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Artists Kawai Gyokudō Showa Period Scroll Japan 20c Artist Nihonga
Located in Amsterdam, Noord Holland
Kawai Gyokudo (?? ??, November 24, 1873-June 30, 1957) was the pseudonym of a Japanese painter in
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20th Century Japanese Taisho Vintage Kawai

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Silk

Artists Kawai Gyokudō Showa Period Scroll Japan 20c Artist Nihonga
Located in Amsterdam, Noord Holland
Kawai Gyokudo (?? ??, November 24, 1873-June 30, 1957) was the pseudonym of a Japanese painter in
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20th Century Japanese Taisho Vintage Kawai

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Silk

Kawase Hasui Japanese Woodblock Print Mount Fuji in Moonlight, Kawai Bridge 1947
By Kawase Hasui 1
Located in Studio City, CA
"Mount Fuji in Moonlight, Kawai Bridge (Tsukiyo no Fuji, Kawaibashi)" was originally published in 1947
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1940s Japanese Showa Vintage Kawai

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Paper

Chanel Classique Bag on belt Leather Black OS
By Chanel, Karl Lagerfeld
Located in PARIS, FR
kawai collector's item
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1990s French Vintage Kawai

Shoji Hamada Tenmoku Glaze and Kaki Trailing Vase and Original Signed Sealed Box
By Shoji Hamada
Located in Studio City, CA
Kawai, Shiko Munakata, Kawai Kanjiro, and Rosanjin Kitaoji. A major goal of many ceramic artists in
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Mid-20th Century Japanese Showa Vintage Kawai

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Stoneware

Impressive Raymond Massey Large Signed Nautical Lithograph
By Raymond Masse
Located in Hopewell, NJ
Massey lithograph titled Captain Cook's Discovery and Resolution off Point Kawai, Kauai.
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1990s North American Vintage Kawai

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Paper

Japanese Scroll, Chikubu Shima ‘Chikubu Island’
Located in Hudson, NY
silk border. Beautifully mounted, good condition. Signature reads: Kawai Goykudo. Comes in original
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20th Century Japanese Vintage Kawai

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Silk, Wood, Paper

Rare Japanese Stool by Soetsu Yanagi
By Sori Yanagi
Located in Uccle, BE
term mingei by Yanagi, potters Hamada Shoji (1894–1978) and Kawai Kanjiro (1890–1966). His theory of
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1930s Japanese Mid-Century Modern Vintage Kawai

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Seagrass, Cherry

Vintage Rare Japanese Stool by Soetsu Yanagi
Rare Japanese Stool by Soetsu Yanagi
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H 13.39 in W 16.15 in D 13.39 in
John Glick Plum Street Pottery Glazed Bowl Reduction Fired
Located in Detroit, MI
series. Glick also took influences from master potters of Japan, notably Shoji Hamada and Kanjrio Kawai
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1970s American Modern Vintage Kawai

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Stoneware, Glaze

Magnificent John Glick Plum Street Pottery "Scalloped Box" Glazed Stoneware
Located in Detroit, MI
series. Glick also took influences from master potters of Japan, notably Shoji Hamada and Kanjrio Kawai
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Late 20th Century American Modern Vintage Kawai

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Stoneware, Glaze

John Glick Plum Street Pottery Reduction Fired Shino Glaze Cup Published in Book
Located in Detroit, MI
master potters of Japan, notably Shoji Hamada and Kanjrio Kawai, blending their gestural embellishments
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1990s American Modern Vintage Kawai

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Stoneware, Glaze

John Glick Plum Tree Pottery , Stoneware Mug, Deep Earth Tones, Glazed
Located in Detroit, MI
master potters of Japan, notably Shoji Hamada and Kanjrio Kawai, blending their gestural embellishments
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Late 20th Century American Modern Vintage Kawai

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Stoneware, Glaze

John Glick Plum Street Pottery Signed Monumental Ceramic Charger
By John Glick
Located in Bloomfield Hills, MI
series. Glick also took influences from master potters of Japan, notably Shoji Hamada and Kanjrio Kawai
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1990s American Expressionist Vintage Kawai

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Ceramic

John Glick Plum Street Pottery Ceramic Charger Monumental
By John Glick
Located in Bloomfield Hills, MI
, notably Shoji Hamada and Kanjrio Kawai, blending their gestural embellishments of simple forms with
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1990s American Expressionist Vintage Kawai

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Ceramic

John Glick Plum Street Pottery Ceramic Glazed Bowl/Charger Extra-large
By John Glick
Located in Bloomfield Hills, MI
, notably Shoji Hamada and Kanjrio Kawai, blending their gestural embellishments of simple forms with
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Late 20th Century American Vintage Kawai

