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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 Japanese Antique Marks

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Etching

Japanese Antique Bronze Model of an Elephant and Two Tigers
Located in London, GB
Meiji period, depicting an elephant being attacked by two tigers, with Japanese mark on the base
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19th Century Japanese Meiji Japanese Antique Marks

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Bronze

Japanese Meji Period Satsuma Vase c1885
Located in Tunbridge Wells, GB
butterflies. Marks : Japanese marks to base Type : Pottery Size : 16.2cm height, 8cm diameter Condition
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1880s Japanese Japanese Antique Marks

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Porcelain

Antique Japanese Satsuma Jar with Mark Japan, 19th Century
Located in Amsterdam, Noord Holland
Faboulous and small japanese earthenware jar. The painting quality is absolutely amazing. Mark at
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19th Century Japanese Japanese Antique Marks

Materials

Porcelain

Antique Japanese Satsuma Brushwasher with Mark Japan, 19th Century
Located in Amsterdam, Noord Holland
Faboulous and small japanese earthenware brushwasher. The painting quality is absolutely amazing
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19th Century Japanese Japanese Antique Marks

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Porcelain

19th Century Japanese Merchant's Money Box Original Marks
Located in Somis, CA
A rare antiquity from 19th century Japan, crafted from solid wood. This ingenious box features a
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19th Century Japanese Japanese Antique Marks

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Iron

Satsuma Japanese Meiji Miniature Enameled Teapot Kozon Mark
By Satsuma
Located in Bishop's Stortford, Hertfordshire
An exceptional Japanese Satsuma miniature spool shaped pottery teapot and cover finely hand
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19th Century Japanese Meiji Japanese Antique Marks

Materials

Pottery

Amazing Japanese silver teapot and cover, dragon spout Meiji period 19TH century
Located in Tel Aviv - Jaffa, IL
the tea hot. The tea pot is not marked with any Japanese marks but it is attributed to the work of
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1890s Japanese Japanese Antique Marks

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Silver

Vintage trade s mark Japanese Tokyo wall clock
Located in Debenham, Suffolk
Vintage trade s mark Japanese tokyo wall clock circa 1920. Ww2 Japanese trade s mark wall clock
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Early 20th Century Japanese Art Deco Japanese Antique Marks

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Glass, Wood

Large Antique Meiji period Japanese Satsuma Bowl Figures with mark Japan 19c
Located in Amsterdam, Noord Holland
Country of origin: Japan Age: Meiji Period 19th century Size: 39.5 cm / 40 cm Diameter Condition
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19th Century Japanese Meiji Japanese Antique Marks

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Porcelain

Antique Meiji Period Japanese Satsuma Vase with Yasui Mark Japan, 19th Century
Located in Amsterdam, Noord Holland
Faboulous japanese earthenware vase of small size. Mark at the base: Yasui. Additional
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19th Century Japanese Japanese Antique Marks

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Porcelain

Antique Meiji Period Japanese Satsuma Plate Figures with Mark Japan 19th Century
Located in Amsterdam, Noord Holland
Fabulous Japanese earthenware Satsuma dish depicting Figures. Satsuma Ceramic with mark. Japan
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19th Century Japanese Meiji Japanese Antique Marks

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Porcelain

Antique Meiji Period Japanese Kutani Plaque with Landscape and Mark Japan 19th C
Located in Amsterdam, Noord Holland
Description Faboulous japanese porcelain plaque. Very high quality painting of a Mountain
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19th Century Japanese Meiji Japanese Antique Marks

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Porcelain

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
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19th Century Japanese Japanese Antique Marks

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Porcelain

Monumental Meiji Japanese Cloisonne Enamel Totai Covered Jar With Butterflies
Located in Long Island City, NY
purposes, rather than routine commercial export. The underside bears a hand painted Japanese mark in
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Late 19th Century Japanese Japanese Antique Marks

Materials

Enamel

Japanese Antique Satsuma Pottery Buddhist Monks Vase with Shimazu Crest Mark
By Satsuma
Located in Studio City, CA
A beautiful Japanese Satsuma pottery studio vase featuring multiple kesa-clad enlightened Buddhist
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Early 20th Century Japanese Meiji Japanese Antique Marks

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Earthenware, Pottery

A Japanese Fluted Imari Vase with Mark and Metal Cover, 19th Century
Located in ARMADALE, VIC
A Japanese Fluted Imari Vase with Mark and Metal Cover, 19th Century Provenance: Private
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19th Century Japanese Japanese Antique Marks

