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Antique hanging scroll of Japanese cat/Late Edo-Meiji period/Cat painting
Located in Sammu-shi, Chiba
This is a picture of a cat drawn by a person named "Toshizumi Nitta" from the end of the Edo period
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Late 19th Century Japanese Edo Antique Japanese Cat

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Paper

Japanese Lacquered Maki-E Natsume in Kodaiji Style
Located in Atlanta, GA
and origin place for the famous Japanese cat Jizo. There are many Jisho-ins across Japan, so it is not
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19th Century Japanese Meiji Antique Japanese Cat

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Wood, Lacquer

Kutani porcelain cat, Japan, c. 1900, Meiji Period.
By Kutani Studio
Located in Gargrave, North Yorkshire
Kutani porcelain okimono of a cat, c. 1900. Meiji Period. £490.00 Kutani porcelain okimono, Japan
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1890s Japanese Meiji Antique Japanese Cat

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Porcelain

Japanese Kutani Porcelain Figure of a Sleeping Cat
By Kutani Studio
Located in Downingtown, PA
Japanese Kutani Porcelain Sleeping Cat Figure, Meiji Period, Circa 1910-20 The porcelain model of
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Early 20th Century Japanese Meiji Antique Japanese Cat

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Porcelain

1927 Cat Japanese folk Ema Shrine votive wooden tablet
Located in Chiba, JP
EMA OF CAT – Anonymous Japanese Shinto folk art piece of votive wooden tablet offered for the
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1920s Japanese Antique Japanese Cat

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Wood

Japanese Two Panel Screen: Romping Cats Under Sago Palms
Located in Hudson, NY
Japanese Two Panel Screen: Romping Cats Under Sago Palms Beautifully painted mineral pigments on
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17th Century Japanese Antique Japanese Cat

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Brocade, Paper

Japanese Antique Bronze Cats Pair Hand Cast With Playful Pose
Located in South Burlington, VT
continues to this day. In Japan, there are also cats described as Maneki Neko, also referred to in English
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Early 20th Century Japanese Taisho Antique Japanese Cat

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Bronze

Pair of early 20th c. Japanese Imari Porcelain Lovable Cat Sculptures, Signed
By Imari Porcelain
Located in Leicester, GB
A beautiful pair of Imari porcelain cats. Originating in Japan and dated to the 1920's. This pair
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Early 20th Century Japanese Anglo-Japanese Antique Japanese Cat

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Porcelain

Circa 1920 Japanese Screen. Cat & Mouse Harvest Scene on Gold Silk.
Located in Kyoto, JP
The narrative playfulness of the scene depicted on this Japanese screen sets alight what is at its
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Early 20th Century Japanese Taisho Antique Japanese Cat

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Gold

Japanese Painting, Hanging Scroll, 'Playful Cat' by Hirose Toho, 1920s Taisho
By Hirose Toho
Located in Kyoto, JP
Playful Cat Hirose Toho (1875-1930) Hanging scroll, ink, mineral pigments and gofun on silk
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1920s Japanese Taisho Antique Japanese Cat

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Silk

Japanese Meiji Period Gold White Porcelain Sleeping Cat Sculpture, circa 1910
Located in Takarazuka, JP
Exquisite Meiji period Japanese Kutani sculpture of a sleeping cat in fine porcelain, inspired by
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Early 20th Century Japanese Meiji Antique Japanese Cat

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Gold

Japanese Six Panel Screen Mother Cat and Kittens Near Rushing Stream
Located in Hudson, NY
Kano School painting, in mineral pigments and gold leaf on mulberry paper with a silk brocade border. Artist seal reads: Hokkyo Unsen.
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Early 19th Century Japanese Antique Japanese Cat

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Gold Leaf

Japanese Palace Hibachi
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
Japanese Palace Hibachi Late Meiji Period 1900 – 1912 Black Lacquer/Gold Makie Decorative Design
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Late 19th Century Japanese Antique Japanese Cat

