Japonisme Decorative Objects
JAPONISME STYLE
In the late 19th and early 20th century, France developed an enduring passion for Japanese aesthetics and craftsmanship. Not only did this interpretation of Japanese culture — which became known as Japonisme — infuse fresh energy into French art and design, but it also radically transformed how Europeans, and subsequently the world, would come to understand visual culture.
Until 1853, Japan had been closely guarded against foreign visitors for over two centuries. However, American Commodore Matthew C. Perry sailed into Japan that year and initiated the first of its treaties with the United States and Europe, thereby opening its borders and giving the West its first-ever look at Japanese design.
For the next few decades, taken with Japonisme, sophisticated collectors in Paris, New York and elsewhere gorged themselves on lacquered screens, celadon ceramics and netsuke ornaments, along with artworks depicting various aspects of Japanese life. The East Asian country’s influence on Europe, particularly France, contributed to one of the most creatively prosperous periods in history, leaving an imprint on the Impressionist, Art Nouveau and Art Deco movements, and inspiring artists like Edgar Degas, Mary Cassatt, Vincent van Gogh as well as luxury houses such as Louis Vuitton and Hermès. Japonisme emerged at the time when the ornate Renaissance Revival style was the most prominent mode of decorating in Europe, and Japanese aesthetics seemed strikingly modern and elegant in comparison.
In addition to everyday practical objects from Japan, such as vases, tableware and decorative boxes, Japanese art, especially Japanese woodblock prints by masters of the ukiyo-e school, caught the eye of many artists — particularly those in the Art Nouveau poster community in 1880s Paris. The luscious organic colors associated with traditional Japanese design, motifs like cherry blossoms and carp and the vivid patterns found in woodblock prints, silks and more were adopted and appropriated by painters as well as ceramicists and those working in other fields of the decorative arts. Today, demand for Japanese lacquerware — furniture, trays, writing boxes, screens, incense burners — from the Edo period (1615–1868) and the late 19th century continues to be very strong among collectors.
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Vintage Japanese Woven Tinted Bamboo Ikebana Basket with Handle
Located in Clifton Springs, NY
Vintage Japanese bamboo Ikebana basket was made of smoked split bamboo; sculptural, fan-like patterns at the rim were created by masterful use of tightly woven canes, emerging from t...
Category
20th Century Japanese Japonisme Decorative Objects
Materials
Bamboo
Japanese Bronze Vase Early 20th Century
Located in Meer, VAN
Tall Bronze Vase, Japan, Early 20th Century.
This is a very beautiful eared vase / urn in bronze from Japan. Probably early 20th century.
From a hig...
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Early 20th Century Japanese Japonisme Decorative Objects
Materials
Bronze
Vintage Japanese Woven Bamboo Ikebana Basket with White Tint
Located in Clifton Springs, NY
Vintage Japanese bamboo Ikebana basket was made of smoked split bamboo; sculptural, fan-like patterns at the rim were created by masterful use of tightly woven canes, emerging from ...
Category
20th Century Japanese Japonisme Decorative Objects
Materials
Bamboo
Bronze Sculpture of a Koi Fish Sculpture Vase
Located in Los Angeles, CA
A Bronze Koi Fish. The beautiful fish can be used as a decorative piece, a vase, and if you're really ambitious, could make a lovely fountain.
A compliment to any space - living ro...
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20th Century Japanese Japonisme Decorative Objects
Materials
Bronze
Pair of Antique Glove Boxes, Japanese Lacquered Lidded Dishes, Victorian, C.1900
Located in Hele, Devon, GB
This is a pair of antique glove boxes. A Japanese, lacquered lidded dish, dating to the late Victorian period, circa 1900.
Delightfully decorative...
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Early 20th Century Japanese Japonisme Decorative Objects
Materials
Lacquer
Antique 19th Century Japanese Imari Porcelain Vase
Located in Pearland, TX
19th-Century Japanese Imari porcelain vase. This fine vase have a lovely shape and hand painted floral designs in the traditional Imari colors.
