Japanese Root Carving
Antique Japanese Root Stand
Located in Hudson, NY
Antique Japanese root stand. Meiji period (1868-1912) carving from a single piece of fruitwood in a
Category
Antique Late 19th Century Japanese Meiji Sculptures and Carvings
Materials
Fruitwood
Japanese Root-Wood Sculpture of Two Shi Shi Lion Pups
Located in Hudson, NY
with rosewood stand. Must use imagination to see. Collectors kiri-wood box.
Category
Antique Late 19th Century Japanese Sculptures and Carvings
Materials
Wood
Japanese Antique Root wood burl sculpture display stand, flower stand wabi sabi
Located in 常陸大宮市, JP
Tree root display stand (Dai), made from antique wood burl, which looks like a lion dog / Komainu
Category
20th Century Japanese Folk Art Sculptures and Carvings
Materials
Wood, Burl
$540
H 11.03 in W 14.57 in D 6.7 in
Japanese Folk Art Tree Root Hand Carved Dolphin Sculpture
Located in Douglas Manor, NY
1197 Japanese tree root hand carved dolphin sculpture.
Category
Vintage 1950s Sculptures and Carvings
Materials
Boxwood
Late 19th Century Hibachi Tree Root
Located in Pomona, CA
A Japanese Meiji period freeform hibachi from the late 19th century.
Category
Antique Late 19th Century Japanese Sculptures and Carvings
Materials
Wood
A 19th Century Burl Root Wood Display Stand, Meiji Period (1868-1912)
Located in Ottawa, Ontario
A striking root-wood display stand comprised of a series of entwined organic elements with various
Category
Early 20th Century Japanese Meiji Sculptures and Carvings
Materials
Wood, Burl
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Large Antique Japanese Bronze Eagle Root Wood Base Meiji Period Signed Gyoko 36"
By Gyoko
Located in London, GB
Japanese bronze Eagle modelled with its wings outstretched and head lowered,
All the feather work
Category
Antique 1890s Japanese Meiji Sculptures and Carvings
Materials
Bronze
H 36 in W 23 in D 17 in
Japanese Hand-Carved Natural Wood Root Stand
Located in Hudson, NY
For displaying a small object.
Category
Antique 19th Century Japanese Sculptures and Carvings
Materials
Wood
Withered Object of Old Japanese Tree Root / Wabi-Sabi Art / Stump Figurine
Located in Sammu-shi, Chiba
It is an object that uses the roots of an old tree.
It has an artistic form that looks like it has been withered and carved.
It was probably made as a figurine.
Firmly independe...
Category
Mid-20th Century Japanese Taisho Sculptures and Carvings
Materials
Other
H 11.03 in W 13 in D 10.87 in
Early 20th Century Japanese Root Carving
Located in Hamilton, Ontario
Early 20th Century Japanese root carving.
Category
Early 20th Century Japanese Sculptures and Carvings
Antique Japanese Root Stand
Located in Hudson, NY
Antique Japanese root stand, Meiji period (1868-1912) presentation stand, hand carved from a single
Category
Antique Early 1900s Japanese Meiji Sculptures and Carvings
Materials
Wood
Japanese Antique Tree Root Penis 1800s-1860s / Figurine Object Wabi Sabi
Located in Sammu-shi, Chiba
This is a tree root in the shape of a very old Japanese penis.
It is from the Edo period (1800s
Category
Antique Late 19th Century Japanese Edo Sculptures and Carvings
Materials
Wood
H 13.78 in W 14.18 in D 5.52 in
Japanese Pair Antique Iron Root Handled Hanging Flower Vases, 19th Century
Located in South Burlington, VT
From Japan comes this pair (2) of hard to find and beautiful handwrought and hand "embossed flowers
Category
Antique Late 19th Century Japanese Meiji Sculptures and Carvings
Materials
Iron
Japanese Old Wooden Vase / Small Vase Carved like a Root/1920s-1950s
Located in Sammu-shi, Chiba
A vase carved from an old Japanese tree.
Originally, columnar wood is carved like the root of a
Category
20th Century Japanese Taisho Sculptures and Carvings
Materials
Wood, Elm
Japanese Root Carving
Located in Hudson, NY
Japanese root carving of dog.
