Meiji Ceramics
MEIJI STYLE
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.
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Style: Meiji
Antique Japanese Meiji Moriage Satsuma Wise Man Baluster Mantel Vase 17"
Located in Dayton, OH
Antique Meiji period Japanese satsuma style moriage vase featuring a multicolored floral enamel design in bold relief framing two scen...
Category
Late 19th Century Antique Meiji Ceramics
Materials
Porcelain
Antique 19th C Meiji Japanese Satsuma Plate, Charger Very Large Unmarked
Located in Amsterdam, Noord Holland
A very large Japanese Satsuma Plate of playing boys, Meiji Period. Incredible and very detailed piece. Just superb
Condition
Perfect, just some usage...
Category
19th Century Japanese Antique Meiji Ceramics
Materials
Porcelain
Antique Pair 19C Japanese Satsuma High Quality Black Vases Landscape Uchida
Located in Amsterdam, Noord Holland
Description
A pair of Japanese Satsuma black-ground vases, Uchida marks, Meiji/Taisho period
Of ovoid form with everted rims, painted in gilt with scenes of Mount Fuji against a bl...
Category
19th Century Japanese Antique Meiji Ceramics
Materials
Porcelain
Japanese Meiji Period, Blue and White Vase with Phoenix Decoration
Located in New York, NY
A Palace Size Japanese Meiji Period (1868-1912) Blue and White Vase with Phoenix Decoration. This vase is absolutely beautiful with an incredible array of hand-painted blue decoratio...
Category
1890s Japanese Antique Meiji Ceramics
Materials
Porcelain
Antique 19" Japanese Meiji Imari Gilt Porcelain Charger Six Immortal Poets 1890
Located in Portland, OR
A fine and monumental 19" Japanese Meiji period gilt Imari charger, circa 1890.
This very impressive & unusual charger depicts six immortal poets or scribes set in a landscape surround by calligraphy scrolls and writing paraphernalia and tables with scholarly objects and teapots, to the center is a screen emblazoned with a Hoho phoenix type bird, the scene is contained in a geometric black border. The ground is fully gilt and decorated with an all-over repeating poly-chrome pattern, the rear of the charger is also finely hand-painted with four Japanese Mon devices and four floral panels.
Condition is very good indeed, no damage or restoration, this very beautiful and rare antique Imari charger...
Category
1890s Japanese Antique Meiji Ceramics
Materials
Porcelain
19th Century Japanese Cloisonné Small Lidded Jar, Early Meiji Period
Located in Lincoln, Lincolnshire
This is a very decorative cloisonné small lidded jar, made in Japan and dating to the 19th century, early Meiji period, circa 1875 or possibly earlier...
Category
19th Century Japanese Antique Meiji Ceramics
Materials
Ceramic
Large Japanese Imari Rabbit Bowl, Meiji Period, mid 19th Century, Japan
Located in Austin, TX
An impressive and large Japanese Imari bowl with a golden spotted hare or rabbit, early Meiji Period (1864 to 1912), mid 19th century, Japan
The fantastic Imari bowl featuring a c...
Category
Mid-19th Century Japanese Antique Meiji Ceramics
Materials
Porcelain
Large 19th Century Hand Painted Imari Porcelain Vase Meiji Period
Located in Lambertville, NJ
A remarkable hand painted Japanese porcelain Imari vase. Classic iron red and cobalt blue on a white porcelain background. Elegant Japanese figures painted all around the center port...
Category
1880s Antique Meiji Ceramics
Materials
Porcelain
Antique Japanese Satsuma Miniature Cabinet Vase
By Master Ryozan
Located in Philadelphia, PA
A fine diminutive, antique Japanese Satsuma pottery cabinet vase.
Decorated throughout with gilding and raised enamel.
There are...
Category
20th Century Japanese Meiji Ceramics
Materials
Ceramic
Antique Meiji Wucai Style Porcelain Jar & Cover, Japan, Early 20th Century
Located in Chatham, ON
Antique Meiji period Wucai style hand painted porcelain jar and cover - featuring flowering branches of multicolor blossoms and leaves - all on a white ground with pale blue rim to t...
Category
Early 20th Century Japanese Meiji Ceramics
Materials
Porcelain
Japanese Meiji Kutani Porcelain Candlestick Painted with Sea Birds
Located in Bishop's Stortford, Hertfordshire
A stylish Japanese antique Kutani candlestick hand-painted with birds dating from the Meiji period 1868-1912. The porcelain candlestick stands on a wide rounded base with a narrow ta...
