Shigaraki Jar Tsubo Vase Pottery Mingei Japanese Wabi Sabi Metallic Black Zen
By Shigaraki Valley Potters
Located in Wilton, CT
Vintage Japanese Shigaraki jar in shimmering metallic black glaze, circa early/mid 20th century. Measures: 16" high. 13" diameter. Small chip at inner rim, as shown.
Stoneware
Antique Large Nanban 19C Edo Period Japanese Plate Charger Japan ca 1800-1830
Located in Amsterdam, Noord Holland
Marked with Ju character (felicitation or longevity) at base. late Edo period. https://onlineonly.christies. com/s/japanese-art-its-influence-european-court/large-imari-nanban-ship...
Porcelain
Antique Ko-Kutani 17th c Edo Period Japanese Dish Japan ca 1640-1660
Located in Amsterdam, Noord Holland
A very nice shaped polychrome dish. Unusual shape and painting. With overglaze blue. Absolute top quality. Marked at base. Early Edo period. Condition Perfect. Size 14.9x2.3CM Diam...
Porcelain
Antique Ko-Kutani 17th c Edo Period Japanese Dish Japan ca 1640-1660
Located in Amsterdam, Noord Holland
Ko-Kutani - A very nice shaped polychrome dish. Unusual shape and painting. Early Edo period. Storage box included. Condition 1 small chip to rim and crackle lines all over. Size: ...
Porcelain
Scarce Antique Japanese Mishima Karatsu Ware Glazed Sake Bottle Vase Pottery
Located in Forney, TX
Elegant long bottleneck vase form, the antique vessel having a tapering bulbous body with narrow elongated neck and broad rolled rim.
Pottery, Ceramic, Stoneware
1610-1640/Japanese White Porcelain Blue and White Vase/"Imari Ware"/Sake Bottle
Located in Sammu-shi, Chiba
I bought a very nice vase with white porcelain and blue dye. This is a sake bottle called Imari ware in Japan.
Porcelain
Exceptional Antique 19th c Japanese or Chinese Porcelain Vase with figures
Located in Amsterdam, Noord Holland
Lovely and beautifully made piece with different kind of motiffs, dragons, flaming pearl Condition some usual ware and traces of use. Could do with a cleaning. Size: 38x24.5CM Diame...
Porcelain
Antique Japanese Porcelain Edo period Tokkuri Bottle Vase Flowers Japan
Located in Amsterdam, Noord Holland
This piece exudes a classic and serene atmosphere, making it not only an excellent choice for serving sake but also a beautiful single-flower vase. Edo Period (1603–1868), probably ...
Porcelain
Antique Japanese Porcelain Edo period Tokkuri Bottle Vase Flowers Japan
Located in Amsterdam, Noord Holland
This piece exudes a classic and serene atmosphere, making it not only an excellent choice for serving sake but also a beautiful single-flower vase. Edo Period (1603–1868), probably ...
Porcelain
Antique Japanese Enamel Bronze Vase, Japan, Edo or Meiji
Located in Amsterdam, Noord Holland
Unmarked. Japan, 19th century. Provenance: collection Nieuwenhove. Condition Some minimal ware to enamal, some small processing flaws and some damage to the knots. Size 230 x 200...
Bronze
Antique 1700-1720 Japanese Porcelain Imari Edo Garniture Vase Flowers Shishi
Located in Amsterdam, Noord Holland
Vase 2 perfect, Vase 3 restoration to neck and lower body.
Porcelain
Chinese or Japanese antiques/Before the 19th century
Located in Sammu-shi, Chiba
Since I acquired it within Japan, I have classified it as a Japanese antique copper vase. It is likely to date back to at least the 19th century (around the Edo period).
Copper
Small Japanese copper vase made in the late Edo period / 1750-1868 / Flower vase
Located in Sammu-shi, Chiba
This is a copper vase made around the late Edo period. The body is cast.
Copper
Samson Porcelain Imari 'Temple Jar' on Ormolu Bronze Base, circa 1850
By Edmé Samson
Located in Kinderhook, NY
A large and impressive early Samson porcelain covered baluster vase in late 17th, early 18th century Japanese Edo Genroku Imari style on finely cast Louis XVI style ormolu bronze bas...
Porcelain
Japanese Antique Pottery Jar late 19th–early 20th / Shigaraki/Tanba origin
Located in Sammu-shi, Chiba
A Japanese antique vase, exuding a quiet presence. Its low rim and taut body create a simple yet powerful outline.
Pottery
$640Sale Price|54% Off
Antique Rare Pottery Coated with Copper Plate Used in Japan/Tsubo Wabisabi
Located in Sammu-shi, Chiba
It is used in Japan. It seems to be in the Edo period (1700s-1800s). But details are unknown.
