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Imperial Imari Charger with Large Gilded Eagle and Gilded Flying Crane
Imperial Imari Charger with Large Gilded Eagle and Gilded Flying Crane

Imperial Imari Charger with Large Gilded Eagle and Gilded Flying Crane

Located in Banner Elk, NC

Imperial Imari 14.25" charger with large gilded eagle and gilded flying crane, Japanese, Meiji period, circa 1870.

Category

Antique 1870s Japanese Meiji Porcelain

Materials

Porcelain

Joseph Holdcroft English Majolica Flying Crane Turquoise Plate
Joseph Holdcroft English Majolica Flying Crane Turquoise Plate

Joseph Holdcroft English Majolica Flying Crane Turquoise Plate

By Joseph Holdcroft

Located in Philadelphia, PA

An English majolica plate, The Flying Crane, by Joseph Holdcroft, Circa 1870.

Category

Antique Late 19th Century English Japonisme Pottery

Materials

Earthenware

Korean Celadon Maebyeong Vase, Flying Cranes and Clouds
Korean Celadon Maebyeong Vase, Flying Cranes and Clouds

Korean Celadon Maebyeong Vase, Flying Cranes and Clouds

Located in Clifton Springs, NY

Vintage vase features celadon craquelure glaze with motifs of flying cranes and clouds, the "Thousand Cranes" design that common to Korean Goryeo ware.

Category

Mid-20th Century Korean Folk Art Vases

Materials

Pottery, Ceramic, Celadon

Antique Meiji Japanese Cloisonne Enamel Vase with Flying Cranes Hayashi School
Antique Meiji Japanese Cloisonne Enamel Vase with Flying Cranes Hayashi School

Antique Meiji Japanese Cloisonne Enamel Vase with Flying Cranes Hayashi School

Located in Long Island City, NY

Antique Meiji Japanese Cloisonne Enamel Vase with Flying Cranes Hayashi School An antique Japanese, late Meiji period, enamel .

Category

Antique Late 19th Century Japanese Meiji Vases

Materials

Enamel, Brass

Set of 5 Korean Celadon Goryeo Knife Chopstick Rests, Flying Cranes & Clouds
Set of 5 Korean Celadon Goryeo Knife Chopstick Rests, Flying Cranes & Clouds

Set of 5 Korean Celadon Goryeo Knife Chopstick Rests, Flying Cranes & Clouds

Located in Clifton Springs, NY

Set of 5 vintage ceramic or porcelain knife or chopstick rests features celadon colored glaze with traditional motifs of flying cranes and clouds, the "Thousand Cranes" design that ...

Category

Mid-20th Century Korean Mid-Century Modern Tableware

Materials

Ceramic, Celadon, Pottery

Framed Chinese Silk Embroidered Robe Flying Cranes &  Auspicious Clouds
Framed Chinese Silk Embroidered Robe Flying Cranes &  Auspicious Clouds

Framed Chinese Silk Embroidered Robe Flying Cranes & Auspicious Clouds

Located in West Palm Beach, FL

Framed Chinese Silk Embroidered Robe with Flying Cranes and Auspicious Clouds, Circa Early 20th Century A stunning example of Chinese textile artistry, this richly embroidered silk ...

Category

20th Century Chinese Chinese Export Textiles

Materials

Silk, Plexiglass, Wood

Jurojin Flying Crane Scene Edo Period Scroll Japan 19c Artist Saeki Kishi Ganku
Jurojin Flying Crane Scene Edo Period Scroll Japan 19c Artist Saeki Kishi Ganku

Jurojin Flying Crane Scene Edo Period Scroll Japan 19c Artist Saeki Kishi Ganku

Located in Amsterdam, Noord Holland

It is a work that goes well with the flying crane and the Jurojin looking up, giving a unique and mysterious taste.

Category

Antique 18th Century Japanese Edo Paintings and Screens

Materials

Silk

Vintage Red Brocade with Flying Cranes Japanese Ceremonial Kimono
Vintage Red Brocade with Flying Cranes Japanese Ceremonial Kimono

Vintage Red Brocade with Flying Cranes Japanese Ceremonial Kimono

Located in Palm Springs, CA

Vintage Uchikake wedding kimono/robe for ceremonial occasions. This bridal outer garment is of red color and decorated with cranes and other auspicious objects that symbolize longev...

Category

Mid-20th Century Textiles

Materials

Silk

Large Antique Meiji Japanese Cloisonne Enamel Flying Cranes Vase
Large Antique Meiji Japanese Cloisonne Enamel Flying Cranes Vase

Large Antique Meiji Japanese Cloisonne Enamel Flying Cranes Vase

Located in Long Island City, NY

A large antique Japanese, Meiji era, Silver wire enamel over brass copper vase. Circa: 1900s. The urn form vase is enameled with polychrome images of cranes made in the Cloisonne tec...

Category

Early 20th Century Japanese Meiji Vases

Materials

Brass, Enamel, Copper

Vintage Japanese Ceremonial Kimono Gold Brocade with Flying Cranes
Vintage Japanese Ceremonial Kimono Gold Brocade with Flying Cranes

Vintage Japanese Ceremonial Kimono Gold Brocade with Flying Cranes

Located in Moreno Valley, CA

A vintage Mid-Century ivory color silk brocade collectable Japanese ceremonial kimono. One of a kind hand crafted. Fabulous museum quality ceremonial piece in pure silk with intricat...

Category

20th Century Japanese Japonisme Textiles

Materials

Silk

Japan 1870 Meiji Period Round Five Drawer Inro Lacquered Wood With Flying Cranes
Japan 1870 Meiji Period Round Five Drawer Inro Lacquered Wood With Flying Cranes

Japan 1870 Meiji Period Round Five Drawer Inro Lacquered Wood With Flying Cranes

Located in Miami, FL

Motif: Organic design with cascade landscape scene and five flying cranes. Drawers: Five. Shape: Cylinder. Very unusual and rare shape.

Category

Antique 1870s Japanese Meiji Lacquer

Materials

Wood, Ebony, Giltwood, Lacquer

Hand-Painted Lacquer Screen with Flying Cranes and Botanical Motifs
Hand-Painted Lacquer Screen with Flying Cranes and Botanical Motifs

Hand-Painted Lacquer Screen with Flying Cranes and Botanical Motifs

Located in Yonkers, NY

Six-Panel Lacquered Screen with Red-Crowned Cranes in Flight. Rendered in a richly layered palette of warm ochre, black, and soft metallic tones, this vintage six-panel screen presen...

Category

Late 20th Century Chinese Screens and Room Dividers

Materials

Wood

Vintage Brass Footed Bowl with Flying Cranes Relief, Korea 20th Century
Vintage Brass Footed Bowl with Flying Cranes Relief, Korea 20th Century

Vintage Brass Footed Bowl with Flying Cranes Relief, Korea 20th Century

Located in Clifton Springs, NY

Vintage brass footed bowl features a wide, highly detailed relief band depicting cranes flying through clouds and tree branches. The relief band is juxtaposed with a minimalistic fla...

Category

Mid-20th Century Korean Art Deco Decorative Bowls

Materials

Brass

Christopher Dresser Minton's Large Cake Platter
Christopher Dresser Minton's Large Cake Platter

Christopher Dresser Minton's Large Cake Platter

By Christopher Dresser

Located in Sharon, CT

The largest and most important piece from the Mintons series based on the Christopher dresser flying cranes theme.

Category

Antique 1880s English Aesthetic Movement Platters and Serveware

Materials

Porcelain

Japanese Meiji Period Light Blue Porcelain Dish with Cranes
Japanese Meiji Period Light Blue Porcelain Dish with Cranes

Japanese Meiji Period Light Blue Porcelain Dish with Cranes

Located in Grythyttan, SE

Adorned with a stunning motif of four flying cranes amidst a field of grasses and red flowers, the dish also displays a wavy border on the outer edge, embellished with a black band a...

Category

Antique Late 19th Century Japanese Meiji Decorative Dishes and Vide-Poche

Materials

Porcelain

Chinese Six-Panel Decorative Folding Screen, Circa 1780
Chinese Six-Panel Decorative Folding Screen, Circa 1780

Chinese Six-Panel Decorative Folding Screen, Circa 1780

Located in Charleston, SC

Chinese six-panel folding screen with decorative carved forest with standing and flying cranes, with reverse side depicting village and figures of people, terminating on brass square...