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Porcelain

Set of 7 Antique Japanese Porcelain Sweetmeat with Flowers & Base Mark
Located in Amsterdam, Noord Holland
: Material: Porcelain & Pottery Japanese Style: Arita Decoration Type / Colour: Kakiemon Region of Origin
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18th Century Japanese Meiji Japanese Antique Marks

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Porcelain

Set of 5 Antique Japanese Porcelain Teabowls with Flowers & Base Mark
Located in Amsterdam, Noord Holland
, discovered white clay kaolin in Arita and used it to create Japan’s first porcelain. Arita was the first
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18th Century Japanese Edo Japanese Antique Marks

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Porcelain

Antique Nicely Shaped Meiji Period Japanese Satsuma Vase with Mark Satsuma
Located in Amsterdam, Noord Holland
Fabulous japanese earthenware Satsuma Vase of great shape and scene. With animal head 'handles
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19th Century Japanese Japanese Antique Marks

Materials

Porcelain

Antique Meiji Period Japanese Satsuma Vase Yokohama Mark of Hikojiro Imura
Located in Amsterdam, Noord Holland
& Potter Japanese Style: Satsuma Region of Origin: Japan Period: 19th century, 20th century Meiji Periode
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19th Century Japanese Japanese Antique Marks

Materials

Porcelain

Edo Period Japanese Porcelain Dish Charger Arita Fuku Mark, 17/18th Century
Located in Amsterdam, Noord Holland
at the base with a Fuku mark. Additional information: Material: Porcelain & Pottery Japanese Style
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17th Century Japanese Japanese Antique Marks

Materials

Porcelain

Japanese Ceramic Bowl with Crescent Mark by Kodai-ji Kiln Meiji Period Ex-Musuem
Located in Atlanta, GA
coral pink glaze except the base, the bottom well of the interior has a curious mark of crescent moon in
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19th Century Japanese Meiji Japanese Antique Marks

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Ceramic

Set of 2 Antique Japanese Edo Period Tea Dishes Arita with Fuku Mark
Located in Amsterdam, Noord Holland
Set of 2 Antique Japanese Edo Period Tea Dishes Arita with Fuku Mark Additional information
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18th Century Japanese Japanese Antique Marks

Materials

Porcelain

Rare Japanese Meiji Satsuma Crackle Ware Vase w/ Carving by Tashiro Factory
By Satsuma
Located in New York, NY
are more commonly found. The base bears a Japanese mark written beneath the glaze, identifying the
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Early 1900s Japanese Meiji Japanese Antique Marks

Materials

Porcelain

Edo Period Japanese Porcelain Ko Imari Charger Crane Flowers Spur Marks
Located in Amsterdam, Noord Holland
are amazing. Many spur marks at the base Additional information: Material: Porcelain & Pottery Period
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17th Century Edo Japanese Antique Marks

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Porcelain

Rare Antique Japanese Bronze Vase with Temple Mark on the Underside, 19th C.
Located in Amsterdam, Noord Holland
Antique Japanese Bronze Vase With a Temple Mark on the underside Japan Rare Additional information
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19th Century Chinese Japanese Antique Marks

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Bronze

Japanese Silver Bowl
Located in London, GB
based in Yokohama, and the jungin mark, the Japanese symbol for "fine silver", meaning it has a silver
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Early 20th Century Japanese Japanese Antique Marks

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Silver

A pair of imari arita porcelain vases with Fukagawa mark
Located in Milano, IT
A pair of Japanese Arita porcelain vases, hexagonal in truncated-pyramid form, decorated with
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Late 19th Century Japanese Japanese Antique Marks

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Porcelain

Japanese Cast Bronze "Longevity" Mirror, Edo Period, 18th Century, Japan
Located in Austin, TX
A heavy and finely cast Japanese bronze mirror with longevity symbols, Edo Period, 18th century
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Late 18th Century Japanese Edo Japanese Antique Marks

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Bronze

Antique Japanese Porcelain Kaiseki Kutani Akae Plate Japan, 19th/20th century
Located in Amsterdam, Noord Holland
Faboulous japanese porcelain plate. Mark at the base. Additional information: Material: Porcelain
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19th Century Japanese Japanese Antique Marks

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Porcelain

Set of 3 Antique Japanese Porcelain Kaiseki Bowls Japan, 19th/20th Century
Located in Amsterdam, Noord Holland
Faboulous japanese porcelain shallow bowls. Stamp mark at the base. Additional information
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19th Century Japanese Japanese Antique Marks

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Porcelain

Antique Bronze Meiji Vase with Fishes and Mark Shobun Jyuhachi, 19th Century
Located in Amsterdam, Noord Holland
information: Material: Porcelain & Pottery Region of Origin: Japan Period: 19th century Edo Period (1603–1867
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19th Century Japanese Meiji Japanese Antique Marks

