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Antique Shos

Japanese Polychrome Standing Shō Kannon Figure, circa 1900
Located in Chicago, IL
Japanese Buddhism as Sho Kannon, or Guze Kannon. Described as the "Buddha of Infinite Compassion," Kannon
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Late 19th Century Japanese Edo Antique Shos

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Wood

Utagawa Kuniyoshi -- Sho'onko Ryoho 小溫侯呂方 (Lu Fang)
By Utagawa Kuniyoshi
Located in BRUCE, ACT
Title: Sho'onko Ryoho 小溫侯呂方 (Lu Fang) form Series: Tsuzoku Suikoden goketsu hyakuhachinin
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1820s Antique Shos

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Woodcut

Buddha - A very large bronze figure of Sho Kannon. Japan, Meiji period 1868-1912
By Artisan-Craftsmen, Inc.
Located in TOULON, FR
Standing on a double lotus above an octagonal pedestal, holding a lotus bud and leaf in the left hand, the right hand hangs down in varadamudra, the shawl covers the shoulders and cr...
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Late 19th Century Japanese Meiji Antique Shos

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Bronze

Japanese Two Panel Screen Manchurian Crane and Turtles
Located in Hudson, NY
. Additionally, this screen also has the Japanese motif of sho-chiku-bai, or the three friends of winter (pine
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Mid-19th Century Japanese Edo Antique Shos

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Paper

Japanese Lacquered Cabinet ‘Shodana’ from the Arashiyama Museum, 19th Century
Located in Milano, IT
Genji monogatari; handles reproduce a sho, a rare antique musical instrument used for the gagaku, the
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19th Century Japanese Antique Shos

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Wood

Japanese Two Panel Screen Amorous Cranes and Turtles
Located in Hudson, NY
sho-chiku-bai, or the three friends of winter (pine, plum, and bamboo). So called the three friends of
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1850s Japanese Edo Antique Shos

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Wood, Paper

Red and Gold Lacquer Portable Tea Bucket and Cover Ryukyu Kingdom Okinawa
Located in Atlanta, GA
pot with a fabric pouch from Ryukyu Kingdom, Second Shō dynasty, circa 19th century. Located in
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19th Century Japanese Edo Antique Shos

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Pewter

Japanese Lacquer Display Cabinet on Stand, Meiji Period, 19th Century, Japan
Located in Austin, TX
the sho, a Japanese mouth organ, along the banks of a river with a waterfall in the background. The
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1880s Japanese Meiji Antique Shos

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Porcelain, Softwood, Lacquer

19th Century Japanese Screen for Tea-Ceremony, Ink Bamboo and Plum on Gold Leaf
Located in Kyoto, JP
nature of the objects. This art motif is known as Sho Chiku Bai, or the Three Friends of Winter
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Mid-19th Century Japanese Edo Antique Shos

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Gold Leaf

Pair of Edo Period Japanese Blue Red Gold Porcelain Vases, Circa 1800
Located in Takarazuka, JP
known as “Sho-Chiku-Bai” or the “Three Friends of Winter.” The impressive pine trees in cobalt blue
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Early 19th Century Japanese Edo Antique Shos

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Gold

Japanese Meiji Period Gold Cobalt Blue Porcelain Charger, circa 1880
Located in Takarazuka, JP
bamboo patterns, together they create a stunning auspicious “sho-Chiku-bai”. This stunning contrast
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1880s Japanese Meiji Antique Shos

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Porcelain

Japanese Edo Period Blue Red Green Porcelain Charger, circa 1730
Located in Takarazuka, JP
depicts the traditional "sho-chiku-bai" or "Three Friend's of Winter" motif in cobalt blue, iron-red
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1730s Japanese Edo Antique Shos

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Gold

Japanese Screen pair. Late 19th Century. Ink Pine Trees on Gold by Suzuki Shonen
Located in Kyoto, JP
common themes was the pine tree, the “Sho” in his name, Shonen, being the Japanese character for "pine
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Late 19th Century Japanese Meiji Antique Shos

