Small Antique Meiji Period Japanese Satsuma Vase with Mark
Located in Amsterdam, Noord Holland
Fabulous and small japanese earthenware Satsuma vase of great shape and scene. Marked: Cannot decipher. Additional information: Material: Porcelain & Pottery Type: Vase Region of O...
Porcelain
Antique Meiji Lovely Japanese Porcelain Footed Dish Nabeshima Porcelain
Located in Amsterdam, Noord Holland
A very nice and beautiful Bowl/footed dish from nabeshima. Central scene of 5 vases on wave pattern ground in underglaze blue. Additional information: Material: Porcelain & Pottery ...
Porcelain
Pair of Antique Meiji Japanese Satsuma Vases, 19th Century
Located in Amsterdam, Noord Holland
Amazing piece with beautiful decoration in different kind of panels. Visible are birds, flowers, objects and a cart. High quality painting. Additional information: Material: Porcela...
Porcelain
Antique Meiji Japanese Cloisonne Turquoise Enamel Crane Vase Signed OTA
Located in Long Island City, NY
Features a hieroglyphic signature on the bottom. Meiji era, 1868 to 1912. Antique and Vintage Asian Collectibles, Oriental Enamel Vases, Home Decor And Gifts.
Enamel
$3,150Sale Price|30% Off
Antique Meiji Japanese Cloisonne Enamel Green Gold Stone Butterflies Vase
Located in Long Island City, NY
Attributed to Namikawa Yasuyuki, 1845 to 1927, a rare antique Japanese, late Meiji era, enamel vase. The vase has an urn shaped body and a wide fluted neck.
Enamel
$1,050Sale Price|30% Off
Antique Meiji Japanese Cloisonne Black Enamel 11 Sparrows on Vase
Located in Long Island City, NY
An antique Japanese copper vase with cloisonne enamel design.
Copper, Enamel
$1,400Sale Price|30% Off
Antique Meiji Japanese Cloisonne Enamel Black Goldstone Dragon Vase
Located in Long Island City, NY
A Chinese enamel vase. The vase has a globular shaped body with a long narrow neck with a fluted mouth. The exterior of the ware is adorned with a polychrome enamel design representi...
Enamel
$1,960Sale Price|30% Off
Antique Meiji Era Japanese Cloisonne Enamel Bud Vase with Butterflies
Located in Long Island City, NY
The vase is enameled with a polychrome image of butterflies made in using the cloisonne technique on a cobalt blue ground. Unmarked. Meiji period, 1868 to 1912. Antique and Vintage A...
Enamel
Antique Meiji Japanese Cloisonne Enamel Vase with Blossoming Wisteria Tree
Located in Long Island City, NY
An antique Japanese, late Meiji period, enamel over brass vase.
Brass, Enamel
High Quality Antique Meiji Japanese Cloisonne Enamel Vase With Hydrangea
Located in Long Island City, NY
A high quality antique Japanese late Meiji period enamel over brass vase.
Brass, Enamel
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.
Brass, Enamel
Antique Meiji Japanese Porcelain Bowl/Basins Dynastie, 19th Century
Located in Amsterdam, Noord Holland
Lovely & Huge Japanese porcelain bowl/Basin. Lovely quality. Stand is Not included. Additional information: Material: Porcelain Region of Origin: Japan Period: 19th century Conditio...
Porcelain
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...
Enamel, Copper
Lovely 19th c Antique Meiji Period Japanese Lacquer Serving Platter Landscape
Located in Amsterdam, Noord Holland
Description Sharing with you this fanastic Japanese serving platter, richly decorated with lacquer. Condition some small chips/frits/dents to the edges, central scene without damage...
Lacquer
Antique Meiji 19th c Shou Lao on Ox Bronze Japanese Statue
Located in Amsterdam, Noord Holland
Description Nicely made Incense burner. Good condition. Marked on foot Condition Great Condition. Size: 31x34cm Period 19th century
Bronze
Antique Meiji Japanese Cloisonne Enamel Plate with Cranes, Birds and Geometric
Located in Long Island City, NY
Antique Japanese Meiji period cloisonne enamel plate featuring a striking sky blue central panel decorated with cranes, small birds, reeds and flowering plants.