Category
19th Century Japanese Antique Japonisme Decorative Objects
Materials
Porcelain
Tiffany & Co. Edward C. Moore "Vines and Butterflies" Scent Bottle Chatelaine
Located in New York, NY
An exquisite blend of Western craftsmanship and Eastern symbolism, this Tiffany & Co. "Vines and Butterflies" scent bottle offers a fascinating glimpse into 19th-century design and c...
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Late 19th Century American Antique Japonisme Decorative Objects
Materials
Metal, Silver
Large Raku Fired Vessel by Fernande Beland
Located in Denton, TX
Raku fired Large Vessel by Fernande Beland of Canada Mutiple colors of gold, green, amber, charcoal.
The iridescence of the glaze is breath taking as the colors change with differen...
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20th Century Canadian Japonisme Decorative Objects
Materials
Clay
Pair of Japonisme Cloisonné Enamel Vases att. to F. Barbedienne & E. Lievre
Located in MOUGINS, FR
Very fine pair of large baluster vases in cloisonné enamel with decoration on the belly of floral Arabist motifs on a blue and gilded geometric background.
Rich gilt bronze mount o...
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Late 19th Century French Antique Japonisme Decorative Objects
Materials
Bronze
Large French Japonisme Ormolu Garniture Clock Set Attributed to Edouard Lievre
Located in New York, NY
A magnificent and finely cast palatial and very large French 19th century Japonisme three-piece ormolu garniture clock set attributed to Edouard Lievre. This striking and extremely u...
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19th Century French Antique Japonisme Decorative Objects
Materials
Bronze
Vintage Asian Porcelain Octagonal Ashtray Dish Catchall
Located in Moreno Valley, CA
Vintage Asian Japanese style dish, ashtray, catchall.
Large vintage ornamental hand painted Asian porcelain tray catchall with clipped edges.
Hand painted octagonal porcelain dish di...
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Late 20th Century Japanese Japonisme Decorative Objects
Materials
Porcelain
Vintage Brass Koi Fish Vase
Located in San Juan Capistrano, CA
What a catch! This vintage brass koi fish vase is a wonderful statement piece! It can sit vertically or horizontally depending on your preference. The metal has a beautiful patina.
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20th Century Unknown Japonisme Decorative Objects
Materials
Brass
Pair of Vintage Japanese Style Raku Running Glaze Vases
Located in Copenhagen, DK
Vintage Japanese inspired decorative raku vases designed and handmade by Danish ceramic artist in the late 20th century. Shiny coral red, mauve gray and white crackle running glaze c...
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Late 20th Century Danish Japonisme Decorative Objects
Materials
Ceramic, Clay, Pottery
Pair of Painted Cast Iron Heron Garden Sculptures - France - circa 1930s
Located in Chatham, ON
Vintage pair of cast iron 'Heron' garden sculptures - suitable for indoor/outdoor use - featuring a great aged patina with remnants of a polychrome painted finish in areas - articula...
Category
Mid-20th Century French Japonisme Decorative Objects
Materials
Iron
Antique Japanese Signed Imari Porcelain Figurine "Cat Riding a Turtle", Ca. 1890
Located in New York, NY
Antique Japanese Signed Imari Porcelain Figurine of a Cat Riding a Turtle, Ca. 1890
DIMENSIONS
Length: 15 inches
Width: 11 inches
Height: 7 inches
ABOUT...
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1890s Japanese Antique Japonisme Decorative Objects
Materials
Ceramic
Japanese Ikebana Iron Vase, Japan, 20th Century
Located in San Juan Capistrano, CA
Japanese Ikebana Iron Vase, Japan, 20th Century.
Category
20th Century Japanese Japonisme Decorative Objects
Materials
Iron
$280 Sale Price
20% Off
Fabienne Jouvin Imari Japanese Asian Porcelain Wall Plates 1990s
Located in Moreno Valley, CA
Vintage Fabienne Jouvin French designer decorative Imari Asian wall plates.
from the French Parisian designer Fabienne Jouvin the plates with irregular shapes and quite shallow with a beautiful Oriental Asian Japanese style depicting a man and woman portrait on each plate.
The portrait are period Imperial style, with Japanese kimono and hair style, vivid colors on each panel of the plate depicting different Asian traditional design motifs.