Category
1890s Japanese Antique Meiji Ceramics
Materials
Porcelain
Large Meiji Period Cloisonne Enamel Vase
Located in London, GB
Of ovoid form, with a narrow neck and outward flaring rim, on dark blue ground depicting wisteria blossoms in white and purple cascading from the shoulder with birds throughout and w...
Category
Late 19th Century Japanese Antique Meiji Ceramics
Materials
Enamel
Japanese Contemporary Ko-Imari Gold Blue Porcelain Koro Incense Burner
Located in Takarazuka, JP
Stunning contemporary Japanese Ko-Imari style porcelain koro or incense burner or jewelry box, hand painted on a beautifully shaped round body in cobalt blue, red and green and gener...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Japanese Meiji Ceramics
Materials
Gold
1868-1912 Pair of Japanese Meiji Period Kyoto Satsuma Vases
Located in Chapel Hill, NC
1868-1912 Pair of Meiji Period Kyoto Satsuma Vases, Japan. In the form of tied sash bags/pouches. Four major reserve scenes in gardens. Fine gilding & ov...
Category
Late 19th Century Japanese Antique Meiji Ceramics
Materials
Pottery
Antique Japanese Meiji Period Imari Porcelain Punch Bowl or Centerpiece
Located in Philadelphia, PA
A fine large antique Japanese Meiji porcelain bowl.
With a white ground and extensively gilt throughout.
Primarily decorated in red, blue, and gold with bits of green, brown, and ...
Category
Early 20th Century Japanese Meiji Ceramics
Materials
Porcelain
Huge 46CM Antique Taizan Yohei Style Meiji period Japanese Satsuma Vase
Located in Amsterdam, Noord Holland
Fabulous japanese earthenware Satsuma Vase of great shape and scene. Taizan Yohei style. Meiji Period
It was made into a lamp, there is a hole in the base, a cork in the neck and a b...
Category
19th Century Antique Meiji Ceramics
Materials
Porcelain
Antique 19th C Meiji Japanese Satsuma Vase with Marked Base
Located in Amsterdam, Noord Holland
A miniature Japanese Satsuma vase, Meiji Period. Incredible and very detailed piece. Just superb.
Marked:
?? "Setsuzan".
Condition
Neck has been restored. Size 88 x 52mm H ...
Category
19th Century Japanese Antique Meiji Ceramics
Materials
Porcelain
Arita Blue & White Charger II
Located in Pasadena, CA
This is charming large mid-20th century Japanese Arita blue & white charger that depicts a country mountain scene. The charger would make a great addition t...
Category
Mid-20th Century Japanese Meiji Ceramics
Materials
Porcelain
Pair of Antique Japanese Satsuma Vase Japanese Satsuma Ware Lovely Ladies
Located in Amsterdam, Noord Holland
Fabulous Japanese vases with an all around scene of lovely ladies, 19th century.
Marked at base,
?? Yasui
Condition
Overall condition vase 1 perfect, just some minimal enamel...
Category
19th Century Japanese Antique Meiji Ceramics
Materials
Earthenware
Japanese Porcelain Dish or Plate hand painted wheels, Meiji Period circa 1870
Located in Lincoln, Lincolnshire
This is a good quality and very decorative Japanese porcelain dish or plate, which we date to the Meiji period, circa 1870.
The dish is well potted on a low foot with a frilled wav...
Category
19th Century Japanese Antique Meiji Ceramics
Materials
Porcelain
Japanese Meiji Dish with Figures Amidst Clouds 19th Century
Located in Bishop's Stortford, Hertfordshire
An unusual antique Japanese Imari shallow porcelain dish hand painted with two scrolling ladies with flowing garments and ribbons floating amidst clouds and finely decorated in brigh...
Category
Late 19th Century Japanese Antique Meiji Ceramics
Materials
Ceramic, Porcelain
Lovely Antique Meiji Japanese Bronze Cloisonné Serving Plate Bird, Japan
Located in Amsterdam, Noord Holland
Lovely and very detailed piece.
Condition:
Overall condition, some age signs at the base and also a small chip. Front very good, only some crackle lines. Size: 240 mm
Period:
Mei...
