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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Style: Japonisme
Antique Japanese Bronze Barrel Form Table or Mantel Clock
Located in New York, NY
Very unique antique (late 19th to early 20th century) table or mantel clock in the Japonisme style, possibly of continental origin, in the form of a Japanese drum or barrel on stand,...
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Late 19th Century Japanese Antique Japonisme Decorative Objects
Materials
Bronze
Japanese Style Bronze Planter by L'Escalier de Cristal, France, Circa 1890
Located in PARIS, FR
Signed H.P for Henri Pannier.
Lovely hexagonal shaped planter in patinated bronze with gold highlights. Adorned on three sides with a dragon framed by a rhombus frieze on an openwor...
Category
1890s French Antique Japonisme Decorative Objects
Materials
Bronze
Japonisme Gilt and Silvered Bronze Clock Garniture Set By E.F. Caldwell & Co
Located in New York, NY
A darling garniture set of three exotic peacocks mounted as a clock and a pair of two light candlesticks. In crisply cast bronze, the intricate details of the birds' feathers, the fl...
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Late 19th Century French Antique Japonisme Decorative Objects
Materials
Bronze
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
Pair of Japanese Meiji Period Bronze and Gilt Vases
By Zo Miyao 1
Located in Brighton, Sussex
Pair of fine quality Japanese Meiji period (1868-1912) patinated bronze Miyao style gold and silver overlay two handled vases, each with twin handles, classical motif decoration with...
Category
Late 19th Century Japanese Antique Japonisme Decorative Objects
Materials
Bronze
$11,022 / set
Japanese Inro by Koma Koryu Edo Period
Located in Atlanta, GA
A four-case lacquered inro by Koma Koryu circa 19th century late Edo period. The inro features a pair of Chinese mandarin duck resting under a bundle of blooming irises on the pond. ...
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19th Century Japanese Antique Japonisme Decorative Objects
Materials
Wood, Lacquer
Japanese Style Planter Attributed to l'Escalier de Cristal, France, circa 1880
Located in PARIS, FR
Large planter decorated on the belly with a rotating decoration of polychrome flowers and geometric patterns in cloisonné enamel on a red background. It is inserted in an important p...
Category
1880s French Antique Japonisme Decorative Objects
Materials
Enamel, Bronze
Gorham Japonesque Mixed Metal Bowl with Fruiting Apple Branch
Located in New York, NY
Japonesque mixed metal on sterling silver bowl. Made by Gorham in Providence in 1883. Curved sides with allover spot hammering and gilt-washed interior overhung with apple branch...
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1880s American Antique Japonisme Decorative Objects
Materials
Sterling Silver, Copper
Pair of Early Japanese Plique-a-Jour Bowls from Nagoya
By Ando Jubei
Located in Atlanta, GA
A pair of small but exquisite Plique-a-jour cloisonné bowls with nearly identical design from Nagoya area in Japan circa 1900-20s. Maker's unknown but possibly by Ando company. The t...
Category
Early 20th Century Japanese Japonisme Decorative Objects
Materials
Metal, Enamel
Japanese Lacquer Maki-e Sake Ewer Meiji Period
Located in Atlanta, GA
A Japanese lacquered wood sake ewer with maki-e design, circa late 19th century, Meiji period. The nicely decorated lacquerware is of a Classic sake ewer for...
Category
1890s Japanese Antique Japonisme Decorative Objects
Materials
Lacquer
French Japonesque Art Nouveau Lusterware Vase Clement Massier
Located in Atlanta, GA
A ceramic vase with iridescent glaze in the shape of an elephant foot cache pot by the legendary French ceramist Pierre Clement Massier (1845-1917). Massier is widely considered as t...
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Early 1900s French Antique Japonisme Decorative Objects
Materials
Silver
Japanese Emperor Shōwa Period Classic Oval-Shaped Vase, Ca. 1960
Located in New York, NY
Japanese Emperor Shōwa Period Classic Oval-Shaped Vase, Ca. 1960
Emperor Shōwa Period - from 1926 to 1989/1990)
Featuring bamboo handles.
Signed on the bottom.
DIMENSIONS
Height:...
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1960s Japanese Vintage Japonisme Decorative Objects
Materials
Porcelain
Japanese Emperor Shōwa Period Tamba-Ware Textured Glazed Vase, Ca. 1970
Located in New York, NY
Japanese Emperor Shōwa Period Tamba-Ware Textured Glazed Vase, Ca. 1970
Emperor Shōwa Period - from 1926 to 1989/1990
Signed.