Colorful modern Asian motif decorative plates or shallow bowls made by Fabienne Jouvin Paris...
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Late 20th Century Chinese Japonisme Decorative Objects
Materials
Porcelain
Japanese Large Cloisonné Vase, Ca. 1900/1910
Located in New York, NY
Japanese Large Cloisonné Vase in Midnight Blue w/ Flowers and Birds, Ca. 1900/1910
DIMENSIONS:
Height: 46 inches
Diameter: 51.5 inches
ABOUT
This exquisite vase is a remarkable te...
Category
Early 1900s Japanese Antique Japonisme Decorative Objects
Materials
Metal
Sarreguemines Majolica Jardiniere in the Japonisme Style, 1880-1890
Located in Fort Lauderdale, FL
A gorgeous turquoise blue Majolica jardiniere made by the French manufactory Sarreguemines circa 1880-1890. The jardiniere is decorated in the eclectic Japonisme-style with beautifully hand-painted birds among pine branches, faux cloisonne...
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Late 19th Century French Antique Japonisme Decorative Objects
Materials
Faience, Majolica, Pottery
Noritake Okura Porcelain Flower Vase
By Noritake
Located in Guaynabo, PR
This a Noritake, Okura porcelain flower vase hand painted white in the background with a large gold and silver etching rose in the front and rose bud b...
Category
Early 20th Century Japanese Japonisme Decorative Objects
Materials
Porcelain
$304 Sale Price
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Tiffany Japonesque Sterling Silver Vase with Early Union Square Mark
Located in New York, NY
Japonesque sterling silver vase. Made by Tiffany & Co. in Union Square, New York. Lozenge pillar bowl on 4 scroll-mounted rectilinear volute-scroll supports. Engraved ornament: Flowe...
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1870s American Antique Japonisme Decorative Objects
Materials
Sterling Silver
Large Japonisme Moser-Type Bronze Mounted & Enameled Blue Glass Casket Box
Located in Philadelphia, PA
A large and very fine 19th century enameled glass casket or glove box.
Typical of the enamel treatments by Ludwig Moser and reminiscent of Baccarat's Japonisme works.
Likely Bohemian, the blue glass...
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Late 19th Century Czech Antique Japonisme Decorative Objects
Materials
Enamel
Vintage Solid Wood Hand -Carved Koi Fish
Located in Denton, TX
Carved solid mahogany pair of Koi fish with lightly painted accents
Massive fish 5" deep by 24" high by 24" long
Little fish is 2.5 deep x 11 wide x 9 high
Category
Mid-20th Century Asian Japonisme Decorative Objects
Materials
Wood, Paint
$800 / set
Japonisme Ormolu and Cloisonne Enamel Jardiniere by Ferdinand Barbedienne
Located in New York, NY
A dual-handled jardinière with black cloisonne ornamented with flowers, butterflies and foliage.
Origin: France, Paris
Date: Last quarter of the 19th Century
Stamped F. BARBEDI...
Category
Late 19th Century French Antique Japonisme Decorative Objects
Materials
Bronze, Enamel
Théodore Deck (1823-1891), A 19th French Japonisme Cache-Pot, circa 1875
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
Théodore Deck (1823-1891)
A 19th French Japonisme Cache-Pot, circa 1875
A Polychrome Enameled Faience Round-Shaped Cachepot and Jardinière
Hand-painted design in the Japonisme Aesth...
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1870s French Antique Japonisme Decorative Objects
Materials
Faience
Emile Galle, A Rare & Important Ormolu-Mounted Double Carp Fish Pink-Glass Vase
By Émile Gallé
Located in Queens, NY
A rare and important French "Japonsime" Emile Galle Ormolu-Mounted Double Carp Fish Pink-Glass vase, circa 1879, retailed by L'Escalier De Cristal, Paris
...
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19th Century French Antique Japonisme Decorative Objects
Materials
Enamel, Ormolu
Japanese Cloisonné Vase Ando Jubei with Storage Box
By Ando Jubei
Located in Atlanta, GA
A beautifully decorated cloisonné vase with silver rims by Ando Jubei (1876-1956), the celebrated Japanese Shippo studio. The piece is dated to late Meiji to early Showa period circa...
