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Lacquer, Paper

Rare & Collectable Vintage Chinese Export Hardstone Folding Screen Room Divider
Located in GB
We are delighted to offer for sale this extremely well made and highly collectable Chinese Export circa 1940’s Hardstone room divider folding screen. A truly stunning and exquisit...
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Vintage 1940s Chinese Chinese Export Paintings and Screens

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Stone

Pair of Framed Fine Chinese Antique Embroidery Panels with Forbidden Knots
Located in Atlanta, GA
A pair of framed antique Chinese embroidery textile panels circa 19th century of Qing Dynasty. Each piece features two mirror-matching panels (likely designated to be the sleeves), f...
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Antique 19th Century Chinese Qing Textiles

Materials

Brocade, Silk, Giltwood

Antique Large Hand-Carved Garden Stone, 19th Century
Located in South Burlington, VT
An ideal garden ornament, sturdy weather proof planter display base or a rock solid all weather stone base for a special sculpture. From China, comes this large 20.5 inch rectangu...
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Antique 19th Century Chinese Qing Sculptures and Carvings

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Limestone

Wrapped Reichstag, Contemporary Lithograph by Christo and Jeanne-Claude
By Christo and Jeanne-Claude
Located in Long Island City, NY
Wrapped Reichstag Christo and Jeanne-Claude, Bulgarian (1935–2020) Offset Lithograph, signed in plate Image Size: 31.5 x 24.5 inches Size: 39 x 27.25 in. (99.06 x 69.22 cm) Frame Siz...
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1990s Landscape Prints

Materials

Lithograph

Japanese 2-Panel Furosaki’byôbu 風炉先屏風 'Tea-Ceremony Folding Screen' with Dragons
Located in Amsterdam, NL
A striking low and wide two-panel furosaki’byôbu (tea-ceremony room divider) painted with two bright white dragons (ryû) flying amidst swirling black clouds. The left dragon holds a ...
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Early 20th Century Japanese Paintings and Screens

Materials

Wood, Paper

Japanese Two Panel Screen, Chrysanthemums
Located in Hudson, NY
Beautiful white chrysanthemums are emphasized by heavy gold on a soft floral landscape, while gold clouds create a striking and dream-like floral scene. Gold leaf and gofun with min...
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Antique Early 18th Century Japanese Paintings and Screens

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Gold, Gold Leaf

Japanese Two Panel Screen, Chrysanthemums
Japanese Two Panel Screen, Chrysanthemums
H 22.5 in W 67.5 in D 0.75 in
Vintage Bronze Cast of a Human Skull 1:1, 1950s
Located in Esbjerg, DK
A 1:1 cast model of a human skull in patinated bronze. Its made from a cast of a real human skull, probably female, and is complete with teeth, lower- and upper jaw. This particular ...
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Vintage 1950s European Mid-Century Modern Figurative Sculptures

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Bronze

Vintage Bronze Cast of a Human Skull 1:1, 1950s
Vintage Bronze Cast of a Human Skull 1:1, 1950s
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H 5.52 in W 4.34 in D 8.27 in
20th Century Showa Period Garden Folding Screen Two Panels
Located in Brescia, IT
Oriental Spring Garden: Japanese two-panel screen painted on rice paper from the Showa period.
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Late 20th Century Japanese Showa Paintings and Screens

Materials

Paper

The Wall-Wrapped Roman Wall, Rome, 1974 (Installation, Public Art, Wrapped Art)
By Christo and Jeanne-Claude
Located in Kansas City, MO
Christo & Jeanne Claude The Wall-Wrapped Roman Wall, Rome, 1974 Offset Lithograph After a photograph by Foto Harry Shunk, 1974 Size: 25.2×37.4in Publisher: Poligrafa COA provided Re...
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1970s Modern Landscape Prints

Materials

Offset, Lithograph

Polychrome White Lacquer Hong Kong Chinoiserie Folding Screen Room Divider Birds
Located in Dayton, OH
Vintage Hong Kong Chinoiserie room divider or folding screen featuring a white lacquer ground with a landscape screen of birds / cranes / butterflies amongst the flowering Magnolia t...
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Vintage 1970s Chinoiserie Screens and Room Dividers

Materials

Hardwood, Lacquer

Early 19th Century Medical Science Surgical Specimen
Located in London, GB
Early 19th Century Medical Science Surgical Human Skull Specimen An example of a 19th Century medical science surgical human skull specimen. This specimen is of the top section onl...
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Antique 1850s Unknown Edwardian Scientific Instruments

