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Japanese Monastery Robe Patchwork Kesa with inscription Edo Period
Japanese Monastery Robe Patchwork Kesa with inscription Edo Period

Japanese Monastery Robe Patchwork Kesa with inscription Edo Period

Located in Atlanta, GA

The elaborate motifs feature repetitive pattern of flying cranes, hababishi (four petal flowers), paulownia leaves, all interlinked by Sayagata, the interlocking eternal Manji symbol...

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Antique Early 19th Century Japanese Japonisme Textiles

Materials

Brocade, Silk

Bold Tangerine Ceremonial "Lucky Cranes Spreading Happiness" Silk Kimono
Bold Tangerine Ceremonial "Lucky Cranes Spreading Happiness" Silk Kimono

Bold Tangerine Ceremonial "Lucky Cranes Spreading Happiness" Silk Kimono

Located in New York, NY

This wonderfully bold tangerine ceremonial detailed embroidered silk kimono detailed flock of "Lucky Cranes Flying to Spread Happiness and Long Life".

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1980s Japanese Coats and Outerwear

Vintage kimono textile art " Cranes ~ Kintsugi ~ II" White Red Gold Japan
Vintage kimono textile art " Cranes ~ Kintsugi ~ II" White Red Gold Japan

Vintage kimono textile art " Cranes ~ Kintsugi ~ II" White Red Gold Japan

By Kimono ikasu

Located in Setagaya City, JP

On this particular piece, cranes are flying through snow woven on the fabric, as if they are overcoming all disasters to get to their beloved ones.

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Late 20th Century Japanese Japonisme Paintings

Materials

Gold Leaf, Silver Leaf

Japanese Silk Obi Kimono Belt /Table runner 1970s Gold Two Cranes
Japanese Silk Obi Kimono Belt /Table runner 1970s Gold Two Cranes

Japanese Silk Obi Kimono Belt /Table runner 1970s Gold Two Cranes

Located in Paris, FR

It is made with Gold Silk (Kinshi) and it is in good condition. Two cranes walking or flying together is the ultimate symbol of longevity.

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Vintage 1970s Japanese Showa Decorative Art

Materials

Silk

Fine quality pair of Japanese Cloisonné enamel vases / lamps, 1890.
Fine quality pair of Japanese Cloisonné enamel vases / lamps, 1890.

Fine quality pair of Japanese Cloisonné enamel vases / lamps, 1890.

Located in Brighton, Sussex

Each with wonderful classical motif decoration to a grey colour ground. Depicting exotic Cranes flying and walking among flowers and foliage.

Category

Antique Late 19th Century Japanese Table Lamps

Materials

Enamel

Morning forest, Painting, Oil on Canvas
Morning forest, Painting, Oil on Canvas

Morning forest, Painting, Oil on Canvas

By Elena Sokolova

Located in Yardley, PA

The painting is an oil on canvas and depicts a tranquil scene of cranes flying over a waterway surrounded by misty forest.

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2010s Impressionist More Art

Materials

Oil

Korean Asian Large Long Life Byobu Byeongpung Shipjangsaengdo Ten Panel Screen
Korean Asian Large Long Life Byobu Byeongpung Shipjangsaengdo Ten Panel Screen

Korean Asian Large Long Life Byobu Byeongpung Shipjangsaengdo Ten Panel Screen

Located in Studio City, CA

Playful spotted deer are seen peacefully frolicking around the herb of eternal youth in the pine tree forest. Cranes are flying above the floating clouds and mist-shrouded mountains ...

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Mid-20th Century Korean Paintings and Screens

Materials

Fabric, Wood, Paint, Paper

Chinese Export Four Panel Red Lacquered Chinoiserie Gilt Screen
Chinese Export Four Panel Red Lacquered Chinoiserie Gilt Screen

Chinese Export Four Panel Red Lacquered Chinoiserie Gilt Screen

Located in Rio Vista, CA

The front features a cinnabar-red lacquer ground with hand-painted and parcel gilt-accented imagery of flowers, branches, ducks, cranes, flying and perched exotic birds, and foliage,...

Category

20th Century Chinese Chinoiserie Paintings and Screens

Materials

Brass

Japanese mixed metal bronze vase, 43cm high
Japanese mixed metal bronze vase, 43cm high

Japanese mixed metal bronze vase, 43cm high

Located in Brighton, Sussex

A fine quality late 19th Century, Meiji period Japanese bronze two handled vase with wonderful mixed metal relief decoration, depicting a Crane and birds flying among exotic flowers ...