Category

Antique 1780s Chinese Chinese Export Paintings and Screens

Lacquer inro, Japanese, Late 19th c.
Lacquer inro, Japanese, Late 19th c.

Lacquer inro, Japanese, Late 19th c.

Located in Stockholm, SE

A fourpart Japanese lacquer Inro. the lacquer is red with motives of a spider with its web in gold and two flying cranes. The lowest part of the inro has a crack on one side.

Category

Antique Late 19th Century Japanese Lacquer

Materials

Lacquer

Art Deco Console Table
Art Deco Console Table

Art Deco Console Table

Located in Westwood, NJ

Deco style Hyedua veneered console table, the rectangular top supported by two offset pewter Argento panels hand-painted with flying cranes and with acrylic bases and capitals, on a ...

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Vietnamese Art Deco Console Tables

Materials

Wood

c.1915-1935 Chinese Cloisonné Charger 13.4 in - Cranes, Deer & Pine
c.1915-1935 Chinese Cloisonné Charger 13.4 in - Cranes, Deer & Pine

c.1915-1935 Chinese Cloisonné Charger 13.4 in - Cranes, Deer & Pine

Located in SANT ADRIÀ DE BESÒS, ES

The design features the Five Symbols of Longevity: flying cranes, graceful deer, pine trees and stylized clouds, all set against a rich red background.

Category

Antique 19th Century Antiquities

Materials

Enamel

Original Vintage Travel Advertising Poster Lufthansa Airline USA New York
Original Vintage Travel Advertising Poster Lufthansa Airline USA New York

Original Vintage Travel Advertising Poster Lufthansa Airline USA New York

Located in London, GB

Original vintage travel advertising poster for Lufthansa taglich in die USA / daily to America featuring a great design depicting a city view of the New York skyscrapers in white on ...

Category

Vintage 1970s German Posters

Materials

Paper

Pair of  Sirmos  lamps with Dragon Design
Pair of  Sirmos  lamps with Dragon Design

Pair of Sirmos lamps with Dragon Design

Located in West Palm Beach, FL

There are both dragons and flying cranes decorating these lamps… nice to have a product that is vintage yet current that is extremely rare.

Category

Vintage 1970s American Mid-Century Modern Table Lamps

Materials

Resin, Plaster

A Late 19th Century Chinese Stone Urn
A Late 19th Century Chinese Stone Urn

A Late 19th Century Chinese Stone Urn

Located in Chicago, IL

The surface is lightly carved with flying cranes, trees and foliage. It is in fair to good condition, with minor chips and imperfections.

Category

Antique Late 19th Century Chinese Urns

Materials

Limestone

c.1880–1900 Japanese Meiji Era Cloisonne Charger Plate with Cranes, 11.8in
c.1880–1900 Japanese Meiji Era Cloisonne Charger Plate with Cranes, 11.8in

c.1880–1900 Japanese Meiji Era Cloisonne Charger Plate with Cranes, 11.8in

Located in SANT ADRIÀ DE BESÒS, ES

Decorated on a vivid turquoise-blue ground with an elegant scene of flying cranes among bamboo, flowering peonies, and morning glory blossoms.

Category

Antique 19th Century Japanese Metalwork

Materials

Enamel

Audsley, George Ashdown and James, Lord Bowes ‘The Keramic Art of Japan’
Audsley, George Ashdown and James, Lord Bowes ‘The Keramic Art of Japan’

Audsley, George Ashdown and James, Lord Bowes ‘The Keramic Art of Japan’

By George Ashdown Audsley & James Lord Bowes

Located in Lymington, Hampshire

Audsley, George Ashdown and James, Lord Bowes ‘The Keramic Art of Japan’, Liverpool and London, Henry Sotheran, 1875. 2 volumes, first edition hardback folio including 41 coloured an...

Category

Antique 1870s English Books

Materials

Paper

Original Vintage Travel Advertising Poster Lufthansa German Airlines Stewardess
Original Vintage Travel Advertising Poster Lufthansa German Airlines Stewardess

Original Vintage Travel Advertising Poster Lufthansa German Airlines Stewardess

Located in London, GB

Original vintage travel advertising poster for Lufthansa German Airlines featuring a smiling air hostess in a smart uniform waving to the viewer from the steps of a plane with a youn...

Category

Vintage 1950s German Posters

Materials

Paper

Chinese Dragon Porcelain Bowl
Chinese Dragon Porcelain Bowl

Chinese Dragon Porcelain Bowl

Located in Grythyttan, SE

Adorned with a stunning motif of four flying cranes amidst a field of grasses and red flowers, the dish also displays a wavy border on the outer edge, embellished with a black band a...

Category

Antique Late 19th Century Chinese Meiji Decorative Dishes and Vide-Poche

Materials

Porcelain

Tadashi Nakayama Signed Early Limited Edition Japanese Abstract Crane Print 1957
Tadashi Nakayama Signed Early Limited Edition Japanese Abstract Crane Print 1957

Tadashi Nakayama Signed Early Limited Edition Japanese Abstract Crane Print 1957

By Tadashi Nakayama

Located in Studio City, CA

This wonderfully designed, boldly colored, abstract woodblock print by esteemed Japanese Sosaku Hanga artist/printmaker Tadashi Nakayama titled "Flying Crane (or Crane in Flight)". ...

Category

Vintage 1950s Japanese Showa Prints

Materials

Wood, Paper

Showa Period Gold Maki-e Landscape & Crane Document Box by Kakuzan
Showa Period Gold Maki-e Landscape & Crane Document Box by Kakuzan

Showa Period Gold Maki-e Landscape & Crane Document Box by Kakuzan

Located in Taichung, TW

The cover features a sophisticated diagonal composition depicting flying cranes soaring above delicate grasses and flowing water.

Category

20th Century Japanese Lacquer

Materials

Wood, Lacquer

Antique Chinese Porcelain Export Dish "Leaping Pekinese" Qianlong Pronk, 18th C
Antique Chinese Porcelain Export Dish "Leaping Pekinese" Qianlong Pronk, 18th C

Antique Chinese Porcelain Export Dish "Leaping Pekinese" Qianlong Pronk, 18th C

Located in Amsterdam, Noord Holland

The dishes are enameled in blue with central leaping Pekingese surrounded by panels depicting a parrot, a cockatoo, a pair of doves, and a flying crane. Each are on a distinctive tre...

Category

Antique 18th Century Chinese Decorative Dishes and Vide-Poche

Materials

Porcelain

Vintage Brass Chinese Hardware Longevity Shadow Box
Vintage Brass Chinese Hardware Longevity Shadow Box

Vintage Brass Chinese Hardware Longevity Shadow Box

Located in Somis, CA

Above them auspicious clouds, evergreen pines and flying cranes. The entire depiction supports one auspicious theme that is "Good health and long life".

Category

20th Century Chinese Shadow Boxes

Materials

Brass

J. Holdcroft Majolica Japonisme Cobalt Box & Cover, Signed, English, ca. 1880
J. Holdcroft Majolica Japonisme Cobalt Box & Cover, Signed, English, ca. 1880

J. Holdcroft Majolica Japonisme Cobalt Box & Cover, Signed, English, ca. 1880

By Joseph Holdcroft

Located in Banner Elk, NC

Joseph Holdcroft Majolica Japonisme square shaped box and cover, glazed in cobalt blue, with relief molded flying cranes, flowering prunus branches, and squirrels, the cover bordered...

Category

Antique 19th Century English Victorian Ceramics

Materials

Majolica

English 19th C. Octagonal Tilt-Top Table w/ Chinoiseries Reverse on Glass Top
English 19th C. Octagonal Tilt-Top Table w/ Chinoiseries Reverse on Glass Top

English 19th C. Octagonal Tilt-Top Table w/ Chinoiseries Reverse on Glass Top

Located in New York, NY

The top is beautifully hand painted reverse-on-glass mirror with a chinoiserie scene of men, ladies, flying cranes, cherry blossom trees, and a gorgeous meadow.