Materials

Pottery

Japanese Meiji Orange and Gold Porcelain Kutani Bowl
Located in Long Island City, NY
, surrounded by scrolling borders. On the base is the "Dai Nippon"/"Great Japan" (大日本) mark.
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1890s Japanese Meiji Japanese Antique Marks

Materials

Porcelain

Large Antique Imari Fruit Display Plate, Japanese, Ceramic Platter, Victorian
Located in Hele, Devon, GB
Oriental natural scenes Finished to the base with a red export character mark This antique Japanese Imari
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Early 1900s Japanese Late Victorian Japanese Antique Marks

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Ceramic

Pair of Japanese Meiji Period Imari Vases with Dragon Handles
Located in New York, NY
bottoms are signed with Japanese Porcelain Studio marks. Japan, Circa: 1880.
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1880s Japanese Meiji Japanese Antique Marks

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Porcelain

Late 19th Century Japanese Massive Scale Arita Blue & White Charger
Located in Chapel Hill, NC
Late 19th century massive scale Arita blue & white charger, Japanese. Pseudo Chinese reign marks
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Late 19th Century Japanese Japanese Antique Marks

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Ceramic, Porcelain

Antique Japanese Porcelain Figural Owl Wall Pocket Vase Meiji Period
Located in San Diego, CA
We are offering a beautiful Japanese porcelain figural owl wall pocket vase dating from the Meiji
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Early 20th Century Japanese Japanese Antique Marks

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Porcelain

Pair of Rare Antique Japanese Folding Screens with Provenance
Located in Atlanta, GA
Japanese reign mark dated 1812. An original receipt from a NYC gallery dated 1985 is also included.
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1810s Japanese Japonisme Japanese Antique Marks

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Brass

Japanese Meiji Period Cloisonne Enamel Vase by Ando Jubei
By Ando Jubei
Located in Newark, England
Free international shipping Ando Cloisonne Company Mark From our Japanese collection, we are
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Early 1900s Japanese Meiji Japanese Antique Marks

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Enamel, Wire

Japanese Bronze Bunchin or papper holder in the form of a fish
Located in PARIS, FR
fishing boat or just pulled from a net. Foundry mark underneath. Japan – Meiji era (1868-1912) Height : 2
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Late 19th Century Japanese Meiji Japanese Antique Marks

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Bronze

Japanese Taishō Period Handmade Coral Colored Pumpkin Shaped Planter
Located in Yonkers, NY
distressed marks. This charming Japanese Taisho period handmade planter from the early 20th century captures
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Early 20th Century Japanese Taisho Japanese Antique Marks

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Ceramic

Japanese Meiji Dish with Figures Amidst Clouds 19th Century
Located in Bishop's Stortford, Hertfordshire
An unusual antique Japanese Imari shallow porcelain dish hand painted with two scrolling ladies
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Late 19th Century Japanese Meiji Japanese Antique Marks

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Ceramic, Porcelain

Japanese Satsuma Gilt Porcelain Immortals Vase, c. 1900's
Located in Los Angeles, CA
high relief. Made in Japan, c. 1900's. *Includes mark on base. Dimensions: 11.5"H x 12"D
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Early 1900s Japanese Japanese Antique Marks

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Porcelain

19th Century Japanese Silver Wine Jug, Sadajiro & Musashiya, circa 1890
Located in Royal Tunbridge Wells, Kent
on a domed foot chased with acanthus leaves. Signed with Japanese characters and makers mark M.S (The
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19th Century Japanese Japanese Antique Marks

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Silver

Antique Meiji Period Japanese Satsuma Vase Arhats Dragon Choshuzan Workshop
Located in Amsterdam, Noord Holland
the historical Buddha) and moriage (raised enamel) white dragon. Satsuma Ceramic with mark. Japan
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19th Century Japanese Japanese Antique Marks

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Porcelain

Japanese Meiji Period Damascene Box by Ashizuki with Gold and Silver
Located in Newark, England
plain black ground. The base of the Japanese Box is signed with the stylised character marks for
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19th Century Japanese Meiji Japanese Antique Marks

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Gold, Silver, Brass, Iron

MEIJI Period Japan 1890 Imperial Shakudo Gold Mixed Metals Brush Vase-Pot
Located in Miami, FL
with the initials and symbols as the maker's mark. Condition: This Japanese Meiji brush pot-vase is in
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1890s Japanese Meiji Japanese Antique Marks

