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Meiji Period Carved Lion and Tiger
Located in Pasadena, CA
This is an outstanding pair of Meiji Period carved hardwood figures of a ferocious lion and tiger
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Antique Late 19th Century Japanese Meiji Animal Sculptures

Materials

Bone, Hardwood

Meiji Period Carved Lion and Tiger
Meiji Period Carved Lion and Tiger
H 6 in W 7.5 in D 20 in
19th Century Japanese Bronze Lion Meiji Period on Wood Base Signed
Located in Hampstead, QC
and impressive bronze sculpture of a roaring lion was made during the Meiji Period in Japan (1868-1921
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Antique 19th Century Japanese Meiji Sculptures and Carvings

Materials

Bronze

Meiji Period Japanese Bronze Lion And Crocodile On Wooden Base
Located in Southall, GB
A delightful Meiji Period Japanese bronze lion and crocodile on a root wood base. A skilfully hand
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Antique Mid-19th Century Japanese Meiji Animal Sculptures

Materials

Bronze

19th Century Pair of Japanese Bronze Lions Bookends, Meiji Period
Located in Buenos Aires, Olivos
This superb and rare pair of Japanese Meiji period bronze bookends are cast in solid bronze and
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Antique Late 19th Century Japanese Meiji Animal Sculptures

Materials

Bronze

Japanse Bronze Shishi Foo Lion by Shuzan / Hideyama, Meiji period, Japan
Located in Austin, TX
, Meiji Period, circa 1900, Japan. The dramatic lion, known as a shishi in Japan, is cast as both a
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Antique Early 1900s Japanese Meiji Animal Sculptures

Materials

Bronze

Japanese Meiji period bronze Elephant fighting two Lions.
Located in Brighton, Sussex
A fine quality Dramatic late 19th Century Japanese Meiji period (1868-1912) patinated bronze
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Antique Late 19th Century Japanese Sculptures and Carvings

Materials

Bronze

19th Century Japanese Meiji Era Patinated Bronze Foo Dog Lion Group Censer
Located in Forney, TX
A large and impressive Japanese Meiji period (1852-1912) patinated bronze guardian lion censer
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Antique Late 19th Century Japanese Meiji Metalwork

Materials

Bronze

Asian Sculpture / Okimono with Lion and Crows, Japan, Meiji Era, circa 1880
Located in VÉZELAY, FR
lion, 2 birds (crows or other birds of prey) and 1 snake held in the claws of one of the crows. Japan
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Antique 1880s Japanese Meiji Sculptures and Carvings

Materials

Wood

Large Japanese Meiji period Bronze Lion 34" (87cm) wide
Located in Brighton, Sussex
A very impressive 19th century Japanese Meiji period (1868-1912) bronze lion on a rock. Signed.
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Antique 1880s Japanese Sculptures and Carvings

Materials

Bronze

Japan, A rare Japanese Kutani figure of Kannon on a Foo Lion, Meiji Period, 19th
Located in PARIS, FR
Rare Japanese Kutani Figure: Unveiling Tranquility and Spiritual Power from Meiji Period Japan
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Antique Late 19th Century Japanese Meiji Sculptures and Carvings

Materials

Porcelain

Japanese antique stone lion figurine / 1800-1900 / Edo to Meiji / garden object
Located in Sammu-shi, Chiba
This is a stone performance lion figurine made in the late 19th century in Japan from the Edo
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Antique 19th Century Japanese Edo Garden Ornaments

Materials

Limestone

Japanese Meiji Bronze Vessel With Sculpted Animal Heads
Located in New York, NY
Japanese Meiji period bronze vessel with elaborately sculpted animal heads. Lion, ape and bull
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Antique 1880s Japanese Meiji Metalwork

Materials

Bronze

19th Century Japanese Meiji Porcelain Garden Seat or Table
Located in Houston, TX
19th century Japanese Meiji Porcelain garden seat or table. Stunning 19th century Japanese Meiji
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Antique 1880s Japanese Meiji Tables

Materials

Porcelain

19th Century Japanese Meiji Palace Urn with Foo Dog Handles
By Satsuma, Japanese Studio
Located in Houston, TX
19th century Japanese Meiji palace urn with foo dog handles. Stunning large antique Japanese Meiji
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Antique 1870s Japanese Meiji Ceramics

Materials

Porcelain

Japanese Meiji Orange and Gold Porcelain Kutani Bowl
Located in New York, NY
This delicately hand-painted Meiji-period Kutani-ware bowl is ornamented with lion-shaped handles
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Antique 1890s Japanese Meiji Porcelain