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Ceramic

John Glick Plum Street Pottery Ceramic Charger Monumental
By John Glick
Located in Bloomfield Hills, MI
, notably Shoji Hamada and Kanjrio Kawai, blending their gestural embellishments of simple forms with
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1990s American Expressionist Vintage Kawai

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Ceramic

Breathtaking John Glick "Scalloped Basket" Glazed Stoneware Reduction Fired
Located in Detroit, MI
and Kanjrio Kawai, blending their gestural embellishments of simple forms with attitudes of Abstract
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1970s American Modern Vintage Kawai

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Stoneware, Glaze

John Glick Ceramic Garden Planterette Signed
By John Glick
Located in Bloomfield Hills, MI
master potters of Japan, notably Shoji Hamada and Kanjrio Kawai, blending their gestural embellishments
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1990s American American Classical Vintage Kawai

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Ceramic

John Glick Plum Tree Pottery "Wall Mantel Series"
By John Glick
Located in Bloomfield Hills, MI
master potters of Japan, notably Shoji Hamada and Kanjrio Kawai, blending their gestural embellishments
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Late 20th Century American American Craftsman Vintage Kawai

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Ceramic

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Japanese Two-Panel Screen: Ink Landscape on Silk
By Shunyu
Located in Hudson, NY
Japanese Two Panel Screen: Ink Landscape on Silk, Meiji period (1868 - 1912) painting of a man riding a mule on a pathway through the Kurotani mountains with a thatched roof shelter ...
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19th Century Japanese Meiji Vintage Kawai

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Silk, Wood

Nude Male Model, Unique Silver Gelatin Print
By Andy Warhol
Located in Cotignac, FR
Unique Silver Gelatin print from circa 1977 by Andy Warhol. Andy Warhol carried a camera with him obsessively. Similarly to his tape recorder, he used this technology not only as an...
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1970s American Modern Vintage Kawai

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Silver Gelatin

Rare 19th Century Italian Memento Mori Bust / Sculpture Carrara Marble Vanitas
Located in Ijzendijke, NL
Masterfully carved Italian Vanitas / Memento Mori bust in solid marble from late 19th century. White Carrara marble skull combined with masterfully carved hood & robes all from one...
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Late 19th Century Italian Renaissance Revival Vintage Kawai

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Carrara Marble

1950s Miniature Japanese Wood Block Prints
Located in Seguin, TX
Group of four Japanese miniature woodblock prints mounted in one mat. Torii gate, woman with umbrella, shrine and evening scene. The night scene is by Kawase Hasui (1883-1957). Unfra...
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Mid-20th Century Japanese Mid-Century Modern Vintage Kawai

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Paper

Kawase Hasui Signed Japanese Woodblock Print Kasuga Shrine in Nara, 1933
By Kawase Hasui 1
Located in Studio City, CA
A beautiful and richly colored oban-sized woodblock print by famed Japanese artist Kawase Hasui. This print is titled "Kasuga Shrine in Nara" and comes from Hasui's series: Collectio...
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1930s Japanese Showa Vintage Kawai

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Paper

Tsuchiya Koitsu Japanese Woodblock Print Sunset at Tomonotsu, Inland Sea, 1940
By Tsuchiya Koitsu
Located in Studio City, CA
A very beautiful, serene and relatively rare woodblock print by famed Japanese artist Tsuchiya Koitsu titled "Sunset at Tomonotsu, Inland Sea" was made in 1940 and printed by Watanab...
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1940s Japanese Showa Vintage Kawai

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Paper

Japanese Four Panel Screen: Herons on Snow Laden Branch
Located in Hudson, NY
Ink and slight color on silk in free standing wood frame. Signature reads: Takeuchi Seiho.
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Late 19th Century Japanese Vintage Kawai

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Wood, Silk, Paper

Utagawa Hiroshige 歌川廣重 Woodblock Print R2 "Thirty-Six Views of Mount Fuji" 1852
Located in Norton, MA
Utagawa Hiroshige ???? Woodblock Print "Thirty-Six Views of Mount Fuji" 1848 Artist: Utagawa Hiroshige is recognized as a master of the ukiyo-e woodblock printing tradition, havi...
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Mid-19th Century Japanese Vintage Kawai

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Paper

The Beach at Kaiganji in Sanuki Province — Lifetime Impression, 1934
By Kawase Hasui
Located in Myrtle Beach, SC
The Beach at Kaiganji in Sanuki Province (Sanuki Kaiganji no hama), from the series Collected Views of Japan II, Kansai Edition (Nihon fûkei shû II Kansai hen), woodblock print, 1934...
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1930s Showa Vintage Kawai