Enamel
Antique Meiji Kutani model of a recumbent sleeping cat, 19th Century
Located in Amsterdam, Noord Holland
Sharing with you this amazing Japanese Kutani model of a recumbent sleeping cat, 19th Century. The details and facial expression are amazing. With with gilt fur detail and enamel rib...
Porcelain
Antique Meiji Period Japanese Porcelain 19th c Arita Plate flowers Enamel
Located in Amsterdam, Noord Holland
Description Very happy with this new arrival. The scene consists mainly of flowers but also of shi shi. The flowers peonies and chrysanthemums Condition 2 hairlines. 47 cm Period ...
Porcelain
Antique Meiji 19th c Okimono Bronze Japanese Statue on Bronze base
Located in Amsterdam, Noord Holland
Description Nicely made Okimono. Condition Good condition. Marked on foot. Size: 20CM high approx. Period 19th century
Bronze
Antique Meiji Period Japanese Porcelain 19th c Arita Plate flowers Enamel
Located in Amsterdam, Noord Holland
Description Very happy with this new arrival. The scene consists mainly of flowers but also a pagode is painted in between them. The flowers appear to be peonies and chrysanthemums ...
Porcelain
Antique Meiji 19th c Okimono Bronze Japanese Statue on Bronze base
Located in Amsterdam, Noord Holland
Description Nicely made Okimono. Condition Good condition. Marked on foot. Size 17.5CM high approx. Period 19th century
Bronze
Japanese Antique Meiji Satsuma Pottery Buddhist Monks Vase & Shimazu Crest Mark
By Satsuma
Located in Studio City, CA
A beautiful Japanese Satsuma pottery studio vase featuring multiple kesa-clad enlightened Buddhist monks on each side of the vase. The piece is finely detailed with rich raised gilt ...
Earthenware, Pottery
Antique Meiji Period 19th C Japanese Hirado Vase Birds Turtle Flowers
Located in Amsterdam, Noord Holland
Description Lovely and very detailed piece. Scene of with compartments of flowers, bamboo, Turtle and Cranes. Moulded at the top of the vase close to the neck. Condition Over...
Porcelain
Antique Meiji Japanese Cloisonne Enamel Plate Depicting A Rider Cherry Blossom
Located in Long Island City, NY
An antique Japanese Meiji period copper plate adorned with a polychrome cloisonne enamel design.
Copper, Enamel
$4,550Sale Price|30% Off
Rare Antique Meiji Japanese Cloisonne Enamel Charger With Figures 12 Inches
Located in Long Island City, NY
An antique Japanese copper serving plate with polychrome cloisonne enamel design.
Enamel, Copper
$5,600Sale Price / set|30% Off
Antique Meiji Japanese Cloisonne Enamel Wisteria Inaba 4 Piece Desk Set
Located in Long Island City, NY
An antique Japanese brass four-piece desk set with polychrome cloisonne enamel decor.
Enamel
Pair Monumental Antique Meiji Period Japanese Satsuma Pottery Vases Stands 1900
Located in Portland, OR
A fine pair of monumental antique Japanese Satsuma vases with stands, circa 1900. The vases having an ivory background and are finely gilded & handpainted with enamels of Samurai wa...
Pottery
18 inch Large Antique Meiji Japanese Cloisonne Enamel Charger Naturalistic Crane
Located in Long Island City, NY
An extra large antique Japanese Meiji era enamel over brass charger plate.
Brass
Antique Meiji Period Satsuma Teapot Flowers Butterflies, Late 19th/Early 20th
Located in Amsterdam, Noord Holland
A lovely Satsuma Teapot. Additional information: Material: Porcelain & Pottery Japanese Style: Satsuma Region of Origin: Japan Period: 19th century, 20th century Meiji Periode (1867...
Porcelain
Rare Antique Meiji Japanese Cloisonne White Enamel Butterfly Plate Charger GOTO
Located in Long Island City, NY
A high quality antique Japanese Meiji era, 1868 to 1912, decorative brass plate.
Enamel, Brass
Pair of Antique Meiji Period Japanese Hichozan Vases Turqoise, 19th Century
Located in Amsterdam, Noord Holland
Antique Pair of Meiji period Japanese Hichozan Vases 19th century Turqoise.
Porcelain
$2,450Sale Price|30% Off
Antique Meiji Japanese Cloisonne Enamel Handle Jar Attributed To OTA KICHISABURO
Located in Long Island City, NY
An antique Japanese enamel footed incense burner, Ota Kichisaburo School, Meiji period, 1868 to 1912.