Category
Early 20th Century Japanese Japonisme Decorative Objects
Materials
Metal, Silver, Enamel
A Pair of Japanese Meiji Period Carved Wood Fishes, Ca. 1920
Located in New York, NY
A Pair of Japanese Meiji Period (1868-1912) Carved Wood Fishes, Ca. 1920
DIMENSIONS
Width: 8.5 inches
Depth: 4 inches
Height: 3 inches
Category
1920s Japanese Vintage Japonisme Decorative Objects
Materials
Wood
Antique Sterling Silver Japanese Export Engraved Cigarette or Decorative Box
Located in Hamilton, Ontario
This antique engraved sterling silver cigarette or decorative box was made in Japan in approximately 1900 in the period Japonisme style. The box is composed of an ebonized hardwood c...
Category
Early 20th Century Japanese Japonisme Decorative Objects
Materials
Sterling Silver
Pair of 19th Century Japanese Imari Porcelain Vases
Located in Queens, NY
Pair of 19th century Japanese Imari Porcelain vases with slender necks depicting floral and bird motifs in shade of red and cobalt.
Category
19th Century Asian Antique Japonisme Decorative Objects
Materials
Porcelain
Chinese Art Deco Famille-Rose Vase with Flower and Dragon Motif, Ca. 1920
Located in New York, NY
Chinese Art Deco Famille-Rose Vase with Flower and Dragon Motif, Ca. 1920
DIMENSIONS
Height: 24 inches
Diameter: 10 inches
Category
1920s Chinese Vintage Japonisme Decorative Objects
Materials
Porcelain
Chinese Cinnabar Lacquer Vase, ca. 1910
Located in New York, NY
This exquisite work of art made during the Late Qing Dynasty (1644-1911/12) which was known for its artistic achievements and craftsmanship. The octagon shaped vase is adorned with i...
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Late 19th Century Chinese Antique Japonisme Decorative Objects
Materials
Wood
Aritaware Porcelain Vase, Fukagawa, Japan, 20th Century
By Fukagawa
Located in Chappaqua, NY
Aritaware porcelain vase, Fukagawa, Japan, 20th century. Octagonal shaped vase. Graphic wrapped tassel design in gold and deep red on white ground.
Category
Late 20th Century Japanese Japonisme Decorative Objects
Materials
Porcelain
Japanese Large Hand-Carved Boxwood Okimono – “Mino-Kame” Turtle, Ca. 1900
Located in New York, NY
Japanese Large Hand-Carved Boxwood Okimono – “Mino-Kame” Turtle, Ca. 1900
DIMENSIONS:
Height: 4 inches
Length: 19 inches
Wide : 5 inches
ABOUT
An exceptional example of Meiji-era c...
Category
Early 1900s Japanese Antique Japonisme Decorative Objects
Materials
Wood
Japanese Meiji Period Elaborate Bunraku Puppeta, 19th Century
Located in New York, NY
Japanese Meiji Period Elaborate Bunraku Puppeta. 19th Century
Meiji Period (1868-1912)
Minor wear to textiles, fine antique condition,
Original Bamboo display stand.
DIMENSION
Height: 33 inches
Width: 18 inches
Depth: 9 inches
ABOUT
Bunraku (puppet) depicting the warrior Minamoto Yoshistune his head carved of wood and covered in a fine white gofun with painted details, face of a handsome youth with trigger mechanism allowing for the eyebrows to raise and lower and the eyes to shift from side, is wearing military armor with signature dragon on his breastplate ,brocade patterning of his thick obi tie, sumptuous silk brocade kimono and brocade hakama trousers with the Minamoto Clan pattern, silk tabi socks...
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Mid-19th Century Japanese Antique Japonisme Decorative Objects
Materials
Wood
Japanese Woven Bamboo Brazier by Maeda Chikubosai I
Located in Atlanta, GA
An important piece of bamboo basketry art by Maeda Chikubosai I (1872-1950), circa 1920s-1930s. The body of the bamboo brazier was made with smoked bamboo (susudake) and rattan and with a built-in copper liner brazier. Mat plaiting, diagonal plaiting and twining were used to construct the robust body while hexagonal plaiting was used for the base. It is signed on the base Chikubosai Kore o tsukuru (Chikubosai made this). The copper brazier...