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Cedar

Japanese Palace Hibachi
Japanese Palace Hibachi
H 9.75 in W 16 in D 16 in
Japanese Ceramic Sake Bottle Chosen Karatsu Ware
Located in Atlanta, GA
originally introduced by Korean potters who were forcefully brought to Japan after the invasion of Korea at
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18th Century Japanese Japonisme Antique Japanese Cat

Materials

Ceramic

Large 17th Century Japanese Arita Vase - Genroku Period
Located in Christchurch, GB
As part of our Japanese works of art collection we are delighted to offer this Edo Period 1612-1868
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17th Century Japanese Edo Antique Japanese Cat

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Ceramic

Early 20th Century Porcelain Maneki Neko, Japan
Located in Point Richmond, CA
Early 20th century porcelain Maneki Neko, Japan This porcelain Maneki Neko, the good fortune
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Early 20th Century Japanese Folk Art Antique Japanese Cat

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Porcelain

Rare Large Japanese Porcelain Presentation Plate Makuzu Kozan
By Makuzu Kozan
Located in Atlanta, GA
A large presentation plate with striking pictorial design from the studio of Japanese Potter Makuzu
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Early 20th Century Japanese Meiji Antique Japanese Cat

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Porcelain

Japanese Tea Garden
By Harry Humphrey Moore
Located in New York, NY
Japanese people” (William H. Gerdts, American Artists in Japan, 1859–1925, exhib. cat. [New York: Hollis
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Late 19th Century Antique Japanese Cat

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Oil, Wood Panel

Japanese Girl Promenading
By Harry Humphrey Moore
Located in New York, NY
Japanese people” (William H. Gerdts, American Artists in Japan, 1859–1925, exhib. cat. [New York: Hollis
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Late 19th Century Antique Japanese Cat

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Oil, Wood Panel

The Japanese Corner
By Elliott Daingerfield
Located in New York, NY
1885, The Japanese Corner dates from Daingerfield’s early career, before he had fallen completely under
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19th Century American Impressionist Antique Japanese Cat

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Canvas, Oil

Utagawa Kuniyoshi Signed Japanese Woodblock Print Saigyo-Hoshi (The Monk Saigyo)
By Utagawa Kuniyoshi
Located in Studio City, CA
A beautiful image by renowned Japanese artist/printmaker Utagawa Kuniyoshi (1797 - 1861 ) titled
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Mid-19th Century Japanese Edo Antique Japanese Cat

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Paper

Large Japanese Ceramic Vase by Makuzu Kozan Meiji Period
By Makuzu Kozan
Located in Atlanta, GA
A large Japanese ceramic vase by the celebrated Meiji imperial potter Makuzu Kozan (1842-1916
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Late 19th Century Japanese Meiji Antique Japanese Cat

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Ceramic

Japanese Two-Panel Screen, Mother and Kitten with Chrysanthemums
Located in Hudson, NY
Delicate painting of garden chrysanthemums with a fine gold mist. A cat grooms herself while a
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Mid-19th Century Japanese Antique Japanese Cat

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Gold

Fine Japanese Black and Gold Lacquer Sageju-Bako - Picnic Box
Located in PARIS, FR
the 19th century found known scenes through Japanese prints, at that time, widely imported and
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Early 19th Century Japanese Antique Japanese Cat

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Lacquer

Small Antique Edo Period Japanese Porcelain Teapot Imari Red Gold Panels
Located in Amsterdam, Noord Holland
category 36 'Coloured Imari with no underglaze blue, iron-red and gold only' of his Japanese export
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17th Century Japanese Antique Japanese Cat

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Porcelain

Japanese Children with Tortoise
By Harry Humphrey Moore
Located in New York, NY
Japanese people” (William H. Gerdts, American Artists in Japan, 1859–1925, exhib. cat. [New York: Hollis
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Late 19th Century Antique Japanese Cat