Enamel
$1,634Sale Price|49% Off
Large Antique Meiji period Japanese Satsuma Plate After a Hiroshige Woodblock
Located in Amsterdam, Noord Holland
Fabulous Japanese earthenware Satsuma dish depicting Hiroshiges No. 3, Warabi Station: The Toda River Crossing (Warabi no eki, Todagawa no watashiba), from the series The Kisokaidô R...
Porcelain
Antique Meiji Period Japanese Cloisonne Enamel Vase with Geometric Patterns Gard
Located in Long Island City, NY
An antique Japanese Meiji period cloisonne vase featuring intricate foliage motifs complemented by two exquisite floral panels.
Enamel
Pair Of Antique Meiji Japanese Cloisonne Enamel Vases Cranes In Flight
Located in Long Island City, NY
A pair of antique Japanese Meiji period cloisonne vases. Each adorned with image of cranes and resplendent multicolor floral motifs within intricate foliate patterns, all skillfully ...
Enamel
Large Antique Meiji Japanese Cloisonne Enamel Silver Wire Dragon Vase Signed
Located in Long Island City, NY
A large antique Japanese copper vase with cloisonne enamel design.
Enamel, Copper
Antique Meiji Japanese Cloisonne Enamel on Porcelain Cloisonne Teapot Totai
Located in Long Island City, NY
An antique Japanese porcelain teapot. Early Meiji The body and lid are garnished with thin wire cloisonne decor, flowers and butterflies.
Enamel
Antique Meiji Period Japanese Double Gourd Vase Blue White, 19th Century
Located in Amsterdam, Noord Holland
Sharing with you this fantastic and Quality painted double gourd vase from the Meijij period. The flowers are in enamel and thickly painted in a bit of relief when you touch them. Al...
Porcelain
Large Antique Meiji Japanese Cloisonne Enamel Iris Vase Hayashi School
Located in Long Island City, NY
An exceptional Japanese cloisonné enamel vase from the golden age of the Meiji period, delicately worked in fine silver wire and attributed to the celebrated master Hayashi Kodenji. ...
Enamel
Antique Meiji Japanese Pure Silver and Mixed Metal Vase Kintaro Hattori
Located in Long Island City, NY
A fine metalwork vase from the time of Emperor Meiji, 1868 to 1912. This elegant Japanese Silver and Shakudo vase with multi-metal decoration of two ducks swimming among water reeds....
Copper, Silver
$3,150Sale Price|30% Off
Antique Meiji Japanese Cloisonne Enamel Vase Wisteria Attributed To OTA Silver
Located in Long Island City, NY
An antique Japanese Hayashi school brass and enamel vase, Meiji period, 1868 to 1912.
Enamel
Antique Meiji Japanese Cloisonne Silver Wire Enamel Vases Birds in Bamboo
Located in Long Island City, NY
An antique Japanese, late Meiji period, silver wire enamel vase.
Enamel
Antique Meiji Period Japanese Square Satsuma Vase Floral Decoration Marked
Located in Amsterdam, Noord Holland
Fabulous Japanese earthenware Satsuma vase with nice decoration of flowers and butterflies, marked. Meiji period, 19th c. Lovely piece. Additional information: Material: Porcelain &...
Porcelain
Miniature Antique Meiji Period Japanese Satsuma Vase Figural Decoration marked
Located in Amsterdam, Noord Holland
Fabulous Japanese earthenware Satsuma Vase with nice decoration of flowers and figures decoration marked. Meiji period, 19th c Lovely piece. Marked base, both faded. Additional in...
Porcelain
Antique Meiji Period Japanese Satsuma Belt Buckle Bird Decoration Unmarked
Located in Amsterdam, Noord Holland
Fabulous Japanese earthenware Satsuma Belt Buckle Bird decoration. Meiji period, 19th c Lovely piece. Marked at the underside. Additional information: Material: Porcelain & Potter...
Porcelain
Antique Meiji Period 19C Japanese Hirado Netsuke Sanbosa dancing monkey
Located in Amsterdam, Noord Holland
Size: 7.3CM height Period 19th century Meiji Periode (1867-1912)
Porcelain
Antique Meiji Period Japanese Satsuma Vase Arhats Dragon Choshuzan Workshop
Located in Amsterdam, Noord Holland
Fabulous Japanese earthenware Satsuma vase depicting several rakan (Sk. Arhats, holy disciples of the historical Buddha) and moriage (raised enamel) white dragon. Satsuma Ceramic wit...