Category
19th Century Japanese Antique Meiji Ceramics
Materials
Bronze
Meiji Japanese Porcelain Imari Charger
Located in Los Angeles, CA
18 Inch Japanese Imari Charger - very large and decorative. The mixed illustrative painted scenes are with great pattern and texture, and mixed with floral and organic images of blos...
Category
19th Century Japanese Antique Meiji Ceramics
Materials
Porcelain
Fine Japanese Satsuma Vase with Superb Decoration by Seikozan
Located in Atlanta, GA
A ceramic vase in tapered square form made by Japanese studio Seikozan circa 1890-1910s (late Meiji Period). One of the many artist studios that specialized in satsuma ware, Seikozan...
Category
1880s Japanese Antique Meiji Ceramics
Materials
Ceramic
Fine Japanese Imari Porcelain Temple Jar
Located in Bridgeport, CT
With cobalt blue decorated neck and base band. Large oval shaped panels on two sides featuring an amusing scene with rust tone and white foo lions in a river landscape looking back t...
Category
20th Century Meiji Ceramics
Materials
Porcelain
Japanese Imari Charger, Meiji Period, Late 19th Century
Located in Austin, TX
A nicely decorated Japanese Meiji Period Imari charger, late 19th century, Japan.
The porcelain charger featuring a design of a hoho bird, or phoenix, per...
Category
Late 19th Century Japanese Antique Meiji Ceramics
Materials
Enamel
Japanese Contemporary Red Blue Green Porcelain Vase by Master Artist, 3
Located in Takarazuka, JP
Exceptional Japanese contemporary decorative porcelain vase, intricately hand painted on a stunningly shaped porcelain body in blue and red, a stunning piece by highly-acclaimed awar...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Japanese Meiji Ceramics
Materials
Porcelain
Japanese Antique Meiji Period Satsuma Vase Pair Hand Painted by Gyokuzan
Located in Newark, England
Painted with Continuous Scenes
From our Japanese collection, we are delighted to offer this Japanese Satsuma Vase Pair by Gyokuzan. The Satsuma vase pair of squat bulbous form with ...
Category
Late 19th Century Japanese Antique Meiji Ceramics
Materials
Ceramic, Pottery
Japanese Contemporary Blue White Porcelain Vase by Master Artist, 3
Located in Takarazuka, JP
Extraordinary Japanese contemporary museum-quality decorative porcelain vase, painstakingly intricately hand painted in blue underglaze on an elegantly shaped ovoid porcelain body, a...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Japanese Meiji Ceramics
Materials
Porcelain
Exceptional Large Satsuma Vase with Cover
Located in New York, NY
Exceptional and large Satsuma vase with cover with foo dog finial, finely enameled and gilt. Drilled apparently for use previously as table lamp. Firing crack to the lid, otherwise...
Category
1880s Japanese Antique Meiji Ceramics
Materials
Ceramic
Plates, Satsuma, Meiji Period Mount Fuji Geishas, Japan, circa 1900
Located in Amsterdam, Noord Holland
Nice quality hand painted Satsuma plates. Also marked at base.
Condition
/ Overall condition: Perfect. Size 184 x 30 mm approx.
Period
19th century Meiji Periode (1867-1912).
Category
19th Century Japanese Antique Meiji Ceramics
Materials
Earthenware
Antique 19th C Japanese Satsuma Box Matsumoto Hozan Marked Base Japan
Located in Amsterdam, Noord Holland
A small Satsuma vase, Yasuda, unidentified artist, of cuboid form with slightly domed cover, decorated with bijin alternating with landscape scenes,...
Category
19th Century Japanese Antique Meiji Ceramics
Materials
Porcelain
Antique Japanese Meiji Period Kutani Porcelain Vase by Shoundo / Matsumoto Sahei
Located in Philadelphia, PA
A fine antique Japanese Meiji period Kutani porcelain vase.
By Matsumoto Sahei/Shoundo.
In an aka-e style decorated throughout in iron red with extensive gilt accents.
There are cartouches to either side both with branches of red flower with a backdrop of clouds on a white ground.
With 2 figural dragon finial handles.
Marked to the base with '九谷松雲堂製' which translates as 'Made by Shoundo of Kutani'
Matsumoto Sahei (1851-1918) was a master potter who enjoyed success & recognition during his era. In 1876, Sahei received the artist name Shoundo from the nanga painter Tokuda Kansho - he would use that title for nearly 20 years until passing it onto his son as his successor in 1893. Sahei also has the distinction of taking Tokuda Yasokichi I as an apprentice when the latter was 17-years-old. The Tokuda family is perhaps one of the most famous families of Japanese ceramics: Yasokichi I is credited with revitalizing the lost art of ko-Kutani and Yasokichi I, II, & III were all recognized as "Living National Treasures" during their lifetimes.
