Meiji Metalwork
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.
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Style: Meiji
High Quality Meiji Japanese Cloisonne Enamel Plate Autumn Leaves Chrysanthemum F
Located in New York, NY
A high quality antique Japanese, late Meiji era, enamel plate. The interior of the plate is adorned with a polychrome enamel image of a case with autumn leaves and Chrusantemum flowe...
Category
Late 19th Century Japanese Antique Meiji Metalwork
Materials
Enamel
Large 19th Century Japanese Meiji Period Bronze Vase
Located in San Francisco, CA
A large and elegant Meiji period bronze vase with floral decoration and original patina, unsigned.
Japan, last quarter of the 19th century.
Category
Late 19th Century Japanese Antique Meiji Metalwork
Materials
Bronze
Bronze okimono sculpture of a standing hare
Located in PARIS, FR
Bronze sculpture with a gorgeous brown patina, that represents a standing hare, with one of its paws up. Its head is treated with great realism and the care in which parts like fur a...
Category
Late 19th Century Japanese Antique Meiji Metalwork
Materials
Bronze
Japanese Mixed Metal Okimono of Doves by Seifu, Meiji Period, Late 19th Century
Located in Austin, TX
A wonderfully naturalistic large Japanese Meiji period mixed metal okimono (ornamental sculpture) of a pair of oriental turtle doves ...
Category
Late 19th Century Japanese Antique Meiji Metalwork
Materials
Bronze, Silver, Copper
Antique Japanese Bronze Boat Flower Arranging Container
Located in Point Richmond, CA
Antique Japanese bronze hanging flower arranging container in the shape of a boat, sharp angular form with flat bottom hull base and center water receptacle sitting within a removabl...
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Late 19th Century Japanese Antique Meiji Metalwork
Materials
Bronze
Antique Japanese Meiji Cloisonne Enameled Vase with Flowers C1920
Located in Big Flats, NY
Antique Japanese Meiji Cloisonne Enameled Vase with Flowers C1920
Measures- 9''H x 4.5''W x 4.5''D
Category
Early 20th Century Asian Meiji Metalwork
Materials
Metal
Japanese Meiji Period (1868-1912) Three Wise Monkeys Box Komyo 光明
Located in Newark, England
The Silver box of rectangular form with rounded corners features the Three Wise Monkeys to the front, see no evil, hear no evil and speak no evil. The monkeys cast beautifully with n...
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Early 20th Century Japanese Meiji Metalwork
Materials
Silver, Enamel
Japanese Iron Tetsubin with Chrysanthemum Blossoms, c. 1900
Located in Chicago, IL
Decorated with stylized chrysanthemum blossoms, symbols of longevity and rejuvenation, this Japanese teapot was used to boil water for traditional tea ceremonies. Known as tetsubin, ...
Category
Early 20th Century Japanese Meiji Metalwork
Materials
Bronze, Iron
Meiji Japanese Bronze Jardinière Japanese People on a Boat, Genryusai Seiya Zo
Located in New York, NY
A masterpiece, rare, 19th Century Japanese bronze Jardinière/centerpiece of a group of Japanese travelers on a boat, signed on the bottom, Genryusai Seiya...
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Early 1900s Japanese Antique Meiji Metalwork
Materials
Bronze
Large Pair of Japanese Cloisonne Enamel Vases Attributed to Honda Yasaburo
Located in New York, NY
A large pair of Japanese Cloisonne Enamel vases attributed to Honda Yasaburo, 19th century.
Finley decorated with the rich enamel colors of orange and green, these vases are desig...
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19th Century Japanese Antique Meiji Metalwork
Materials
Copper, Enamel
Pair Large Meiji Japanese Patinated Bronze Vases
Located in New York, NY
Pair of fine Meiji period Japanese patinated bronze vases distinguished by their stylized elephant form handles, cartouches depicting exotic birds and dragon encircling the base. 22...
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Late 19th Century Japanese Antique Meiji Metalwork
Materials
Bronze
Ota Jinnoei 1890 Imperial Meiji Period Pair of Cloisonne Cabinet Vases
By Ota Jinnoei
Located in Miami, FL
Pair of cloisonne vases designed by Ota Jinnoei.