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Natural Fiber

Japanese Kimono Art / Embroidered Wall Art, the Grateful Crane
Located in Shibuya City, Tokyo
Japanese Kimono Art by Kimono-Couture Title:the Grateful Crane This Japanese Art is made from kimono obi, a traditional Japanese costume. Skilled Japanese craftsmen carefully proces...
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21st Century and Contemporary Japanese Tapestries

Materials

Silk, Thread

Antique Double Sided Japanese Ranma Transom Panels - a Pair
Located in Morristown, NJ
19th/20th c., Antique hand-carved Japanese ramna panels depicting landscapes of black pine trees, temples, mountains and clouds. Likely carved from yaku cedar in the Osaka tradition ...
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Antique Late 19th Century Japanese Meiji Paintings and Screens

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Wood, Cedar

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Japanese Hand Painted Small Sake Cup on Kutani Ware, 1950s
Located in Paris, FR
Beautiful Japanese Kutani ware small sake cup with a gold edge. Representing cranes flying, above
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Mid-20th Century Japanese Showa Antiquities

Materials

Gold

1960s Japanese Metallic Brocade Evening Coat
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Super stunning evening coat circa 1950s. Majestic japanese metallic brocade with crane and floral
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1960s American Coats

1950s Japanese Modern Blue/White Ceramic Hibachi w Cranes, Pine Trees, Mountains
Located in Miami, FL
Lovely blue and white 1950s Japanese ceramic Hibachi with underglaze hand painted decoration of
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Vintage 1950s Japanese Japonisme Decorative Bowls

Materials

Ceramic, Earthenware

1950s Black Silk Satin Evening Coat W/ Japanese Crane Appliqué
Located in Gresham, OR
exquisitely decorated with silver silk floss embroideried flowers and a large Japanese Crane trimmed with red
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1950s American Opera Coats

Japanese Woodblock Print by Kaoru Kawano "Sacred Crane D"
By Kaoru Kawano
Located in Buffalo, NY
An original modern Japanese woodblock print by Kaoru Kawano (1916-1965) titled “Sacred Crane D
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Mid-20th Century Japanese Organic Modern Prints

Materials

Paper

Crane mirror
Located in Douglas Manor, NY
Lacquered framed mirror with painted repousse' oriental motiffe
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Vintage 1950s Japanese More Mirrors

Materials

Wood

Crane mirror
Crane mirror
H 40 in W 30 in
Japanese Fine Antique Hand Carved "Flying Crane & Trees" Screen
Located in South Burlington, VT
flying crane among trees executed in kuri (chestnut wood), circa 1950s. Hand carved and meticulously
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Mid-20th Century Japanese Showa Paintings and Screens

Materials

Wood

Japanese Asian Signed Four-Panel Folding Byobu Screen Cranes in Flight over Sea
Located in Studio City, CA
A gorgeous four-panel Japanese Byobu folding screen depicting a flock of silhouetted cranes/birds
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Mid-20th Century Japanese Showa Paintings and Screens

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Paper, Wood

Torso Creations 2-Piece Bustier and Wrap Crinoline w Vintage Crane Embroidery
By Torso Creations
Located in Gresham, OR
from vintage Japanese crane embroidery and 1950s white mesh crinoline with wired hemline, this set
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21st Century and Contemporary American Lingerie

Antique Japanese Incense Burner with Iron in 1915s Taisho Era
Located in Paris, FR
This incense burner was made in 1950s (Taisho era) in Japan. The design is with cranes (Tsuru in
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Vintage 1910s Japanese Antiquities

Materials

Iron

Pair of Japanese Mixed Metal Table Lamps by Marbro Lamp Company
By The Marbro Lamp Company
Located in San Diego, CA
Gorgeous pair of Japanese mixed metal table lamps by Marbro Lamp Company, circa 1950s. The lamps
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Mid-20th Century American Hollywood Regency Table Lamps

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Brass, Bronze, Copper

Two Figures, c.1960
By Robert de Niro, Sr.
Located in Wilton Manors, FL
form until his death in 1993. Recently, De Niro, Sr.'s work has received renewed attention and, in
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1950s Abstract Expressionist Abstract Paintings

Materials

Mixed Media, Rag Paper

Oversized Crane Form Lacquer Japanese Lidded Box
By Japanese Studio
Located in North Hollywood, CA
Oversized crane form lacquer Japanese lidded box. This box is in the form of a seated crane, his
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Mid-20th Century Japanese Folk Art Decorative Boxes