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Woodcut

Original Antique Prints of 19th Century Japanese Silk Panels, France, 1860
Located in St Annes, Lancashire
Wonderful pair of prints of 19th Century Japanese silk panels Amazing illuminated gold lustre Lithographs Published by A.Morel, Paris, France. circa 1860 Unframed. ...
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1860s English Japonisme Vintage Kawai

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Paper

Japanese Impressionist Painting of Trees in Snow By S Kitayama Dated 1912
By Japanese Studio
Located in San Francisco, CA
An impressionist painting of a trees in snow on a wooden board in period carved gilded frame. It is signed on the bottom right hand corner S Kitayama and dated 1912. Further inscri...
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1910s Japanese Modern Vintage Kawai

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Paint, Acrylic

Utagawa Ando Hiroshige Japanese Woodblock Print Yoroi Ferry at Koami-Cho
By Utagawa Hiroshige (Ando Hiroshige)
Located in Studio City, CA
A wonderful Japanese woodblock print by famed Japanese artist Utagawa Hiroshige (Ando Hiroshige) (1797-1858) tilted "Yoroi Ferry at Koami-cho (Yoroi no watashi Koami-cho)" and from h...
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Mid-19th Century Japanese Edo Vintage Kawai

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Paper

Japanese Showa Two Panel Screen Blossoming Prunus Tree
Located in Rio Vista, CA
Serene Japanese Showa period two-panel folding byobu screen depicting a large spring blossoming prunus tree or plum tree. Beautifully painted with ink and natural color pigments on m...
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20th Century Japanese Showa Vintage Kawai

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Brass

Antique Decorative Panel, Japanese, Framed, Silk Cotton Embroidery, Victorian
Located in Hele, Devon, GB
This is an antique decorative panel. A Japanese, framed silk cotton embroidery, dating to the late Victorian period, circa 1900. Appealing silk work, framed for presenting on your w...
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Late 19th Century Japanese Late Victorian Vintage Kawai

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Cotton

Hermes Medor Dog Collar and Medor Slim Lead Medium Model Set
By Hermès
Located in Miami, FL
Hermes Medor Paille II Dog Collar and Lead Set featured in the Medium size. The collar and lead are featured in Dark Irish bridle leather and a textile interpretation of the Medor st...
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21st Century and Contemporary French Vintage Kawai

Korean Minhwa Jakhodo Tiger and Magpie Scroll Painting on Silk, 19th Century
Located in Studio City, CA
A wonderfully painted and detailed Korean folk art Minhwa Jakhodo (The letters “jak” means magpie; “ho” means tiger; and “do” means painting) Tiger and Magpie Scroll Painting. The pi...
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19th Century Korean Folk Art Vintage Kawai

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Silk, Wood, Paint

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Kanjiro, Kawai Platter
By Kanjiro Kawai
Located in Stockbridge, MA
One of Japan's greatest Mingei artist's. Kanjiro, Kawai's work is so distinctive which is clear in
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Mid-20th Century Japanese Vintage Kawai

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Ceramic

Vintage Kanjiro, Kawai Platter
Kanjiro, Kawai Platter
H 2.88 in W 13 in D 8.88 in
1939 Original Story & Clark "Storytone" Electric Piano and Bench
By RCA Story
Located in Alhambra, CA
fuller and thicker than a Yamaha CP-70 or Kawai EP-308. Dimensions: 59" W 28" D x 38" H Bench: 32" W
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1930s American Art Deco Vintage Kawai

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Wood

Mount Fuji on a moonlit night, Kawai Bridge
Located in Fairlawn, OH
Signed: Brown signature 5a; Seal: Watanabe A missing Series: Tokaido fukei senshu, Tsukiyo no Fuji (Kawaibashi) (Selection of views if the Tokaido) Note: A post war impression ...
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1940s Vintage Kawai

P. P. Rider 1983 Japanese Film Poster
Located in New York, NY
with Tatsuya Fuji / Michiko Kawai / Masatoshi Nagase / Shinobu Sakagami. Fine condition, folded. Many
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1980s Japanese Vintage Kawai

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Paper

P. P. Rider 1983 Japanese Film Poster
P. P. Rider 1983 Japanese Film Poster
H 47.5 in W 71.5 in D 1 in
Large White Shussai Pottery Pitcher, Japan, 1990s
By Bernard Leach
Located in Copenhagen K, DK
. Through meeting the important figures in Mingei movement including Yanagi, Leach, Kanjiro Kawai and Shoji
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1990s Japanese Vintage Kawai

