$760Sale Price|20% Off
Antique Japanese Meiji Aesthetic Figural & Floral Pottery Vase with Heron c1900
Located in Big Flats, NY
Antique Japanese Meiji Aesthetic Figural & Floral Pottery Vase with Herons Signed C1900 Measures - 17 1/2" x 14 3/4" x 14 3/4" This vase from the Meiji period (circa 1900) features...
Pottery
$600Sale Price|20% Off
Large Antique Japanese Meiji Tiger’s Eye Glazed Pottery Vase, Signed, C1910
Located in Big Flats, NY
Large Antique Japanese Meiji Tiger’s Eye Glazed Pottery Vase, Signed, C1910 Measures - 13 5/8" x 5 1/4" x 5 1/4" A large antique Japanese vase from the Meiji period, circa 1910, fe...
Pottery
$8,774 / set
Pair of Satsuma Earthenware Meiji Period Vases
Located in London, GB
Pair of Satsuma earthenware Meiji period vases Japanese, Early 20th Century Height 36cm, width 23cm, depth 15cm The pair of outstanding vases was crafted in early 20th century Ja...
Enamel
Large Matching Pair Satsuma Meiji Era Figural Vases Figures in Clouds Gold Leaf
By Satsuma
Located in Ann Arbor, MI
LARGE Matching Pair Satsuma Meiji Era Figural vases figures in clouds gold leaf. Amazing multi color decoration. Vases display prominently from any decoration.
Pottery
$960Sale Price|20% Off
Antique Japanese Meiji Satsuma Figural Gilt Pottery Vase C1900
Located in Big Flats, NY
Antique Japanese Meiji Satsuma Figural Gilt Pottery Vase C1900 Measures - 24.75"H x 10.25"W x 10.25"D An example of Meiji period Satsuma pottery, this vase features intricate figural...
Pottery
Antique Awaji Grey Crackle Glaze Ceramic Vase - Meiji Period - Japan - C.1910
By Awaji Pottery
Located in Chatham, ON
Antique Awaji ceramic vase - grey crackle glaze - cold painted decoration with red and gilt enamel bird on a branch with flower and leaves - old faint inventory numbers to the base -...
Ceramic
Antique Awaji Pottery Sancai, Three Color Glaze Japanese Covered Jar
By Awaji Pottery
Located in Wilton, CT
Antique Awaji pottery covered jar in rich sancai glaze, circa 1900. 2 1/2" high, 4 3/4" diameter. Excellent condition.
Pottery
Antique Japanese Satsuma Earthenware Vase by Koshida, Meiji Period
Located in Newark, England
FREE WORLDWIDE SHIPPING Japanese Satsuma earthenware vase by Koshida, dating to circa 1910. The vase is of elegant hexagonal form with a gently tapering body, finely decorated with ...
Ceramic, Earthenware, Pottery
Japanese Meiji Satsuma Polygonal Vase
By Kyoto Pottery
Located in Sarasota, FL
Japanese Meiji Satsuma polygonal vase with four panels. Each panel shows a different scene. Fine gilding and hand enameling. Marked on the bottom with shimadzu mon.
Pottery
Antique Japanese Satsuma Earthenware Vases by Shozan from the Meiji Period
Located in Newark, England
FREE WORLDWIDE SHIPPING This pair of Japanese Satsuma earthenware vases by Shōzan is decorated with detailed architectural scenes and dates to the Meiji period, circa 1910. Each va...
Ceramic, Pottery, Particle Board
Antique Japanese pottery vase/1850-1920/Two-tone glaze vase
Located in Sammu-shi, Chiba
This vase is thought to be a type of pottery called "Onta ware" in Oita Prefecture, Kyushu. (It is around the area circled in red on the Kyushu map.) This "Onta ware" is a type of po...
Pottery
Antique Bronze Meiji Vase with Fishes and Mark Shobun Jyuhachi, 19th Century
Located in Amsterdam, Noord Holland
Nicely made vase with a great color shading. Marked on the side: Shobun jyuhachi Additional information: Material: Porcelain & Pottery Region of Origin: Japan Period: 19th century E...