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1920s Japanese Vintage Japonisme Decorative Objects
Materials
Copper
Pair of Large Antique Japanese Hokai Lacquer Boxes
Located in Atlanta, GA
A pair of Japanese lacquered lidded Hokai boxes with chased brass hardware and original ropes. Hokai boxes are traditionally used in Japan as the containers ...
Category
Early 20th Century Japanese Japonisme Decorative Objects
Materials
Wood, Lacquer
Japanese Showa Period Porcelain Standing Old Man with Staff & Scroll, Ca. 1960
Located in New York, NY
Japanese Showa Period Porcelain Standing Old Man Holding Staff & Scroll, Ca. 1960
MARKINGS
Signed on bottom.
DIMENSIONS:
Height: 19 inches
Width: 7.5 inches
Depth: 7 inches
Category
1960s Japanese Vintage Japonisme Decorative Objects
Materials
Porcelain
1950's Japanese Monarch Butterfly Garden Outdoor Lantern
Located in Moreno Valley, CA
1950's Japanese Monarch Butterfly Garden vintage outdoor Lantern.
DIMENSIONS: Height: 8 in. Width: 11.25 in. Depth: 5.5 in.
A beautifully des...
Category
Mid-20th Century Japanese Japonisme Decorative Objects
Materials
Iron
5 Mid Century Tin Japanese Nesting Tea Caddy Coffee Canisters Kanji Jars 12"
Located in Dayton, OH
Set of five vintage nesting Japanese tea caddy / canisters. Made of tin, cylindrical form painted black and embellished with a word in gold. Two sti...
Category
Mid-20th Century Japonisme Decorative Objects
Materials
Tin
$328 Sale Price / set
20% Off
Large And Unusual Satsuma Vase With Samurai
Located in Norwood, NJ
Large and unusual Japanese Satsuma vase with Samurai figures to front and back Purple ground with gilt and traditional colors throughout. Carved and molded ring & bow shoulders with ...
Category
Early 20th Century Japanese Japonisme Decorative Objects
Materials
Ceramic
Small Art Deco Pottery Vase Auguste Delaherche, Circa 1930
Located in Austin, TX
Art Deco pottery vase signed Auguste Delaherche Circa 1930.
Number 028.
Category
1930s French Vintage Japonisme Decorative Objects
Materials
Pottery
French 19th Century Polychromed Life-Size Figure of a Geisha, Charles Massé
Located in Los Angeles, CA
A fine French 19th century Polychromed Japonisme life-size cast-metal figure of a standing Geisha, cast after a model by Charles Massé (French, 1855-1913). The standing Japanese beau...
Category
19th Century French Antique Japonisme Decorative Objects
Materials
Metal
$26,850 Sale Price
21% Off
Japanese Satsuma Vase with Figures
Located in Antwerp, BE
A mid-20th century Japanese Satsuma vase with figures.
Satsuma ware is a style of Japanese earthenware originally from the Satsuma region of what is today southern Kyushu. There are two distinct categories of this ware: The original plain dark clay early Satsuma...
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Mid-20th Century Japanese Japonisme Decorative Objects
Materials
Ceramic
BACCARAT, Pair of Vases with Japonist Decoration of Flowering Trees and Birds
By Baccarat
Located in SAINT-OUEN-SUR-SEINE, FR
This pair of vases with Japanese-style decoration was made by the Baccarat glasshouse around 1880.
Founded under Louis XV, the French Baccarat crystal factory demonstrated its excellence at the Universal Exhibitions throughout the 19th century.
The company created these square vases in black crystal resting on a bronze frame. These works are adorned with a natural, highly poetic decoration executed using the technique of hot enamelling in relief. The bright colours stand out clearly against the background, highlighting the meticulous attention to detail that went into this decoration.
The black colour of hyalite crystal is obtained by injecting slag or sulphur into the glass. This dark background enhances the painted decoration. In this case, it was used to create a decoration in imitation of Chinese or Japanese lacquer...