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Ceramic

Bottle (Vase)
By Shoji Hamada
Located in Kansas City, MO
Technology, then known as Tokyo Industrial College[1] with Kawai Kanjirō under Itaya Hazan. As the sole
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1940s Modern Vintage Kawai

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Stoneware, Glaze, Pigment

Bottle (Vase)
Bottle (Vase)
H 9.05 in W 3.64 in D 3.64 in
Important Japanese Hand-Painted Blue and White Crab Bowl Signed Kusube Yaichi
Located in South Burlington, VT
the school were Yagi Isso, Kawamura Kitaro, Kawai Kanjiro and Hamada Shoji. First accepted as a Teiten
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Mid-20th Century Japanese Mid-Century Modern Vintage Kawai

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Ceramic, Pottery

Japanese Collection Three Hand Cast Red Bronze Vases, 1912-1940s
Located in South Burlington, VT
his Craft, as espoused by the great artists Bernard Leach, Hamada Shoji and Kawai Kanjiro, that formed
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20th Century Japanese Taisho Vintage Kawai

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Bronze

Mid-Century Modern Kawai Upright Piano
By Kawai
Located in New York, NY
Stunning 1960s modern Kawai upright piano made of walnut with brass hardware model number K1490204
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1960s Japanese Mid-Century Modern Vintage Kawai

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Brass

chawan
By Kanjiro Kawai
Located in Morton Grove, IL
Very rare Kawai Kanjirō 河井 寛次郎 was a Japanese potter and a key figure in mingei and studio pottery
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1930s Contemporary Vintage Kawai

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Clay

chawan
H 4.25 in W 4.5 in D 4.5 in
historic bowl with signed box by Shoji Hamada 浜田庄司
By Shoji Hamada
Located in Morton Grove, IL
known ‘Living National Treasure. He studied under ITAYA Hazan and began a lifelong friendship with KAWAI
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1940s Contemporary Vintage Kawai

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Clay

Japanese Monumental Antique Hand cast Bronze “Flying Cranes” Studio Vase
Located in South Burlington, VT
revered. It was his Craft, as espoused by the great artists Bernard Leach, Hamada Shoji and Kawai Kanjiro
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1930s Japanese Showa Vintage Kawai

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Bronze

John Glick Plum Street Pottery "Scalloped Box" Glazed Stoneware Reduction Fired
Located in Detroit, MI
, notably Shoji Hamada and Kanjrio Kawai, blending their gestural embellishments of simple forms with
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1970s American Modern Vintage Kawai

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Stoneware, Glaze

Kawai Painted Upright Piano
By Kawai
Located in Bath, GB
A compact, excellent piano from Kawai. Kawai have long had a reputation for high quality build and
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Late 20th Century Asian Vintage Kawai

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Paint

Kawai Painted Upright Piano
Kawai Painted Upright Piano
H 40.56 in W 57.49 in D 20.87 in
Kanjiro Kawai, Iris Vase Mingei Japanese
By Kanjiro Kawai
Located in Berkeley, CA
Classic form and glaze from this iconic potter of the Japanese Mingei movement.
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20th Century Japanese Vintage Kawai

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Copper

Bernard Leach Japanese Style Mingei Willow Branch Vase
By Bernard Leach
Located in Berkeley, CA
and from Japan to visit with Shoji Hamada, Konjiro Kawai. He also started the well-known Leach Pottery
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Mid-20th Century Vintage Kawai

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Ceramic

Kawai107cm modern upright piano c1981 Walnut
Located in London, GB
Kawai 107cm modern upright piano secondhand c1981 in walnut satin finish Full compass - 71⁄4
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Late 20th Century Japanese Vintage Kawai

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Vintage Kawai For Sale on 1stDibs

Choose from an assortment of styles, material and more with respect to the vintage kawai you’re looking for at 1stDibs. Frequently made of paper, fabric and silk, every vintage kawai was constructed with great care. You’ve searched high and low for the perfect vintage kawai — we have versions that date back to the 20th Century alongside those produced as recently as the 20th Century are available. A vintage kawai is a generally popular piece of furniture, but those created in mid-century modern styles are sought with frequency. A well-made vintage kawai has long been a part of the offerings for many furniture designers and manufacturers, but those produced by Asano Takeji, Shoji Hamada and Kawase Hasui are consistently popular.

How Much is a Vintage Kawai?

A vintage kawai can differ in price owing to various characteristics — the average selling price 1stDibs is $2,237, while the lowest priced sells for $170 and the highest can go for as much as $7,491.