Beautiful pair of small cabinet vases, created in Japan circa 1890, during the meiji Imperial period (1868-1912). These vases has ...
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1890s Japanese Antique Meiji Metalwork
Materials
Silver, Bronze, Enamel
Very Fine Quality Large Japanese Meiji Bronze Censer with Coy fish
Located in New York, NY
Finely cast and tall (64 inch) antique bronze Japanese censor with Coy Fish motif surmounted by an eagle.
Category
Late 19th Century Japanese Antique Meiji Metalwork
Materials
Bronze
Large Japanese Meiji Period Open Bronze Censor
Located in Hudson, NY
This cast bronze censor is from Japan and was made circa 1880. Raised up on three legs which issue from demons mouths the container is cast with reliefs ...
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Late 19th Century Japanese Antique Meiji Metalwork
Materials
Bronze
Pair Antique Edo/Meiji 19th c Vases Bronze Japanese Heavy elephant ears
Located in Amsterdam, Noord Holland
Nicely made and carved pair of Bronze vases.
Condition
just some ware and some small scratches/dents. As pictures Size: 16CM high
Period
19th century
Category
19th Century Japanese Antique Meiji Metalwork
Materials
Porcelain
Large Pair of Fine Quality Japanese Meiji Mixed Metal Vases - Antique, c.1910
Located in Wisbech, Cambridgeshire
Antique Large Pair of Japanese Bronze Mixed Metal Vases - Exquisite Meiji Period Artist Pieces!
These stunning Japanese bronze mixed metal vases, dating back to the Meiji Period cir...
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1910s Japanese Vintage Meiji Metalwork
Materials
Bronze
Antique Signed Japanese Meiji Period Mixed Metals Bronze Double Gourd Form Vase
Located in Philadelphia, PA
A fine antique Japanese bronze vase.
From the Meiji Period.
With copper and silver floral and vine and butterfly inlay as well a kanji symbol to the neck (possibly a stylized f...
Category
Early 20th Century Japanese Meiji Metalwork
Materials
Silver, Copper, Bronze
Japanese Meiji Period Sterling Silver 2 Handled Basket by Katsu Miyamoto
Located in Dallas, TX
PRESENTING a GORGEOUS, VERY HIGH QUALITY and EXTREMELY RARE piece of Japanese Meiji Period Sterling Silver 2 Handled Basket by Katsu Miyamoto.
EXQUISITE, EXCEPTIONAL, RARE & IMPORTANT!
This is definitely a Meiji Period piece due to the fact that it is marked with the sterling silver mark “jungin”.
The Meiji period was from 1868 to 1912 and in 1928 a law was introduced in Japan compelling the use of decimal marks for silver.
This pre-dates that decimalization law.
We are of the opinion that it is from circa 1900.
Miyamoto Shoko was founded in 1880 as the first silverware specialty shop. In 1899, Miyamoto Shoko’s silverwares were ordered by the family members of the Emperor of Japan, and to this day, they are making fine and graceful handicrafts with skillful craftsmen.
Loved by numerous customers since the Meiji era, Miyamoto Shoko’s products have also been given to Princess Mako and Princess Kako of Akishino, as well as Princess Aiko Toshinomiya, on their birthdays.
Katsu Miyamoto (宮本勝), in 1880, in order to increase the sales of tobacco and cigarettes to foreigners founded the Moyamoto Shoko company, which produced different silverwares in general and particularly silver cigarette cases. Miyamoto’s first name, Katsu (勝) in some sources is written as “Masaru”, since 勝 kanji can be pronounced in both ways.
This basket is of the HIGHEST QUALITY imaginable!
The top of the basket has the MOST GORGEOUS repousse work of flowers, probably lotus flowers, with leaves and foliage. It has an underlying chevron effect chasing, reflecting parquetry.
The 2 handles are cast in the form of bamboo handles.
The rim of the top likewise is cast as bamboo.
The base is equally stunning in a different way!
It is chased with a chevron effect, like parquetry flooring and the four feet simulate pieces of sliced bamboo with an interlinking gallery of support columns, likewise, simulating bamboo.
The QUALITY of WORKMANSHIP is OUTSTANDING!
The pieces weighs exactly 525 grams.
This piece takes my breath away!