Shoundo exhibited internationally numerous times at the tail end of the 19th Century. The Keisei Isogaya Museum of Art (which specializes in Meiji Kutani) has a vase of Sahei's that was exhibited in the Philadelphia Centennial Exhibition of 1876. He is listed as exhibiting a wide variety of porcelain goods at the 1878, 1889, and 1900 Paris World Exhibitions. He is also listed as exhibiting 'incense burners & porcelain' at the World's Columbian Exhibition held in 1893 in Chicago. The pair of vases that Sahei exhibited in Paris in 1900 bear a strong resemblance to this pair.
Simply a wonderfully rare Japanese porcelain...
Category
Early 20th Century Japanese Meiji Ceramics
Materials
Porcelain
Antique Japanese Meiji Period Brown Monochrome Bottle, 19th Century Collectible
Located in Yonkers, NY
An antique Japanese Meiji period monochrome bottle from the 19th century. This antique Japanese bottle, created during the Meiji period of the...
Category
19th Century Japanese Antique Meiji Ceramics
Materials
Ceramic
Pair Antique 19th Century Meiji Period Japanese Satsuma Vases
Located in New York, NY
Pair of very fine quality early Meiji period Japanese Satsuma vases, one with its 19th century paper label added by its retailer.
Category
Late 19th Century Japanese Antique Meiji Ceramics
Materials
Ceramic
Japanese Satsuma Incense Burner, Koro, Meiji Period, Late 19th Century, Japan
Located in Austin, TX
A fine and elegant Japanese Satsuma tripod incense burner, koro, with pierced metal lid, signed Eizan (?) Meiji Period, late 19th century, Japan.
The koro, or censer, features a stoneware body of slightly compressed globular form, supported on three short and squat legs. The wide mouth with a recessed metal rim, and topped by an openwork metal lid topped with overlapping chrysanthemum blossoms of silver repousse.
The body of the koro finely painted with fan shaped cartouches. The fans in the foreground with sprays of blossoming chrysanthemum. The fans in the background with intricate geometric brocade designs.
The shoulder of the incense burner decorated with cartouches formed as stylized chrysanthemum petals, and intricately decorated with geometric and floral brocade designs.
The painting finely done in raised gilt and polychrome enamels, including the highly desirable gosu blue...
Category
Late 19th Century Japanese Antique Meiji Ceramics
Materials
Silver, Metal
Koro Satsuma Japanese ceramic
Located in Buenos Aires, Argentina
Koro Satsuma Japanese ceramic
Japanese glazed ceramic in various colors
Meiji Style Circa 1940 Origin Japan
It has traditional images painted on its front and back.
The purpose of th...
Category
1940s Japanese Vintage Meiji Ceramics
Materials
Enamel
Meiji Period Diminutive Satsuma Baluster Vase.
By Satsuma
Located in Vero Beach, FL
Meiji Period Diminutive Satsuma Baluster Vase.
This Japanese Satsuma vase from the late Meiji period is hand painted and gilt decorated with a Japanese landscape in exquisite detail...
Category
20th Century Japanese Meiji Ceramics
Materials
Porcelain
Fine Japanese Satsuma Vase by Ryozan Okamoto for Yasuda Company Meiji Period
Located in Atlanta, GA
A finely decorated Japanese satsuma ceramic vase by Ryozan Okamoto (c.1820s-1910s) for Yasuda. Ryozan is the head artist working for Yasuda company, a Japanese ceramic makers and dea...
Category
Early 1900s Japanese Antique Meiji Ceramics
Materials
Ceramic
Miniature Japanese Satsuma Porcelain Cabinet Vase - Signed, Meiji Era
Located in Atlanta, GA
This exquisite miniature Satsuma porcelain cabinet vase, dating to the Meiji Era, is a masterful representation of Japanese artistry and craftsmanshi...
Category
Early 20th Century Japanese Meiji Ceramics
Materials
Porcelain
19th Century Japanese Satsuma Koi Bowl
Located in Chicago, IL
This extraordinary 19th-century Meiji period Japanese Satsuma lotus-form bowl is an epitome of artistic mastery and cultural significance. Adorned meticulously with red and black koi...