Category

Antique 19th Century English Chinoiserie Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables

Materials

Mirror, Hardwood

Meiji Gold Maki-e Pine & Crane Document Writing Box Set
Meiji Gold Maki-e Pine & Crane Document Writing Box Set

Meiji Gold Maki-e Pine & Crane Document Writing Box Set

Located in Taichung, TW

Set against a deep, lustrous black lacquer ground, the exterior features a breathtaking scene of a flock of cranes flying over young pine trees and flowing water.

Category

Antique 19th Century Japanese Lacquer

Materials

Wood, Urushi lacquer

Henryk Winograd Japanese Geisha Pendant 999 Sterling Silver Art Nouveau Style
Henryk Winograd Japanese Geisha Pendant 999 Sterling Silver Art Nouveau Style

Henryk Winograd Japanese Geisha Pendant 999 Sterling Silver Art Nouveau Style

By Henryk Winograd 1

Located in New York, NY

This is a stunning Sterling Silver pendant by Henryk Winograd featuring a gorgeous deep repousse image of a Japanese Geisha with her fan adorned with a flying crane, flowers and stun...

Category

20th Century American Art Nouveau Pendant Necklaces

Materials

Silver, Sterling Silver

Japanese 'double gourd' lacquer suzuri’bako (writing box) by Hara Yôyûsai 原羊遊斎
Japanese 'double gourd' lacquer suzuri’bako (writing box) by Hara Yôyûsai 原羊遊斎

Japanese 'double gourd' lacquer suzuri’bako (writing box) by Hara Yôyûsai 原羊遊斎

By Hara Yôyûsai

Located in Amsterdam, NL

The interior of the box is fitted with a rectangular bronze water dropper (suiteki) cast with a flying crane in relief, a nicely-shaped inkstone (suzuri), and brush rests.

Category

Antique Early 19th Century Japanese Lacquer

Materials

Bronze

Vintage Korean Lacquer Box with Inner Tray and MOP inlays
Vintage Korean Lacquer Box with Inner Tray and MOP inlays

Vintage Korean Lacquer Box with Inner Tray and MOP inlays

Located in Atlanta, GA

Within the black rectangular field, MOP inlays was used extensively to depict a pair of flying cranes around a rising sun amidst the floral-head lucky cloud over the ocean waves with...

Category

Late 20th Century Korean Arts and Crafts Lacquer

Materials

Mother-of-Pearl, Lacquer

Frame Antique Chinese Embroidered Robe Qing Dynasty
Frame Antique Chinese Embroidered Robe Qing Dynasty

Frame Antique Chinese Embroidered Robe Qing Dynasty

Located in Atlanta, GA

The neck and skirt bands features flying cranes among scrolling floral vines. The foreground of the robe showcases three finely embroidered roundels centered on a basket of splendid ...

Category

Antique 19th Century Chinese Chinese Export Textiles

Materials

Silk, Giltwood

Vintage Hand-Hooked Forest Tapestry, Wool and Cotton, Mid-20th Century
Vintage Hand-Hooked Forest Tapestry, Wool and Cotton, Mid-20th Century

Vintage Hand-Hooked Forest Tapestry, Wool and Cotton, Mid-20th Century

Located in Barrington, IL

Dimensions: 56" x 73" x 0.5" Date of Manufacture: Mid 20th Century Place of Origin: United States Material: Wool, cotton, metal display rod Condition: Good The Persian Knot Gall...

Category

Mid-20th Century American Tapestries

Materials

Metal

Antique Korean Folk Painting of Mountain Spirit Joseon Dynasty
Antique Korean Folk Painting of Mountain Spirit Joseon Dynasty

Antique Korean Folk Painting of Mountain Spirit Joseon Dynasty

Located in Atlanta, GA

An antique Korean folk painting of an old sage meditating among rocks under an ancient pine tree with a flying crane circa 19th century late Joseon period.

Category

Antique 19th Century Korean Folk Art Paintings and Screens

Materials

Brocade, Wood, Paper

Large Chinoiserie Famille Rose Pink Vase with Floral and Bird Motif
Large Chinoiserie Famille Rose Pink Vase with Floral and Bird Motif

Large Chinoiserie Famille Rose Pink Vase with Floral and Bird Motif

Located in Oklahoma City, OK

It has a bright pink background and is decorated with multiple white flying cranes. The neck of the vase has two handles which are decorated with lotus blooms or fig blooms in pink, ...

Category

Early 20th Century Hong Kong Chinoiserie Vases

Materials

Ceramic, Paint

Circa 1870 Japanese Large Scalloped Imari Charger
Circa 1870 Japanese Large Scalloped Imari Charger

Circa 1870 Japanese Large Scalloped Imari Charger

Located in Chapel Hill, NC

Fantastic central medallion of an elaborately feathered phoenix. Panels featuring flying cranes & cranes among the reeds along with floral rosettes - note the 3 smaller pheonix birds...

Category

Antique 1870s Japanese Ceramics

Materials

Porcelain

Tom Ford for Gucci SS 2003 Silk Ombré Cherry Blossom Embroidered Scarf
Tom Ford for Gucci SS 2003 Silk Ombré Cherry Blossom Embroidered Scarf

Tom Ford for Gucci SS 2003 Silk Ombré Cherry Blossom Embroidered Scarf

By Gucci, Tom Ford for Gucci

Located in Montgomery, TX

Crafted in an layered silk textile with exquisite, embroidered cherry blossoms and flying cranes, this exceptional piece perfectly captures the romantic Japanese-inspired mood that d...

Category

Early 2000s Italian Scarves

Japanese Fisherman Festival Kimono with Tsutsugaki Design
Japanese Fisherman Festival Kimono with Tsutsugaki Design

Japanese Fisherman Festival Kimono with Tsutsugaki Design

Located in Atlanta, GA

On the upper part of the back, it showcases a flying crane with a circled red character "Zhen" (Matsurigoto), which means festival and ritual especially in Shinto religion.

Category

Early 20th Century Japanese Meiji Textiles

Materials

Cotton, Linen

Japanese Vase Arita by Kutani, Crane Flying, 20th Century
Japanese Vase Arita by Kutani, Crane Flying, 20th Century

Japanese Vase Arita by Kutani, Crane Flying, 20th Century

By Fujii Shumei

Located in Amsterdam, Noord Holland

Lovely and unusual piece. A superb blue and white porcelain vase, with a landscape. Made by Fuji Shumei Fujii Mr. Aki Fujii’s specialty is the technique of drawing a mountain by si...

Category

20th Century Japanese Showa Vases

Materials

Porcelain

Early Meiji Period Japanese Cloisonne Enamel Box with Crane Flying Clouds
Early Meiji Period Japanese Cloisonne Enamel Box with Crane Flying Clouds

Early Meiji Period Japanese Cloisonne Enamel Box with Crane Flying Clouds

Located in Long Island City, NY

A fine early Meiji period Japanese cloisonne enamel box decorated with a graceful crane in flight among stylized clouds, with a sparrow perched near a flowering tree. The domed lid p...

Category

Antique Late 19th Century Japanese Meiji Decorative Boxes

Materials

Enamel, Copper

Antique Korean Embroidered Civil Rank Badge Joseon Dynasty
Antique Korean Embroidered Civil Rank Badge Joseon Dynasty

Antique Korean Embroidered Civil Rank Badge Joseon Dynasty

Located in Atlanta, GA

The badge features a design of double flying cranes above the Li-sui waves, Lingzi longevity mushroom and rocks pattern, surrounded by auspicious clouds.

Category

Antique 19th Century Korean Other Textiles

Materials

Fabric, Silk, Wood

Korean Embroidery Civil Rank Badges Joseon Dynasty
Korean Embroidery Civil Rank Badges Joseon Dynasty

Korean Embroidery Civil Rank Badges Joseon Dynasty

Located in Atlanta, GA

The badge features a design of double flying cranes surrounded by auspicious colored clouds above Li-sui waves and rocks.

Category

Antique 19th Century Korean Other Textiles

Materials

Fabric, Silk, Wood

Rare Pair Korean Embroidery Civil Rank Badges Joseon Dynasty
Rare Pair Korean Embroidery Civil Rank Badges Joseon Dynasty

Rare Pair Korean Embroidery Civil Rank Badges Joseon Dynasty

Located in Atlanta, GA

The badges feature a design of double flying cranes surrounded by auspicious colored clouds above Li-sui waves and rocks.