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Oil, Wood Panel

17th Century Japanese Screen Pair. Tiger & Dragon by Kaiho Yusetsu
Located in Kyoto, JP
Japanese Screens. Ink and slight color on paper. Dimensions: Each screen: H. 171 cm x W. 380 cm (67.5
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Mid-17th Century Japanese Edo Antique Japanese Cat

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Silk, Wood, Paper

Japanese Antique Wooden Raccoon Figurine / 1868-1920 / Good Luck Charm
Located in Sammu-shi, Chiba
I would like to introduce a very interesting Japanese old wooden kimono. This is a wooden figurine
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Late 19th Century Japanese Meiji Antique Japanese Cat

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Wood

Late 17th Century Japanese Screen. Puppy and Kittens on Gold Leaf.
Located in Kyoto, JP
Anonymous Late 17th century Puppy & Kittens A six-panel Japanese screen. Ink, color, gofun, gold
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Late 17th Century Japanese Edo Antique Japanese Cat

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Gold Leaf

Interior of a Japanese House
By Harry Humphrey Moore
Located in New York, NY
Japanese people” (William H. Gerdts, American Artists in Japan, 1859–1925, exhib. cat. [New York: Hollis
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Late 19th Century Antique Japanese Cat

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Oil, Wood Panel

Large Japanese Meiji Bronze Sculpture Elephant and Tigers by Mitsumoto
Located in Shippensburg, PA
(kôgen), 大森光元, Japan, circa 1900 Cast and patinated bronze, hardwood base, two carved hardwood tusks
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Early 20th Century Japanese Meiji Antique Japanese Cat

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Bronze

Minne Playing with a Cat (Minne Jouant avec un Chat)
By Jacques Villon
Located in New York, NY
Jacques Villon (1875-1963) etching, aquatint, and drypoint, Minne Playing with a Cat (Minne Jouant
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Early 1900s Impressionist Antique Japanese Cat

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Drypoint, Etching, Aquatint

Japanese Meiji Period Bronze Okimono Sculpture of a Roaring Tiger, 27” wide
Located in Shippensburg, PA
MEIJI PERIOD Japan A Roaring Tiger Reddish-brown patinated bronze signed to the underside
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Early 20th Century Japanese Antique Japanese Cat

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Bronze

Antique Japanese Meiji period carved hardwood okimono of a prowling tiger C 1900
Located in Central England, GB
This most pleasing hand carved hardwood Japanese Meiji period okimono depicts a muscular prowling
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Early 20th Century Japanese Meiji Antique Japanese Cat

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Hardwood

Japanese Screen: Animals and Flowers in a Landscape with Rising Sun
Located in Hudson, NY
its best. An exuberant Audobon landscape being observed by a cat and her kitten. A variety of birds
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Early 19th Century Japanese Edo Antique Japanese Cat

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Gold Leaf

Quality Antique Japanese Edo/Meiji Kutani Shoza Charger Figures Flowers, 19th C
Located in Amsterdam, Noord Holland
Quality Antique Japanese Edo/Meiji Kutani Shoza Charger Figures Flowers Birds Cat, 19th C Very
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19th Century Japanese Antique Japanese Cat

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Porcelain

Important Japanese six-fold screen depicting The Tale of The Genji, 17th century
Located in Amsterdam, NL
An important Japanese six-fold screen, depicting episodes from The Tale of The Genji Edo period
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17th Century Japanese Edo Antique Japanese Cat

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Paint, Paper

Léonard Tsuguharu Foujita Signed Collotype Print Azubah The Book of Cats 1929
By Léonard Tsuguharu Foujita
Located in Studio City, CA
A beautiful and highly coveted feline collotype print by renowned master Japanese-French artist
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1920s French Antique Japanese Cat

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Paper

Foujita Tsuguhanu (1886-1968). Etching on paper. Trial proof. Portrait of a cat
Located in Copenhagen, DK
Foujita Tsuguhanu (1886-1968), a well-listed Japanese artist. Etching on paper laid on board. Trial
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1920s French Antique Japanese Cat

