Edo Decorative Objects
EDO STYLE
Edo furniture was created during a flourishing time for the decorative arts owing to the stability of the Tokugawa shogunate rule in Japan. Spanning from 1603 to 1867, this era of peace and economic growth supported artistic advancements in lacquer, woodblock printing, porcelain and other artisanal trades. Because the country was largely isolated, there was little outside influence, leading to centuries of exceptional attention to the design of its furnishings and the quality of its traditional arts.
Unlike during the Meiji period that followed, with an increase in domestic and international markets, furniture during the Edo period was predominately commissioned by the ruling class, although people from across social groups benefited from the burgeoning metropolitan hubs for artisanal trades. For instance, Kyoto became a major center for lacquer art. Most furniture pieces were made from wood such as cedar or ash, including the era’s sashimono cabinets, which involved fine joinery and were rooted in the Heian period.
Sashimono cabinets, which were built by master craftsmen in a range of different wood types owing to the various trees that populate Japan, occasionally featured a stack of slender drawers as well as sliding doors. They were popular with everyone from samurai to kabuki actors. Tansu storage chests crafted from wood with metal fittings were also common in Edo-period homes. Some were designed to be easily portable while others were made to double as staircases.
Painted folding screens, called byōbu, were also fashionable, with Japanese artists inspired by nature, literature and scenes of history and daily life to create vivid works. In Buddhist temples and the palatial homes of the aristocratic class, fusuma, or large sliding panels, would sometimes be adorned with gold or silver leaf. These dividers allowed interiors to change throughout the day, closing in small spaces for personal use or reflecting candlelight to illuminate communal spaces after dark.
Find a collection of Edo tables, lighting, decorative objects, wall decorations and more furniture on 1stDibs.
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Style: Edo
Japanese Black Lacquer Jubako Box with Stork Motif
Located in Stamford, CT
A four-tier Japanese Meiji period black lacquer Jubako box with stork and fir tree decoration. Box in four sections with lid.
Category
Late 19th Century Japanese Antique Edo Decorative Objects
Materials
Lacquer
Wooden figure of Kannon 觀音, Japan, Edo period, 1st half 19th Century
Located in Greding, DE
Carved and colourfully painted wooden figure of the Japanese Buddhist deity Kannon with a height of 49 cm (height with base: 56.5 cm). Kannon 觀音 (‘perceiving the prayers of the world...
Category
Early 19th Century Japanese Antique Edo Decorative Objects
Materials
Wood
Antique Ko-Imari Edo Period Japanese Porcelain Dish, 17th C
Located in Amsterdam, Noord Holland
A very nice blue and white dish of moulded shape. Unusual painting.
Early Edo period.
Dating to 1680-1700
Reference: CJA Jorg - Fine and Curious
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17th Century Japanese Antique Edo Decorative Objects
Materials
Porcelain
$632 Sale Price
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Set of Antique Japanese Edo Arita Bowls Porcelain Vases Ormulu Mounted, 1680
Located in Amsterdam, Noord Holland
A nice and beautiful example of A pair of Japanese Arita bowls Mounted or Oromulu-mounted. The bowl has a fantastic decoration. Edo 17th century
Additional information:
Material: Po...
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17th Century Japanese Antique Edo Decorative Objects
Materials
Porcelain
$2,716 Sale Price / set
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Antique Japanese Porcelain Edo Period Dish Floral Flowers Imari, 18th Century
Located in Amsterdam, Noord Holland
Porcelain decorated with Imari palette in Japan, Saucer dish.
Additional information:
Material: Porcelain & Pottery
Decoration Type / Colour: Imari
Region of Origin: Japan
Period: 1...
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18th Century Japanese Antique Edo Decorative Objects
Materials
Porcelain
$88 Sale Price
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Antique Edo Period Japanese Porcelain Plate Kakiemon Style, ca 1800
Located in Amsterdam, Noord Holland
Sharing with you this very nice edo period, early 19th c, example. The rim beautifully painted, quite unusual.
Unmarked at base
Arita ware, also known as Arita-yaki, has its origin...
Category
18th Century Japanese Antique Edo Decorative Objects
Materials
Porcelain
Japanese Contemporary Gilded Porcelain Kabuto Helmet
Located in Takarazuka, JP
Unique Japanese contemporary decorative porcelain "kabuto" or helmet, hand painted in gold, red and blue colors. Kabuto dates back to 6th century. I...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Japanese Edo Decorative Objects
Materials
Gold
Antique Edo Period Japanese Porcelain Large Dish Fan Decoration, Ca 1700
Located in Amsterdam, Noord Holland
Sharing with you this very nice edo period, 1666/1680, example. A rare version with Fan in the border
Unmarked
Additional information:
Material: Porcelain & Pottery
Region of Origin...