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Gold Leaf

Distressed Antique Chinese Peking Rug with Traditional Chinoiserie Style
By Walter Nichols
Located in Dallas, TX
blooms emerge from the mud of swamps and marshes. It is enclosed with a sho style border representing
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Early 20th Century Chinese Art Deco Antique Shos

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Wool

20th Century Japanese Porcelain Kutani Bowl Landscape Flowers Trees
Located in Amsterdam, Noord Holland
foundation sake Kutani Sho 111 culture 4 - 11 Born in Kunimura all year round Ceramic artworks Awa source
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19th Century Japanese Meiji Antique Shos

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Porcelain

Japanese Life-Size, Edo Period, Red and Black Lacquered Palanquin or Norimono
Located in Amsterdam, NL
. Nabeshima was a side line of the Sho~ni-clan which after several defeats against the O~uchi and the Ru~zo~ji
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Early 19th Century Japanese Edo Antique Shos

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Textile, Silk, Rattan, Rope, Wood

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Pair of English 19th Century Japanese Black Lacquered Display Side Tables
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A unique and most decorative pair of English 19th century Japanese black lacquered display side tables. Each table is raised by elegant cabriole legs with finely detailed charming fo...
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19th Century English Antique Shos

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Wood, Lacquer

Japanese Art / Kimono Art / Tapestry, the King of Peacocks
Located in Shibuya City, Tokyo
This Kimono Tapestry, carefully and painstakingly embroidered by Japanese craftsmen, is the only one of its kind in the world. We are proud to present this tapestry, embroidered wi...
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21st Century and Contemporary Japanese Antique Shos

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Silk, Thread

Antique Art Deco Chinese carpet, Most Unusual, 8' x 9'9"
Located in Evanston, IL
Antique Handmade Art Deco Chinese carpet, Most Unusual, 8' x 9'9", c-1920's, multi colors, fine full pile natural dyed wool, in multi panel design, each panel has it's own color and ...
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Early 20th Century Chinese Art Deco Antique Shos

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Wool

Gandharan Small Stucco Buddha Head, Style of Hadda, 5th-6th Century
Located in Austin, TX
A lovely small stucco head of the Buddha, ancient region of Gandhara, probably Hadda, 5th to 6th century, modern day Afghanistan. Beautifully rendered, the small Gandharan Buddha...
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15th Century and Earlier Afghan Antique Shos

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Stucco

Eight Antique Japanese Woodblock Prints, Oil on Silk c1920
Located in Big Flats, NY
Eight Antique Japanese Woodblock Prints, Oil on Silk with Animals, Landscape & Garden Scenes c1920 Measures - largest 19.75" x 12.75"
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Early 20th Century Japanese Antique Shos

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Silk

Pair of 19th Century Chinese Ancestor Portraits, Large Size, Framed
Located in Doylestown, PA
A nice pair of Chinese ancestor family group portraits, 19th century, on paper, framed in teak frames under glass. Twelve characters total in period attire with hats and crowns signi...
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19th Century Chinese Qing Antique Shos

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Paper

Helen Fay, Shakespeare, Limited Edition Print, Dog Art, Affordable Art
Located in Deddington, GB
shakespeare by Helen Fay [2016] Limited Edition Etching , hand printed on Hanemulle etching paper Edition number total edition number 75 Image size: H:27 cm x W:48 cm Complete Size o...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Antique Shos

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Paper, Etching

Chinese Export Six-Panel Silver Leaf Coromandel Screen
Located in Rio Vista, CA
Impressive Chinese export six-panel folding coromandel screen depicting flora and fauna. Constructed from lacquered wooden panels hand carved and painted. Features a rare silver leaf...
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20th Century Chinese Chinese Export Antique Shos

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Brass, Silver Leaf

Chinese Carved Wood Teaching Buddha in Ming Style
Located in Atlanta, GA
A statue of standing Buddha (Shakyamuni), finely carved out a single block of wood (might be cypress based on the wood grains). Attired in a flowing robe with open chest, the Buddha ...
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19th Century Chinese Ming Antique Shos

