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Japanese Wood Root Carving

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.
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Antique Late 19th Century Japanese Sculptures and Carvings

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Wood

Large Antique Japanese Bronze Eagle Root Wood Base Meiji Period Signed Gyoko 36"
By Gyoko
Located in London, GB
is finely carved with rich brown patination, perched on a root wood base signed in a rectangular
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Antique 1890s Japanese Meiji Sculptures and Carvings

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Bronze

Japanese Antique Tree root Penis 1860s-1900s / figurine Mingei Wabi Sabi
Located in Sammu-shi, Chiba
This is a natural wood in the shape of an old Japanese penis. It is extremely rare. It is believed
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Early 20th Century Japanese Meiji Sculptures and Carvings

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Wood

Japanese Wood and Stone Wabi Sabi Sculpture
Located in Stamford, CT
Japanese wood root and stone Wabi Sabi - "The Acceptance of Transience & Imperfection" sculpture
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Antique Late 19th Century Japanese Sculptures and Carvings

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Stone

Andrianna Shamaris Antique Single Teak Wood Root Rice Pounder
By Andrianna Shamaris
Located in New York, NY
Antique rice pounder carved from a single teak root. Beautiful as a sculpture, holding towels or
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2010s Organic Modern Sculptures and Carvings

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Wood, Teak, Reclaimed Wood

Japanese Bronze Pheasant Okimono Genryusai Seiya
Located in Newark, England
this Japanese bronze okimono of a Pheasant upon a naturalistic root wood base. The Pheasant cast from
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Antique Late 19th Century Japanese Meiji Sculptures and Carvings

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Bronze

Japanese Bronze Pheasant Okimono Genryusai Seiya
Japanese Bronze Pheasant Okimono Genryusai Seiya
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H 18.1 in W 18.1 in D 9.8 in
Japanese Double-Cut 'Nijū-giri' Flower Container 'Hanaire' Ikebana Tea Ceremony
Located in Ottawa, Ontario
Japanese Double-cut (Niju-giri) Flower Container (Hanaire) for ikebana tea ceremony. 1st half
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Early 20th Century Japanese Japonisme Sculptures and Carvings

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Bamboo

Andrianna Shamaris Magnificent Century Old Teak Wood Table
By Andrianna Shamaris
Located in New York, NY
minimalist carving. The sides of this ancient teak root are hand carved by our master wood carver. We added a
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Vintage 1920s Organic Modern Side Tables

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Wood, Teak, Reclaimed Wood

Andrianna Shamaris Magnificent Century Old Teak Wood Table
By Andrianna Shamaris
Located in New York, NY
, featuring our unique minimalist carving. The sides of this ancient teak root are hand carved by our master
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Vintage 1920s Organic Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables

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Wood, Teak, Reclaimed Wood

Andrianna Shamaris Magnificent Century Old Teak Wood Coffee Table
By Andrianna Shamaris
Located in New York, NY
Stunningly beautiful century old teak wood coffee table featuring our unique minimalist carving
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Vintage 1920s Organic Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables

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Wood, Teak, Reclaimed Wood

Andrianna Shamaris Magnificent Century Old Teak Wood Coffee Table
By Andrianna Shamaris
Located in New York, NY
Stunningly beautiful century old teak wood coffee table featuring our unique minimalist carving
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Vintage 1920s Organic Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables

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Wood, Teak, Reclaimed Wood

21st Century, Inlaid Bar Cabinet in White and Rose Maples, Hebanon, Italy
By Hebanon Fratelli Basile, Hebanon Studio
Located in Nocera Superiore, Campania
of exotic nature, of tropical forests, of light filtered by the fresh leaves of the Japanese banana
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2010s Italian Cabinets

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Maple, Ziricote

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Japanese Antique Carp Streamer 1860s-1900s / Mingei Wabisabi Art
Located in Sammu-shi, Chiba
This is an old Japanese Carp Streamer.("Koinobori") This item is from the Meiji era (1860s-1900s). Jaoanese people hang up the carp streamers called “Koinobori” on Children’s day...
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Early 20th Century Japanese Meiji Textiles

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Cotton

Organic Modern Floor Lamp Natural Wood Handmade Fluted Shade
By Isabel Moncada
Located in San Antonio, TX
PATA DE ELEFANTE floor lamp was designed for the Atomic collection by Mexican artist Isabel Moncada. Named Pata de Elefante –Elephant‘s Foot– for the prominent shape at its base. Se...
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Textile, Wood

Mario Bellini "Le Bambole" Sofa for B&B Italia, Faux-Fur, 1972
By B&B Italia, Mario Bellini
Located in Lonigo, Veneto
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Japanese Antique Medicine Chest 1860s-1920s/Drawer Storage Wabisabi Mingei
Located in Sammu-shi, Chiba
An old Japanese medicine chest. It is a furniture of Meiji era (1860s-1920s). The materials used are mainly chestnut and cedar wood. The grain of the wood is beautiful. It is mirac...
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Early 20th Century Japanese Meiji Commodes and Chests of Drawers