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Paper

Set of 5 Antique Japanese Imari Porcelain Sauce / Sushi Dishes
Located in Atlanta, GA
A set of 5 Japanese Imari porcelain sauce / sushi dishes. Each decorated with enameled edges
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19th Century Antique Japanese Cat

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Enamel

Japanese Mark - Original Etching bu H. C. Guérard - 1875
Located in Roma, IT
Image dimensions: 13.5 x 11.5 cm. Japanese Mask is a beautiful etching realized by the French
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1870s Modern Antique Japanese Cat

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Etching

E W Godwin, an Anglo-Japanese Aesthetic Movement Walnut Centre or Dining Table
By Edward William Godwin, Collinson & Lock
Located in London, GB
E W Godwin, attributed. Probably made by Collinson and Lock. An Anglo-Japanese Aesthetic Movement
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1870s English Aesthetic Movement Antique Japanese Cat

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Walnut

Large and Impressive Meiji Period Bronze Bison by Sano Takachika for the Kakuh
Located in Lymington, Hampshire
I, London, The Kibo Foundation, 1995, cat. nos. 120–122. Michael Tomkinson, A Japanese Collection
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Early 1900s Japanese Meiji Antique Japanese Cat

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Bronze

Head of a Young Girl - Kiki de Montparnasse
By Leonard Tsuguharu Foujita
Located in Miami, FL
Léonard Tsugouharu FoujitaFujita Tsuguharu?, November 27, 1886 – January 29, 1968) was a Japanese
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1920s Post-Impressionist Antique Japanese Cat

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India Ink

Head of a Young Girl - Kiki de Montparnasse
By Leonard Tsuguharu Foujita
Located in Miami, FL
important Japanese artist working in the West during the 20th century". His Book of Cats, published in New
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1920s Post-Impressionist Antique Japanese Cat

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India Ink

Canards Surpris (Surprised Ducks) /// Antique Impressionist Nude Animal Forest
By Félix Bracquemond
Located in Saint Augustine, FL
Drypoint Etching on cream Japanese paper Limited edition: 100 Printer: Imprimerie Lemercier, Paris, France
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1880s Impressionist Antique Japanese Cat

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Etching, Intaglio, Drypoint

Kabuki Scene - Woodblock Print by Utagawa Kunisada - Mid-19th Century
By Utagawa Kunisada (Toyokuni III)
Located in Roma, IT
masters of the Japanese ukiyo-e style of woodblock prints and painting. He was a member of the Utagawa
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Mid-19th Century Modern Antique Japanese Cat

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Woodcut

La Pierre au Trois Croquis (The Stone with Three Sketches), 1904
By Pierre-Auguste Renoir
Located in Palo Alto, CA
total edition of 1000, 1-50 on Japan, 51-1,000 on vellum); included in Ambroise Vollard's L'album des
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Early 1900s Modern Antique Japanese Cat

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Lithograph

Bibi Lalouette - Etching by James Whistler - 1859
By James Abbott McNeill Whistler
Located in Roma, IT
Etching and drypoint in black ink on fine ivory laid Japan paper. Second state of two. Signed and
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1850s Modern Antique Japanese Cat

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Etching

Portrait of Man with a Pipe - Woodcut print after Utagawa Kuniyoshi
By Utagawa Kuniyoshi
Located in Roma, IT
Portrait of Man with Pipe is a superb color woodblock print on paper, from the Japanese print
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1850s Modern Antique Japanese Cat

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Paper, Woodcut

Yakushae Aizurie - Woodcut Print by Utagawa Kuniyoshi - 1840s
By Utagawa Kuniyoshi
Located in Roma, IT
Japanese ukiyo-e style of woodblock prints and painting.He was a member of the Utagawa school. The range of
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1850s Modern Antique Japanese Cat

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Woodcut

Large Meissen King Vulture standing on a tree trunk, around 1880
Located in Berlin, DE
found in southern Mexico to Brazil. Lit.: Bergmann-Animals, p 339, cat. no. 3960; Lit.: Jean Louis
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1880s German Antique Japanese Cat