Materials

Porcelain

Ancient Japanese Meiji Vase, Late 19th Century
Located in Roma, IT
This Meiji vase is a beautifully decorated metal alloy vase, realized in Japan under the Meiji
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Antique Late 19th Century Japanese Meiji Vases

Materials

Metal

Japanese Meiji Period Bronze and Champlevé Enameled Censer
Located in New York, NY
a decorative polychrome champlevé enameled band and lion handle. The three sculpted feet rest on an
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Antique Early 1900s Japanese Meiji Metalwork

Materials

Bronze

Japanese Meiji Period, Blue and White Vase with Phoenix Decoration
Located in New York, NY
A Palace Size Japanese Meiji Period (1868-1912) Blue and White Vase with Phoenix Decoration. This
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Antique 1890s Japanese Meiji Ceramics

Materials

Porcelain

Pair of Japanese Gilt Bronze Komainu by Ishikawa Komei, Meiji Period
Located in Austin, TX
(1852-1913), Meiji period, Japan. The pair well cast, and robustly modeled. They are portrayed seated
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Antique Late 19th Century Japanese Meiji Sculptures and Carvings

Materials

Bronze

Antique 19thC Japanese Porcelain Meiji Period Imari Lidded Ginger Jar Vase 1890
Located in Portland, OR
. The dome topped lid decorated with a Komainu finial (Japanese lion-dog temple guardian). The ovoid
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Antique 1890s Japanese Meiji Ceramics

Materials

Porcelain

Pair Large Antique Japanese Meiji Period Porcelain Imari Lidded Jars Urns, 1880
Located in Portland, OR
A good pair of large antique Japanese Meiji period porcelain lidded jars, circa 1880. The jars
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Antique 1880s Japanese Meiji Ceramics

Materials

Porcelain

Japanese Meiji Period Gold Cobalt Blue Porcelain Charger, circa 1880
Located in Takarazuka, JP
Exquisite Japanese late-19th century Imari Meiji period (circa 1880) signed porcelain charger in
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Antique 1880s Japanese Meiji Decorative Dishes and Vide-Poche

Materials

Porcelain

Great Wood Carving Lion Figurine / 1868-1920 / Rare Item
Located in Sammu-shi, Chiba
finished with black lacquer. It is a very delicate and beautiful sculpture. The expression of the lion is
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Antique 19th Century Japanese Meiji Animal Sculptures

Materials

Wood

Large Japanese Bronze Incense Burner, Japan Meiji Period
Located in Saverne, Grand Est
decoration of birds and branches is supported by three shishis. Two other Fô lions serve as a catch on the
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Antique Late 19th Century Japanese Metalwork

Materials

Bronze

Pair of Meiji Period Japanese Bronze Candlesticks, circa 1870
Located in Faversham, GB
A pair of decorative Meiji Period Japanese bronze candlesticks. Adorned with birds and elephant
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Antique 19th Century Japanese Anglo-Japanese Candlesticks

Materials

Bronze

Antique Three-Piece Meiji Period Japonisme Vase Clock Set
Located in London, GB
Antique three-piece Meiji period Japonisme vase clock set French/Japanese, late 19th century
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Antique Late 19th Century French Japonisme Mantel Clocks

Materials

Ormolu

Japanese Lacquer Box with Fine Maki-e Decoration Meiji Period
Located in Atlanta, GA
A lacquered wood box with lid from Japan circa 19th century Meiji Period. The finely decorated box
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Antique Late 19th Century Japanese Japonisme Lacquer

Materials

Wood, Lacquer

Small Japanese Satsuma Incense Burner, Koro, Meiji Period, Late 19th Century
Located in Austin, TX
A fine Japanese Satsuma stoneware incense burner, koro, Meiji Period, late 19th century, Japan
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Antique 1890s Ceramics

Materials

Enamel

Amazing Japanese silver teapot and cover, dragon spout Meiji period 19TH century
Located in Tel Aviv - Jaffa, IL
pair of amazingly realistic shishi lions masks. This tea pot is made from sterling silver and on the
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Antique 1890s Japanese Metalwork

Materials

Silver

Large Japanese Bronze Zoomorphic Jardiniere by Seiya
Located in Christchurch, GB
As part of our Japanese works of art collection we are delighted to offer this large scale Meiji
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Antique 19th Century Japanese Meiji Metalwork

Materials

Bronze

Fine Japanese Imari Porcelain Temple Jar
Located in Bridgeport, CT
amusing scene with rust tone and white foo lions in a river landscape looking back to a rust tone baby foo
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20th Century Meiji Ceramics

Materials

Porcelain

Japanese Two-Panel Screen Whimsical Beast
Located in Hudson, NY
Japanese two-panel screen: Whimsical beast. Wonderful, Meiji period (1868-1912) painting of a
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Antique Early 1900s Japanese Meiji Paintings and Screens