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Chestnut, Cedar

Bronze Sculpture Lioness / Roger Godchaux Jewish Artist & Susse Lost Wax Bibelot
By Roger Godchaux
Located in West Hollywood, CA
Bronze Sculpture Lioness / Roger Godchaux Jewish Artist & Susse Lost Wax Bibelot . An important bronze sculpture By the great Jewish Bronze Master animalier , Estampille 1- Cire pe...
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Materials

Stone, Bronze

Japanese antique small Jizo stone Buddha/18th-19th century/Edo period
Located in Sammu-shi, Chiba
This is a small stone Buddha made during the Edo period in Japan. His dignity is "Jizo Bodhisattva". She has a cute figure and a gentle face. It also depicts a lotus flower, with bo...
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Antique 18th Century Japanese Edo Sculptures and Carvings

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Stone

19thC English Prep Table
Located in Staffordshire, GB
Circa 1880 19thC English prep table with bleached scrubbed top and two drawers Original hardware Measures: W 215 x D 70 x H 76 cm.
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Antique Late 19th Century British Industrial and Work Tables

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Pine

19thC English Prep Table
19thC English Prep Table
H 29.93 in W 84.65 in D 27.56 in
Japan Antique Armillary Orb Lantern
Located in South Burlington, VT
First we've seen, unusual style Japan, an antique hand cast round lantern with a unique armilliary orb inside with intriguing details from the Taisho period. May be suspended fro...
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Early 20th Century Japanese Taisho Patio and Garden Furniture

Materials

Iron

Antique Bronze Sculpture by Antoine-Louis Barye, circa 1870
By Antoine-Louis Barye
Located in Greven, DE
Antique bronze sculpture by the french sculptor and artist Antoine-Louis Barye. Signed at the plinth.
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Antique 1870s French Animal Sculptures

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Marble, Bronze

Japanese Drifting Chair / Drifting Stool Drifting Object Animal
Located in Sammu-shi, Chiba
Japanese drifting chair / drifting stool Drifting object animal A dog-shaped stool made of drifting objects. It has a beautiful shape as an object.
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2010s Japanese Primitive Stools

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Wood, Driftwood

Large Taisho Period Wabi Sabi Japanese Tansu
Located in London, GB
A large charred cedar, elm & paper Japanese Tansu from the early 20th century Taisho period. Coming in two parts its both an incredibly decorative & useful piece of furniture. - W...
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Early 20th Century Japanese Taisho Furniture

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Elm, Cedar, Paper

Large Taisho Period Wabi Sabi Japanese Tansu
Large Taisho Period Wabi Sabi Japanese Tansu
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H 59.45 in W 59.45 in D 19.3 in
Japanese Antique Paper-Covered Pottery Jar 1800s-1860s / Flower Vase Wabi Sabi
Located in Sammu-shi, Chiba
This is a very old Japanese paper-lined ceramic jar. It is from the Edo period (1800s-1860s). We assume that this jar was used to extinguish charcoal fires. It is covered with paper...
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Antique Late 19th Century Japanese Edo Ceramics

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Pottery

The Lily, Bespoke Handmade Belgian Linen Sofa
Located in Jesteburg, DE
Introducing the home collection. An iconic, unobtrusive design. A small selection of timeless Flemish designs made by hand for us in a small third generation workshop in Belgiu...
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2010s Belgian Modern Sofas

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Linen

The Lily, Bespoke Handmade Belgian Linen Sofa
The Lily, Bespoke Handmade Belgian Linen Sofa
H 31.5 in W 106.3 in D 39.38 in
Japanese Antique Wood Carving Heavenly God 1800s-1860s / Figurine Wabi Sabi
Located in Sammu-shi, Chiba
This is a very old Japanese wood carving of a god. It is called "Tenjin. Tenjin" is a general term for "a god who lives in heaven. This wood carving dates from the Edo period (1...
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Antique Late 19th Century Japanese Edo Sculptures and Carvings

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Cedar

Small wooden Buddha statue painted with Japanese lacquer/"Senju Kannon"/Edo
Located in Sammu-shi, Chiba
This is a small Japanese wooden Buddha statue. The deity is called "Thousand-Armed Kannon." Doctrinally, he is Kannon Bodhisattva with a thousand hands. The thousand hands represent ...
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Antique 18th Century Japanese Edo Sculptures and Carvings

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Wood, Lacquer

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Japanese Hand-Carved Natural Wood Root Stand
Located in Hudson, NY
For displaying a small object.
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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
putting an object with such a special shape in the space? The material of the wood is unknown, but it
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Mid-20th Century Japanese Taisho Sculptures and Carvings

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Japanese Bronze Elephant on Burl Wood Base
Located in Essex, MA
Standing elephant on a root wood base.
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Antique 1880s Japanese Sculptures and Carvings