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Late 19th Century French Antique Japonisme Decorative Objects
Materials
Crystal, Bronze
Japanese Edo Period Musha Ningyo Seating Samurai, Ca. 1800
Located in New York, NY
Japanese Edo Period Musha Ningyo Seating Samurai, Ca. 1800
DIMENSIONS
Height: 16 inches
Width: 19 inches
Depth: 10 inches
ABOUT
Musha Ningyō (武者人形)- Literal meaning: "Warrior Dolls...
Category
Early 1800s Japanese Antique Japonisme Decorative Objects
Materials
Wood
Japanese Style English Porcelain Ewer by Royal Worcester
Located in London, GB
Japanese style English porcelain ewer by Royal Worcester
English, c. 1880
Measures: Height 31cm, diameter 17cm
This beautiful ewer is by the celebrated English porcelain makers ...
Category
Late 19th Century English Antique Japonisme Decorative Objects
Materials
Porcelain
Japanese Meiji Period Porcelain Vase by Shimazu Gyokuzan, Ca. 1890
Located in New York, NY
Japanese Meiji Period Porcelain Vase by Shimazu Gyokuzan, Ca. 1890
DIMENSIONS
Height: 18.5 INCHES
Diameter: 9 inches
DETAILS
Meiji Period (1868 -1912) – Ca.18...
Category
1890s Japanese Antique Japonisme Decorative Objects
Materials
Porcelain
An Exceptional French Japonisme Ormolu and Champleve Enamel Five Piece Clock Set
Located in Queens, NY
An Exceptional French Japonisme Ormolu and Champlevé Enamel Five-Piece Clock Set, In the Manner of Edouard Lièvre, circa 1870, Paris.
This extraordinary French Japonisme clock set, ...
Category
19th Century French Antique Japonisme Decorative Objects
Materials
Enamel, Ormolu
Rare & Important 16th Century Italian Bronze Jacopo Lodovico del Duca Table Box
Located in Forney, TX
A magnificent antique fall-front box with scarce Medieval period bronze lockplate and hasp attributed to Jacopo and Lodovico del Duca.
Featuring an important Lockplate and Hasp designed circa 1570, exact date of manufacture unknown, attributed to the late 16th century Roman foundry of Jacopo 1520-1604) and Ludovico (1551-1601) del Duca, with no apparent signatures or hallmarks which is typical of the era, but we did not remove it and inspect the back.
Boxes such as this hand various uses but were frequently used by merchants as a writing box - slope during travel and trade, as a small coffer - strong box for storing important documents, money and valuables, as well as a jewelry casket.
This hand-crafted European drop-front box dates to the late 19th century, signed L'PUPLET, adorned with a significantly older Italian fine quality cast bronze lockplate with intricate Renaissance era reliefs, including figures, coat-of-arms, and elongated hasp, mounted on a chest of drawers form solid wooden case, wrapped in exotic Japanesque embossed and gilded metallic paper, having a locking fall-front panel with original key included, opening to reveal three interior drawers, all lined in red velvet. circa 1875
The visually striking textured wallpaper covering the box's exterior displays bamboo, birds, and flowers in the oriental Japanesque taste popular in Europe in the 1860s and 1870s following the forced reopening of foreign trade with Japan in 1858 and the ensuing Japonisme craze.
To the interior of the fall front panel is a gilt circular stamp with the somewhat obscured name of the workshop or store (likely) "L'PUPLET" and the city "Burxelles" which is in Brussels, indicating the box was likely made or retailed there.
Marks to box:
L'PUPLET, BRUXELLES
Inscription:
13, 14, 15 (Interior drawers inscribed on the verso of their backboards in script from top to bottom, respectively)
Provenance / Acquisition:
The origin of the elaborate lockplate with hasp on the front of the piece is more intriguing. At least 76 lockplates of this design have been recorded in major museums, private collections, and in the antiques trade across the Western World. For example, lockplates of this pattern are in the collections of the Rijksmuseum in Amsterdam, the State Museum of Prussian Cultural Heritage in Berlin, the Museum Cicico in Bologna, The Museum of Fine Arts in Boston, the Dallas Museum of Art in Texas, the Victoria & Albert Museum in London, the Museo di Palazzo Venezia in Rome, the State Hermitage Museum in St. Petersburg, and the National Gallery of Art in Washington, DC.[1]
Specialists in Renaissance bronzes, especially Charles Avery...