Pottery
Signed Japanese Black Glaze Kutani Porcelain Vase by Mitsui Tamekichi III
Located in Philadelphia, PA
A fine vintage Japanese Kutani porcelain vase. By Mitsui Tamekichi the 3rd (?????3?). Born Mitsui Eiichi in 1935. He met his wife while apprenticing under Kutani master Torijo...
Porcelain
Meiji Period Satsuma Gilt Enameled Immortal & Geisha Vase & Stand by Kozan Zo
By Kozan Zo
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
Meiji Period Satsuma Gilt Enameled Immortal & Geisha Vase & Stand Japan, Circa 1900, Meiji-era (1868–1912) Kozan Zo This exquisite Meiji-period Satsuma vase by Kozan Zo showcases ...
Pottery, Hardwood
Japanese Antique Wabi-Sabi BK Pottery Vase 19th Century / Tsubo
Located in Sammu-shi, Chiba
This ancient ceramic jar was once used as a storage container in Japanese homes and merchant houses. It is coated with a deep, lustrous black glaze, which has developed a subdued lus...
Pottery
Japanese Antique Wabi-Sabi Distorted Shape Pottery Vase 1860s-1920s / Tsubo
Located in Sammu-shi, Chiba
A beautifully aged Japanese storage jar. It embodies the quiet strength of traditional, practical pottery. Its form is distorted. Distorted jars are not usually found on the market,...
Pottery
Very Unusual Japanese SumidaGawa Pottery Vase with Goats
By Sumida Gawa
Located in New York, NY
Very Unusual Japanese Sumida Gawa Pottery Vase with Goats, Meiji Period The vase is formed in a broad cylindrical body with rounded shoulder and a wide circular mouth with a thick r...
Enamel
Japanese Antique Pottery Jar /1868-1920/Charcoal Bowl / Vase / Brazier
Located in Sammu-shi, Chiba
We have a unique Japanese aesthetic sense. And only we can introduce unique items through our purchasing channels in Japan and the experience we have gained so far, in such a way tha...
Pottery
Antique Japanese Aesthetic Period Ceramic Floral Vase Umbrella Stand Meiji Era
Located in San Diego, CA
Great antique Japanese Aesthetic period tall ceramic/pottery vase or umbrella/cane stand. Rectangle shape with a glazed floral design. I can not find any markings. Made very well and...
Ceramic, Pottery
Japanese Antique Large Paper-Covered Pottery Vase 1860s-1900s / Vessel Wabisabi
Located in Chōsei District Nagara, JP
This is a large antique Japanese ceramic storage jar covered with paper. Its powerful, substantial form combined with the remaining traces of paper on the surface gives it a sculptur...
Pottery, Paper
Japanese Antique Meiji Satsuma Pottery Buddhist Monks Vase & Shimazu Crest Mark
By Satsuma
Located in Studio City, CA
A beautiful Japanese Satsuma pottery studio vase featuring multiple kesa-clad enlightened Buddhist monks on each side of the vase.
Earthenware, Pottery
Pair Monumental Antique Meiji Period Japanese Satsuma Pottery Vases Stands 1900
Located in Portland, OR
A fine pair of monumental antique Japanese Satsuma vases with stands, circa 1900. The vases having an ivory background and are finely gilded & handpainted with enamels of Samurai wa...
Pottery
Japanese Satsuma Ginger Jar Vase, circa Early 20th Century
Located in New York, NY
A beautiful small Japanese Satsuma ginger jar vase, circa early-20th century, Japan. Colors include cream, copper, green, blue, white, black, orange and touches of red burgundy. Dime...
Ceramic, Earthenware, Pottery
Antique Japanese Awaji Pottery Vase with Flambé Glaze, Meiji Era
Located in Nottingham, GB
This striking Japanese Awaji pottery vase dates to the early decades of the 20th century and takes the form of the traditional hyōtan, or double gourd, a shape long associated in Jap...