Category

Antique 19th Century Korean Other Textiles

Materials

Fabric, Silk, Wood

Japanese Large Old Hand Crafted Bronze Electrified Mountain House Lantern
Japanese Large Old Hand Crafted Bronze Electrified Mountain House Lantern

Japanese Large Old Hand Crafted Bronze Electrified Mountain House Lantern

Located in South Burlington, VT

Dimensions: 18 inches high to top of loop handle and 15 inches diameter The striking and well proportioned older lantern is fashioned in bronze as roof kasa and light chamber or ba...

Category

Mid-20th Century Japanese Showa Garden Ornaments

Materials

Bronze

Rare Pair of Early Period Makuzu Kozan Takauki High-Relief Vases
Rare Pair of Early Period Makuzu Kozan Takauki High-Relief Vases

Rare Pair of Early Period Makuzu Kozan Takauki High-Relief Vases

By Makuzu Kozan

Located in Atlanta, GA

In a conceptually mirrored fashion, the surface is richly decorated with flying cranes among large lotus leaves and flower, like an idyllic aqua scenery of pure poetry on a circular ...

Category

Antique 1870s Japanese Japonisme Ceramics

Materials

Ceramic

19th C. English Tole Coal Bin with Chinoiserie Decoration Incl. Lid Interior
19th C. English Tole Coal Bin with Chinoiserie Decoration Incl. Lid Interior

19th C. English Tole Coal Bin with Chinoiserie Decoration Incl. Lid Interior

By Jennens and Bettridge

Located in Morristown, NJ

Their bodies are painted in pale tones with detailed plumage and vivid red beaks and feet, offering a lively contrast to the black ground. Above them, two flying cranes or herons are...

Category

Antique Mid-19th Century English Chinoiserie Fireplace Tools and Chimney...

Materials

Metal

Exceptional Monumental Meiji Period Kyoto Satsuma Bowl, Attrib. Kinkozan Studio
Exceptional Monumental Meiji Period Kyoto Satsuma Bowl, Attrib. Kinkozan Studio

Exceptional Monumental Meiji Period Kyoto Satsuma Bowl, Attrib. Kinkozan Studio

By Kinkozan

Located in West Palm Beach, FL

The exterior is equally remarkable, featuring an uninterrupted procession of flying cranes drifting through stylized clouds punctuated by richly gilded chrysanthemum roundels.

Category

Early 20th Century Meiji Ceramics

Materials

Pottery

Korean Ceramic Celadon Bowl with Slip Inlay Goryeo Dynasty
Korean Ceramic Celadon Bowl with Slip Inlay Goryeo Dynasty

Korean Ceramic Celadon Bowl with Slip Inlay Goryeo Dynasty

Located in Atlanta, GA

The interior of the bowl showcases a beautiful but somewhat crowded inlay design. Four flying cranes with both white and black strokes of slip define the four cardinal directions.

Category

Antique 15th Century and Earlier Korean Archaistic Ceramics

Materials

Ceramic

+ LEGENDARY LI BAI / ZHUXI LIUYI CHINESE EXPORT SILVER DRAGON-HANDLED FLAGON l
+ LEGENDARY LI BAI / ZHUXI LIUYI CHINESE EXPORT SILVER DRAGON-HANDLED FLAGON l

+ LEGENDARY LI BAI / ZHUXI LIUYI CHINESE EXPORT SILVER DRAGON-HANDLED FLAGON l

Located in Galveston, TX

The literati are surrounded by auspicious symbols of immortality, from lingzhi-covered ancient trees to flying cranes to mist-encircled heights replete with pagodas, bamboo, and view...

Category

Antique Late 19th Century Chinese Late Victorian Barware

Materials

Silver

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Japanese Seto Ware Bowl with Flying Crane
Japanese Seto Ware Bowl with Flying Crane

Japanese Seto Ware Bowl with Flying Crane

Located in Seattle, WA

The cream colored stoneware dish with a translucent glaze, over an iron oxide painting of a flying crane. The painting of the crane executed in quick, bold strokes against a simple c...

Category

Japanese Decorative Bowls

Materials

Stoneware

Graceful Crane Brooch

Graceful Crane Brooch

Unavailable

W 2 in

Graceful Crane Brooch

Located in Prairie Village, KS

Elegantly simple, this flying crane holds a single diamond in his mouth.

Category

French Brooches

A pair of six-panel Japanese screens (byobu)
A pair of six-panel Japanese screens (byobu)

A pair of six-panel Japanese screens (byobu)

Unavailable

H 67.25 in W 148.5 in

A pair of six-panel Japanese screens (byobu)

Located in Winter Park, FL

Each screen similarly decorated with a continuous scene depicting flying cranes and others standing along a lake bordered by pine trees.

Category

Antique 19th Century Japanese Paintings

Materials

Ink

Chinese Malachite Sculpture, 20th Century
Chinese Malachite Sculpture, 20th Century

Chinese Malachite Sculpture, 20th Century

Unavailable

H 6.25 in W 5.75 in D 3.5 in

Chinese Malachite Sculpture, 20th Century

Located in West Palm Beach, FL

Hand crafted in malachite, it is detailed with flying cranes which is difficult to photograph but great in person.

Category

Early 20th Century Chinese Animal Sculptures

Materials

Malachite

Large Korean Celadon Ceramic vase, Korea, 19th
Large Korean Celadon Ceramic vase, Korea, 19th

Large Korean Celadon Ceramic vase, Korea, 19th

Unavailable

H 12.21 in Dm 5.12 in

Large Korean Celadon Ceramic vase, Korea, 19th

Located in PARIS, FR

A large Korean celadon vase with decor of flying cranes and clouds. Some firing defects as usual in this kind of ceramic but no chips and no hairline.

Category

Antique 19th Century Korean Vases

Materials

Ceramic

Fine 18th Century Framed Chinese Silk Sleeve Embroidered with Cranes, Clouds and
Fine 18th Century Framed Chinese Silk Sleeve Embroidered with Cranes, Clouds and

Fine 18th Century Framed Chinese Silk Sleeve Embroidered with Cranes, Clouds and

Located in Heathfield, GB

A large framed Chinese silk court robe sleeve, probably 18th century, beautifully embroidered with a repeating pattern of flying cranes, clouds and flowers in green, white, gold, ora...

Category

Antique 18th Century Chinese Textiles

Materials

Silk

Japanese bronze Urn  mounted as a Lamp
Japanese bronze Urn  mounted as a Lamp

Japanese bronze Urn mounted as a Lamp

Unavailable

H 10.5 in Dm 4 in

Japanese bronze Urn mounted as a Lamp

Located in Charleston, SC

The central visual has gold and a blue metal inlays decor on a flying Crane over sunflowers. The other central visual has a Bird with gold inlay flying over gilded flowers and foliag...

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Antique 19th Century Japanese Table Lamps

Hizen Japonesque Sterling Silver Fish Server
Hizen Japonesque Sterling Silver Fish Server

Hizen Japonesque Sterling Silver Fish Server

Unavailable

H 0.375 in W 2 in D 12 in

Hizen Japonesque Sterling Silver Fish Server

Located in Stamford, CT

Rectilinear handle with flying crane, carp, and sea life in wave and flower set.

Category

20th Century American Japonisme Serving Pieces

Materials

Sterling Silver

Chinese Kangxi Period Early 18th Century Famille Verte Porcelain Dish
Chinese Kangxi Period Early 18th Century Famille Verte Porcelain Dish

Chinese Kangxi Period Early 18th Century Famille Verte Porcelain Dish

Located in Paris, FR

This dish is part of a group a unusual dishes en Famille verte porcelain with the cavetto decorated with flying crane medallions on a red wickerwork ground.

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Antique Early 18th Century Chinese Qing Ceramics

Materials

Enamel

Meiji Japanese Lacquer Suzuribako and Ryoshibako Pines and Cranes
Meiji Japanese Lacquer Suzuribako and Ryoshibako Pines and Cranes

Meiji Japanese Lacquer Suzuribako and Ryoshibako Pines and Cranes

Located in Paris, FR

The edge of the box is decorated with flying cranes in gilded maki-e and with a coral lacquered crest.