Category
Antique 19th Century Japanese Sculptures
Japanese root carving
Located in Hudson, NY
Japanese root carving of stag.
Category
Antique 19th Century Japanese Sculptures
Antique Japanese Root Wood Sweet's Basket for Tea Ceremony
Located in New York, NY
Japanese root wood sweet’s basket, used in tea ceremony to present edible sweets on, carved from
Category
Antique Early 1900s Japanese Folk Art Sculptures and Carvings
Materials
Burl
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Japanese Carved and Lacquered Shibayama Cabinet, Meiji Period
Located in San Francisco, CA
An elaborate and finely detailed carved wood, and gold lacquered Shibayama cabinet (Chigaidansu). Having beautifully applied semi-precious stone and mother of pearl decoration of flo...
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Antique 19th Century Japanese Meiji Furniture
Materials
Mother-of-Pearl, Wood
'Plissé White Edition' Pleated Textile Table Lamp by Folkform for Örsjö
By Örsjö Industri AB
Located in Glendale, CA
'Plissé White Edition' pleated textile table lamp by Folkform for Örsjö.
This unique table lamp was awarded “Lighting of the Year 2022” by Residence Magazine Sweden, who called it “...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Swedish Mid-Century Modern Table Lamps
Materials
Textile
$1,650 / item
H 16.1 in Dm 11.5 in
Pair of Modern Walnut Side Tables
Located in Westwood, NJ
A Pacific walnut side table, the square top with rounded corners and a reeded edge above a similar under tier, on bobbin turned legs.
Dimensions: 26" W x 26" D x 28.5" H.
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Vietnamese Modern End Tables
Materials
Wood
Japanese Antique Drawer / Tansu Peddler Chest of drawers / 1868-1912s Wabi-Sabi
Located in Iwate-gun Shizukuishi-cho, Iwate Prefecture
This is an old Japanese drawer.
I think it is a called "Peddler's Tansu", which is used by merchants to carry goods far away.
"Peddler" refers to carrying and retailing products wi...
Category
Antique Late 19th Century Japanese Meiji Commodes and Chests of Drawers
Materials
Iron
$800 Sale Price
33% Off
H 35.24 in W 11.23 in D 22.45 in
18th Edo Japanese antique wabi sabi low writing desk from Nikko To-sho-gu Shrine
Located in 常陸大宮市, JP
Product of Mid to late Edo period (late 18th - early 19th), or older.
New finds from Nikko Toshogu Shrine (UNESCO world heritage site) which is dedicated to Tokugawa Ieyasu - the r...
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Antique Late 18th Century Japanese Edo Furniture
Materials
Wood, Hardwood
$1,630
H 7.88 in W 28.35 in D 13.82 in
Japanese Marquetry and Lacquer Jewelry Chest, Meiji Period, circa 1900, Japan
Located in Austin, TX
A very attractive Japanese wood table top jewelry or collector's chest with marquetry and lacquer decoration, Meiji period, circa 1900, Japan. Previously in the collection of Asbjorn...
Category
Antique Early 1900s Japanese Meiji Lacquer
Materials
Wood, Softwood, Lacquer
$3,400
H 15.75 in W 14.25 in D 7 in
19th thick lattice door, antique sliding door w/ panel. Japanese wabi sabi shoji
Located in 常陸大宮市, JP
Japanese antique thick lattice sliding door, ara-koshido,
Edo to Meiji period circa 1870s to early 1900s.
Nowadays it's getting harder & more rare to find a sliding door with thick...
Category
Antique Late 19th Century Japanese Edo Furniture
Materials
Wood
$682 Sale Price
25% Off
H 69.61 in W 33.86 in D 1.26 in
Rare Victorian Firescreen with Taxidermy Hummingbirds by Henry Ward
By Henry Ward
Located in Amsterdam, NL
England, third quarter of the 19th century
On two scrolling foliate feet with casters, above which a rectangular two-side glazed frame, with on top a two-sided shield with initial...
Category
Antique Mid-19th Century English High Victorian Taxidermy
Materials
Other
$232,008 Sale Price
33% Off
H 51.19 in W 55.12 in D 201.58 in
Japanese Orange Red Negoro Lacquer Low Table, Taisho Period, 1920s, Japan
Located in Austin, TX
A striking orange-red lacquer Japanese low tea or coffee table decorated in the negoro lacquer technique, Taisho period, 1920s, Japan.