This is one for the SERIOUS COLLECTOR of EXQUISITE AND RARE Japanese silver. You will not find another like it, for sale ANYWHERE ELSE IN THE WORLD …… I know as I have searched!
Provenance: Acquired from a Dallas Private Collector.
Dimensions: 9.6 inches wide, 7.6 inches deep and 2.75 inches tall ( 7.25 inches tall with handles up)
Condition: Very good. It looks like the base 4 legged gallery, has been repaired/re-attached to the base, but otherwise it is excellent and of Museum quality.
The Meiji period (明治時代 Meiji-jidai?), also known as the Meiji era, is a Japanese era which extended from October 23, 1868 through July 30, 1912.[1] This period represents the first half of the Empire of Japan during which Japanese society moved from being an isolated feudal society to its modern form. Fundamental changes affected its social structure, internal politics, economy, military, and foreign relations. The period corresponded with the reign of Emperor Meiji after 1868, and lasted until his death in 1912. It was succeeded by the Taishō period upon the accession of Emperor Taishō to the throne.
Solid silver pieces...
Category
Early 20th Century Japanese Meiji Metalwork
Materials
Sterling Silver
Meiji Period Bronze Sculpture of a Mother and Son by Atsuyoshi
Located in Lymington, Hampshire
A Meiji period bronze sculpture of a mother and son by Atsuyoshi, she is shown seated on a gnarled rootwood base, with her arm round a crying boy standing by her knee and offering her breast, wearing a short robe, trousers and a cloth incised with Mount Fuji around her head, and bare feet. Signed Atsuyoshi saku, Maruki Shachu seisaku (??????????? (??????????). Japanese, circa 1880.
Footnote: Atsuyoshi is known for a number of finely modelled bronze studies of both wild and domesticated animals, almost all of them made for the Tokyo based Maruki Company. This is therefore an unusual subject matter for him and Japanese bronzes in general , however Oliver Impey and Joyce Seaman, in ‘Japanese Decorative Arts of the Meiji Period’ (in the Ashmolean Museum Collections), pp. 68-69, include a bronze group of a woman who has just finished breast feeding...
Category
1880s Japanese Antique Meiji Metalwork
Materials
Bronze
Antique Japanese bronze incense burner, in the form of a bird
Located in Point Richmond, CA
Antique Japanese bronze incense burner, in the form of a bird perched on one foot on a tall rocky outcropping, the bird’s head l...
Category
Late 19th Century Japanese Antique Meiji Metalwork
Materials
Bronze
Pair Japanese Cloisonne Dragon and Phoenix Jardinieres, Meiji Period
Located in Austin, TX
A lovely pair of Japanese chakinseki, tea dust, cloisonne jardinieres, Meiji Period, circa 1900, Japan.
The jardinieres each with a squat globular body, short neck, and wide, everted mouth. The bodies decorated wide lappets of mottled puce featuring alternating dragons and phoenixes...
Category
Early 1900s Japanese Antique Meiji Metalwork
Materials
Copper, Enamel
Pair of Signed Antique Japanese Cloisonne Enamel Vases by Daikichi
Located in Philadelphia, PA
A fine pair of Japanese Meiji period cloisonne enamel vases.
By the Ohta Cloisonne workshop of Aichi Prefecture, Japan. T...
Category
20th Century Japanese Meiji Metalwork
Materials
Enamel
Japanese Bronze Usubata Ikebana Vase with Inlay
Located in San Francisco, CA
An antique Japanese Meiji period bronze usubata ikebana vase with gold inlay, crafted in two sections.
Signed on the bottom.
Excellent condition.
Japan, late 19th-early 20th century
Category
Late 19th Century Japanese Antique Meiji Metalwork
Materials
Bronze
Rare Antique Japanese Bronze Kiln Furnace
Located in Rochester, NY
Antique Japanese large pagoda form bronze kiln furnace for melting metal w/ the original ceramic insert ( signed at two places at top of insert in Japanese writing ) An incredibly be...
Category
19th Century Japanese Antique Meiji Metalwork
Materials
Bronze, Iron, Metal
Exquisite Japanese Copper Tiger On Carved Wood Stand
Located in Bridgeport, CT
A very fine Japanese cast Copper Tiger in a rich deep brown patina in defensive pose with open snarling mouth and rampant tail. Details include yellow glass eye (one missing), fine S...