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Bronze

Fine Vintage Japan Artisan Hand-Carved Shore Birds Wildlife Sculpture
Located in South Burlington, VT
root wood display base dating to the mid last century. Hand-carved and meticulously detailed birds
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Mid-20th Century Japanese Showa Sculptures and Carvings

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Wood

Andrianna Shamaris Wabi Bleached Teak Vessel
By Andrianna Shamaris
Located in New York, NY
Antique rice pounder carved from a single teak root and bleached. Beautiful as a sculpture, holding
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2010s Organic Modern Sculptures and Carvings

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Reclaimed Wood, Wood, Teak

Andrianna Shamaris Shell Inlay Rice Pounder
By Andrianna Shamaris
Located in New York, NY
Antique rice pounder hand carved from a single teak root. We added the shell inlay. Beautiful as a
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Antique Early 1900s Organic Modern Sculptures and Carvings

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Shell, Wood, Teak, Reclaimed Wood

Grea Whale Monumental Wood Carving , Americas, Early to Mid-20th Century
Located in South Burlington, VT
mammal fashioned from a heavy, dense ironwood and sitting atop a separate natural root wood base, both
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Early 20th Century North American Folk Art Sculptures

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Wood

Rare Large Gabriel Viardot French Japonisme Dragon Mirror with Cherub
By Gabriel Viardot
Located in Benington, Herts
to be one of the best examples I have seen along with the imposing scale and carving on this piece
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Antique 1880s French Japonisme Floor Mirrors and Full-Length Mirrors

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Mirror, Mahogany

Antique Japanese Root Stand
Located in Hudson, NY
Antique Japanese root stand, Meiji period (1868-1912) presentation stand, hand carved from a single
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Antique Early 1900s Japanese Meiji Sculptures and Carvings

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Wood

Antique Japanese Root Stand
Antique Japanese Root Stand
H 18.75 in W 10 in D 9 in
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
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Antique Late 19th Century Japanese Edo Sculptures and Carvings

Materials

Wood

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
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20th Century Japanese Taisho Sculptures and Carvings

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Wood, Elm

Japanese Old Signed Hand Carved Netsuke Lion Dog Shi Shi, Boxwood Gem
Located in South Burlington, VT
function (the two Japanese characters ne+tsuke mean "root" and "to attach"). Netsuke, like the inro and
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Vintage 1930s Japanese Showa Sculptures and Carvings

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Wood

Japanese Old Vintage Ghostly Skulls Jack-o-lantern Lighting Lantern
Located in South Burlington, VT
¯ (lantern) is a traditional lantern made of stone, wood, or metal. Like many other elements of Japanese
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Mid-20th Century Japanese Showa Sculptures and Carvings

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Iron

Japanese Antique Wood Carving Stand / 1868-1920 / Exhibition Stand
Located in Sammu-shi, Chiba
We have a unique Japanese aesthetic sense. And only we can introduce unique items through our
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Antique Late 19th Century Japanese Meiji Abstract Sculptures

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Wood

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
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Antique Early 1900s Japanese Folk Art Sculptures and Carvings

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Burl

Meji Period Japanese Bronze Sculpture
Located in London, west Sussex
glass eyes. The sculpture rests in it's original, elaborately carved root wood stand. It measures 19 in
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Antique Late 19th Century Japanese Sculptures and Carvings

Japanese Bronze Elephant and Calf Balancing on Circus Ball, circa 1900
Located in London, GB
A delightful Japanese bronze of an elephant and calf balancing on a circus ball supported by a root
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Antique Early 1900s Japanese Sculptures and Carvings

Japanese Root End Table
Located in Hudson, NY
Here is a great Japanese root table with two tiered shelves. The carving detail and wood
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Vintage 1950s Unknown End Tables

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Wood

Japanese Root End Table
Japanese Root End Table
H 24 in W 16 in D 24 in
Japanese Root End Table ( three shelves )
Located in Hudson, NY
Here is a great Japanese root table with three tiered shelves. The carving detail and wood
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Vintage 1950s Unknown End Tables

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Wood

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Japanese Wood Root Carving For Sale on 1stDibs

With a vast inventory of beautiful furniture at 1stDibs, we’ve got just the Japanese wood root carving you’re looking for. Each Japanese wood root carving for sale was constructed with extraordinary care, often using wood, hardwood and reclaimed wood. If you’re shopping for a Japanese wood root carving, we have 9 options in-stock, while there are 2 modern editions to choose from as well. Whether you’re looking for an older or newer Japanese wood 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 wood root carving has long been a part of the offerings for many furniture designers and manufacturers, but those produced by Andrianna Shamaris, Gyoko and Hebanon Fratelli Basile are consistently popular.

How Much is a Japanese Wood Root Carving?

A Japanese wood root carving can differ in price owing to various characteristics — the average selling price 1stDibs is $6,800, while the lowest priced sells for $500 and the highest can go for as much as $23,712.
Questions About Japanese Wood Root Carving
  • 1stDibs ExpertApril 5, 2022
    Japanese 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.