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16th Century Italian Antique Japonisme Decorative Objects
Materials
Bronze, Metal
Fine and Rare Miniature Satsuma Vase by Taizan Yohei
Located in Atlanta, GA
A very fine miniature ceramic vase in satsuma ware by Taizan Yohei IX (1864-1922) circa 1880-1890s of late Meiji period. The vase with a broad flat should...
Category
1880s Japanese Antique Japonisme Decorative Objects
Materials
Ceramic
Japanese Emperor Shōwa Period, Fine Ceramic Red Vase, Signed, Ca. 1980
Located in New York, NY
Japanese Emperor Shōwa Period, Fine Ceramic Red Vase, Signed, Ca. 1980
Emperor Shōwa Period - from 1926 to 1990
ABOUT
In the classic Japanese shape, this exquisite vase has a dram...
Category
1980s Japanese Vintage Japonisme Decorative Objects
Materials
Ceramic
Antique Japanese Edo Carved Wooden Rare Cigarette Holder Snake
Located in San Diego, CA
Incredible rare cigarette pipe holder with wood carved snake circa 1950's. Made in Japan circa 1950's.
Category
20th Century Japanese Japonisme Decorative Objects
Materials
Wood
Fine Japanese Lacquered Inro by Yutokusai
Located in Atlanta, GA
A four-case lacquered Japanese inro by Yutokusai (Gyokkei), a lacquer artist active from 1845-1900 (end of Edo to Meiji period). The slightly round inro features a very intricate design with three unfolded fans on the front and two on the back: each reveals a vignette landscape scenery, likely real places in Japan. Using a combination of hiramaki-e and slight takamaki-e, the artist deftly created the pictures with fine details, rendering the inro as a miniature artwork...
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19th Century Japanese Antique Japonisme Decorative Objects
Materials
Wood, Lacquer
Antique Japanese Lacquer and Inlay Box from Ryukyu Island
Located in Atlanta, GA
A lacquer presentation box with mother-of-pearl inlays from Japanese Ryukyu Islands circa 17-18th century. The lidded box in rectangular form with rounded corner is a classic example...
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18th Century Japanese Antique Japonisme Decorative Objects
Materials
Mother-of-Pearl, Lacquer
Sumida Gawa Pottery Garniture, Japan, circa 1890-1900
By Sumida Gawa
Located in Buenos Aires, Buenos Aires
Sumida Gawa pottery garniture. Japan, circa 1890-1900.
Category
Early 1900s Japanese Antique Japonisme Decorative Objects
Materials
Ceramic
19th C. Japanisme French Porcelain Jardinière w/ Gilt and Silvered-Bronze Stand
Located in New York, NY
An Antique 19th Century Japanism French Porcelain Jardinière with Gilt and Silvered-Bronze Tri-Footed Stand. This jardinière is in the Jap...
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1880s French Antique Japonisme Decorative Objects
Materials
Bronze
Antique Japanese Meiji Period Mixed Metal Bronze Vase w/ Bird Detailing - Signed
Located in Atlanta, GA
Japanese, Meiji Period.
An antique bronze vase constructed in bronze. The vase features several traditional designs including lotus blossoms, birds in flight and other floral detail...
Category
19th Century Japanese Antique Japonisme Decorative Objects
Materials
Bronze
Vintage Japanese Satsuma Covered Ginger Jar
Located in Chicago, IL
Vintage Japanese Satsuma Covered Ginger Jar
This Japanese jar decorated with birds, flowers, and satsumas would be a beautiful gift for a vin...
Category
Mid-20th Century Japanese Japonisme Decorative Objects
Materials
Porcelain, Paint
Japonisme decorative objects for sale on 1stDibs.
Find a broad range of unique Japonisme 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, metal and other materials. If you’re shopping for used Japonisme 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 Makuzu Kozan, Norihiko Terayama, Tiffany & Co., and Royal Crown Derby Porcelain. 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 $29 and tops out at $185,360 while the average work can sell for $3,500.
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