Category
20th Century Asian Meiji Metalwork
Materials
Copper
Bronze okimono sculpture of a huge cicada lying on a bamboo segment
Located in PARIS, FR
Huge bronze sculpture in the form of a cicada standing on a bamboo segement. This type of sculpture of small dimensions with a flat base is generally used by calligraphs to maintain ...
Category
Late 20th Century Japanese Meiji Metalwork
Materials
Bronze
Japanese Meiji Champleve and Bronze Urn
Located in Dallas, TX
Presenting a gorgeous Japanese Meiji Champleve and bronze urn.
Made in Japan during the Meiji Period circa 1880.
The body of ...
Category
Late 19th Century Japanese Antique Meiji Metalwork
Materials
Bronze, Enamel
Japanese Meiji Articulated Bronze Crab
Located in Essex, MA
Dark copper toned patina, wonderfully articulated. Purchased in London by previous owner.
Category
1870s Japanese Antique Meiji Metalwork
Materials
Bronze
Antique Edo Japanese Cloisonne Geometric Design Box
Located in New York, NY
An antique Japanese brass enamel ceremonial food container with a cover adorned with a pointed finial. Characterized by cloisonne floral designs...
Category
Late 19th Century Japanese Antique Meiji Metalwork
Materials
Brass, Enamel
Large Pair of Fine Quality Japanese Bronze Vases Dated 1903 Meiji Period Antique
Located in Wisbech, Cambridgeshire
Antique Very Large Pair of Japanese Bronze Vases - Exquisite Meiji Period Presentation Pieces!
These magnificent Japanese bronze vases, dating back to the Meiji Period and dated 190...
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Early 1900s Japanese Antique Meiji Metalwork
Materials
Bronze
Japanese Meiji Period Cloisonne Bowl
Located in Hamilton, Ontario
Japanese Meiji period cloisonne bowl.
Category
19th Century Japanese Antique Meiji Metalwork
Meiji Period Japanese Bronze Vase with Grasses and Quail Design
Located in Hudson, NY
Meiji Japanese bronze vase with grasses and Quail design, Meiji period (1868-1912) bronze vase with elaborate raised design of wild grasses,...
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Late 19th Century Japanese Antique Meiji Metalwork
Materials
Bronze
Bronze okimono sculpture of an hare lying down
Located in PARIS, FR
Bronze sculpture with a brown patina that represents a hare lying down with an arched back. Its head and several other details are treated with great realism, from the texture of its...
Category
Late 19th Century Japanese Antique Meiji Metalwork
Materials
Bronze
Pair of Black Bronze Japanese Candleholders Incense Burner
Located in North Hollywood, CA
Pair of black cast bronze Japanese candleholders censer.
Oriental antique late 19th century Meiji period Japanese heavy black bronze candlesticks...
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Late 19th Century Japanese Antique Meiji Metalwork
Materials
Bronze
JAPAN 1890-1900 Meiji Period Decorative Six-sided Vase In Cloisonné Enamel
Located in Miami, FL
Japanese vase from the Meiji Period (1868-1912).
This is a beautiful antique decorative vase created in the imperial Japan during the Meiji period (1868-1912), circa 1890s. It was c...
Category
1890s Japanese Antique Meiji Metalwork
Materials
Gold, Bronze, Enamel
Japanese Meiji Articulated Bronze Crab
Located in Essex, MA
Darker brown patina with fully articulated body. Purchased in London by previous owner.
Category
1870s Japanese Antique Meiji Metalwork
Materials
Bronze
Antique Very Large Pair of Japanese Bronze Vases Meiji Period
Located in Wisbech, Cambridgeshire
Antique very large pair of fine quality Japanese bronze vases C1910 Meiji Period.
Would look amazing in the right location. Rare large size and design.
Overall maximum dimensi...
Category
1910s Japanese Vintage Meiji Metalwork
Materials
Bronze
Japanese okimono sculpture of a lying puppy with its head facing its rear
Located in PARIS, FR
Bronze okimono sculpture with a deep brown patina, of a lying puppy, probably of shiba inu breed, represented with its head facing its rear. This kind of subject is common in traditi...
