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Japanese Asian Ceramic Wall Plaque Painting Utagawa Kuniyoshi Subduing Whale
Located in Studio City, CA
master Japanese artist/printmaker Utagawa Kuniyoshi's famous Ukiyo-e triptych (three-piece painting
Category

20th Century Japanese Showa Ceramics

Materials

Metal

Japanese Huge Antique Captain Whale Fisherman Satsuma Charger, 18 Inches & Box
Located in South Burlington, VT
Japanese Satsuma, a fine and monumental 18" Meiji period charger Ozara with rare motif: Captain
Category

Antique 19th Century Japanese Meiji Paintings and Screens

Materials

Ceramic

The Whale
Located in Toronto, CA
the aftermath of the devastating 2011 Great East Japan Earthquake, tsunami, and Fukushima Daiichi
Category

2010s Contemporary Nude Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

JONAH AND THE WHALE
By Ruth Starr Rose
Located in Portland, ME
Rose, Ruth Starr (American, 1887-1965). JONAH AND THE WHALE. Lithograph, 1936. Edition size not
Category

1930s Figurative Prints

Materials

Lithograph

A Whales Tale, Limited Edition Signed Print
By Elizabeth Schippert
Located in Soquel, CA
A glimpse of beach that offers both play and rest, and a view onto a vast oceanscape is "Whale
Category

1980s Pop Art Prints and Multiples

Materials

Paper, Ink

A Whale, a Unique Semi-Porcelain Textured Ceramic Sculpture by Chisato Yasui
By Chisato Yasui
Located in London, GB
A Whale is a large, unique semi-porcelain textured, natural-toned and stone-like ceramic sculpture
Category

2010s Japanese Organic Modern Abstract Sculptures

Materials

Ceramic, Porcelain

Snowflakes 148 Mother, Whales, Seascape, Planets, Ocean Mandala Pencil Drawing
By Michiyo Ihara
Located in Kent, CT
A meticulously rendered trio of whales, a mother whale and its two children, are at the center of
Category

2010s Contemporary Abstract Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Archival Paper, Graphite

Whale in Cup - Etching on Paper by Mario Avati - 1970s
By Mario Avati
Located in Roma, IT
Whale in Cup is original etching on paper, realized by the French artist and print-maker master
Category

1970s Figurative Prints

Materials

Etching

1970s Mexican Sculptor-Artist Ramiz Barquet - 3 Dancing Bronze Whales Sculpture
By Bob Bennett, Ramiz Barquet
Located in St. Louis, MO
Ramiz Barquet 1920-2010 (Mexican) Cetaceans (Whales) circa 1978 in Bronze on cylinder wood shaped
Category

Vintage 1970s Mexican Modern Figurative Sculptures

Materials

Bronze

Superb Monumental Meiji Period Hard Wood Display Cabinet, by Noguchi of Yokaha
Located in Lymington, Hampshire
through swirling water, the cresting carved with a right whale amongst openwork foaming waves, the back
Category

Antique Early 1900s Japanese Meiji Cabinets

Materials

Hardwood

Sterling Silver Black Enamel Flower Circle Brooch - 925 Botanical Pin
Located in Greensboro, NC
: Brooch Fastening Type: Hinged Pin and Whale Tail Bullet Clasp Theme: Botanical, Flowers Features: Etched
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Brooches

Materials

Sterling Silver, Enamel

Martin Lewis Signed Limited Ed. Etchng Street Booth, Tokyo New Years Eve, 1927
By Martin Lewis
Located in Studio City, CA
to the United States in 1900. After working in San Francisco and New York he then traveled to Japan
Category

Vintage 1920s American Prints

Materials

Wood, Paper

French Contemporary Animal Painting by Christine Pultz - Erre Dans Les Bois
By Christine Pultz
Located in Paris, IDF
, and snow panthers…but also Beluga whales, golden eagles, chimpanzee, red squirrels, bees, and many
Category

2010s Contemporary Animal Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Pastel

French Contemporary Animal Painting by Christine Pultz - Bébé Tigre
By Christine Pultz
Located in Paris, IDF
, and snow panthers…but also Beluga whales, golden eagles, chimpanzee, red squirrels, bees, and many
Category

2010s Contemporary Animal Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Acrylic

French Contemporary Animal Painting by Christine Pultz - Source de Lumière
By Christine Pultz
Located in Paris, IDF
, and snow panthers…but also Beluga whales, golden eagles, chimpanzee, red squirrels, bees, and many
Category