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Wood

1802 Dated Huge Antique Original Paint European Blanket Chest Coffer Trunk
Located in GB
We are is delighted to offer for sale this stunning, extra large circa 1802 dated aqua blue hand painted European clothes trunk or marriage coffer chest I have recently purchased ...
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Early 1800s European George III Antique Shos

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Pine

Tree Peony and Blue and White Flycatcher — 19th century woodblock print
Located in Myrtle Beach, SC
Imao Keinen, 'Tree Peony and Blue and White Flycatcher' from the series 'Birds and Flowers of the Four Seasons', color woodblock Oban diptych, 1882. A fine impression, with fresh co...
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1880s Naturalistic Antique Shos

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Woodcut

Chinoiserie Panel Hand Painted Wallpaper on Gold Metallic, Accept Custom Size
Located in Wuxi, 32
If you love the look of De Gournay wallpaper but not the price, this is for you. The colorways in this sections present our latest colorways, which can be applied to any designs a...
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21st Century and Contemporary Chinese Antique Shos

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Gold Leaf

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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Late 19th Century Japanese Antique Shos

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Lacquer, Paper

Japanese Showa Two Panel Screen Tagasode, 'Whose Sleeves?'
Located in Rio Vista, CA
Brilliant Japanese Showa period two-panel screen depicting a women's kimono draped over a parcel-gilt lacquered garment rack. Japanese Tagasode or "whose sleeves" is a provocative po...
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20th Century Japanese Showa Antique Shos

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Brass

Japanese Antique Wood Carving Elephant 1860s-1920s / Wabi Sabi Sculpture Object
Located in Sammu-shi, Chiba
This is a very old Japanese elephant wood carving. This wood carving dates from the Meiji period (1860s-1920s). We estimate the material to be cedar wood. The carving is rough a...
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Early 20th Century Japanese Meiji Antique Shos

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Cedar

Kiyoshi Saito Woodblock Print 32/80 "Flower And A Girl"
By Kiyoshi Saitō
Located in Toledo, OH
Japanese 1971 woodblock print titled "Flower Ana A Girl" 32/80 by Kiyoshi Saito. Image measures 15" x 21.5".
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1970s Unknown Modern Antique Shos

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Paper

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Pair of Antique Thai Temple Eave Architectural Sculpture Elements, 19th Century
Located in Wilmington, DE
A set of two temple eave sculptures from Thailand, "Sho Fah." Featuring gold leaf and mirrored
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19th Century Thai Antique Shos

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Gold Leaf

Painting of Lucky God Daikoku by Famous Zen Master Sengai Gibon
Located in Berlin, Berlin
. References: Suzuki, Daisetz T.: Sengai. The Zen Master, Greenwich 1971. Furuta, Sho¯kin: Sengai. Master Zen
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Early 19th Century Japanese Edo Antique Shos

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Paper

Japanese Two-Panel Screen, Palm Tree Design by Sho Sho
Located in Hudson, NY
Mulberry paper with a black lacquer trim. Osaka artist, signature and seal read: Sho Sho.
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Early 20th Century Japanese Antique Shos

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Gold

Japanese Two Panel Screen: Cherry and Willow on Gold
Located in Hudson, NY
Mineral pigments on gold silk with black lacquer trim. Signature and seal read: Sho shu
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Early 20th Century Japanese Antique Shos

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Gold

Early 20th Century Heriz Carpet Runner, 2'5" x 9'
Located in Chicago, IL
background, surrounded by a contrasting floral border. Reza's Rug Gallery #: BILL-SHO 1 Keywords
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Early 20th Century Persian Antique Shos

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Wool

Japanese Hanging Scroll of the Goddess of Mercy, c. 1800
Located in Chicago, IL
bodhisattva Guanyin, known in Japanese Buddhism as Shō Kannon, or Guze Kannon. Described as the "Buddha of
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Early 19th Century Japanese Edo Antique Shos