Materials

Wood

Japanese Fine Antique Hand Carved "Flying Crane & Trees" Screen
Located in South Burlington, VT
flying crane among trees executed in kuri (chestnut wood), circa 1950s. Hand carved and meticulously
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Mid-20th Century Japanese Showa Paintings and Screens

Materials

Wood

Japanese Fine Hand Carved "Flying Crane & Mutra Trees" Ranma Screen
Located in South Burlington, VT
), circa 1950s. In Japan, the crane, or tsuru, is a national treasure and is considered the bird of
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Mid-20th Century Japanese Showa Paintings and Screens

Materials

Wood

Mid-Century Shakudo Crane Cufflinks
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Mid-Century Estate Shakudo Crane Cufflinks Very handsome and distinctive representing Japanese
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Vintage 1950s Cufflinks

Materials

14k Gold, Mixed Metal

Exceptional Embroidered Brocade Vintage Japanese Ceremonial Kimono
Located in Atlanta, GA
A beautiful vintage Uchikake wedding kimono/robe for ceremonial occasion, circa 1930s-1950s in the
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20th Century Japanese Japonisme Textiles

Materials

Brocade, Silk

Japanese Ceremonial Kimono Framed in a Lucite Box
Located in North Hollywood, CA
A vintage Japanese ceremonial kimono, circa 1940-1950, beautifully framed and displayed in a Lucite
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Early 20th Century Japanese Japonisme Decorative Art

Materials

Silk, Lucite

Vintage Red Silk Brocade Japanese Ceremonial Wedding Kimono
Located in North Hollywood, CA
A vintage midcentury red color silk brocade collectable Japanese ceremonial wedding kimono. One
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20th Century Japanese Japonisme Decorative Art

Materials

Silk

Vintage Black Japanese coffee table
Located in New York, NY
A dramatic low black coffee table with stylized design of cranes and clouds in gold on a black
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Vintage 1950s Japanese Furniture

Materials

Wood, Lacquer

Vintage Black Japanese coffee table
Vintage Black Japanese coffee table
H 16 in W 59.5 in D 35.5 in
Origami Crane
Located in Providence, RI
Silver Plated Origami Crane. Japan, circa 1950's. In Japanese culture, the crane represents good
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Vintage 1950s Japanese Mid-Century Modern Metalwork

Origami Crane
Origami Crane
H 3 in W 6 in D 5 in
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Questions About 1950s Japanese Cranes
  • 1stDibs ExpertJune 30, 2023
    Some popular watches for men during the 1950s were the Rolex Submariner, the Enicar Sherpa Dive, the Breitling Navitimer, Omega, Constellation and the Rolex GMT-Master. Rolex, Timex, Orvin, Tower and Elgin were among the top watchmakers for women during the decade. On 1stDibs, find a collection of antique, vintage and contemporary watches.
  • 1stDibs ExpertFebruary 21, 2024
    The clothing style in the 1950s was well tailored and classic. For women, dresses with padded busts, cinched waists and hips, and full circle skirts were popular, and the collared button-up shirt dress came into fashion during the decade. Men tended to wear suits in neutral gray, dark blue and brown colors made out of easy-to-care-for synthetic fabrics. Straight-cut double-breasted blazers were commonly worn for casual occasions. On 1stDibs, explore a variety of vintage clothing from the 1950s.
  • 1stDibs ExpertNovember 21, 2023
    In the 1950s, several diamond cuts were popular. They included the brilliant round cut, the Asscher cut, the emerald cut and the marquise cut. Rings that featured a large central stone flanked by smaller baguettes were also trendy during the decade. Find a collection of vintage diamond jewelry on 1stDibs.
  • 1stDibs ExpertNovember 6, 2023
    There were a few popular diamond cuts in the 1950s. One was the brilliant round cut, which is still common today due to its simple shape and prominent sparkle. Other favorite cuts of the decade included the Asscher cut, the emerald cut and the marquise cut. On 1stDibs, explore a large selection of engagement rings.
  • 1stDibs ExpertNovember 27, 2023
    In the 1950s, a Chanel bag was priced between $200 and $300. The iconic Chanel 2.55 bag cost $220 when first introduced in February 1955. Accounting for inflation, that works out to around $2,536 in today's money. On 1stDibs, find a diverse assortment of Chanel bags from some of the world's top boutiques.