Category
19th Century Japanese Antique Meiji Ceramics
Materials
Porcelain
Japanese Meiji Period Gold White Porcelain Sleeping Cat Sculpture, circa 1910
Located in Takarazuka, JP
Exquisite Meiji period Japanese Kutani sculpture of a sleeping cat in fine porcelain, inspired by the small wooden sculpture at the entrance of...
Category
Early 20th Century Japanese Meiji Ceramics
Materials
Gold
Kutani Japanese Meiji Porcelain Vase Painted with Figures
Located in Bishop's Stortford, Hertfordshire
Japanese Meiji porcelain Kutani vase hand painted with decorative and a figural panel dating between 1868 and 1912. The elegantly shaped tall ...
Category
19th Century Japanese Antique Meiji Ceramics
Materials
Porcelain
Japanese Satsuma Incense Burner, Koro, with Silver Lid, Meiji Period, Japan
Located in Austin, TX
A fantastic Japanese Satsuma incense burner, koro, with phoenix and brocade designs and a silver lid, Meiji Period, late 19th century, Japan.
The cens...
Category
1890s Japanese Antique Meiji Ceramics
Materials
Silver
Early Porcelain Underglaze Dragon Ewer by Makuzu Kozan Meiji Period
By Makuzu Kozan
Located in Atlanta, GA
A porcelain ewer with fine underglaze iron red, brown and blue decoration made by the legendary Japanese imperial potter Makuzu Kozan (1842-1916), this relatively rare piece is dated to circa Meiji 23rd to 26th year (1890-1893) based on the mark used on the base. This is the starting period when the artists departed from his high-relief and gold gilt period and started focusing on making porcelain pieces with underglaze paint and experimented new colors. The ewer form is also relatively rare in the artist's survived repertoire compared to other forms.
The piece takes its shape from the prototype Chinese...
Category
1890s Japanese Antique Meiji Ceramics
Materials
Ceramic
Japanese Meiji Period Satsuma Tripod Censer
Located in New York, NY
Very fine quality Japanese Meiji period Satsuma tripod censer with a foo dog finial.
wonderful painting quality.
Category
Late 19th Century Japanese Antique Meiji Ceramics
Materials
Ceramic
Huge Antique Meiji Japanese Bronze Bird of Prey On a Rock Gold Elements Marked
Located in Amsterdam, Noord Holland
Huge Antique Meiji Japanese Bronze Bird of Prey On a Rock Gold Elements Marked
Condition
Close to perfect condition, just some ware. 40 x 45CM LengthxWidexHeight (including base)
P...
Category
19th Century Japanese Antique Meiji Ceramics
Materials
Metal, Bronze
Antique 19th Century Japanese Satsuma High Quality Vase Satsuma Figural Scene
Located in Amsterdam, Noord Holland
Description:
Fabulous small Japanese. Absolute top quality decoration a pottery. Marked at the base.
Condition:
Overall condition 1 perfect, 1 with restoration to rim. Size: 90 ...
Category
20th Century Japanese Meiji Ceramics
Materials
Earthenware
Fantastic Japanese Kutani Charger Figures and Scenes of Daily Life
Located in Amsterdam, Noord Holland
Large and very detailed piece.
Condition
Overall condition perfect in wooden box. Size: 315 mm
Period
Meji Period: circa 1900
Category
Early 1900s Japanese Antique Meiji Ceramics
Materials
Porcelain
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 un...
Category
1860s Japanese Antique Meiji Ceramics
Materials
Gold
Late 19th Early 20th Century Japanese, Meiji Satsuma Vase Double Gourd Shape
Located in New York, NY
Late 19th / early 20th century Japanese, Meiji Satsuma vase with a double gourd form. The design incorporates underwater plants with golden Koi Car...
Category
Late 19th Century Japanese Antique Meiji Ceramics
Materials
Ceramic
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...
Category
Late 19th Century Japanese Antique Meiji Ceramics
Materials
Earthenware, Pottery
Japanese Contemporary Green Red Blue Gold Porcelain Vase by Master Artist, 2
Located in Takarazuka, JP
Exceptional Japanese contemporary highly collectible decorative porcelain vase, hand painted in extremely intricate patterns and extensive gold details on vibrant red, yellow, blue/g...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Japanese Meiji Ceramics
Materials
Gold
Japanese Contemporary Red Blue Green Hand-Glazed Porcelain Bowl by Master Artist
Located in Takarazuka, JP
Extraordinary Japanese contemporary hand-glazed decorative porcelain bowl in black and vibrant red, blue and green on a stunningly shaped body, an exhibition masterpiece by a master ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Japanese Meiji Ceramics
Materials
Porcelain
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 throug...
