About Sylvie Tiago
Created in 2013, Galerie Tiago is located in the heart of Carré Rive Gauche in Paris, between Saint-Germain-des-Prés, the Orsay museum and the Louvre museum. The gallery specialise in Momoyama, Edo and Meiji Japanese works of art, Namban, lacquer, screen, European furniture, objets d’art and curiosities. Passionate about 'Grand Siècle', Galerie Tiago loves to combine objects from different horizons, periods, styles, artists, in order to invent a unique decorative universe.
Established in 20131stDibs seller since 2023
Featured Pieces
Suzuribako or writting set box in hira maki-e lacquer of unusual circulare shape
Located in PARIS, FR
Impressive suzuribako writing box decorated in gold and tin maki-e lacquer on a nashiji ground. The lid is adorned with a composition depicting a pine and a plum tree whose trunks in...
Category
Antique Late 19th Century Japanese Meiji Scholar's Objects
Materials
Gold Leaf
Japanese Bronze sculpture of a turtle
Located in PARIS, FR
Bronze turtle with brown patina. In Japan, the turtle (kame) is considered a symbol of wisdom, stability and luck. Tradition has it that it provides protection and 10,000 years of ha...
Category
Early 20th Century Japanese Taisho Animal Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Bronze paperweight in the form of a catfish
Located in PARIS, FR
Sculpture or okimono in bronze of a wavy catfish emerging from calm water, scales are not represented, and its expression of eyes and mouth could be considered naive. One other inte...
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Antique Late 19th Century Japanese Meiji Scholar's Objects
Materials
Bronze
Japanese Kingfisher bronze sculpture
Located in PARIS, FR
Impressive bronze sculpture forming an incense burner and depicting a kingfisher resting on a leaf. The kingfisher, recognizable by its brilliant plumage, is also known for its agili...
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Antique Late 19th Century Japanese Meiji Sculptures and Carvings
Materials
Bronze
Japanese bronze sculpture in the form of a lotus leaf and snail shell
Located in PARIS, FR
An interesting bronze sculpture, ashtray or incense burner, depicting a lotus leaf folded to form a receptacle, decorated with a snail shell.
In Japan, the snail is a symbol of wisdo...
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Antique Late 19th Century Japanese Meiji Sculptures and Carvings
Materials
Bronze
Japanese bronze sculpture depicting a tanuki in shingon buddhist monk clothes
Located in PARIS, FR
Japanese bronze of a tanuki. The tanuki is depicted here dressed as a Buddhist priest, wrapped in a cloak, holding a rosary in its right paw and lying on a bell.
The tanuki (raccoon ...
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Antique Late 19th Century Japanese Meiji Sculptures and Carvings
Materials
Bronze
Japanese encens box or Kogo in natural wood decorated with mapple leaf lacquer
Located in PARIS, FR
Very unusual kobako or encens box, in natural wood decorated lacquered maple leaf. The branch is plowing over a spring because of its leaves, colored red orange and black. One red le...
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Early 20th Century Japanese Taisho Lacquer
Materials
Fruitwood
Bronze sculpture or Okimono in the form of a snail in an interesting pose
Located in PARIS, FR
An interesting bronze sculpture or okimono with a brown patina depicting a snail in a very original pose. Its angular form indeed suggests that it can be displayed in a way that give...
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Antique Late 19th Century Japanese Meiji Metalwork
Materials
Bronze
Lacquered Netsuke in the form of an old Lady carrying an Oni in her back
Located in PARIS, FR
Boxwood netsuke depicting a standing man carrying a pouch behind his back in which an oni is hidden.
Onis are an integral part of the pantheon of yokai, the spirits and monsters of J...
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Antique Early 19th Century Japanese Meiji Sculptures and Carvings
Materials
Boxwood, Lacquer
A comb and hairpin in gold lacquer decorated with two swimming turtles
Located in PARIS, FR
Elegant gold-lacquered wooden comb and hairpin decorated in maki-e with landscapes and animals.
The comb is decorated on one side with pavilions in a landscape and on the other side ...
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Antique Late 19th Century Japanese Meiji Furniture
Materials
Gold Leaf
Suzuribako or writting box circular shape in nashiji and gold lacquer
Located in PARIS, FR
Suzuribako (writing box) in black lacquer, rectangular in shape, with a gold lacquer (maki-e) decoration of a pavilion by the edge of a waterfall and a mountain river surrounded by v...
Category
Antique Late 18th Century Japanese Edo Lacquer
Materials
Gold Leaf
Kobako in nashiji lacquer imitating wood texture, lid decorated with an ikebana
Located in PARIS, FR
Imposing kobako in nashiji lacquer on a black ground, decorated with a motif imitating wood grain. The lid is adorned with an ikebana basket (hanakago) containing a bouquet of remark...
Category
Antique Early 19th Century Japanese Meiji Lacquer
Materials
Gold
More About Sylvie Tiago
Cabinet of curiosities with Japanese lacquerware and shells.