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17th Century Japanese Antique Edo Decorative Objects
Materials
Porcelain
$632 Sale Price
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Antique Desk Drawer, Japanese Ebonised Pine Desktop Folio, Victorian, Edo Period
Located in Hele, Devon, GB
This is an antique desk drawer. A Japanese, ebonised pine desktop folio, dating to the early Victorian period, circa 1850.
Attractive desk tidy with appealing hand-finished charm
Displays a desirable aged patina and in good order
Ebonised pine frame presents dark tonality
Accentuated to the top with a saffron yellow hatched border
Hand-painted Japanese motif adds a flourish to the front and sides
Useful drawer dressed with a small brass pull for ease of opening
Light crimson interior with remnants of a decorative lining
Later faux crocodile dressing to the top surface and base
This is a charming antique desk...
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Mid-19th Century Japanese Antique Edo Decorative Objects
Materials
Pine
Edo Period Bizen Vase
Located in Hudson, NY
Edo period Bizen vase, late Edo period (mid-19th century) ceramic vase from Bizen, one of the six ancient kilns in Japan. Unusual undulating rim, with tradi...
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Mid-19th Century Japanese Antique Edo Decorative Objects
Materials
Ceramic
$8,500
Exceptional Antique 19th c Japanese or Chinese Porcelain Vase with figures
Located in Amsterdam, Noord Holland
Lovely and beautifully made piece with different kind of motiffs, dragons, flaming pearl
Condition
some usual ware and traces of use. Could do with a cleaning. Size: 38x24.5CM Diame...
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19th Century Japanese Antique Edo Decorative Objects
Materials
Porcelain
$12,245 Sale Price
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Japanese Gilt Tabako-Bon with Mountain Landscape, c. 1850
Located in Chicago, IL
This lacquered box is a Japanese tabako-bon, or 'tobacco tray,' used to store tobacco and smoking accessories. Believed to have evolved from the tradition...
Category
Early 20th Century Japanese Edo Decorative Objects
Materials
Copper
Vintage Japanese Kakiemon Charger Figures Foo Lion Flowers Figures, 20th Century
Located in Amsterdam, Noord Holland
Vintage Japanese 20th c Kakiemon Charger Figures Foo Lion Flowers Figures.
Additional information:
Material: Porcelain & Pottery
Region of Origin: Japan
Japanese Style: Kakiemon
Per...
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20th Century Japanese Edo Decorative Objects
Materials
Porcelain
Korean Gohon Chawan Tea Bowl for Japanese Market Joseon Dynasty
Located in Atlanta, GA
A ceramic chawan (tea bowl) circa 17-18th century fired in the Busan kiln in Korean specifically for the Japanese market. The kilns were run by the So c...
Category
17th Century Japanese Antique Edo Decorative Objects
Materials
Ceramic
Japanese Red Lacquer Negoro Hibachi with Rabbits, Edo Period, c. 1850
Located in Chicago, IL
With monumental scale and beautiful, hand-carved details, this remarkable red lacquer hibachi is a true work of art. Designed to hold glowing embers, hibachi vessels such as this were used for cooking or as a source of heat in Japanese homes. Placed under a low wood kotatsu table...
Category
Mid-19th Century Japanese Antique Edo Decorative Objects
Materials
Metal, Bronze, Copper
Set of 5 Antique Japanese Porcelain Teabowls with Flowers & Base Mark
Located in Amsterdam, Noord Holland
Sharing this very nice edo or Meiji period, set of tea bowls in Ming style
Marked at base
Arita ware, also known as Arita-yaki, has its origins in 1616, when a Korean farmer, Yi Sa...
Category
18th Century Japanese Antique Edo Decorative Objects
Materials
Porcelain
Antique Ko-Kutani Edo Period Japanese Porcelain Dish Arita, 1650-1670
Located in Amsterdam, Noord Holland
A very nice leaf shaped Celadon dish of moulded shape. with nice blue color also in one corner. Unusual shape and painting.
Early Edo period.
Additional information:
Material: Porc...
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17th Century Asian Antique Edo Decorative Objects
Materials
Porcelain
$1,719 Sale Price
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Set of 2 Antique Japanese Porcelain Tea Dishes Floral with Hangers, c. 1700
Located in Amsterdam, Noord Holland
Porcelain decorated in underglaze cobalt blue and overglaze red.