Category
Early 20th Century Japanese Meiji Ceramics
Materials
Pottery
Large Japanese Meiji Period Imari Vase, 19th Century
Located in San Francisco, CA
A large and impressive fine quality 19th century Imari vase, with hand painted classical floral motif and inset panels painting of playful Foo Dogs.
Japan, Meiji period, late 19th c...
Category
Late 19th Century Japanese Antique Meiji Ceramics
Materials
Porcelain
Pocket Wall Vase in Koi Carp Fish SHape Antique ca 1900 Japanese Kutani
Located in Amsterdam, Noord Holland
A very nice wall pocket vase in the shape of a Koi Carp.
The wall vase has been manufactured from fine porcelain and hand painted in vibrant shades of orange, white and black. The...
Category
19th Century Japanese Antique Meiji Ceramics
Materials
Porcelain
Meiji Period Signed Fukagawa Blue & White Fish 'Flounder' Plate
By Fukagawa
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
Meiji Period signed Fukagawa blue & white fish 'Flounder' plate
Japan Circa 1900s
We are pleased to offer a rare two -headed (flounder) blue and white signed Fukagawa fish plate me...
Category
Early 20th Century Japanese Meiji Ceramics
Materials
Porcelain
Japanese Gohon Glazed Tea Bowl Chawan Meiji Period Ex-Musuem
Located in Atlanta, GA
A Japanese ceramic Gohon tea bowl (Chawan) with a slightly irregular wall circa 18th century of Meiji Period. Supported by a high notched foot ring that was left unglazed, the chawan...
Category
18th Century Japanese Antique Meiji Ceramics
Materials
Ceramic
Japanese Contemporary Red Black Silk Folding Screen, 2
Located in Takarazuka, JP
Outstanding Japanese contemporary two panel "byobu" or folding screen featuring genryoku style handcrafted raised pure silk kimono in black, red and gold on textured black background...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Japanese Meiji Ceramics
Materials
Gold
Pair Japanese Imari Fluted Trumpet Vases, Meiji Period, circa 1900, Japan
Located in Austin, TX
An unusual and dramatic matched pair of Japanese Imari fluted trumpet mouth vases, Meiji period, circa 1900, Japan.
The elegant vases feature a short and squat globular body with hi...
Category
Early 1900s Japanese Antique Meiji Ceramics
Materials
Porcelain
Large Antique Japanese Meiji Period Imari Porcelain Charger Marked Wanshan Zao
Located in Morristown, NJ
Late 19th C. large, decorative Japanese Imari plate featuring intricate hand-painted designs in blue, red, and gold. The central motif includes blue floral patterns with accents of r...
Category
1870s Japanese Antique Meiji Ceramics
Materials
Clay, Porcelain, Paint
Lovely Modern Porcelain Art Japanese or Chinese porcelain PROC Vase 20th/21st
Located in Amsterdam, Noord Holland
Fabulous japanese earthenware Satsuma Vase of great shape and scene. Taizan Yohei style. Meiji Period
It was made into a lamp, there is a hole in the base, a cork in the neck and a b...
Category
19th Century Antique Meiji Ceramics
Materials
Porcelain
Old Wooden Netsuke 19/20th C Japanese Japan Animal on Turtle Meiji Period
Located in Amsterdam, Noord Holland
Lovely and very detailed piece. Unsigned. Japan 19th or 20th century.
Weight: 8 grams
Provenance: Collected in the 1980's. From the collection of Clemens Merkelbach van Enkhuizen, ...
Category
19th Century Japanese Antique Meiji Ceramics
Materials
Metal, Bronze
Japanese Satsuma Ceramic Dish with Fine Decoration by Kinkozan
By Kinkozan
Located in Atlanta, GA
A satsuma ceramic dish made by Kinkozan studio circa 1980-1900s in the late Meiji Period. The dish with a thick robust wall is supported by a large ring base and features finely deta...