Of simplistic design, the table has a wonder...
Category
Vintage 1920s Japanese Taisho Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Materials
Softwood, Lacquer
$5,300
H 12 in W 41.75 in D 31.5 in
19th Century Japanese Cinnabar / Lacquer Cabinet
Located in Fulton, CA
Incredible example of Asian lacquer carving. Standing over seven feet tall, this monumental display shelf was produced in Japan at the end of the Edo period, late 19th century. It fe...
Category
Antique Late 19th Century Japanese Edo Cabinets
Materials
Wood, Lacquer
$21,500 Sale Price
49% Off
H 88 in W 50.5 in D 19.5 in
1920's Chinese Art Deco Carpet Inspired by Walter Nichols with Jazz Age Style
By Walter Nichols
Located in Dallas, TX
77452 Antique Chinese Art Deco Rug, 08'11 x 11'06. Like a moonlit garden glimpsed through the veil of twilight, this hand-knotted wool precious antique Chinese Art Deco rug unfurls w...
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Early 20th Century Chinese Art Deco Chinese and East Asian Rugs
Materials
Wool
$7,599 Sale Price
20% Off
W 107 in L 138 in
Japanese Antique Lacquered Writing Table, Signed
Located in South Burlington, VT
Japan antique handmade, hand carved temple low writing table finished in red and black lacquer - signed.
A beautiful simple master work from an old private Japanese collection. Cr...
Category
Early 20th Century Japanese Taisho Sculptures and Carvings
Materials
Wood
Antique Japanese Bronze Bonsai Planter
Located in Bradenton, FL
Fine Bronze from Japan with great weight and strength. Large form for Bonsai presentation. Elegant style and beautiful patina. Incised decoration on the front and bronze elephant hea...
Category
Early 20th Century Japanese Japonisme Metalwork
Materials
Bronze
Vintage Pedestal Made from a Tree Root with Natural Lacquer Finish
Located in Yonkers, NY
A vintage Chinese sculptural pedestal from the mid 20th century, made from a tree root with lacquered finish. Created in China during the Midcentury period, this pedestal attracts ou...
Category
Mid-20th Century Chinese Pedestals
Materials
Wood
Japanese Two-Tier Root Stand
Located in Hudson, NY
Japanese two-tier root stand. Traditionally used for displaying flower arrangements.
Category
Early 20th Century Japanese Furniture
Materials
Wood
Japanese Antique Tree Root Stand 1860s-1900s / Pedistal / Side Table / Sculpture
Located in Buffalo, NY
This display stand is made from the roots of a very old Japanese tree.
It is from the Meiji period (1860s-1900s). Art / Sculpture
You can feel the strength of natural wood that you...
Category
Antique Late 19th Century Japanese Meiji Pedestals
Materials
Wood
$1,880
H 38 in Dm 14 in
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Japanese Root Carving For Sale on 1stDibs
At 1stDibs, there are many versions of the ideal Japanese root carving for your home. Each Japanese root carving for sale was constructed with extraordinary care, often using wood, hardwood and bamboo. There are 8 variations of the antique or vintage Japanese root carving you’re looking for, while we also have 2 modern editions of this piece to choose from as well. Whether you’re looking for an older or newer Japanese root carving, there are earlier versions available from the 19th Century and newer variations made as recently as the 21st Century. A well-made Japanese root carving has long been a part of the offerings for many furniture designers and manufacturers, but those produced by Andrianna Shamaris, Gabriel Viardot and Hebanon Fratelli Basile are consistently popular.
How Much is a Japanese Root Carving?
Prices for a Japanese root carving can differ depending upon size, time period and other attributes — at 1stDibs, they begin at $475 and can go as high as $15,926, while the average can fetch as much as $1,708.
Questions About Japanese Root Carving
- What is Japanese wood carving?1 Answer1stDibs ExpertApril 5, 2022Japanese wood carving is an art form in which artists produce intricate figurines and other objects by cutting and shaping blocks of zelkova, camphor or paulownia wood. In Japanese, the artwork is known as inami. Find a selection of Japanese wood carvings on 1stDibs.
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