Edo , c. 1700.
Tea Bowl and dish.
Additional information:
Material: Porcelain & Pottery
Region of Origin: Japan
Pe...
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17th Century Japanese Antique Edo Decorative Objects
Materials
Porcelain
Antique 1670-1680 Japanese Nangawara Kakiemon Dish with Pine and rock Flowers
Located in Amsterdam, Noord Holland
Very happy with this new arrival.
Lobed Arita kakiemon deep dish of unusual shape and design. Possibly a base of a tureen?
Period; ca 1680
Condition
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17th Century Chinese Antique Edo Decorative Objects
Materials
Porcelain
$3,088 Sale Price
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Antique Ko-Imari Edo Period Japanese Porcelain Dish Arita Landscape, 17th C.
Located in Amsterdam, Noord Holland
Antique Ko-Imari Edo Period 17th Century Japanese Porcelain Dish Arita Landscape.
A very nice blue and white dish of moulded shape. Unusual painting.
Early Edo period.
Dating to ...
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17th Century Japanese Antique Edo Decorative Objects
Materials
Porcelain
$895 Sale Price
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Antique Ko-Kutani Edo Period Japanese Dish, Japan, Ca 1640-1660
Located in Amsterdam, Noord Holland
Ko-Kutani – A very nice shaped polychrome dish. Unusual shape and painting.
Early Edo period. Storage box included.
Additional information:
Material: Porcelain & Pottery
Region of O...
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17th Century Japanese Antique Edo Decorative Objects
Materials
Porcelain
$2,218 Sale Price
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Antique 17th Century Japanese Porcelain Garniture Vases Blood and Milk Edo Pe
Located in Amsterdam, Noord Holland
Sharing with you this amazing set for decorating your home. Interesting and beautifully made.
3 porcelain Arita baluster vases with covers. All decorated with with a nice floral dec...
Category
17th Century Chinese Antique Edo Decorative Objects
Materials
Porcelain
$3,470 Sale Price
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Monk Head Bamboo and Glass Sculpture, Japan 19th Century, Edo Period
Located in PARIS, FR
Superb bamboo sculpture with glass eyes of a Japanese monk. Japan, 19th century, Edo period.
In good condition. Slight wear and small dent seen in photos.
Dimensions in cm (H x L x...
Category
Early 19th Century Antique Edo Decorative Objects
Materials
Bamboo, Glass
Netsuke Japanese Dog Eating Skull Sculpture, 20th Century
Located in Amsterdam, Noord Holland
Brutal piece. Signed. 20th century
Provenance: From the collection of Clemens Merkelbach van Enkhuizen, A well known Dutch painter and artist from Amsterdam.
Merkelbach van Enkhuiz...
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20th Century Edo Decorative Objects
Materials
Porcelain
$678 Sale Price
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Antique Japanese Porcelain Edo Period Tea Bowl Floral Bird Imari, c. 1700
Located in Amsterdam, Noord Holland
Porcelain decorated in underglaze cobalt blue and overglaze red. This is a marriage, a combination between 2 sets.
Edo , c. 1700
Tea Bowl and dish.
Additional information:
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17th Century Japanese Antique Edo Decorative Objects
Materials
Porcelain
$269 Sale Price
20% Off
Set of 3 Antique Japanese Porcelain Garniture Vases Blood & Milk, 17th Century
Located in Amsterdam, Noord Holland
Sharing this amazing set for decorating your home. Interesting and beautifully made.
3 porcelain Arita baluster vases with covers. All decorated with with a nice floral decoration i...
Category
17th Century Japanese Antique Edo Decorative Objects
Materials
Porcelain
$2,716 Sale Price / set
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Shigaraki Tsubo Stoneware Ceramic Vessel
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Japanese ceramic vessel from Shiga, Japan. This piece gains its unique glaze and irregularities from the firing process in which wood is added...
Category
18th Century Japanese Antique Edo Decorative Objects
Materials
Ceramic
Antique Ko-Kutani Style Bakumatsu Edo Period Japanese Dish Arita, 19th Century
Located in Amsterdam, Noord Holland
A very nice shaped polychrome dish of moulded shape. Unusual shape and painting. With overglaze blue and underglaze blue. Molded heightened decoration with relief. Absolute top quali...
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17th Century Japanese Antique Edo Decorative Objects
Materials
Porcelain
$3,985 Sale Price
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Japanese Contemporary Blue Gold Pink Porcelain Charger by Master Artist
Located in Takarazuka, JP
Chrysanthemum, peony, bamboo, plum, phoenix, crane, arabesque pattern
Extraordinary contemporary Japanese Ko-Imari style large decorative porcelain charger, hand painted in gold, ...