Category
Late 19th Century Japanese Antique Meiji Ceramics
Materials
Ceramic
Japanese Red Blue Platinum Porcelain Vase by Master Artist, 4
Located in Takarazuka, JP
Exceptional Japanese contemporary museum-quality decorative porcelain vase in an extraordinary shape featuring a fascinating and detailed signature geometric progression pattern extr...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Japanese Meiji Ceramics
Materials
Platinum
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 group of 6 children, and on the background you can see a village.
on the other side of the vase there is an amazing painting of flowers and on the sides there are two amazing strong pine trees, the amorphous background is decorated in a "Tortoiseshell" color and design that gives it a real character and which is quite rare to see on satsuma pottery.
all the vase is over richly overpainted over the glaze with gold, which gives it its depth and realism.
signed Kyoto Kinkozan zo, and sealed Kinkozan zo
Kyoto’s Satsuma:
The painting technique used in Kyoto’s Satsuma-style ware is said to be the invention of the sixth generation Kinkōzan Sōbei (1824–1884). The Kinkōzan were a famous family of Kyoto Awataguchi potters who made ceramics that were used at Shōren'in, a temple closely tied to the imperial family, and by the shoguns of the Edo government. In fact the shogun is said to have granted them the name Kinkōzan. With the upheavals at the end of the Edo period, however, and the reforms of the subsequent Meiji government, the potters lost their traditional patrons and had to develop new markets.
Just at that time, the visit of a certain Westerner is said to have decided them to embark on overseas trade. By 1870, they had perfected Kyō Satsuma...
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1890s Japanese Antique Meiji Ceramics
Materials
Gold
Pair of Old or Antique Japanese Imari Porcelain Soap Dishes
Located in Philadelphia, PA
A pair of fine antique Japanese Imari porcelain soap dishes
Decorated throughout with floral devices in underglaze blue, iron-red paint, and gilding.
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Category
Early 20th Century Japanese Meiji Ceramics
Materials
Porcelain
Japanese Blue Pink Porcelain Charger by Master Artist, 2
Located in Takarazuka, JP
Exquisite contemporary Japanese decorative porcelain charger, hand painted in blue, pink and red, a signed masterpiece by widely respected award-winning master porcelain artist of th...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Japanese Meiji Ceramics
Materials
Gold
Large Japanese Imari Porcelain Charger with Koi, Meiji Period, late 19th century
Located in Austin, TX
A boldly decorated large Japanese Imari porcelain scalloped edge charger with koi fish, Meiji Period, late 19th century, Japan.
The large, shallow charger features a central design ...
Category
1890s Japanese Antique Meiji Ceramics
Materials
Porcelain
Meiji Period Japanese Igezara Transferware Plate with Phoenix and Foliage Motifs
Located in Yonkers, NY
A Japanese Meiji period Igezara transferware plate from the late 19th century, with phoenix and foliage motifs. Created in Japan during the Meiji era, this Igezara transferware plate...
Category
Late 19th Century Japanese Antique Meiji Ceramics
Materials
Pottery
Japanese, Contemporary Blue Pink Porcelain Match Tea Cup by Master Artist, 2
Located in Takarazuka, JP
Exquisite contemporary Japanese decorative porcelain match tea cup, extremely intricately hand painted in various shades of blue and pink set against a stunningly shaped ovoid porcelain body in blue, to create a mesmerizing surface. It is lavishly decorated with intricate gold details and is a masterpiece by highly acclaimed master porcelain artist in traditional patterns of the Imari-Arita region of Japan and the recipient of numerous prestigious awards for his extraordinary porcelain work and his unique gold and platinum work on porcelain. The artist's profile is available upon request.
Hydrangeas with intricate details decorate the surface of this remarkable cup and continue to decorate the inside of the cup.
"Fired-on gold,” this artist's signature style, highlights unique techniques for incorporating gold and platinum into the hand painting and multiple firing processes that yield a stunningly opulent look. The polychrome overglaze is fired at 800 degrees, followed by the application of gold and platinum that are fired at slightly lower temperature to maintain the luster of the precious metals. As a result, a single piece may undergo as many as 5-10 firings. The artist's profile is available upon request.
This elegant gilded porcelain matcha tea cup...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Japanese Meiji Ceramics
Materials
Gold
Miniature Antique Japanese Satsuma Pottery Censer or Koro
By Kinkozan
Located in Philadelphia, PA
A fine antique Japanese Satsuma pottery incense burner.
With a cream ground and an extensively gilt exterior.
There are numerous cartouches around the censer with each having a un...
Category
Early 20th Century Meiji Ceramics
Materials
Pottery
Meiji ceramics for sale on 1stDibs.
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