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Porcelain

Late 19th-Century Silver and Opal Cape Clasp by Louis Wièse
Located in Chicago, IL
fascination with “orientalism” so prevalent in the arts of Europe after Japan opened its doors to
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1890s French Gothic Revival Antique Japanese Cat

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Opal, Silver

Actor in Onnagata Role - Woodcut Print by Utagawa Kuniyoshi - 1850s
By Utagawa Kuniyoshi
Located in Roma, IT
of the Japanese ukiyo-e style of woodblock prints and painting.He was a member of the Utagawa school
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1850s Modern Antique Japanese Cat

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Woodcut

French 19th Century Pair of Lacquered Bamboos Japonisme Vases
By Ferdinand Barbedienne, Edouard Lievre
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
cylindrical bamboo vases decorated in Japanese Gold and Sil-ver Hiramaki-E Lacquer with Pavilions in The Mist
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1870s French Japonisme Antique Japanese Cat

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Bronze

Art Nouveau Opal Diamond Gold Byzantine Princess Diadem Tiara
Located in London, GB
Jewellery from the 1860s to 1960s, Arnoldsche Art Publishers, Stuttgart 2021, cat. no. 231 The diadem is
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Early 1900s French Art Nouveau Antique Japanese Cat

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Diamond, Opal, 18k Gold

A Stroll - Original Lithograph by L.T. Foujita - 1928
By Léonard Tsuguharu Foujita
Located in Roma, IT
represents the free-time of Japanese people: a woman with child, two smoking elder men are walking, some
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1920s Modern Antique Japanese Cat

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Lithograph

Emile Olive An Impressive Belle Epoque Brooch Pendant by Fonsèque & Olive
Located in London, GB
Jewellery from the 1860s to 1960s, Arnoldsche Art Publishers, Stuttgart 2021, cat. no. 463 This pendant is
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1890s French Art Nouveau Antique Japanese Cat

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Diamond, Emerald, Natural Pearl, 18k Gold, Silver

San Francisco.
By Charles Meryon
Located in PARIS, FR
company Salmon, Paris. We join a proof of the late state (IV/IV) (with letter), on Japan paper, print at A
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1850s Antique Japanese Cat

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Copper, Steel

San Francisco.
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H 9.45 in W 39.77 in
Tiffany Studios New York "Peony" Table Lamp
By Tiffany Studios, Louis Comfort Tiffany
Located in New York, NY
-hued bouquet, Tiffany depicted two different cultivars, a Greek peony, and a Japanese peony. Tiffany
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Early 20th Century American Antique Japanese Cat

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Bronze, Lead

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Antique Japanese Cat For Sale on 1stDibs

Choose from an assortment of styles, material and more with respect to the antique Japanese cat you’re looking for at 1stDibs. Each antique Japanese cat for sale was constructed with extraordinary care, often using ceramic, metal and wood. Your living room may not be complete without an antique Japanese cat — find older editions for sale from the 18th Century and newer versions made as recently as the 20th Century. An antique Japanese cat made by Art Deco designers — as well as those associated with folk art — is very popular. Jean Dunand, Hukin & Heath and Makuzu Kozan each produced at least one beautiful antique Japanese cat that is worth considering.

How Much is a Antique Japanese Cat?

The average selling price for an antique Japanese cat at 1stDibs is $3,650, while they’re typically $104 on the low end and $1,650,000 for the highest priced.
Questions About Antique Japanese Cat
  • 1stDibs ExpertApril 5, 2022
    The story behind the Japanese cat traces back to ancient folklore. In the tale, a cat saves the life of a samurai who turns out to be quite wealthy. To show his thanks, the man made a very generous donation to the temple. In Japanese culture, cat sculptures and figurines are symbols of good luck and known as “maneki-neko.” Find a range of Japanese decorative objects on 1stDibs.