Category
Late 19th Century Japanese Antique Meiji Metalwork
Materials
Bronze
Pair of 19th Century Japanese Bronze Vases
Located in Dallas, TX
A pair of Japanese bronze vases depicting scenes with different birds.
These would make a wonderful pair of lamps.
Category
Early 20th Century Japanese Meiji Metalwork
Antique Japanese Meiji Bronze Tray with Dragon Motif and Bamboo-Style Edges
Located in Kastrup, DK
Bronze Tray from the Meiji Period (1868-1912), Japan.
A high-quality bronze tray featuring a finely detailed relief dragon motif in the center, expertly patinated in silvery and lig...
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Late 19th Century Japanese Antique Meiji Metalwork
Materials
Bronze
Japanese Tiny bronze frog
Located in PARIS, FR
Adorable tiny bronze frog in cast bronze with a splendid brownish patina, almost
orange, lying on its rear legs, ready to jump. The casting of this bronze was very well
conducted, ...
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Late 19th Century Japanese Antique Meiji Metalwork
Materials
Bronze
Japanese Meji Period Mixed Metal Plaque Attb. to Suzuki Chokichi 'Kaka'
Located in New York, NY
A large, fine quality, and world class Japanese Meiji period mixed metal plaque with Shakudo-inlay, silver-inlay, gold-inlay, copper-inlay, and patina, attributed to the famous Suzuki Chokichi...
Category
19th Century Japanese Antique Meiji Metalwork
Materials
Metal, Gold, Silver, Copper
Japanese Bronze sculpture representing a puppy lying down
Located in PARIS, FR
Bronze okimono sculpture with a deep brown patina, representing a lying puppy, probably of shiba inu breed. This kind of subject is common in traditional Nippon sculptures, this spec...
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Late 19th Century Japanese Antique Meiji Metalwork
Materials
Bronze
Articulated iron sculpture or Jizai (articulated) in the form of a butterfly
Located in PARIS, FR
Fine iron jizai of an articulated butterfly with fascinating openwork on its wings.
The butterfly (choho) in Japan is perceived as "the soul of the living and the dead", the spirits ...
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Late 19th Century Japanese Antique Meiji Metalwork
Materials
Bronze
Bronze sculpture of two cicadas on a bamboo, used by calligraphs to hold paper
Located in PARIS, FR
Two cicadas in bronze facing each other on a bamboo segment
One is an adult while the other is at the nymph phase. Three foundry stamps, one underneath and one alongside each insect...
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Late 19th Century Japanese Antique Meiji Metalwork
Materials
Bronze
Japanese bronze sculpture of a ginseng root, ganodermas mushrooms growing on it
Located in PARIS, FR
Bronze sculpture representing a group of genoderma mushrooms developing on the long stem of a Ginseng root that is standing on two kakis. Logically this root would be Panax ginseng, ...
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Late 19th Century Japanese Antique Meiji Metalwork
Materials
Bronze
A Very Fine Miniature Japanese Mixed Metal Bronze Bottle Vase, Meiji Period
Located in Ottawa, Ontario
The finely proportioned ovoid shaped body rising to an elongated slender neck with a flaring rim, decorated with motifs of waterfowl standing in a grassy marsh with silvered bodies, ...
Category
Late 19th Century Japanese Antique Meiji Metalwork
Materials
Gold, Silver, Bronze, Copper
Large Meiji Period Cloisonne Enamel Koro
Located in London, GB
Large Meiji Period Cloisonne Enamel Koro
Japanese, late 19th Century
Height 88cm, width 76cm, depth 53cm
This superb cloisonne enamel koro was made during...
Category
Late 19th Century Japanese Antique Meiji Metalwork
Materials
Bronze, Enamel
Pair of japanese bronze vase imitating hay and decorated with a grass hopper
Located in PARIS, FR
Detailed pair of vases in bronze of baluster form, textured to represent straws of hay, bound together by three knots that divide each vase in three, just under le second ring, a well detailed grasshopper is detached from the rest of the composition.
Insects (mushi) occupy an important place in Japanese culture. Hunting for insects is a popular pastime, especially among children. Using plastic nets and cages, they catch cicadas and beetles to observe them.
Between 1830 and 1832, Hokusai composed an untitled series of ten large horizontal prints...