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Antique Late 19th Century Japanese Vases

Materials

Bronze

Antique Japanese Old Indigo Dyed cotton textile/Hanging Cloth/Tapestry・Wabisabi
Antique Japanese Old Indigo Dyed cotton textile/Hanging Cloth/Tapestry・Wabisabi

Antique Japanese Old Indigo Dyed cotton textile/Hanging Cloth/Tapestry・Wabisabi

Located in 足利市, JP

The lower-right section is dyed in rich, earthy persimmon tannin (Kakishibu) and showcases an array of highly stylized, abstract geometric motifs representing flying Origami Cranes (...

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Antique Late 19th Century Japanese Meiji Textiles

Materials

Cotton

Suzuribako or writting box circular shape in nashiji and gold lacquer
Suzuribako or writting box circular shape in nashiji and gold lacquer

Suzuribako or writting box circular shape in nashiji and gold lacquer

Located in PARIS, FR

On the inner side of the lid, there is a decoration of a boat on the water behind rocks with cranes flying towards the ground. Again, the kirigane technique is used, particularly for...

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Antique Late 18th Century Japanese Edo Lacquer

Materials

Gold Leaf

Original Vintage Soviet Propaganda Poster Pravda Lenin Mayakovsky Sputnik USSR
Original Vintage Soviet Propaganda Poster Pravda Lenin Mayakovsky Sputnik USSR

Original Vintage Soviet Propaganda Poster Pravda Lenin Mayakovsky Sputnik USSR

Located in London, GB

Original vintage Soviet propaganda poster with a poem by Vladimir Mayakovsky (1893-1930) in white on a red background - Lenin is with us, eternal and majestic, his thoughts, words an...

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Vintage 1960s Russian Posters

Materials

Paper

Antique Chinese Export Silver Fruit Dish by Luen Hing, Circa 1880
Antique Chinese Export Silver Fruit Dish by Luen Hing, Circa 1880

Antique Chinese Export Silver Fruit Dish by Luen Hing, Circa 1880

By Luen Hing

Located in Jesmond, Newcastle Upon Tyne

Each panel is embellished with applied decoration depicting individual scenes, such as a bird sitting in a cherry blossom tree, a crane flying over iris flowers, and a chrysanthemum ...

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Antique 1880s English Qing Metalwork

Materials

Silver, Sterling Silver

Original Vintage Chinese Communist Party Propaganda Poster Our Flag Is Communism
Original Vintage Chinese Communist Party Propaganda Poster Our Flag Is Communism

Original Vintage Chinese Communist Party Propaganda Poster Our Flag Is Communism

Located in London, GB

庆祝中国共产党第十二次全国代表大会召开 - featuring an illustration of smiling young people and workers looking up in front of a large hammer and sickle emitting white, yellow and orange light on the ba...

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Vintage 1980s Chinese Posters

Materials

Paper

19th Century Japanese Hand-Painted Blue and White Porcelain Charger Plate
19th Century Japanese Hand-Painted Blue and White Porcelain Charger Plate

19th Century Japanese Hand-Painted Blue and White Porcelain Charger Plate

Located in Yonkers, NY

Their diagonal lines lead our eyes to the two cranes that are flying in the sky. Bordered by a scalloped edge alternating light blue and dark blue motifs, this Japanese hand-painted ...

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Antique 19th Century Japanese Porcelain

Materials

Porcelain

Chinoiserie Ginger Jar Urn Table Lamp Enameled Birds Scrolls Japan 1960s
Chinoiserie Ginger Jar Urn Table Lamp Enameled Birds Scrolls Japan 1960s

Chinoiserie Ginger Jar Urn Table Lamp Enameled Birds Scrolls Japan 1960s

Located in Clifton Springs, NY

The ceramic body of the lamp is decorated with hand-painted decor of flying bird (most possibly crane), surrounded by scrolls and flower motifs in colorful red, green, and white enam...

Category

20th Century Japanese Chinoiserie Table Lamps

Materials

Brass

A Japanese Fluted Imari Vase with Mark and Metal Cover, 19th Century
A Japanese Fluted Imari Vase with Mark and Metal Cover, 19th Century

A Japanese Fluted Imari Vase with Mark and Metal Cover, 19th Century

Located in ARMADALE, VIC

Description: The fluted Imari vase with a short everted collar surrounded by a band of cobalt and gilt foliate panels divided by red floral clasps on a white ground, to the shoulders...

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Antique 19th Century Japanese Ceramics

Materials

Porcelain

Japanese Contemporary Blue White Gold Porcelain Vase by Master Artist, 3
Japanese Contemporary Blue White Gold Porcelain Vase by Master Artist, 3

Japanese Contemporary Blue White Gold Porcelain Vase by Master Artist, 3

Located in Takarazuka, JP

The artist depicts in great detail a spectacular scene of cranes flying gracefully above striking auspicious waves showcased in deep blue and intricately outlined in gold.