Pottery
Japanese Antique Edo Meiji Wabi-Sabi Tanba Tamba Art Pottery Vase Jar Pot
Located in Studio City, CA
A beautifully shaped, glazed (a lava crater glaze reminiscent of such modern western potters as Beatrice Wood, Glenn Lukens and Otto and Gertrud Natzler), and complexly textured Tamb...
Earthenware, Pottery
$650Sale Price|31% Off
Japanese Satsuma Pottery Bottle Vase
Located in Astoria, NY
Japanese Satsuma Pottery Bottle Vase, with painted and gilt figural interior scenes mounted on brass griffin base. Overall: 12.25" H x 4.75" Diameter. Provenance: From the Collection...
Brass
Japanese Meiji Period Satsuma Vase by Kinkozan
By Kinkozan
Located in Newark, England
FREE WORLDWIDE SHIPPING FROM KYOTO’S FAMED KINKOZAN WORKSHOP, A MEIJI-PERIOD SATSUMA VASE OF EXCEPTIONAL ENAMEL AND GILT. From our Japanese Satsuma collection, we are delighted to ...
Ceramic, Earthenware, Pottery
Japanese Antique Edo Meiji Large Wabi-Sabi Art Pottery Jar Tsubo Ikebana Vase
Located in Studio City, CA
A gorgeous, beautifully shaped and textured antique Japanese pottery tsubo jar/vase/pot - produced sometime during the late Edo Period (1603-1868) or early Meiji period (1868-1912) a...
Earthenware, Pottery
Japanese Antique Meiji Period Satsuma Vase by Kinkozan
By Kinkozan
Located in Newark, England
The Satsuma Vase dates to the Meiji period(1868-1912) and the turn of the 20th century.
Ceramic, Earthenware, Pottery
Japanese Satsuma Vase by Koyama Nanpo Meiji Period
Located in Newark, England
FREE WORLDWIDE SHIPPING This Japanese Satsuma vase by Koyama Nanpo is decorated with two large figural panels set against a cobalt blue ground with extensive gilt decoration. It dat...
Ceramic, Earthenware, Pottery
Japanese Wabi-Sabi Small Vase, Meiji Period, 1750-1850
Located in Katori-Shi, 12
This is an old Japanese pottery. It is from the Meiji period (1860s-1900s). It was used as a fire extinguishing pot. This piece has beautiful color and texture. It is very rare...
Pottery
Antique Japanese Meiji Period Satsuma Vase by Ryozan
Located in Newark, England
MEIJI PERIOD 1868-1912 From our Japanese collection, we are delighted to offer this Japanese Satsuma Vase by Ryozan.
Ceramic, Earthenware, Pottery
Antique Japanese Satsuma Pottery Bud Vase
By Makuzu Kozan
Located in Philadelphia, PA
A fine antique Japanese Satsuma pottery vase. In the form of a bud vase with a round base and narrow, tapered neck. Decorated throughout with gilding & enamel complete with extensi...
Pottery
Japanese Antique Earthenware Satsuma Vase by Kinkozan Meiji Period
By Kinkozan
Located in Newark, England
FREE WORLDWIDE SHIPPING MEIJI PERIOD (1868-1912) From our Japanese Satsuma collection, we’re pleased to offer this Meiji period bottle-form Satsuma vase by Kinkozan. The vase is...
Ceramic, Earthenware, Pottery
Japanese Antique Earthenware Satsuma Vase by Kinkozan Meiji Period
By Kinkozan
Located in Newark, England
FREE WORLDWIDE SHIPPING MEIJI PERIOD (1868-1912) From our Japanese Satsuma collection, we are delighted to present this exceptional Meiji period Satsuma vase by Kinkozan This tal...
Ceramic, Earthenware, Pottery
Japanese Antique Large Wabi-Sabi Paper-Clad Tea Storage Vessel 1860s-1900s
Located in Chōsei District Nagara, JP
This is an antique Japanese paper-covered tea storage jar. It is believed to date from the Meiji period (1860s–1900s) and was originally used as a large container for transporting an...
Pottery
Japanese Meiji Period (1868-1912) Satsuma Vase by Kinkozan
By Kinkozan
Located in Newark, England
The base of the Japanese Satsuma Vase is signed Kinkozan 金光山 and dates to the Meiji period (1868-1912).