2010s Contemporary Animal Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

French Contemporary Animal Painting by Christine Pultz - Seigneur de l' Arctique
By Christine Pultz
Located in Paris, IDF
, and snow panthers…but also Beluga whales, golden eagles, chimpanzee, red squirrels, bees, and many
Category

2010s Contemporary Animal Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Acrylic

French Contemporary Animal Painting by Christine Pultz - Light Source
By Christine Pultz
Located in Paris, IDF
, and snow panthers…but also Beluga whales, golden eagles, chimpanzee, red squirrels, bees, and many
Category

2010s Contemporary Animal Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

French Contemporary Animal Painting by Christine Pultz - Wandering in Woods
By Christine Pultz
Located in Paris, IDF
, and snow panthers…but also Beluga whales, golden eagles, chimpanzee, red squirrels, bees, and many
Category

2010s Contemporary Animal Paintings

Materials

Paper, Oil Pastel

Tell me more - surreal painting
Located in New York, NY
Japan, followed by numerous group and solo exhibitions across various countries. One of my most notable
Category

2010s Surrealist Figurative Paintings

Materials

Acrylic, Watercolor

French Contemporary Animal Painting by Christine Pultz - Hykos
By Christine Pultz
Located in Paris, IDF
, and snow panthers…but also Beluga whales, golden eagles, chimpanzee, red squirrels, bees, and many
Category

2010s Contemporary Animal Paintings

Materials

Acrylic, Canvas

French Contemporary Animal Painting by Christine Pultz - Lord of the Arctic
By Christine Pultz
Located in Paris, IDF
, and snow panthers…but also Beluga whales, golden eagles, chimpanzee, red squirrels, bees, and many
Category

2010s Contemporary Animal Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Acrylic

French Contemporary Animal Painting by Christine Pultz - The Sri Lankans
By Christine Pultz
Located in Paris, IDF
, and snow panthers…but also Beluga whales, golden eagles, chimpanzee, red squirrels, bees, and many
Category

2010s Contemporary Animal Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

French Contemporary Animal Painting by Christine Pultz - Concerto di Fenicotteri
By Christine Pultz
Located in Paris, IDF
, and snow panthers…but also Beluga whales, golden eagles, chimpanzee, red squirrels, bees, and many
Category

2010s Contemporary Animal Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

The Earth XXXI - I - Original Abstract Textural Wall Sculpture Painting
By Victoria Kovalenchikova
Located in Los Angeles, CA
place: notes within a larger symphony of life. No different from a whale in the ocean or the needle of a
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Abstract Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Epoxy Resin, Mixed Media, Oil

Island Paradise
By Francoise Deberdt
Located in San Francisco, CA
, a whale and a porpoise in the surrounding ocean. The print is in good condition. There is a light
Category

1980s Folk Art Landscape Prints

Materials

Paper, Color, Etching

The Earth XIX-3 - Mixed Media Textural 3-D Abstract Landscape Artwork
By Victoria Kovalenchikova
Located in Los Angeles, CA
place: notes within a larger symphony of life. No different from a whale in the ocean or the needle of a
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Abstract Paintings

Materials

Concrete

Large Bronze Modernist Biomorphic Sculpture Abstract Bird Colin Webster Watson
Located in Surfside, FL
age of twenty, he traveled to Japan with the Commonwealth Occupation Force. While in Japan, his army
Category

1970s Modern Abstract Sculptures

Materials

Bronze, Stainless Steel

The Earth XXXI - 2 - Original Abstract Textural Wall Sculpture Painting
By Victoria Kovalenchikova
Located in Los Angeles, CA
place: notes within a larger symphony of life. No different from a whale in the ocean or the needle of a
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Abstract Paintings

Materials

Epoxy Resin, Oil, Mixed Media, Canvas

Looming Loss
By Stephen Hall
Located in New York, NY
. Featuring a whale and a bird and can of oil. Acrylic on canvas. About the artist: Born in Aberdeen
Category

2010s Conceptual Figurative Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Acrylic

French Contemporary Animal Painting by Christine Pultz - The Baby Tiger
By Christine Pultz
Located in Paris, IDF
, and snow panthers…but also Beluga whales, golden eagles, chimpanzee, red squirrels, bees, and many
Category

2010s Contemporary Animal Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

French Contemporary Animal Painting by Christine Pultz - Twilight Of The Wolves
By Christine Pultz
Located in Paris, IDF
, and snow panthers…but also Beluga whales, golden eagles, chimpanzee, red squirrels, bees, and many
Category