Materials

Silk, Wood, Paper

Japanese Two-Panel Screen Whimsical Beast
Japanese Two-Panel Screen Whimsical Beast
H 68.25 in W 75 in D 0.75 in
Framed Japanese Futon Cover Textile Art with Resist Yuzen Dye
Located in Atlanta, GA
A large piece of framed Japanese textile circa late 19th to early 20th century, end of Meiji period
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Early 20th Century Japanese Meiji Textiles

Materials

Cotton, Wood

A Japanese Bronze “Animal” Jardiniere
Located in Savannah, GA
A Japanese Meiji period bronze “animal” jardiniere by the Seiya Company, circa late 19th century
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Antique Late 19th Century Japanese Meiji Planters, Cachepots and Jardini...

Materials

Bronze

Japanese Noh/Kabuki Shakkyo painting, Torii Kiyotada
Located in Point Richmond, CA
of actors dancing in the play Shakkyo portraying a pair of shishi (lions), one on a stand with white
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Early 20th Century Japanese Meiji Paintings and Screens

Materials

Silk

Japanese Noh/Kabuki Shakkyo painting, Torii Kiyotada
Japanese Noh/Kabuki Shakkyo painting, Torii Kiyotada
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H 81.5 in W 22 in D 1 in
Japan Satsuma Porcelain Vase and Golden Metal 19th Century
Located in Beuzevillette, FR
Large Satsuma porcelain vase from the Meiji on a gilt metal frame from the Napoleon III period. On
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Antique 19th Century Meiji Antiquities

Materials

Metal

Rare Antique Monumental Japanese Imperial Carved Elm Altar Sideboard Console
Located in Dayton, OH
Important 19th C. Japanese Meiji Period ornately carved extreme high relief, credenza or bar back
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Antique 19th Century Meiji Sideboards

Materials

Elm

Japanese Contemporary Red White Gold Brocade Hand-Crafted Oshie Decorative Art
Located in Takarazuka, JP
traditional Japanese Kabuki theater. It is the story of two shishi lion-like mythological animals. To foster
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21st Century and Contemporary Japanese Meiji Paintings and Screens

Materials

Brocade, Silk

Japanese Antique Pair Buddhist Monju Fugen Bosatsu Nyorai Temple Shrine Buddhas
Located in Studio City, CA
worthiness - and represents the wisdom of the Nyorai. The Buddha on the right sits upon a Shi Shi lion
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Early 20th Century Japanese Meiji Sculptures and Carvings

Materials

Wood, Giltwood, Lacquer, Paint

Japanese Imari 19th Century Charger with Mt. Fuji and Shishi Motifs
Located in Wells, ME
over glaze enamels, highlighted in gold leaf. This Meiji platter is quite symmetrical with decoration
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Antique Late 19th Century Japanese Meiji Decorative Dishes and Vide-Poche

Materials

Porcelain

Japanese Contemporary Three-Piece Red Blue Gold Porcelain Jar by Master Artist
Located in Takarazuka, JP
geometric pattern add to the elegance of this remarkable piece. The lid is adorned with a shishi lion in
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21st Century and Contemporary Japanese Meiji Jars

Materials

Gold

Japanese Contemporary Cream Gold Green Porcelain VaseCream Gold by Master Artist
Located in Takarazuka, JP
Extraordinary Japanese contemporary golden lion ear porcelain vase, featuring two sculpted panels
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21st Century and Contemporary Japanese Meiji Vases

Materials

Porcelain

Japanese Contemporary Yellow Green Porcelain Vase by Master Artist
Located in Takarazuka, JP
striking panels showcasing birds, flowers and shishi lion in the beloved Ko-Kutani colors. The auspicious
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21st Century and Contemporary Japanese Meiji Vases

Materials

Porcelain

Japanese Platinum Black Porcelain Vase by Contemporary Master Artist
Located in Takarazuka, JP
perfect canvas showcasing a striking scene of shishi lions in black running freely around the body of the
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21st Century and Contemporary Japanese Meiji Vases

Materials

Platinum

Japanese Contemporary Blue Purple Red Gold Porcelain Vase by Master Artist
Located in Takarazuka, JP
request. This striking large porcelain vase depicts shishi lions surrounded by bamboos, pine trees and
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21st Century and Contemporary Japanese Meiji Vases

Materials

Gold

Japanese antique sketch scroll / 1800-1900 / Flower, bird and animal paintings
Located in Sammu-shi, Chiba
This is a rough sketch of a Japanese painting drawn around the late Edo period to the early Meiji
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Antique 19th Century Japanese Edo Paintings and Screens