Pottery
Japanese Antique Pottery Distorted Jar late 19th–early 20th / Shigaraki/Tanba
Located in Sammu-shi, Chiba
A powerful example of a Japanese Tamba ware storage jar, dating to the late Edo period. Fired in a traditional wood kiln, the surface reveals a striking natural ash glaze that has me...
Pottery
Unique Antique Edo / Meiji Period Vase Green and Blue Japan 1830 Relief Hirado
Located in Amsterdam, Noord Holland
Sharing with you this very rare Japanese Edo / Meiji vase. Most likely Hirado Condition 1 Bodyline : Size 30.5cm Period 19th century Edo Period (1603–1867)
Porcelain
Antique Japanese Enamel Bronze Vase, Japan, Edo or Meiji Period
Located in Amsterdam, Noord Holland
Unmarked. Japan, 19th century. Provenance: collection Nieuwenhove. Inventory number at the base. Condition Minimal ware to enamel and some processing flaws. Size 300mm high ...
Bronze
Japanese Antique Pottery Jar 17th-18th Century/ Wabi-Sabi /Tokoname
Located in Sammu-shi, Chiba
Tokoname is a region in Aichi Prefecture, Japan, renowned as one of the country's oldest pottery centers, with a history dating back to the 12th century. This jar, despite cracking ...
Pottery
Japanese Antique Momoyama Edo Bizen Ware Pottery Wabi-Sabi Art Tsubo Jar Vase
Located in Studio City, CA
An absolutely stunning Bizen ware stoneware vase/jar/vessel - produced sometime during the late Momoyama period (1568-1600) / Early Edo Period (1603-1867).
Stoneware
Antique 17C Japanese Porcelain Blue White Edo Period Arita Vase Flowers
Located in Amsterdam, Noord Holland
Nice & Beautiful Arita Japanese Porcelain Vase, beaker shape. Landscape scene with figures.
Porcelain
Japanese Antique Edo Wabi-Sabi Shigaraki Tamba Tanba Art Pottery Jar Tsubo Vase
Located in Studio City, CA
A beautiful Tamba (Tanba) ware (or Sigaraki ware) Japanese pottery vase/jar/pot - produced sometime during the Edo Period (1603-1867).
Pottery, Stoneware
Japanese Antique Edo Large Echizen Wabi-Sabi Art Pottery Jar Tsubo Ikebana Vase
Located in Studio City, CA
A gorgeous, quite large, beautifully shaped and textured antique Japanese Echizen ware pottery tsubo jar/vase/pot - made sometime during the Edo Period (1603-1868).
Pottery, Stoneware
Antique 17C Japanese Porcelain Blue White Edo Period Arita Vase Flowers Lion
Located in Amsterdam, Noord Holland
Nice & Beautiful Arita Japanese Porcelain Vase, beaker shape. This is a beautiful 17th-century Japanese Arita porcelain vase, likely dating to the second half of the 1600s during the...
Porcelain
38CM Antique 17C Japanese Porcelain Blue White Edo Period Arita Vase Flowers
Located in Amsterdam, Noord Holland
Size: 38CM high Period 17th century Edo Period (1603–1867)
Porcelain
Pair of Japanese Edo Period Parcel-Gilt Bronze Dragon Vases, Early 19th Century
Located in Austin, TX
A pair of well cast and dramatic Japanese parcel gilt bronze dragon vases, Edo period, early 19th century. The heavy bronze vases of pear shape, each with a single writhing dragon ca...
Bronze
Mid Century Studio Pottery Vessel in Water Jar Form
Located in Bridgeport, CT
A very well crafted lidded Water Jar in the form of the vessels used in the Japanese Tea Ceremony. The body of the jar is ribbed, glazed and bears fine abstract coloring in a deep de...
Clay
A Rare Set of 5 Edo Period Japanese Arita Porcelain Imari Style Vases
Located in New York, NY
An Exclusive and Rare Set of Five Edo Period Japanese Arita Porcelain Imari Style Vases.
Porcelain
Antique 1660-1680 Japanese Polychrome Plate Landscape Dragon Phoenix
Located in Amsterdam, Noord Holland
An Arita dish in storage box. Edo Period ( 17th century) Decorated in overglaze enamel on underglaze blue. Flowers, landscape, Dragon and Phoenix. Color bursting from it. Period; ...