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21st Century and Contemporary Japanese Edo Decorative Objects
Materials
Porcelain
Porcelain Charger in Gold Red Blue by Japanese Contemporary Master Artist
Located in Takarazuka, JP
Gilded and dimpled Japanese decorative porcelain charger intricately hand painted, showcasing a dramatic breathtaking phoenix in deep blue extending its beautiful long wings to cover...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Japanese Edo Decorative Objects
Materials
Gold
Antique Japanese Porcelain Edo Period Bowl with landscape, Japan, ca 1800
Located in Amsterdam, Noord Holland
Antique Edo Period Bowl With landscape Japan ca 1800 Japanese Porcelain.
Additional information:
Material: Porcelain & Pottery
Region of Origin: Japan...
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19th Century Japanese Antique Edo Decorative Objects
Materials
Porcelain
$269 Sale Price
20% Off
Antique Ko-Imari Edo Period Japanese Porcelain Dish Arita, 17th Century
Located in Amsterdam, Noord Holland
A very nice blue and white dish of round shape. Unusual painting.
Early Edo period.
Dating to 1660-1680
Similar objects in Shibata collection
Chenghua marked
Additional informati...
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17th Century Japanese Antique Edo Decorative Objects
Materials
Porcelain
$1,176 Sale Price
20% Off
Japanese Blue Gold Cream Porcelain Charger by Contemporary Master Artist
Located in Takarazuka, JP
Exquisite contemporary Japanese Ko-Imari style large decorative porcelain charger, hand painted in gold, blue, cream and red, a signed masterpiece by widely acclaimed award-winning m...
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21st Century and Contemporary Japanese Edo Decorative Objects
Materials
Porcelain
Green Porcelain Vase by Contemporary Japanese Master Artist
Located in Takarazuka, JP
Contemporary decorative Porcelain vase, intricately hand painted in green on an attractive shape body, a signed work by highly acclaimed master porcelain artist of the Imari-Arita re...
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21st Century and Contemporary Japanese Edo Decorative Objects
Materials
Porcelain
Antique Japanese Arita Kakiemon Style Plate with Flowers Shibata, 1670-1700
Located in Amsterdam, Noord Holland
A Kakiemon dish
Edo Period (late 17th century)
Color bursting from it
Period; 1670- 1700
Provenance: From the collection of Phillip Allen (1938-2022)
Phillip Allen was a much-loved...
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17th Century Japanese Antique Edo Decorative Objects
Materials
Porcelain
$2,073 Sale Price
20% Off
Antique Ko-Kutani Edo Period Japanese Dish, Japan, Ca 1640-1660
Located in Amsterdam, Noord Holland
A very nice shaped polychrome dish. Unusual shape and painting. With overglaze blue. Absolute top quality. Marked at base.
Early Edo period.
Additional information:
Material: Porcel...
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17th Century Japanese Antique Edo Decorative Objects
Materials
Porcelain
$3,305 Sale Price
20% Off
Antique Edo Kakiemon Style Porcelain Bowl with Reticulated Corners, 18th Century
Located in Amsterdam, Noord Holland
Sharing with you this beautiful Bowl. Arita early 18th century.
Underglaze blue and overglaze red
Additional information:
Material: Porcelain & Pottery
Region of Origin: Japan
Peri...
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18th Century Japanese Antique Edo Decorative Objects
Materials
Porcelain
$1,357 Sale Price
24% Off
Antique Edo Period Japanese Porcelain Kakiemon Bowl with Deers, 17/18th Century
Located in Amsterdam, Noord Holland
Nice kakiemon-style bowl with storage box. The bowl has a nice moulded rim, anhua decoration in the wall and a nice scene of Deer in movement.
Additional information:
Material: Porc...
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17th Century Japanese Antique Edo Decorative Objects
Materials
Porcelain
$3,813 Sale Price
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Antique Chinese Vase Late Qing Dynasty or Republic Porcelain Made into a Lamp
Located in Amsterdam, Noord Holland
Top quality vase
Meiji era (1868-1912), 19th century
Interesting article about Japanese Cloisonne can be found here;
https://www.sothebys .com/en/articles/japanese-cloisonne-enamels...
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17th Century Chinese Antique Edo Decorative Objects
Materials
Porcelain
$894 Sale Price
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Antique Japanese Arita Frederik Van Frytom Style Porcelain Dish c.1700 Heart
Located in Amsterdam, Noord Holland
Sharing with you this saucer dish or pattipan of heart shape on a similar shaped footring. On the base some spur-marks. Decorated in underglaze blue with a Dutch river scene showing ...