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Late 19th Century Japanese Antique Meiji Metalwork
Materials
Bronze
A Pair of Patinated Bronze Meiji Period Figural Tall Vases
Located in Lambertville, NJ
A Pair of patinated bronze figurative tall Meiji Period garniture vases, the original bark brown patination with very detailed surface and handles. 19 inches tall
Category
1870s Japanese Antique Meiji Metalwork
Materials
Bronze
Japanese Mixed Metal Finely Executed Decorative Plate of Monkey Picking Fruit
Located in Sarasota, FL
Meiji Period Japanese mixed metal platter depicting monkey gathering fruit for finely dressed gentlemen. Fine detail and execution of inlay.
Category
Early 19th Century Japanese Antique Meiji Metalwork
Materials
Metal
Large Rare Antique Japanese Cloisonne Enamel Plate
Located in New York, NY
A large rare antique, Meiji era, Japanese enamel over copper plate or charger. The interior of the plate is made in a symmetrical design, adorned with polychrome enamel medallions fe...
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Late 18th Century Japanese Antique Meiji Metalwork
Materials
Copper, Enamel
Japanese Bronze sculpture of a standing Mouse holding an Hazelnut
Located in PARIS, FR
It is a very convincing bronze sculpture of a mouse with a light brown patina, represented with an astonishing set of detail on its eyes, nose and fur. She is seated on her rear paws...
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Late 19th Century Japanese Antique Meiji Metalwork
Materials
Bronze
A pair of Meiji period bronze vases
Located in Lymington, Hampshire
A pair of Meiji period bronze vases, decorated in high relief, one with a pheasant perched on a branch of prunus blossom and the other with two carp swimming under a bough of wisteri...
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Early 1800s Japanese Antique Meiji Metalwork
Materials
Bronze
Large Patinated Bronze Japanese Koro Incense Burner
Located in London, GB
Large patinated bronze Japanese koro incense burner
Japanese, late 19th Century
Dimensions: Height 221cm, width 97cm, depth 57cm
This monumental koro...
Category
Late 19th Century Japanese Antique Meiji Metalwork
Materials
Bronze
Yellow Bronze Lamp with Inlay Red Bronze and Silver, Japanese Meiji Period 1890
Located in San Francisco, CA
A solid yellow bronze with inlaid red bronze and silver vase converted to a lamp. The body of the vase would have originally had a dark green p...
Category
Late 19th Century Japanese Antique Meiji Metalwork
Materials
Silver, Bronze
Signed Ando Jubei Green Wireless Cloisonné Vase 8.5"
By Ando Jubei
Located in Somis, CA
An exquisite Ando Jubei wireless cloisonné vase. In his signature green enamel, portraying an intricate arabesque design of a blooming clematis vine under the glaze. On Musen-jippo b...
Category
20th Century Japanese Meiji Metalwork
Materials
Metal, Enamel
Japanese Bronze sculpture of a Mouse holding a korn knob
Located in PARIS, FR
An interesting bronze sculpture of a seated mouse holding a small corn knob. Realistic treatment of the fur, eyes, hears nose and mouth, its tail is curving on the left side of the s...
Category
Late 19th Century Japanese Antique Meiji Metalwork
Materials
Bronze
Meiji metalwork for sale on 1stDibs.
Find a broad range of unique Meiji metalwork for sale on 1stDibs. Many of these items were first offered in the Mid-20th Century, but contemporary artisans have continued to produce works inspired by this style. If you’re looking to add vintage metalwork created in this style to your space, the works available on 1stDibs include asian art and furniture, decorative objects, serveware, ceramics, silver and glass and other home furnishings, frequently crafted with metal, bronze and other materials. If you’re shopping for used Meiji metalwork made in a specific country, there are Asia, East Asia, and Japan pieces for sale on 1stDibs. While there are many designers and brands associated with original metalwork, popular names associated with this style include Ando Jubei, Eisuke Miyao, Hayashi Kodenji Studio, and Inaba Cloisonne Co.. It’s true that these talented designers have at times inspired knockoffs, but our experienced specialists have partnered with only top vetted sellers to offer authentic pieces that come with a buyer protection guarantee. Prices for metalwork differ depending upon multiple factors, including designer, materials, construction methods, condition and provenance. On 1stDibs, the price for these items starts at $200 and tops out at $113,520 while the average work can sell for $4,200.