Porcelain
Antique Japanese Arita Frederik Van Frytom Style Porcelain Dish c.1700 Silver
Located in Amsterdam, Noord Holland
Sharing with you this saucer dish or pattipan of lobed shape on a lobed footring. On the base some spur-marks. Decorated in underglaze blue with a European landscape with trees, hous...
Porcelain
Antique 1670-1680 Japanese Nangawara Kakiemon Dish with Pine and rock Flowers
Located in Amsterdam, Noord Holland
Very happy with this new arrival. Lobed Arita kakiemon deep dish of unusual shape and design. Possibly a base of a tureen? Period; ca 1680 Condition 1 small fleebite to rim only. ...
Porcelain
Large 19c Antique Meiji Period Japanese Wall dish with Quails Bronze Flowers
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...
Porcelain
Very rare Antique Ca 1700 Japanese Porcelain Grisaille Decorated Teapot
Located in Amsterdam, Noord Holland
A very nicely decorated teapot. Unique decoration. Hard to find. We have an example in our private collection and this is the third one we have seen in 10 years. Condition chip to s...
Porcelain
Japanese Edo Imari Paktong Mounted Garniture Vases, Pair, circa 1720
Located in Kinderhook, NY
A wonderful and rare near pair of first quarter 18th century Japanese Edo Imari garniture vases of baluster form having silver-gilt paktong neck and foot mounts in traditional imari ...
Metal, Silver Plate
Fine Pair of Japanese Bronze Cylinder Vases with Hanasaka Jiisan Scenes, Edo
Located in Nottingham, GB
This exceptional pair of Japanese bronze cylindrical vases dates securely to the late Edo period. One narrative panel bears the inscription 古江戸 (Ko Edo, "Old Edo") together with 安政三年...
Bronze
Japanese Edo Period Pair of Bronze Vases w/ Clouds & Dragons, Circa 1840
Located in New York, NY
ABOUT A rare and exceptionally decorative pair of Japanese Edo Period (1603–1868) trumpet-shaped vases, circa 1840.
Bronze
Pair Antique Edo/Meiji 19th c Vases Bronze Japanese Heavy elephant ears
Located in Amsterdam, Noord Holland
Nicely made and carved pair of Bronze vases. Condition just some ware and some small scratches/dents. As pictures Size: 16CM high Period 19th century
Porcelain
$596Sale Price|20% Off
Japanese Antique Edo Meiji Wabi-Sabi Tanba Tamba Art Pottery Vase Jar Pot
Located in Studio City, CA
A beautifully shaped, glazed (a lava crater glaze reminiscent of such modern western potters as Beatrice Wood, Glenn Lukens and Otto and Gertrud Natzler), and complexly textured Tamb...
Earthenware, Pottery
Enamel Bronze Vase Censer in the Shape of a Bell Bird, Japan, Edo or Meiji
Located in Amsterdam, Noord Holland
Nicely made artifact. Stand not included. Condition: Overall condition perfect. Size: 295mm Period: 18th century 19th century Edo Period (1603–1867).
Bronze
Artist Mikawachi Yaki Vase 1989 Vintage Japanese Hirado Vase with Bird Scene
Located in Amsterdam, Noord Holland
This is a most unusually made antique Hirado porcelain cachepot with playing boys. Crisply modelled with cobalt blue glaze About Hirado 平戸 Ware The origins of Hirado ware (it's als...
Porcelain
Japanese Autique Vase, Pottery, Wabi-Sabi
Located in Katori-Shi, 12
Ancient Japanese Ceramic Vessel: A Primordial Dialogue with Earth and Fire This monumental Japanese jar radiates an overwhelming presence that can only be cultivated by the passage ...
Pottery
18th Century Japanese Gennai Ware Vase
Located in Hudson, NY
18th century Japanese Gennai Ware vase, known for its bright coloring, Gennai Ware was produced by Hiraga Gennai (1728-1780), a scientist and intellectual who lived in what is now Sh...
Ceramic
Japanese Autique Vase, Pottery, Wabi-Sabi
Located in Katori-Shi, 12
This is an antique piece of Japanese pottery. It is a valuable item that is thought to have been made before the Edo period (1600s to 1860s). Its beautiful color and unique texture...
Pottery
19th Century Superior Quality Japanese Bronze Vase with Grape Vine Handles
Located in Hudson, NY
19th century superior quality Japanese bronze vase with grape vine handles. Beautifully shaped Edo period (first half of the 19th century) vase with complimenting delicate handles in...
Bronze
Vintage Closionne Vase Mounted As A Lamp
Located in Bridgeport, CT
Vintage cloisonné vase mounted as a lamp with dual pull chain operation, mounted on a conforming wooden base. The vase decorated with arched form panels with dragons and exotic birds...