Ceramic, Earthenware, Pottery
Large Kyoto-Awaji Bottle Vase in Sky Blue Crackle Glaze
By Awaji Pottery
Located in Wilton, CT
Large antique Kyoto-Awaji point bottle vase in sky blue crackle glaze with color draining away from the pale mouth rim. 33" high, 16" diameter. The rim, at some point damaged, has be...
Pottery
Japanese Satsuma Dragon Vase, Meiji Period, c 1900, Japan
By Satsuma
Located in Austin, TX
A fantastic small Japanese Satsuma vase with image of writhing dragons, Meiji Period, circa 1900, Japan. The vase of elegant baluster form, with a slightly flared foot, slender body...
Ceramic, Porcelain, Pottery, Stoneware, Hardwood
Japanese Antique Satsuma Vase by Ryokuzan Meiji Period (1868-1912)
Located in Newark, England
FREE WORLDWIDE SHIPPING This Japanese Satsuma vase by Ryokuzan is decorated with a continuous figural landscape scene set against a finely crackled ivory ground with gilt and polych...
Ceramic, Earthenware, Pottery
Japanese Gosu Blue Satsuma Vase with Rakan Figures, Meiji Period
Located in Newark, England
FREE WORLDWIDE SHIPPING Painted with Gosu Blue Imperial Palette From our Japanese Satsuma collection, we are pleased to present this good sized Japanese Gosu Blue Satsuma Vase 薩摩...
Ceramic, Earthenware, Pottery
Antique Satsuma One Thousand Faces and Dragon Meiji Period Baluster Shaped Vase
By Satsuma
Located in Tustin, CA
A very exquisite and elaborately detailed collectible antique hand made "A Thousand Faces" Japanese Satsuma earthenware pottery baluster shaped vase features intricately hand painted...
Earthenware, Pottery
Unusual Pair of Japanese Meiji Period (1868-1912) Satsuma Vases by Kinkozan
By Kinkozan
Located in Newark, England
The bases of the Satsuma Vases are signed Kinkozan and date to the late Meiji Period (1868-1912) circa 1900.
Ceramic, Earthenware, Pottery
Antique Japanese Kyoto Pottery Cream Monochrome Glaze Mingei Vase Lamp
Located in Wilton, CT
Antique Japanese Kyoto pottery vase, circa late 19th/early 20th century, made into a beautiful lamp. The vase is a cream white monochrome in mallet form with fine overall crackle gla...
Pottery
Japanese Large Heavy Banko Ware Ceramic Pottery Stoneware Vase, 19th Century
Located in Studio City, CA
A fantastic, wonderfully glaze stoneware Banko ware vase with beautifully detailed craftsmanship. Banko ware pottery is thought to have originated in the 18th century in the city ...
Stoneware
19th Century Meiji Period Japanese Satsuma Table Lamp
Located in San Francisco, CA
A fine quality hand painted Meiji period 1890 c. Satsuma pottery vase on a carved wood stand.
Porcelain
Unavailable|$610
Antique JAPANESE MEIJI Period SATSUMA Vase
Located in Richmond Hill, ON
This is an antique Japanese Meiji period miniature Satsuma porcelain-handled vase with a flared rim and the Shimazu crest underneath. Satsuma porcelain comes from the Satsuma region ...
Pottery
Unavailable|$2,450
A Fine Meiji Period Satsuma Vase, Japan, 19th Century
Located in Pasadena, CA
A Fine Meiji Period Satsuma Vase, Japan, 19th Century Attributed to DAI NIHON KINKOZAN ZO H: 5-3/4" ______________________________________________________________ The Meiji era i...
Porcelain, Pottery
Unavailable|$22,500 / set
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 shapes. Applied to the bodies are rings with golden ropes suspended. The bottoms unmar...
Pottery
Pair of Late 19th Century Satsuma Vases Depicting Warriors, Marked
By Satsuma
Located in Richmond Hill, ON
Pair of Delicate satsuma vases. Both are marked, richly decorated, and gilded. Maybe the Late 19th Century? Behold the refined warriors, immortalized in stunning detail. Their streng...