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Antique Late 19th Century Japanese Lacquer

Walking On Air - Flying white crane bird suspended in air, feather details
Walking On Air - Flying white crane bird suspended in air, feather details

Walking On Air - Flying white crane bird suspended in air, feather details

By Fikry Botros

Located in Houston, TX

"Walking on Air" by Fikry Botros is an ethereal, digital photographic capture of a white crane bird mid-flight. This contemporary, minimalistic piece presents the bird in quite the m...

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2010s Contemporary Color Photography

Materials

Inkjet

Rare Large Chinese Screen, Room Divider, 19th Century, Qing Dynasty, Red Lacquer
Rare Large Chinese Screen, Room Divider, 19th Century, Qing Dynasty, Red Lacquer

Rare Large Chinese Screen, Room Divider, 19th Century, Qing Dynasty, Red Lacquer

Located in Seeshaupt, DE

The red lacquer side depicts a scene from a Chinese tale, depicting landscape scenery with a pagoda, several people and two flying cranes. Like the black side, the top and bottom pan...

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Antique 19th Century Chinese Qing Antiquities

Materials

Wood

Mt. Fuji Writing Box
Mt. Fuji Writing Box

Mt. Fuji Writing Box

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H 1.66 in W 8.39 in D 9.65 in

Mt. Fuji Writing Box

Located in New York, NY

Here the viewer would not have been disappointed, as she or he would have found images of a crane flying over ocean waves, a combination that further denotes the New Year.

Category

Early 20th Century Japanese Lacquer

Materials

Gold, Silver

Tansu Japanese Sado Island Cedar Console Sideboard Bedside Table Cabinet, Meiji
Tansu Japanese Sado Island Cedar Console Sideboard Bedside Table Cabinet, Meiji

Tansu Japanese Sado Island Cedar Console Sideboard Bedside Table Cabinet, Meiji

Located in Monterey, CA

The large rectangular shaped lock plates (jomae) are incised with auspicious motifs such as flying cranes (tsuru), kabuki figures, and turtles (kame), and pine (matsu).

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Antique Late 19th Century Japanese Meiji Furniture

Materials

Iron

Ruby Vase Painted - Japanese Crane 20th century
Ruby Vase Painted - Japanese Crane 20th century

Ruby Vase Painted - Japanese Crane 20th century

Located in Nový Bor, CZ

Beautiful hand-blown glass vase made of ruby glass, hand-painted with a decor of flying Japanese crane birds, The top and bottom of the vase are decorated with a decorative painting ...

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20th Century Glass

Materials

Glass, Art Glass, Blown Glass

Japanese 6-Panel Screen of Cranes Amidst Pine Trees by Water
Japanese 6-Panel Screen of Cranes Amidst Pine Trees by Water

Japanese 6-Panel Screen of Cranes Amidst Pine Trees by Water

Located in New York, NY

A Japanese 6-panel screen of Cranes Amidst pine trees by Water Edo period, 18th century This spatially complex screen is also striking in its portrait of movement with roiling wate...

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Antique 18th Century Japanese Edo Screens and Room Dividers

Materials

Paint

Daum Nancy - Rare Vase With Herons Or Cranes, Reeds And Water Lilies Art Nouveau
Daum Nancy - Rare Vase With Herons Or Cranes, Reeds And Water Lilies Art Nouveau

Daum Nancy - Rare Vase With Herons Or Cranes, Reeds And Water Lilies Art Nouveau

By Daum

Located in NONANCOURT, FR

Rare vase decorated with cranes or herons flying above a swamp made up of water lilies and reeds.

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Early 20th Century French Art Nouveau Vases

Materials

Art Glass

Original Vintage Chinese Communist Party Propaganda Poster Our Flag Is Communism
Original Vintage Chinese Communist Party Propaganda Poster Our Flag Is Communism

Original Vintage Chinese Communist Party Propaganda Poster Our Flag Is Communism

Located in London, GB

庆祝中国共产党第十二次全国代表大会召开 - featuring an illustration of smiling young people and workers looking up in front of a large hammer and sickle emitting white, yellow and orange light on the ba...

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1980s More Prints

Materials

Paper

Cinnabar Low Table
Cinnabar Low Table

Cinnabar Low Table

Unavailable

H 16 in W 27 in D 15 in

Cinnabar Low Table

Located in Woodbury, CT

There are 2 figures and a crane flying. There is also a partial roof of another building.

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Antique Mid-19th Century Chinese Coffee and Cocktail Tables

Materials

Wood, Lacquer

Large Hand Painted Japanese Charger
Large Hand Painted Japanese Charger

Large Hand Painted Japanese Charger

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H 3 in Dm 21.25 in

Large Hand Painted Japanese Charger

Located in East Geelong, VIC

The hand painted decoration features three cartouches, one of which shows a flock of cranes flying over a pine tree with Mt Fuji in the background, another, a robin on a branch near ...

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Antique 1870s Japanese Japonisme Ceramics

Materials

Earthenware

Japanese Hand Painted Small Sake Cup on Kutani Ware, 1950s
Japanese Hand Painted Small Sake Cup on Kutani Ware, 1950s

Japanese Hand Painted Small Sake Cup on Kutani Ware, 1950s

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H 0.99 in W 1.97 in D 1.97 in

Japanese Hand Painted Small Sake Cup on Kutani Ware, 1950s

Located in Paris, FR

Beautiful Japanese Kutani ware small sake cup with a gold edge. Representing cranes flying, above the two legendary rocks (= Meoto iIwa) getting married both linked with the holy ro...

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Mid-20th Century Japanese Showa Antiquities

Materials

Gold

Japanese Lacquered Basin with Ear-Shaped Handles 'Mimidarai', 17th Century
Japanese Lacquered Basin with Ear-Shaped Handles 'Mimidarai', 17th Century

Japanese Lacquered Basin with Ear-Shaped Handles 'Mimidarai', 17th Century

Located in Milano, IT

The large and thick antique wooden basin is completely lacquered in nashiji gold, with cranes flying among pines, bamboo and orange trees.

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Antique 17th Century Japanese Lacquer

Materials

Wood

Probe IV - Digital Print on Rice Paper
Probe IV - Digital Print on Rice Paper

Probe IV - Digital Print on Rice Paper

Located in Richmond, BC

The landscape is not realistic but surrealistic: the mountains grow in flowerpots and the flying paper cranes bear newspaper lines. The artist is trying to create a magical space tha...

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2010s Contemporary Figurative Prints

Materials

Rice Paper, Digital Pigment

Probe I - Digital Print on Rice Paper
Probe I - Digital Print on Rice Paper

Probe I - Digital Print on Rice Paper

Located in Richmond, BC

The landscape is not realistic but surrealistic: the mountains grow in flowerpots and the flying paper cranes bear newspaper lines. The artist is trying to create a magical space tha...

Category

2010s Contemporary Figurative Prints

Materials

Rice Paper, Digital Pigment

Ando Signed Japanese Cloisonne Vase with 5 Flying Cranes in Bright Red
Ando Signed Japanese Cloisonne Vase with 5 Flying Cranes in Bright Red

Ando Signed Japanese Cloisonne Vase with 5 Flying Cranes in Bright Red

By Ando Jubei

Located in Ann Arbor, MI

Ando Signed Japanese cloisonne vase with 5 Flying cranes in bright red> very high quality.

Category

Vintage 1930s Vases

Materials

Enamel

Japanese Fine Hand Carved  Flying Cranes Screen
Japanese Fine Hand Carved  Flying Cranes Screen

Japanese Fine Hand Carved Flying Cranes Screen

Located in South Burlington, VT

Japan, a fine hand carved wooden screen "ranma" or transom featuring a spectacular composition of a pair (2) of finely carved flying cranes among matsu trees executed in kuri (chestn...

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Mid-20th Century Japanese Showa Paintings and Screens

Materials

Wood

English Majolica Japanese Aesthetic Flying Crane and Bamboo Pastel Jug
English Majolica Japanese Aesthetic Flying Crane and Bamboo Pastel Jug

English Majolica Japanese Aesthetic Flying Crane and Bamboo Pastel Jug

Located in Philadelphia, PA

In the Japanese Aesthetic taste, this small jug shows a flying crane motif with bamboo details, raised lily pads in the mold work circling the base and a terrific bamboo handle.