Materials

Paper

Antique Japanese Embroidery Tapestry
Located in Atlanta, GA
A large Japanese silk embroidery tapestry circa 19th century, late Edo to early Meiji period
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Antique 19th Century Japanese Japonisme Textiles

Materials

Silk

Antique Japanese Embroidery Tapestry
Antique Japanese Embroidery Tapestry
H 56 in W 80 in D 0.2 in
Japanese bronze Koro
Located in Beuzevillette, FR
, made during the Meiji period and with mythical animals. This unique Koro or incense burner, is
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Antique 19th Century Japanese Antiquities

Materials

Brass

Japanese bronze Koro
Japanese bronze Koro
H 16.93 in W 14.18 in D 9.45 in
Japanese Maki-e Lacquer Stack Box Jubako
Located in Atlanta, GA
(end of Edo or beginning of Meiji period). jubako was traditionally used to store and carry foods in
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Antique 19th Century Japanese Japonisme Lacquer

Materials

Wood, Lacquer

Early Japanese Satsuma Antique Vase
By Satsuma
Located in Atlanta, GA
of Meiji period. In the form of a Classic garlic bottle whose prototype was from China, the white
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Antique Mid-19th Century Japanese Japonisme Ceramics

Materials

Ceramic

20th Century Meiji Era Kutani ware Komainu
Located in Brisbane, Queensland
A pair of Japanese Kutani ware models of Komainu from the Meiji period (1868-1912). This pair
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Early 20th Century Japanese Meiji Ceramics

Materials

Enamel

20th Century Meiji Era Kutani ware Komainu
20th Century Meiji Era Kutani ware Komainu
H 11.42 in W 5.52 in D 3.94 in
Antique Japanese Bronze Planter
Located in Laguna Beach, CA
items such as this. They include lions, dragons and birds on the handles.
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Early 20th Century Japanese Meiji Metalwork

Materials

Bronze

Antique Japanese Bronze Planter
Antique Japanese Bronze Planter
H 9.5 in W 16 in D 13.5 in
19th Century Japanese Writing Cabinet
Located in Moreton-in-Marsh, Gloucestershire
serpentine panelled doors depicting lions in a landscape, the decorated interior with a central shelf and two
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Antique 1880s Japanese Meiji Secretaires

Materials

Wood

19th Century Japanese Writing Cabinet
19th Century Japanese Writing Cabinet
H 60 in W 31 in D 18.5 in
Pair of Satsuma Lidded Floor Vases
Located in Woodbury, CT
Each lid topped by a fierce foo lion. The body completely decorated with figures, flowers and
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Early 20th Century Japanese Meiji Vases

Materials

Pottery

Japanese Sendai Chest
Located in Seattle, WA
embossed and repousse iron hardware in the form of shishi (lion dogs) and peony (botan) flower arabesque
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Antique 19th Century Japanese Furniture

Japanese Sendai Chest
Japanese Sendai Chest
H 37.75 in W 47 in D 17.5 in
Meiji Bronze Lion Sculpture
Located in Lymington, Hampshire
A Meiji period bronze lion with a shaggy mane, signed.
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Antique Late 19th Century Japanese Animal Sculptures

Meiji Bronze Lion Sculpture
Meiji Bronze Lion Sculpture
H 13 in W 24.02 in D 0.04 in
Japanese Bronze Lion Okimono, Kyoi Masatsune, Meiji Period
Located in Gargrave, North Yorkshire
£1,450.00 Japanese bronze okimono, signed Kyoi Masatsune, Meiji period. Powerfully cast, as a
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Antique 1890s Japanese Meiji Sculptures and Carvings

Materials

Bronze

Meiji Bronze of a Lion
Located in Lymington, Hampshire
Meiji bronze of a stalking lion by Seiya, shown crouching down and baring his teeth, signed. On a
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Antique Late 19th Century Japanese More Asian Art, Objects and Furniture

Meiji Bronze of a Lion
Meiji Bronze of a Lion
H 0.1 in W 25 in D 0.1 in
Meiji Period Bronze Study of a Lion and Lioness by ‘Genryusai Seiya’
Located in Lymington, Hampshire
A Meiji period bronze study of a lion and lioness, the lion striding forward and snarling with the
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Antique 19th Century Japanese Meiji Animal Sculptures

Materials

Bronze

Antique Japanes Bronze Vase With Foo Lions, Meiji Period.
Located in Antwerp, BE
Antique bronze vase with Foo lions. Japanese signature, see pictures. 
Meiji period 1868-1912
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Antique 19th Century Japanese Anglo-Japanese Vases

Materials

Silver

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