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Copper

Japanese Hanging Scroll of the Goddess of Mercy, c. 1800
Located in Chicago, IL
bodhisattva Guanyin, known in Japanese Buddhism as Shō Kannon, or Guze Kannon. Described as the "Buddha of
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Early 19th Century Folk Art Antique Shos

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Silk, Paper, Ink

Pair of Japanese Meiji Period Fukagawa Koransha Porcelain Vases, circa 1875
Located in Takarazuka, JP
blossoms, and bamboo motif, which is called "Sho-Chiku-Bai" or "Three Friends of Winter", on a white
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1870s Japanese Meiji Antique Shos

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Gold

780 Japanese Noh Mask of Sho-Jo
Located in New York, NY
Carved Poloma wood with many coats of go-fun lacquer of rich red pigment with black accents, featuring a wonderful joyful expression, depicting a playful, sake-drinking, healing happ...
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Late 19th Century Japanese Antique Shos

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Wood

780 Japanese Noh Mask of Sho-Jo
780 Japanese Noh Mask of Sho-Jo
H 8 in W 4 in D 5.3 in
Antique Japanese Blue and White Underglaze Imari Plate, Late 17th Century
Located in Prahran, Victoria
'Sho-Chiku-Bai' or 'Three Friends of Winter', consisting of pine, bamboo and plum blossoms a
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Late 17th Century Japanese Edo Antique Shos

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Porcelain

Circa 1900 Japanese Pine Screen Pair. Aged Dragons by Suzuki Shonen.
Located in Kyoto, JP
his most common themes was the pine tree, the “Sho” in his name, Shonen, being the Japanese character
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1890s Japanese Meiji Antique Shos

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Gold Leaf

Antique Royal Standard Typewriter with Glass Panels c.1931
By Royal Typewriter Company 1
Located in San Francisco, CA
. Myers in January 1904 in a machine sho
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Early 20th Century Art Deco Antique Shos

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Metal, Steel, Nickel

Japanese Edo Bugaku Imperial Court Dance Two-Panel Screen
Located in Rio Vista, CA
Mitsushige hitsu, Daizo Shoyu Mitsuyoshi Assistant Vice-Minister, Edokoro Azukari, Sho go-I Shita, Tosa Kami
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19th Century Japanese Edo Antique Shos

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Brass, Gold Leaf

Japanese Antique Shinto Mountain Woodblock Map Nikko 1840
Located in South Burlington, VT
No Ezu Publisher; onihira genichirou Printed; 1840 70cm x 45cm Map of Nikko Nikko To-sho-gu
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Early 19th Century Japanese Edo Antique Shos

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Paper

Japanese Six-Panel Screen, Sparrows and the Three Friends of Winter, circa 1800
Located in Austin, TX
Three Friends of Winter (Sho Chiku Bai), and symbolize resilience, determination and perseverance, since
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Early 19th Century Japanese Edo Antique Shos

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Gold Leaf

Meiji Period Japanese Pine and Plum Screens by Suzuki Shonen, Ink on Gold Leaf
Located in Kyoto, JP
. One of his most common themes was the pine tree, the “Sho” in his name, Shonen, being the Japanese
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Early 1900s Japanese Meiji Antique Shos

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Gold Leaf

Imperial Emperor's Treasure Silver "Double Fan" Keepsake Box, 1925
Located in South Burlington, VT
Emperor, 1925. Free shipping This lovely fan shaped box featuring the auspicious Sho chiku bai (pine
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1920s Japanese Taisho Antique Shos

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Sterling Silver

Japanese Meiji Koransha Blue Gold Red Porcelain Vase, Circa 1880
Located in Takarazuka, JP
pieces of that period. It depicts panels with “sho-Chiku-Bai” or “Three Friends of Winter” motif, and
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Late 19th Century Japanese Antique Shos

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Gold

Chiuwan (Chinese Golf)
Located in Storrs, CT
). Signed 'Sho shu'(?). A fine impression printed on Japanese mulberry paper. The sheet is time-stained
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Mid-19th Century Edo Antique Shos