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Japanese Meiji Vases

Materials

Gold

Japanese Contemporary Blue White Gold Porcelain Vase by Master Artist, 2
Japanese Contemporary Blue White Gold Porcelain Vase by Master Artist, 2

Japanese Contemporary Blue White Gold Porcelain Vase by Master Artist, 2

Located in Takarazuka, JP

The artist depicts in great detail this spectacular scene of cranes flying gracefully above striking waves showcased in deep blue and intricately outlined in gold.

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Japanese Meiji Ceramics

Materials

Gold

Korean Goryeo Celadon Glazed Sangam Inlaid Bowl, 12th/13th Century, Korea
Korean Goryeo Celadon Glazed Sangam Inlaid Bowl, 12th/13th Century, Korea

Korean Goryeo Celadon Glazed Sangam Inlaid Bowl, 12th/13th Century, Korea

Located in Austin, TX

The interior of the bowl decorated with a design of four cranes flying gracefully amongst clouds. The cavetto with a single chrysanthemum blossom surrounded by a band of yeoui (ruyi)...

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Antique 15th Century and Earlier Korean Ceramics

Materials

Stoneware

Antique Large Japanese Futon Cover with Resist Yuzen Dye
Antique Large Japanese Futon Cover with Resist Yuzen Dye

Antique Large Japanese Futon Cover with Resist Yuzen Dye

Located in Atlanta, GA

The front showcases a beautiful pictorial design with a crane flying on a background of pine tree, bamboo and plum blossom.

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Antique 1890s Japanese Meiji Textiles

Materials

Cotton

Large Japanese Imari Charger 16", Edo / Meiji Period, mid 19th century, Japan
Large Japanese Imari Charger 16", Edo / Meiji Period, mid 19th century, Japan

Large Japanese Imari Charger 16", Edo / Meiji Period, mid 19th century, Japan

Located in Austin, TX

The walls feature four large reserves painted with alternating panels of Chinese style boys, and cranes flying over crashing waves. The Chinese style boys are depicted playing in a...

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Antique 1860s Japanese Meiji Ceramics

Materials

Porcelain

Japanese Two Panel Screen: Mountain Landscape with Calligraphy
Japanese Two Panel Screen: Mountain Landscape with Calligraphy

Japanese Two Panel Screen: Mountain Landscape with Calligraphy

Located in Hudson, NY

Late Edo (c. 1850) painting of a dramatic mountainside carved by a waterfall with a crane flying in the foreground and beautifully executed calligraphy.

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Antique Mid-19th Century Japanese Edo Paintings and Screens

Materials

Silk, Wood, Paper

James Jean - The Editor - Contemporary Art
James Jean - The Editor - Contemporary Art

James Jean - The Editor - Contemporary Art

By James Jean

Located in Asheville, NC

Within the planter are various touchstones regurgitated and left by the cranes flying in the distance. Aristotle once described in The History of Animals that the crane carries withi...

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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Prints and Multiples

Materials

Giclée

Antique Chinese Porcelain Ca 1600-1640 Kosometsuke Plate Shou Lao 8 Immortals
Antique Chinese Porcelain Ca 1600-1640 Kosometsuke Plate Shou Lao 8 Immortals

Antique Chinese Porcelain Ca 1600-1640 Kosometsuke Plate Shou Lao 8 Immortals

Located in Amsterdam, Noord Holland

Central scene of the well known Shou Lao, God of Longevity, flying on a crane among the clouds. In the front of him are the 8 immortals with attributes in a garden/landscape scene.

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Antique 17th Century Chinese Ming Ceramics

Materials

Porcelain

A 19th C. Japanese Porcelain Kutani Red Ground Scroll Cartouche Vase
A 19th C. Japanese Porcelain Kutani Red Ground Scroll Cartouche Vase

A 19th C. Japanese Porcelain Kutani Red Ground Scroll Cartouche Vase

Located in New York, NY

The reverse side of the vase continues the scroll-shaped border motif, featuring multi-colored cranes flying, preening, and gazing at a small cottage in the distance, some gorgeously...

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Antique 19th Century Japanese Meiji Vases

Materials

Porcelain

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Flying Cranes For Sale on 1stDibs

At 1stDibs, there are several options of flying cranes available for sale. Each of these unique flying cranes was constructed with extraordinary care, often using wood, ceramic and metal. Flying cranes have been made for many years, and versions that date back to the 18th Century alongside those produced as recently as the 20th Century. Flying cranes made by Mid-Century Modern designers — as well as those associated with Scandinavian Modern — are very popular at 1stDibs. There have been many well-made flying cranes over the years, but those made by Meissen Porcelain, Japanese School and Joseph Holdcroft are often thought to be among the most beautiful.

How Much are Flying Cranes?

Prices for flying cranes can differ depending upon size, time period and other attributes — at 1stDibs, flying cranes begin at $154 and can go as high as $14,552, while the average can fetch as much as $1,275.