2010s Contemporary Animal Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Acrylic

French Contemporary Animal Painting by Christine Pultz - Laïra
By Christine Pultz
Located in Paris, IDF
, and snow panthers…but also Beluga whales, golden eagles, chimpanzee, red squirrels, bees, and many
Category

2010s Contemporary Animal Paintings

Materials

Acrylic, Canvas

French Contemporary Animal Painting by Christine Pultz - Pin & Pan No.3
By Christine Pultz
Located in Paris, IDF
, and snow panthers…but also Beluga whales, golden eagles, chimpanzee, red squirrels, bees, and many
Category

2010s Contemporary Animal Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Acrylic

French Contemporary Animal Painting by Christine Pultz - Pin & Pan No.5
By Christine Pultz
Located in Paris, IDF
whales, golden eagles, chimpanzee, red squirrels, bees, and many other species…risk extinction. That is
Category

2010s Contemporary Animal Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Acrylic

Large Bronze Modernist Biomorphic Sculpture Sleeping Dog Colin Webster Watson
Located in Surfside, FL
age of twenty, he traveled to Japan with the Commonwealth Occupation Force. While in Japan, his army
Category

1970s Abstract Sculptures

Materials

Bronze

19th Century, Irish Marine Botany Specimens Made for the Niagara Falls Museum
Located in Hamilton, Ontario
mentioned artifacts, an egg collection, ancient and modern coins, Japanese and Chinese relics. In 1873, the
Category

Antique 19th Century Decorative Art

Sebastião Salgado "GENESIS" Signed, Limited Edition SUMO Book, with stand
By Sebastião Salgado
Located in Los Angeles, CA
stand designed by Tadao Ando. The GENESIS book stand was conceived by Japanese architect Tadao Ando
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Italian Books

Materials

Cherry, Paper

Out Of Space - Large Outer Space Mirror Silver Textured Meteorite Sculpture
By Victoria Kovalenchikova
Located in Los Angeles, CA
that we are all united on this place: notes within a larger symphony of life. No different from a whale
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Minimalist Abstract Sculptures

Materials

Mixed Media, Mirror, Acrylic

The World VI-II - Large Sculptural Green Oil, Mixed Media, and Resin Painting
By Victoria Kovalenchikova
Located in Los Angeles, CA
different from the massive whale in the ocean or the tiniest needle of a pine tree. There is no way out; to
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Abstract Paintings

Materials

Concrete

H.O. Miethke Das Werk folio "Water Snakes I" collotype print
By Gustav Klimt & K.K. Hof-und Staatsdruckerei
Located in Chicago, IL
vertically rectangular orientation, Klimt takes the flat and linear Japanese woodblock print format; but, by
Category

Early 1900s Vienna Secession Figurative Prints

Materials

Paper

The Earth XVI
By Victoria Kovalenchikova
Located in Los Angeles, CA
that we are all united on this place: notes within a larger symphony of life. No different from a whale
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Abstract Paintings

Materials

Concrete

The Whale - Watch Shawl
By Frank Stella
Located in Hudson, NY
, Japan (1967); Ordre des Arts et des Lettres from the French Government (1989); and Gold Medal for
Category

1990s Modern Mixed Media

Materials

Silk

North Wind, blue lithograph in oceanic tones with abstract imagery
By Matsumi Kanemitsu
Located in West Hollywood, CA
emerging from the bottom and extending out towards the top, almost as if it were a breaching humpback whale
Category

1970s Abstract Expressionist Abstract Prints

Materials

Lithograph

Peter Hayes "Raku Figure" ceramic sculpture
By Peter Hayes
Located in Chicago, IL
copper colours, I did not think I could take it any further. However, Japan and Korea gave
Category

21st Century and Contemporary British Sculptures

Materials

Ceramic, Porcelain, Resin

Peter Hayes "Bronze Blade" ceramic & bronze sculpture
By Peter Hayes
Located in Chicago, IL
copper colours, I did not think I could take it any further. However, Japan and Korea gave
Category

21st Century and Contemporary American Sculptures

Materials

Bronze

Sebastião Salgado: GENESIS, Art Edition A
By Tadao Ando, Sebastião Salgado
Located in Los Angeles, CA
supervision. BOOK STAND DESIGNED BY TADAO ANDO: The GENESIS book stand was conceived by Japanese
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Italian Photography

Sebastião Salgado: GENESIS, Art Edition D
By Tadao Ando, Sebastião Salgado
Located in Los Angeles, CA
supervision. BOOK STAND DESIGNED BY TADAO ANDO: The GENESIS book stand was conceived by Japanese
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Italian Photography