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Woodcut

Chiuwan (Chinese Golf)
Chiuwan (Chinese Golf)
H 15.63 in W 15.75 in D 0.5 in
Lovely 20th c Scroll 16th-17th c Painting Japan Artist Miyamoto Musashi Painted
Located in Amsterdam, Noord Holland
Sho), and Dokkodo (The Path of Aloneness). Both documents were given to Terao Magonojo, the most
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16th Century Japanese Edo Antique Shos

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Silk

Farming Rice Fields Scene Meiji Period Scroll Japan 19c Artist Suzuki Shonen
Located in Amsterdam, Noord Holland
, Takedo, and Kono?(plum) Mine," in the same era Shochikubai to is very rare to align all, if the Sho Chiku
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Mid-19th Century Japanese Meiji Antique Shos

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Silk

1921 Wind Wall "Roe Deers in a Bamboo Forest" Wood, Paper, Silk
Located in Berlin, DE
separate interiors and enclose private spaces, among other uses. Signed: "Nanpo sho'in" ( Nanpo's paint
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Early 20th Century Asian Japonisme Antique Shos

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Silk, Paper, Wood

Edo Period Lacquered Display Cabinet (Sho-dana)
Located in New York, NY
This fine and rare Japanese Edo period display cabinet, sho-dana, is of typical form with staggered
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18th Century and Earlier Japanese Antique Shos

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Giltwood

Japanese Clothing Chest
Located in San Francisco, CA
have cut out handles. The handle backplate is sho-shiku-bai (plum, bamboo, and pine needles
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Early 20th Century Japanese Antique Shos

Japanese Clothing Chest
Japanese Clothing Chest
H 45.5 in W 38 in D 16.5 in
Set of Three Porcelain Chinese Immortals Figures
Located in Woodbury, CT
This group of three Chinese immortals consists of Loo, Foo and Sho. The smallest is 16.5 inches
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Late 19th Century Chinese Antique Shos

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Porcelain

Toyonobu Utagawa, Warrior, Japanese Woodblock Print, Ukiyo-e, Hideyoshi, Samurai
By Toyonobu Utagawa
Located in London, GB
successfully cut of the castle's food supply. Hideyoshi is depicted playing the shō, a free reed instrument
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Late 19th Century Other Art Style Antique Shos

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Woodcut, Handmade Paper, Washi Paper, Pigment

Japanese Peacock Obi
Located in San Francisco, CA
are surrounded by the friends of winter or Sho-Chiku-Bai. Pine for longevity, bamboo for flexibility
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Early 20th Century Japanese Antique Shos

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Silk

Japanese Peacock Obi
Japanese Peacock Obi
H 12.5 in W 155 in
Tansu Japan Two-Section Clothing Chest Bedside or Side Table, Meiji 19th Century
Located in Monterey, CA
fitted behind each handle. A sublet motif of pine, bamboo and plum (three friends of winter, sho chiku
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19th Century Japanese Meiji Antique Shos

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Wood

He Sure Thinks He's Hiding
By Edward Vincent Brewer
Located in Minneapolis, MN
works the artist created for the cereal giant. Titled "He Sho' Thinks he's Hiding" the work
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1910s American Realist Antique Shos

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Mixed Media, Oil

Antique Victorian Grandfather Clock Woodcutter Mahogany
Located in Newberry, SC
capitals flanking either side of the glazed door. The colorful painted dial sho Subject
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19th Century English Antique Shos

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Glass, Mahogany

Three Porcelain Figures of the Chinese Immortals
Located in Woodbury, CT
In polychrome porcelain. Representing Fu, Lu and Sho Fu, the god of Good Luck (left) Lu, the god
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Early 20th Century Chinese Antique Shos

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Porcelain

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Antique Shos For Sale on 1stDibs

An assortment of antique shos is available at 1stDibs. Frequently made of wood, gold and metal, all antique shos available were constructed with great care. Antique shos have long been popular, with older editions for sale from the 18th Century and newer versions made as recently as the 20th Century. Art Deco antique shos are consistently popular styles.

How Much are Antique Shos?

Prices for antique shos start at $835 and top out at $34,000 with the average selling for $16,000.