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Antique 19th Century English Aesthetic Movement Pitchers

Materials

Ceramic

Japanese Fine Antique Hand Carved "Flying Crane & Trees" Screen
Japanese Fine Antique Hand Carved "Flying Crane & Trees" Screen

Japanese Fine Antique Hand Carved "Flying Crane & Trees" Screen

Located in South Burlington, VT

Japan, a fine hand carved wooden screen "ranma" or transom featuring a spectacular composition of a flying crane among trees executed in kuri (chestnut wood), circa 1950s.

Category

Mid-20th Century Japanese Showa Paintings and Screens

Materials

Wood

Japanese Fine Antique Hand Carved "Flying Crane & Trees" Screen
Japanese Fine Antique Hand Carved "Flying Crane & Trees" Screen

Japanese Fine Antique Hand Carved "Flying Crane & Trees" Screen

Located in South Burlington, VT

Japan, a fine hand-carved wooden screen "ranma" or transom featuring a spectacular composition of a flying crane among trees executed in kuri (chestnut wood) and with a handsome blac...

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Early 20th Century Japanese Taisho Paintings and Screens

Materials

Wood

Japanese Five Large Hand Painted Plates Flying Cranes, Mint Signed & Boxed
Japanese Five Large Hand Painted Plates Flying Cranes, Mint Signed & Boxed

Japanese Five Large Hand Painted Plates Flying Cranes, Mint Signed & Boxed

Located in South Burlington, VT

Gorgeous set five (5) large 8 inch square hand crafted and hand painted ceramic plates featuring flying cranes, plum blossoms, pine needle, moon, and bamboo themes masterfully execut...

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Mid-20th Century Japanese Showa Sculptures and Carvings

Materials

Ceramic

Japanese Fine Antique Hand-Carved "Flying Cranes Sun & Clouds" Screen, Signed
Japanese Fine Antique Hand-Carved "Flying Cranes Sun & Clouds" Screen, Signed

Japanese Fine Antique Hand-Carved "Flying Cranes Sun & Clouds" Screen, Signed

Located in South Burlington, VT

Japan, a fine hand-carved wooden screen "ranma" or transom featuring a spectacular compostion of flying cranes, sun, and clouds executed in kuri (chestnut wood) and with a hinoki fra...

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Antique Late 19th Century Japanese Meiji Furniture

Materials

Wood

Antique Chinese Porcelain Hatcher Cargo Kraak Ghendi porcelain Flying Cranes
Antique Chinese Porcelain Hatcher Cargo Kraak Ghendi porcelain Flying Cranes

Antique Chinese Porcelain Hatcher Cargo Kraak Ghendi porcelain Flying Cranes

Located in Amsterdam, Noord Holland

Sharing with you this very nicely decorated kraak Ghendi with the well known scene of flying cranes. The piece was part of the Hatcher Collection.

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Antique 17th Century Chinese Ming Planters, Cachepots and Jardinières

Materials

Porcelain

Vintage 1920's ombré silk embroidered flying crane kimono orange UK 10-16
Vintage 1920's ombré silk embroidered flying crane kimono orange UK 10-16

Vintage 1920's ombré silk embroidered flying crane kimono orange UK 10-16

Located in Nashville, TN

A beauty to behold, this original 1920's kimono, rendered in an ombré palette of pale peach to vibrant orange in the softest of tissue silks and embroidered with a pattern of flying ...

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1920s Robes

Meiji Japanese Cloisonne Enamel Flying Cranes Covered Jar Attributed to Hayashi
Meiji Japanese Cloisonne Enamel Flying Cranes Covered Jar Attributed to Hayashi

Meiji Japanese Cloisonne Enamel Flying Cranes Covered Jar Attributed to Hayashi

Located in Long Island City, NY

An antique Japanese Cloisonne Enamel lidded jar . Late Meiji period, Circa 1895 Rounded shape with pronounced base. Blue ground color. The piece is decorated with a crane bird motif....

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Antique Late 19th Century Japanese Meiji Metalwork

Materials

Enamel

Set of Four Antique Holdcroft, England Turquoise Majolica Plates, "Flying Crane"
Set of Four Antique Holdcroft, England Turquoise Majolica Plates, "Flying Crane"

Set of Four Antique Holdcroft, England Turquoise Majolica Plates, "Flying Crane"

By Holdcroft Pottery

Located in West Palm Beach, FL

A wonderful and decorative set of 19th century majolica plates by the Victorian manufacturer, Holdcroft. Re known for their crisp attention to details, beautiful and vibrant colors a...

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Antique 1870s English Delft and Faience

Materials

Pottery

Antique Japanese Cloisonné Charger Meiji Era c1880's Bronze Flying Cranes 14"
Antique Japanese Cloisonné Charger Meiji Era c1880's Bronze Flying Cranes 14"

Antique Japanese Cloisonné Charger Meiji Era c1880's Bronze Flying Cranes 14"

Located in Portland, OR

Available from Shogun's Gallery in Portland, Oregon for over 40 years specializing in Asian Arts & Antiques. This is a rare Japanese Meiji era (c. 1880's) ornate Cloisonné charger (...

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Antique Late 19th Century Japanese Metalwork

Materials

Copper, Enamel

Antique Fine Cloisonne Old Japanese Enamel Copper Crane Irises Meiji Vase Jar
Antique Fine Cloisonne Old Japanese Enamel Copper Crane Irises Meiji Vase Jar

Antique Fine Cloisonne Old Japanese Enamel Copper Crane Irises Meiji Vase Jar

By Japanese Studio

Located in Wilton, CT

Antique Meiji period Japanese cloisonne low vase or jar beautifully decorated with irises and a flying crane, circa 1900. Measure: 3 3/4" high, 5 1/4" diameter.

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Antique Early 1900s Japanese Meiji Scholar's Objects

Materials

Copper

Japanese Cloisonne Enamel Vase Cranes Flying over Waves Attributed to Honda Yasa
Japanese Cloisonne Enamel Vase Cranes Flying over Waves Attributed to Honda Yasa

Japanese Cloisonne Enamel Vase Cranes Flying over Waves Attributed to Honda Yasa

Located in Long Island City, NY

The elongated vase features a narrow neck, the exterior is decorated with polychrome cloisonne enamel and depicts a finely detailed scene of a stormy sea with high waves and flying c...

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Antique Late 19th Century Japanese Meiji Vases

Materials

Enamel, Copper

French Hand-Painted Porcelain Table Lamp with Cranes Motif 1950s
French Hand-Painted Porcelain Table Lamp with Cranes Motif 1950s

French Hand-Painted Porcelain Table Lamp with Cranes Motif 1950s

Located in Fort Lauderdale, FL

Beautifully executed porcelain table lamp with flying cranes, hand-painted with ebonized base and polished brass accents, France 1950's.

Category

Vintage 1950s French Mid-Century Modern Table Lamps

Materials

Brass

French Art Deco Four Fold Screen
French Art Deco Four Fold Screen

French Art Deco Four Fold Screen

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H 63 in W 86 in D 2 in

French Art Deco Four Fold Screen

Located in Queens, NY

French Art Deco four fold screen decorated with a raised gilded scene of flying cranes and lilies in a silver gilt water landscape.  

Category

20th Century Art Deco Screens and Room Dividers

White painted Chinese Chippendale Style Mirror
White painted Chinese Chippendale Style Mirror

White painted Chinese Chippendale Style Mirror

Located in North Miami, FL

A Chineses Chippendale style mirror having a pagoda top with bells and flying cranes on both sides. Painted white giving it a "Hollywood regency look

Category

Vintage 1940s Italian More Mirrors

Materials

Wood, Mirror

Signed Antique Japanese Lacquerware with Rooster
Signed Antique Japanese Lacquerware with Rooster

Signed Antique Japanese Lacquerware with Rooster

Located in Bridgeport, CT

An unusually large Japanese gilded lacquerware two tier lidded box with detailed rooster relief and surrounded by flying cranes. Signed lower right. Condition: Wear to gilding consi...