Sebastião Salgado: GENESIS, Art Edition C
By Tadao Ando, Sebastião Salgado
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Japanese architect Tadao Ando, the only living person to have won architecture’s four most prestigious
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Italian Photography

Sebastião Salgado: GENESIS, Art Edition B
By Tadao Ando, Sebastião Salgado
Located in Los Angeles, CA
conceived by Japanese architect Tadao Ando, the only living person to have won architecture’s four most
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Italian Photography

Japanese Black Lacquered Whale-FormBox
Located in San Francisco, CA
A charming Japanese black lacquered whale-form box with gold lacquer accents
Category

Vintage 1930s Japanese Decorative Objects

Japanese Black Lacquered  Whale-FormBox
Japanese Black Lacquered  Whale-FormBox
H 5 in W 10.5 in D 2.75 in
Song of the Whales - 167/250
By Friedensreich Hundertwasser
Located in Houston, TX
Woodcut print, "Song of the Whales" by artist Friedensreich Hundertwasser in 1979. Print number 167
Category

1970s Surrealist Abstract Prints

Materials

Woodcut

"Pod of Whales" Woodblock Print by Julian Meredith
Located in Greenwich, CT
Beautiful contemporary woodblock print by Japanese trained British artist Julian Meredith depicting
Category

21st Century and Contemporary English Paintings

"Pod of Whales" by British Artist Julian Meredith
Located in Greenwich, CT
collection. Wax reliefs blocked on to single piece of elm timber on japanese rice paper. Dramatic scale and
Category

21st Century and Contemporary English Paintings

Materials

Paper, Ink

Grea Whale Monumental Wood Carving , Americas, Early to Mid-20th Century
Located in South Burlington, VT
America’s, a monumental carved wooden whale, early to mid-20th century. The large simply carved
Category

Early 20th Century North American Folk Art Sculptures

Materials

Wood

45rpm Size M White Anchor Crest Vintage Effect Cotton Crew-Neck T-shirt
By 45 RPM
Located in San Francisco, CA
45RPM tee shirt comes in vintage effect dirty wash cotton jersey with a anchor and whale nautical
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Japanese T-Shirts

Kounoike Leather MCM, Collection of 10 Coin/Money Banks Animals
By Kounoike
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Here is a collection of adorable leather coin banks made in japan in Mid-Century Modern period. All
Category

Vintage 1970s Japanese Modern Toys and Dolls

Materials

Leather

Vintage Set of 7 “Le Baleine” Taylor & Ng Lowball Glasses 1980s
By Jonathan Adler
Located in San Diego, CA
have a beautiful finish. The whales design floats in a beautiful white finish against the clear glass
Category

Vintage 1980s Japanese Post-Modern Barware

Materials

Glass

Large Heavy Bronze Sculpture Abstract Charger Ilana Goor
By Ilana Goor
Located in Surfside, FL
, America, Japan and Israel. Ilana Goor designed jewelry, buckles and sold belts to most major department
Category

20th Century Modern Abstract Sculptures

Materials

Bronze

Fine Old North American Inuit "Sedna" Sculpture Sea Goddess, 1950 FREE SHIPPING
Located in South Burlington, VT
, fish, whale, and other sea animals to Inuit hunters. We will be offering more Native American early
Category

Mid-20th Century Canadian Native American Objects

Materials

Stone

French Contemporary Animal Painting by Christine Pultz - La Mouche
By Christine Pultz
Located in Paris, IDF
, and snow panthers…but also Beluga whales, golden eagles, chimpanzee, red squirrels, bees, and many
Category

2010s Contemporary Animal Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Acrylic

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Japanese Whales For Sale on 1stDibs

There is a range of Japanese whales for sale on 1stDibs. Each of these unique Japanese whales was constructed with extraordinary care, often using ceramic, wood and bronze. We have 7 antique and vintage Japanese whales in-stock, while there are 3 modern editions to choose from as well. Japanese whales have been made for many years, and versions that date back to the 19th Century alongside those produced as recently as the 21st Century. Japanese whales are generally popular furniture pieces, but modern style is often sought at 1stDibs. There have been many well-made Japanese whales over the years, but those made by Colin Webster Watson and Sebastião Salgado are often thought to be among the most beautiful.

How Much are Japanese Whales?

The average selling price for at 1stDibs is $4,221, while they’re typically $263 on the low end and $156,768 highest priced.