Metal
Pair of Porcelain Vases Japanese, Circa 1800 Blue Red Gold
Located in Takarazuka, JP
Exquisite pair of mid Edo period large Japanese Ko-Imari porcelain vases in an attractive baluster shape boasting intricate patterns of floral and highly detailed geometric motifs th...
Gold
$312Sale Price|53% Off
Extraordinary Japanese Hand Thrown Blue And White Wabi-Sabi Vase, Early 19thc.
Located in South Burlington, VT
Desirable Wabi-Sabi form. Dates to the early Edo period, early 19th century. Wabi-sabi crafted as a purposely tilted creation.
Pottery
Antique Mixed Metal Japanese Shibuichi Vase/Ewer Bronze Japan Porcelain 19C
Located in Amsterdam, Noord Holland
Interesting and finely made mixed metal shibuichi vase. Very cool and of high quality. marked above the base rim. Condition There is a chip to the base rim and the upper rim has s...
Porcelain
Large c. 19th Century Antique Meiji Period Japanese Kyo Satsuma Vase Lamp
Located in Louisville, KY
This mid 19th century Japanese Meiji Period Kyo Satsuma Vase Lamp is a truly phenomenal piece of art. With multiple scenes that include Japanese figures in ceremonial costumes in var...
Bronze
Edo furniture was created during a flourishing time for the decorative arts owing to the stability of the Tokugawa shogunate rule in Japan. Spanning from 1603 to 1867, this era of peace and economic growth supported artistic advancements in lacquer, woodblock printing, porcelain and other artisanal trades. Because the country was largely isolated, there was little outside influence, leading to centuries of exceptional attention to the design of its furnishings and the quality of its traditional arts.
Unlike during the Meiji period that followed, with an increase in domestic and international markets, furniture during the Edo period was predominately commissioned by the ruling class, although people from across social groups benefited from the burgeoning metropolitan hubs for artisanal trades. For instance, Kyoto became a major center for lacquer art. Most furniture pieces were made from wood such as cedar or ash, including the era’s sashimono cabinets, which involved fine joinery and were rooted in the Heian period.
Sashimono cabinets, which were built by master craftsmen in a range of different wood types owing to the various trees that populate Japan, occasionally featured a stack of slender drawers as well as sliding doors. They were popular with everyone from samurai to kabuki actors. Tansu storage chests crafted from wood with metal fittings were also common in Edo-period homes. Some were designed to be easily portable while others were made to double as staircases.
Painted folding screens, called byōbu, were also fashionable, with Japanese artists inspired by nature, literature and scenes of history and daily life to create vivid works. In Buddhist temples and the palatial homes of the aristocratic class, fusuma, or large sliding panels, would sometimes be adorned with gold or silver leaf. These dividers allowed interiors to change throughout the day, closing in small spaces for personal use or reflecting candlelight to illuminate communal spaces after dark.
Find a collection of Edo tables, lighting, decorative objects, wall decorations and more furniture on 1stDibs.
Every time you move into a house or an apartment — or endeavor to refresh the home you’ve lived in for years — life for that space begins anew. The right home accent, be it the simple placement of a decorative bowl on a shelf or a ceramic vase for fresh flowers, can transform an area from drab to spectacular. But with so many materials and items to choose from, it’s easy to get lost in the process. The key to styling with antique and vintage decorative objects is to work toward making a happy home that best reflects your personal style.
Ceramics are a versatile addition to any home. If you’ve amassed an assortment of functional pottery over the years, think of your mugs and salad bowls as decorative objects, ideal for displaying in a glass cabinet. Vintage ceramic serveware can pop along white open shelving in your dining area, while large stoneware pitchers paired with woven baskets or quilts in an open cupboard can introduce a rustic farmhouse-style element to your den.
Translucent decorative boxes or bowls made of an acrylic plastic called Lucite — a game changer in furniture that’s easy to clean and lasts long — are modern accents that are neutral enough to dress up a coffee table or desktop without cluttering it. If you’re showcasing pieces from the past, a vintage jewelry box for displaying your treasures can spark conversation: Where is the jewelry box from? Is there a story behind it?
Abstract sculptures or an antique vessel for your home library can draw attention to your book collection and add narrative charm to the most appropriate of corners. There’s more than one way to style your bookcases, and decorative objects add a provocative dynamic. “I love magnifying glasses,” says Alex Assouline, global vice president of luxury publisher Assouline, of adding one’s cherished objects to a home library. “They are both useful and decorative. Objects really elevate libraries and can also make them more personal.”
To help with personalizing your space and truly making it your own, find an extraordinary collection of decorative objects on 1stDibs.