Category

Antique Late 19th Century Japanese Meiji Decorative Boxes

Materials

Lacquer, Wood

Large Mid Century Painting on Canvas by Franco
Large Mid Century Painting on Canvas by Franco

Large Mid Century Painting on Canvas by Franco

Located in Fairfield, CA

Great graphics of a vase with a floral arrangement and the scene of a flying crane on the vase. Signed in the bottom left corner.

Category

Mid-20th Century Mid-Century Modern Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Wood

Leon D. Tommins - Framed 1952 Oil, Still Life of Gladiolas
Leon D. Tommins - Framed 1952 Oil, Still Life of Gladiolas

Leon D. Tommins - Framed 1952 Oil, Still Life of Gladiolas

Located in Corsham, GB

A dramatic still life arrangement of colourful Gladiolus flowers arranged in a Japanese enamelled vase with decorative flying cranes. Signed and dated to the lower right.

Category

Mid-20th Century Figurative Paintings

Materials

Oil

Mid-19th Century Rose Medallion Hot Water Reservoir
Mid-19th Century Rose Medallion Hot Water Reservoir

Mid-19th Century Rose Medallion Hot Water Reservoir

Located in Chapel Hill, NC

The border heavily gilded, typically for the French market. Provenance: Flying Cranes Antiques, NYC, 10/06/01. Measures: 11 1/4" x 10" x 2 1/2" H.

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Antique Mid-19th Century Chinese Platters and Serveware

Materials

Porcelain

Hollywood Regency Black and Gold Four-Panel Screen with Hand-Painted Cranes
Hollywood Regency Black and Gold Four-Panel Screen with Hand-Painted Cranes

Hollywood Regency Black and Gold Four-Panel Screen with Hand-Painted Cranes

Located in Yonkers, NY

Its striking gold backdrop sets the stage for the magnificent flying cranes, their graceful forms adorned in black.

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Mid-20th Century Chinese Hollywood Regency Paintings and Screens

Materials

Wood

Minton Christopher Dresser Japonisme Crane Tile
Minton Christopher Dresser Japonisme Crane Tile

Minton Christopher Dresser Japonisme Crane Tile

By Christopher Dresser, Minton

Located in Fort Lauderdale, FL

Dresser’s time traveling in Japan is evident in these tiles, which depicts three flying cranes amongst clouds and Persian-style floral borders.

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Antique 1870s English Japonisme Decorative Art

Materials

Earthenware

Large High Quality Japanese Cloisonne on Porcelain
Large High Quality Japanese Cloisonne on Porcelain

Large High Quality Japanese Cloisonne on Porcelain

Located in Long Island City, NY

A fine quality Japanese early 20th century porcelain Satsuma vase decorated with intricate polychrome cloisonne enamel motifs depicting flowers, butterflies and a pair of flying cran...

Category

Early 20th Century Japanese Vases

Materials

Porcelain

Aluminum Patio Table and Chairs by Russell Woodard
Aluminum Patio Table and Chairs by Russell Woodard

Aluminum Patio Table and Chairs by Russell Woodard

By Russell Woodard

Located in Palm Springs, CA

The set consists of four swivel chairs newly recovered in a Sunbrella fabric with flying cranes designed. The table has a new 48” diameter 1/2” thick glass top.

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Vintage 1960s American Modern Dining Room Sets

Materials

Aluminum

Chinese Baotou Rug, First Half of the 20th Century
Chinese Baotou Rug, First Half of the 20th Century

Chinese Baotou Rug, First Half of the 20th Century

Located in Greding, DE

Hand-knotted Baotou rug from Northern China featuring the traditional depiction of a deer within a stylized mountain landscape. A flying crane, along with classic cloud and wave moti...

Category

Early 20th Century Chinese Chinese and East Asian Rugs

Materials

Wool

Pair of Large Italian Ceramic Lamps with Japanese Relief Designs
Pair of Large Italian Ceramic Lamps with Japanese Relief Designs

Pair of Large Italian Ceramic Lamps with Japanese Relief Designs

Located in London, GB

A pair of large Italian ceramic lamps with Japanese raised relief designs of flying cranes and clouds. Mounted on a brass base with brass fittings.

Category

Vintage 1970s Italian Mid-Century Modern Table Lamps

Materials

Brass

Hane Mori Silk Chiffon Birds in Flight
Hane Mori Silk Chiffon Birds in Flight

Hane Mori Silk Chiffon Birds in Flight

By Hanae Mori

Located in New York, NY

Hanae Mori's lovely 2 piece dress of silk chiffon which degrades from soft rose to bright red scattered with patterned flying cranes. Cropped blouse has handsmocked neckline with bia...

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1980s Japanese Evening Dresses

Imari Porcelain Charger-Four Hand Painted Panels-Japan, Meiji Period, 17.75"
Imari Porcelain Charger-Four Hand Painted Panels-Japan, Meiji Period, 17.75"

Imari Porcelain Charger-Four Hand Painted Panels-Japan, Meiji Period, 17.75"

Located in West Palm Beach, FL

Two of the panels depict flying cranes amongst foliage. The remaining two panels are hand decorated with a floral motif.

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Antique 1880s Japanese Japonisme Ceramics

Materials

Enamel

Mid-Century Modern Rectangular La Barge Hand Painted Églomisé Chinoiserie Mirror
Mid-Century Modern Rectangular La Barge Hand Painted Églomisé Chinoiserie Mirror

Mid-Century Modern Rectangular La Barge Hand Painted Églomisé Chinoiserie Mirror

By La Barge

Located in New York, NY

These depictions are culled from ancient Chinese scroll paintings and include renderings of stone bridges, court maidens, cypress trees flying cranes among other images. The inner ch...

Category

Vintage 1980s American Mid-Century Modern Wall Mirrors

Materials

Mirror, Paint

Vintage Showa Era Japanese Cloisonne Enamel Vase
Vintage Showa Era Japanese Cloisonne Enamel Vase

Vintage Showa Era Japanese Cloisonne Enamel Vase

Located in Long Island City, NY

The surface is decorated with a pictorious scene depicting flying cranes on a glossy black ground. The base and the neck are adorned with polychrome geometric motifs.

Category

Early 20th Century Japanese Vases

Materials

Brass

Shakudo Fan Necklace with Herons
Shakudo Fan Necklace with Herons

Shakudo Fan Necklace with Herons

Located in Amsterdam, NL

Each fan is decorated with a flying crane and flowers. The crane is a symbol of luck, longevity and fidelity, European or Japanese, made for the European market circa 1875 when Japan...

Category

Antique Late 19th Century Victorian Link Necklaces

Materials

18k Gold, Sterling Silver

18th Century Porcelain Plate Signed Meissen with Kakiemon Decoration, 1740s
18th Century Porcelain Plate Signed Meissen with Kakiemon Decoration, 1740s

18th Century Porcelain Plate Signed Meissen with Kakiemon Decoration, 1740s

By Meissen Porcelain

Located in Casale Monferrato, IT

Rare antique Meissen plate, circa 1740, decorated in the centre with a flying crane, dragon and insect, the rim with insects and floral sprays.

Category

Antique 1740s German Porcelain

Materials

Porcelain

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Set of Two Gilt Japanese Paintings
Set of Two Gilt Japanese Paintings

Set of Two Gilt Japanese Paintings

$5,514 / item

H 49.5 in W 56.25 in D 0.75 in

Set of Two Gilt Japanese Paintings

Located in Westwood, NJ

A set of two Japanese paintings, each with a hand gilt background depicting a Japanese Magnolia painted sans traverse across the two panels. The originals Japanese, circa 1900. Dime...

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21st Century and Contemporary Vietnamese Anglo-Japanese Paintings and Sc...

Materials

Wood, Giltwood

Japanese Asian Korean Chinese Signed 4-Panel Folding Byobu Cherry Blossom Screen
Japanese Asian Korean Chinese Signed 4-Panel Folding Byobu Cherry Blossom Screen

Japanese Asian Korean Chinese Signed 4-Panel Folding Byobu Cherry Blossom Screen

Located in Studio City, CA

A gorgeous four-panel hand painted Japanese Asian Byobu folding screen depicting a wildly and brilliantly colorful fully blooming Spring cherry blossom tree with a wonderful composit...