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17th Century Chinese Antique Edo Decorative Objects
Materials
Porcelain
$2,706 Sale Price
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Japanese Ceramic Seto Tea Leaf Tsubo Jar Edo Period
Located in Atlanta, GA
A Japanese glazed ceramic jar with a lacquered wood lid circa 19th century of late Edo to early Meiji Period. The stoneware tsubo was used as a storage vessel for produce such as tea...
Category
19th Century Japanese Antique Edo Decorative Objects
Materials
Ceramic
18th Century Japanese Hand-Carved Fully Blossomed Chrysanthemum Flower Figurine
Located in North Miami, FL
18th Century Japanese hand-carved fully blossomed chrysanthemum flower figurine made of white bone with branch and leaves painted. The flower is placed inside its original glass and ...
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18th Century Japanese Antique Edo Decorative Objects
Materials
Bone
Antique Edo Period Japanese Porcelain Plate Arita Kraak Dish Ca 1680
Located in Amsterdam, Noord Holland
Sharing with you this very nice edo period, 1680-1700, example. With a central scene of a flower basket. The rim beautifully painted. The base is blank.31
Unmarked at base
Arita wa...
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17th Century Japanese Antique Edo Decorative Objects
Materials
Porcelain
$2,354 Sale Price
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Antique Japanese Porcelain Edo Period Tea Bowl Floral Bird Imari, 1700
Located in Amsterdam, Noord Holland
Porcelain decorated in underglaze cobalt blue and overglaze red. This is a marriage, a combination between 2 sets.
Edo , c. 1700
Tea Bowl and dish.
Additional information:
Materia...
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17th Century Japanese Antique Edo Decorative Objects
Materials
Porcelain
$269 Sale Price
20% Off
Antique Japanese Arita Frederik Van Frytom Style Porcelain Dish c.1700 Silver
Located in Amsterdam, Noord Holland
Sharing with you this saucer dish or pattipan of lobed shape on a lobed footring. On the base some spur-marks. Decorated in underglaze blue with a European landscape with trees, hous...
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17th Century Chinese Antique Edo Decorative Objects
Materials
Porcelain
$1,753 Sale Price
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19th Century Superior Quality Japanese Bronze Vase with Grape Vine Handles
Located in Hudson, NY
19th century superior quality Japanese bronze vase with grape vine handles. Beautifully shaped Edo period (first half of the 19th century) vase with c...
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Early 19th Century Japanese Antique Edo Decorative Objects
Materials
Bronze
A Set of Six Takatori Ware Dishes Now Mounted
Located in Stamford, CT
A set of Six Takatori Ware plates. One employing the Japanese Kintsugi technique of using gold to repair cracked ceramics. As a philosophy, kintsugi is similar to the Japanese phi...
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Early 19th Century Japanese Antique Edo Decorative Objects
Materials
Stoneware
Early 19th Century Japanese Wood Noh Mask
Located in Hudson, NY
Early 19th century Japanese wood noh mask, This mask comes in its original kiri wood storage box, which is signed and dated: Koran, 1811 (Edo period). The box...
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1810s Japanese Antique Edo Decorative Objects
Materials
Gesso, Wood
Studio Art Ceramic Vase Turquoise & Brush Stroke Bird, likely Japan, 1980s
Located in Andernach, DE
Beautiful, most likely originates in Japan: large round ceramic vase in an eggshell blue to turquoise glaze.
The general style is inspired by the marvellous brush painting style of t...
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Late 20th Century Japanese Edo Decorative Objects
Materials
Ceramic
$286 Sale Price
20% Off
Edo decorative objects for sale on 1stDibs.
Find a broad range of unique Edo decorative objects for sale on 1stDibs. Many of these items were first offered in the 21st Century and Contemporary, but contemporary artisans have continued to produce works inspired by this style. If you’re looking to add vintage decorative objects created in this style to your space, the works available on 1stDibs include decorative objects, asian art and furniture, serveware, ceramics, silver and glass and other home furnishings, frequently crafted with ceramic, wood and other materials. If you’re shopping for used Edo decorative objects 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 decorative objects, popular names associated with this style include Benin People, Imari Porcelain, and Shigaraki Valley Potters. 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 decorative objects differ depending upon multiple factors, including designer, materials, construction methods, condition and provenance. On 1stDibs, the price for these items starts at $250 and tops out at $42,057 while the average work can sell for $1,800.
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