Porcelain
Antique Meiji Period Japanese Satsuma Candle Sticks Floral Decoration Marked
Located in Amsterdam, Noord Holland
Fabulous Japanese earthenware Satsuma candle sticks with nice decoration of flowers and figures decoration marked. Meiji period, 19th century Lovely piece. Marked base: Co...
Porcelain
Antique Meiji Period 19C Japanese Hirado Netsuke Sanbosa dancing monkey
Located in Amsterdam, Noord Holland
Size: 8.3CM high Period 19th century Meiji Periode (1867-1912)
Porcelain
$1,960Sale Price|30% Off
Large Antique Meiji Japanese Cloisonne Enamel Green Vase Flowers and Birds
Located in Long Island City, NY
A large antique Japanese late Meiji period enamel over brass vase.
Enamel, Brass
Antique Meiji Lovely Japanese Porcelain Imari Plate Porcelain, 19th Century
Located in Amsterdam, Noord Holland
A very nice and beautiful plate Meiji Period. Additional information: Material: Porcelain & Pottery Type: Bowls Region of Origin: Japan Period: 19th century Condition: 1 small frit ...
Porcelain
$2,919Sale Price|41% Off
Antique Meiji Japanese Satsuma Plate Japan Flowers Marked, 19th Century
Located in Amsterdam, Noord Holland
Lovely and small Satsuma dish. Additional information: Material: Porcelain & Pottery Type: Vase Japanese Style: Kutani Region of Origin: Japan Period: 19th century Meiji Periode (18...
Porcelain
Small Antique Meiji Period Japanese Wisteria Satsuma Matchbox Holder Yasuda
Located in Amsterdam, Noord Holland
Fabulous and small japanese earthenware Satsuma Matchbox holder of great shape and scene. The idea is to put the matchbox in it and then inside bit pushes open the matchbox and you ...
Porcelain
Antique Meiji Period Japanese Wall Dish Bronze Cloisonne Flowers Ito Yusaburo
Located in Amsterdam, Noord Holland
Lovely and beautifully made piece with different kinds of flowers and butterflies on a blue base. This piece is made by a talented artist, Ito Yusaburo. The bottom mark. Cloisonné ...
Bronze
$3,080Sale Price|30% Off
Rare 19th-century antique Meiji Period Japanese Bronze Cloisonné Charger
Located in Van Nuys, CA
This exquisite piece is crafted with great care and beauty. It features a stunning dragon scene and is marked at the base. Cloisonné, the enameling technique employed in this piece,...
Bronze
Antique Meiji Japanese Cloisonne Enamel Butterfly and Cranes in Flight Vase
Located in Long Island City, NY
A vintage Japanese urn shaped enamel over copper vase. The exterior of the vase is adorned with hand enameled panels depicting butterflies, cranes, a Phoenix bird, surrounded by flor...
Enamel, Copper
Lovely Japanese Blockprint Made by Kogyo Antique Meiji, 19th Century
Located in Amsterdam, Noord Holland
Interesting and finely painted Japanese painting. Marked Kogyo. Additional information: Material: Paper Type: Paintings, Scrolls & Prints Region of Origin: Japan Period: ca 1900 Con...
Paper
Lovely Japanese Blockprint Made by Kogyo Antique Meiji, 19th century
Located in Amsterdam, Noord Holland
Interesting and finely painted Japanese painting. Marked Kogyo. Additional information: Material: Paper Type: Paintings, Scrolls & Prints Region of Origin: Japan Period: ca 1900 Age...
Paper
$5,191Sale Price / set|25% Off
Group of 4 Musicians, Japan Antique, Meiji Period around 1880
Located in Munich, Bavaria
Hina Matsuri is celebrated in Japan at the beginning of March. It dates back to the Edo period and is celebrated in the family circle. "Hina Ningyo dolls" were passed down from gener...
Textile, Wood
Antique Meiji Period Japanese Porcelain 19th c Arita Plate flowers and butterfly
Located in Amsterdam, Noord Holland
Description Very happy with this new arrival. The scene consists mainly of flowers but also of shi shi. The flowers peonies and chrysanthemums Condition Perfect. Size: 42cm Period...
Porcelain
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.