Pottery
Unavailable|$6,000
Satsuma earthenware vase by kinkozan, Meiji period
By Kinkozan
Located in Tel Aviv - Jaffa, IL
the body of this small marvelous vase is painted with a scene of a puppet show vendor with his wood backpack, on top of the backpack there are toys and dolls, he is surrounded with a...
Gold
Unavailable|$4,387
19th - 20th Century, Meiji Period, Japan, Vase
By Makuzu Kozan
Located in London, GB
Japanese vase by Makuzu Kozan. Bamboo leaf enamel decorated on biscuit pottery body. Fitted in original wooden box.
Enamel
Unavailable|$1,687
19th Century Japanese Satsuma Vase
Located in Newcastle Upon Tyne, GB
Japanese Satsuma pottery vase A late 19th century Japanese Meiji period (1864-1912) Satsuma pottery vase.
Ceramic
Pair of Antique and Fine Japanese Gilt Satsuma Meiji Pottery Vases, Wise Men
Located in Big Flats, NY
Pair of antique and fine Japanese Satsuma Meiji pottery vases feature hand-painted and gilt foliate, floral and scroll decoration with reserves depicting portraits of elder wise men,...
Pottery
Japanese Antique Paper-Covered Pottery Flower Vase Wabi-Sabi Pot
Located in Sammu-shi, Chiba
This is a large Japanese pottery. It is from the Meiji period. The entire pottery is covered with paper.
Pottery
Antique Japanese Satsuma Meiji Pottery Bottle Vase C1910
Located in Big Flats, NY
An antique Japanese Satsuma Meiji bottle vase offers porcelain construction with flanking bamboo form handles, hand gilt and painted floral, foliate and dragon design, signed as phot...
Pottery
Antique Japanese Meiji Hand Painted & Gilt Pottery Vase C1900
Located in Big Flats, NY
An antique Japanese Meiji vase offers pottery construction with hand painted floral garden design, double handles and gilt highlights throughout, signed on base as photographed, c19...
Pottery
From 1868 to 1912, Emperor Mutsuhito oversaw an era of transformation in Japan. Formerly a country of feudalism and isolation, Japan entered an age of modernization influenced by newly established trade and exchange with the West. The Meiji period, or period of “enlightened rule,” also saw the global impact of the East Asian country’s culture. Japanese Meiji furniture was exhibited at expositions from Paris to San Francisco and created for export.
Prior to the Meiji era, furniture was mostly made by commission for the ruling class; now there were new domestic and international markets. European styles like Japonisme appropriated Japanese design while craftsmen in places like Wales and England employed japanning, a varnishing technique that approximated the appearance of lacquer for the surfaces of furnishings.
Meiji furniture made for Japanese homes and buildings constructed in Western styles resulted in taller tables, chairs, cabinets with large drawers and other features. The government invested in areas such as transportation and communication, and because people could freely choose occupations after the restrictions of feudalism, industries of various types were energized by expressive new ideas during those years. Art schools were formed and, for the first time, design was an area of study in the country, leading to the evolution of professional design as a career by the 1890s.
The work of Japanese designers was transmitted widely through lavishly illustrated pattern books that included designs for screens and lacquerware for the home. While screens today may be of use as decorative accents or partitions to ensure privacy in one’s space, Japanese screens were adorned with paintings and were featured in performing arts such as concerts, tea ceremonies and more. The color illustrations that characterize Meiji woodblock prints, a genre of Japanese art that grew out of 17th-century developments in printing and book publishing, depicted the sweeping changes that the era brought to East Asia.
Although it was a time of societal and cultural shifts, a bolstered interest in art and design elevated Japanese craft traditions. From colorful porcelain table lamps with silk shades and hardwood tables decorated with dark lacquer to cabinets featuring iron hardware and inlaid with mother-of-pearl, Meiji furniture showcased Japan’s artistic heritage to the world.
Find a collection of antique Japanese Meiji period case pieces and storage cabinets, decorative objects, wall decorations and more furniture on 1stDibs.