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Gold, Silver, Bronze

Set of Antique Japanese Porcelain Tea Dish & Bowl Blue &White Zoshuntei Sanpo
Located in Amsterdam, Noord Holland
A very nice quality blue and white tea set dish and bowl with a mark. Japan, 19th century
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19th Century Japanese Japanese Antique Marks

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Porcelain

Ito Tozan I "Basket and Frog" Ceramic Vessel, Meiji Period, circa 1900, Japan
By Ito Tozan I
Located in Austin, TX
- 1920), Meiji Period, circa 1900, Japan. Impressed maker's mark to the underside reading "Tozan" in seal
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Early 1900s Japanese Taisho Japanese Antique Marks

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Ceramic, Stoneware

A pair of 19th C Japanese Meiji period miniature porcelain Kutani ware bowls
Located in Central England, GB
character marks. Both pieces are in prestige condition. Japanese circa 1880 Height 3cm x width 6cm x depth
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Late 19th Century Japanese Meiji Japanese Antique Marks

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Porcelain

Vintage Rc Royal Crockery by Noritake China Set for 12
By Noritake
Located in Birmingham, AL
first time they were found was in the first marks registered in Japan in the 1908, where RC (Royal
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Early 20th Century Japanese Anglo-Japanese Japanese Antique Marks

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Ceramic

Meiji Period Bell Casket by the Nogowa Foundary
Located in Lymington, Hampshire
with the Nagowa foundry mark. Japanese, circa 1880. Footnote: For a similar temple bell see The
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1880s Japanese Japanese Antique Marks

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Metal

Large Meiji Period Imari Floral Charger, by Fukagawa
By Fukagawa
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
Large Meiji Period Imari Floral Charger, by Fukagawa Japan, 1900s, Impressed Mark This striking
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Early 20th Century Japanese Meiji Japanese Antique Marks

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Porcelain

20th Century Pair of Small Porcelain Satsuma Vases
By Satsuma
Located in Paris, FR
patterns. Each vase features Satsuma mark in Japanese characters under the base,  circa 1910 Dimension
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Early 19th Century Japanese Japonisme Japanese Antique Marks

Materials

Porcelain

Large Antique Hand Painted Ironstone Pottery Bowl. English C.1860
Located in St Annes, Lancashire
Fabulous ironstone pottery bowl Hand painted decoration Imari inspired " Amherst Japan " pattern
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19th Century English Japonisme Japanese Antique Marks

Materials

Pottery

Pair Late 19th Century Hand Painted Porcelain Meiji Nippon Vases
Located in Germantown, MD
a mark used on Japanese ceramics for export to the United States from approximately 1885 to 1921
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Late 19th Century American Meiji Japanese Antique Marks

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Porcelain, Paint

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Japanese Antique Marks For Sale on 1stDibs

An assortment of Japanese antique marks is available at 1stDibs. Each of these unique Japanese antique marks was constructed with extraordinary care, often using ceramic, metal and porcelain. Japanese antique marks have been produced for many years, with earlier versions available from the 18th Century and newer variations made as recently as the 20th Century. There are many kinds of Japanese antique marks to choose from, but at 1stDibs, Art Nouveau, Arts and Crafts and Georgian Japanese antique marks are of considerable interest. There have been many well-made Japanese antique marks over the years, but those made by Edward William Godwin, James Lord Bowes and Maker's Mark P.K. are often thought to be among the most beautiful.

How Much are Japanese Antique Marks?

Prices for Japanese antique marks can differ depending upon size, time period and other attributes — at 1stDibs, Japanese antique marks begin at $57 and can go as high as $136,111, while the average can fetch as much as $985.
Questions About Japanese Antique Marks
  • 1stDibs ExpertNovember 13, 2024
    To identify antique clockmakers' marks, try taking a photo with your mobile device. A reverse image search may turn up a match that will allow you to make a positive identification. If not, type a description of the marking into a search engine or review image guides and other references published on trusted online resources. Alternatively, you can use the services of a certified appraiser or experienced antique dealer. Find a wide variety of antique clocks on 1stDibs.
  • 1stDibs ExpertAugust 8, 2024
    To tell if your Japanese pottery is antique, look for markings, which usually appear on the bottoms of pieces. If you see the word "Nippon," your piece was likely produced between 1891 and 1921, making it an antique. Pieces marked with the words "made in occupied Japan" originated between 1945 and 1952 and are vintage, based on their age. A "made in Japan" marking may indicate a vintage or contemporary piece. If you don't see any of these markings, consult trusted online resources to get a rough idea of when your pottery was produced. Any piece that dates back 100 years or more is antique. Should you encounter difficulty with the dating process, a certified appraiser or knowledgeable antique dealer can assist you. On 1stDibs, shop a variety of Japanese pottery.