Category

20th Century Japanese Showa Paintings and Screens

Materials

Wood, Paint, Paper

Japanese 19th Century Porcelain Imari Charger with Painted Blue and White Décor
Japanese 19th Century Porcelain Imari Charger with Painted Blue and White Décor

Japanese 19th Century Porcelain Imari Charger with Painted Blue and White Décor

Located in Yonkers, NY

A Japanese Imari porcelain charger plate from the 19th century, with hand-painted blue and white décor depicting a man rowing a boat. Created in Japan during the 19th century, this I...

Category

Antique 19th Century Japanese Ceramics

Materials

Porcelain

Vintage Coromandel Screen with White Cranes, Gold Accents, and Black Lacquer
Vintage Coromandel Screen with White Cranes, Gold Accents, and Black Lacquer

Vintage Coromandel Screen with White Cranes, Gold Accents, and Black Lacquer

Located in Yonkers, NY

A vintage Chinese six-panel Coromandel screen, adorned with hand-painted cranes and intricate gilt accents, showcasing a harmonious balance of natural beauty and artistry. The screen...

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Mid-20th Century Chinese Screens and Room Dividers

Materials

Wood

19th Century Japanese Shunga Hand-Scroll, Katsukawa School
19th Century Japanese Shunga Hand-Scroll, Katsukawa School

19th Century Japanese Shunga Hand-Scroll, Katsukawa School

Located in Kyoto, JP

Shunga Unknown artist Meiji era, circa 1880 Hand-scroll mounted with 12 paintings Ink, pigment and gofun on silk Dimensions: Each image measures H. 23.2 cm x W. 34...

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Antique Late 19th Century Japanese Meiji Paintings and Screens

Materials

Silk

6 Panel Japanese Byobu
6 Panel Japanese Byobu

6 Panel Japanese Byobu

Located in Palm Desert, CA

A Japanese screen. A six panel, Japanese Byobu screen depicting white birds perched in a pine tree and flying over a flowing river. Provenance: Private Collection Heather James Fine...

Category

19th Century Other Art Style Landscape Paintings

Materials

Paper, Pigment

Early 20th Century Japanese Screen. Flowers of the Four Seasons.
Early 20th Century Japanese Screen. Flowers of the Four Seasons.

Early 20th Century Japanese Screen. Flowers of the Four Seasons.

Located in Kyoto, JP

Anonymous Flowers of the Four Seasons A four-panel Japanese screen. Ink, gofun and pigments on gold leaf. This Japanese screen is a rich visual celebration of the flowers of the fo...

Category

Early 20th Century Japanese Taisho Paintings and Screens

Materials

Gold Leaf

Circa 1925. Taisho era Japanese Nihonga Screen. Camellia & Bamboo.
Circa 1925. Taisho era Japanese Nihonga Screen. Camellia & Bamboo.

Circa 1925. Taisho era Japanese Nihonga Screen. Camellia & Bamboo.

Located in Kyoto, JP

Anonymous Camellia & Bamboo Taisho era Two-panel Japanese Screen. Mineral pigment, gofun and ink on silk. A small Japanese Nihonga screen capturing a moment suspended in time whe...

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Early 20th Century Japanese Taisho Paintings and Screens

Materials

Silk

Japanese Meiji Period Red Blue Gold Porcelain Charger, circa 1860
Japanese Meiji Period Red Blue Gold Porcelain Charger, circa 1860

Japanese Meiji Period Red Blue Gold Porcelain Charger, circa 1860

Located in Takarazuka, JP

Exquisite Japanese Meiji period signed Imari ribbed porcelain deep charger, circa 1860, extremely intricately hand-painted on both sides in cobalt blue underglaze and polychrome enam...

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Antique 1860s Japanese Meiji Decorative Dishes and Vide-Poche

Materials

Gold

17th Century Japanese Edo Four Panel Screen Hotei with Chinese Sages
17th Century Japanese Edo Four Panel Screen Hotei with Chinese Sages

17th Century Japanese Edo Four Panel Screen Hotei with Chinese Sages

Located in Rio Vista, CA

Beautifully weathered late 17th/early 18th century Japanese edo period four panel byobu screen depicting hotei (fat monk) in a treed landscape with Chinese sages engaged in leisurely...

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Antique 17th Century Japanese Edo Paintings and Screens

Materials

Brass

Framed Korean Minhwa Painting Spotted Leopard Snarling Magpie Conservation Frame
Framed Korean Minhwa Painting Spotted Leopard Snarling Magpie Conservation Frame

Framed Korean Minhwa Painting Spotted Leopard Snarling Magpie Conservation Frame

Located in Greenwich, CT

Korean Minhwa Spotted Leopard Snarling Magpie and another Magpie flying in the pine tree Minhwa, Korean folk paintings, portray the simple and unaffected daily lives of ordinary peo...

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Antique Early 1900s Korean Paintings and Screens

Materials

Paper

Japanese Two-Panel Screen with Snow Cranes on a Willow Tree, 19th C
Japanese Two-Panel Screen with Snow Cranes on a Willow Tree, 19th C

Japanese Two-Panel Screen with Snow Cranes on a Willow Tree, 19th C

Located in New York, NY

This great masterpiece is one of the most amazing screen paintings we have seen, each snow crane is painted with its own personality and attitude, using the finest pigments and Gofun...

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Antique 1860s Japanese Japonisme Paintings and Screens

Materials

Brocade, Wood

Japanese Four-Panel Screen, Young Bamboo and Morning Glory
Japanese Four-Panel Screen, Young Bamboo and Morning Glory

Japanese Four-Panel Screen, Young Bamboo and Morning Glory

Located in Hudson, NY

Mineral pigments on gold, signature reads: Okyo.

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Early 20th Century Japanese Paintings and Screens

Monumental Japanese Kutani Porcelain Vase, Meiji/Taisho Period, Signed
Monumental Japanese Kutani Porcelain Vase, Meiji/Taisho Period, Signed

Monumental Japanese Kutani Porcelain Vase, Meiji/Taisho Period, Signed

Located in New York, NY

A Monumental Japanese Kutani porcelain vase, Meiji/Taisho Period, Signed Akiyama sei. The main body is all hand-painted with wonderful decorations which include Japanese figures of m...

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Antique Early 1900s Japanese Meiji Vases

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Porcelain

Japanese Two Panel Screen Manchurian Crane and Turtles
Japanese Two Panel Screen Manchurian Crane and Turtles

Japanese Two Panel Screen Manchurian Crane and Turtles

Located in Hudson, NY

In Japan, cranes symbolize fidelity as they mate for life and turtles symbolize longevity. Additionally, this screen also has the Japanese motif of sho-chiku-bai, or the three friend...

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Antique Mid-19th Century Japanese Edo Paintings and Screens

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Paper

Japanese Two Panel Screen, Chrysanthemums
Japanese Two Panel Screen, Chrysanthemums

Japanese Two Panel Screen, Chrysanthemums

$40,250

H 22.5 in W 67.5 in D 0.75 in

Japanese Two Panel Screen, Chrysanthemums

Located in Hudson, NY

Beautiful white chrysanthemums are emphasized by heavy gold on a soft floral landscape, while gold clouds create a striking and dream-like floral scene. Gold leaf and gofun with min...

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Antique Early 18th Century Japanese Paintings and Screens

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Gold, Gold Leaf

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Flying Cranes For Sale on 1stDibs

At 1stDibs, there are several options of flying cranes available for sale. Each of these unique flying cranes was constructed with extraordinary care, often using wood, ceramic and metal. Flying cranes have been made for many years, and versions that date back to the 18th Century alongside those produced as recently as the 20th Century. Flying cranes made by Mid-Century Modern designers — as well as those associated with Scandinavian Modern — are very popular at 1stDibs. There have been many well-made flying cranes over the years, but those made by Meissen Porcelain, Japanese School and Joseph Holdcroft are often thought to be among the most beautiful.

How Much are Flying Cranes?

Prices for flying cranes can differ depending upon size, time period and other attributes — at 1stDibs, flying cranes begin at $154 and can go as high as $14,552, while the average can fetch as much as $1,275.