DIMENSIONS
Width: 8 inches
Height: 5.5 inches
ABOUT
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1970s Japanese Vintage Japonisme Decorative Objects
Materials
Ceramic
Antique Japanese Gourd Shape Bamboo Ikebana Basket
Located in Atlanta, GA
A lovely Japanese bamboo ikebana basket in the shape of gourd with an open mouth and a body circa 1920s-1940s. The piece was woven in great details and styles with mostly irregular a...
Category
20th Century Japanese Japonisme Decorative Objects
Materials
Bamboo, Rattan
Japanese Style Viardot Mirror with Dragon, circa 1880
Located in VÉZELAY, FR
Superb Japanese-style mantel / fireplace mirror in lacquered wood, carved with an imposing dragon and decorative motifs.
Japonism, France, circa 1880.
Attributed to Gabriel Viard...
Category
1880s French Antique Japonisme Decorative Objects
Materials
Fabric, Mirror, Wood, Lacquer
$7,651 Sale Price
20% Off
Rhino Contemporary Japanese Lacquer Art by Someya Satoshi
Located in Atlanta, GA
Japanese Lacquer Rhino Sculpture by Someya Satoshi (1983-). A hand-molded lacquer sculpture that depicts a fantasy beast "Rhino". The artist uses century-old traditional techniques and symbols but with an innovative contemporary energy that borders mysticism, shamanism and surrealism. Found objects were equally treated as part of the meticulous designs as the elaborate Maki-e and shell inlays.
According to the press of Honolulu Museum of Art: "Someya Satoshi has been described as “one of the most significant contemporary lacquer artists working in Japan today.” (Japan Times, 12 Dec. 2013) His work combines objects of daily use, such as bathing buckets, serving trays, and soup bowls, with a wide array of natural materials, including animal bones, horns and antlers, sand, stones, leaves and branches. In the process, he implements a range of traditional lacquer methods passed down from pre-modern eras, such as the kanshitsu or “dry lacquer” technique, the origins of which date to Japan’s Nara period (710–784). After creating his forms, he embellishes them with designs inspired by calligraphy, traditional Japanese textile patterns, and even contemporary manga or comic books. His work defies ordinary definitions of lacquer art and successfully challenges the perceived limits of this extremely difficult and, in some ways, most conservative of traditional Japanese art forms".
His work was exhibited in US such as Honolulu Museum of Art, Minneapolis Institute of Art, Morikami Museum etc. For a complete resume of the artist, see the artist's page in Imura Art Gallery.
Reference: For a very similar Bull Sculpture see Hard Bodies Contemporary Japanese Lacquer...
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Early 2000s Japanese Japonisme Decorative Objects
Materials
Rope, Wood, Lacquer
Porcelain woman Bust with kintsugi
Located in MEAUX, FR
This female bust, sculpted in a brilliant white porcelain, evokes the grace and nobility of antique statues. Coiffed with an elegant high chignon, this 38 cm tall figure captivates w...
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2010s French Japonisme Decorative Objects
Materials
Porcelain
Bernard Moore. A red Flambe vase decorated with a dragon in the Japanese style.
Located in London, GB
Bernard Moore, signed to the base. A small red Flambe vase decorated with a dragon in the Japanese style.
Category
Early 1900s English Antique Japonisme Decorative Objects
Materials
Ceramic
Fine Pair of Japanese Fukagawa Porcelain Vases, circa 1890
By Fukagawa
Located in Brighton, Sussex
A fine quality large pair of Japanese Meiji period (1868-1912) Fukagawa porcelain vases. Each with wonderful bold Imari colours, the tapering bands of classical motifs from top to bo...
Category
Late 19th Century Japanese Antique Japonisme Decorative Objects
Materials
Porcelain
19th Century Japanese Pair of Bronze Urn Vases
Located in Guaynabo, PR
This is a 19th century pair of Japanese Bronze Vases. These are an urn shaped vases that their bodies depicts a high relief scene of some Phoenix birds around some foliage together w...
Category
19th Century Japanese Antique Japonisme Decorative Objects
Materials
Bronze
$2,068 Sale Price / set
20% Off
French Japonisme style gilt bronze and enamel mantel clock
Located in London, GB
French Japonisme style gilt bronze and enamel mantel clock
French, 19th Century
Height 30cm, width 18cm, depth 14.5cm
This fine mantel clock is of rectangular form, with a gilt bron...
Category
19th Century French Antique Japonisme Decorative Objects
Materials
Ormolu, Enamel
Émile GALLÉ for L'ESCALIER DE CRISTAL, Small Japanese-Style Vase in Amber Glass
By Émile Gallé
Located in SAINT-OUEN-SUR-SEINE, FR
This vase was created by Émile Gallé for the Escalier de Cristal at the end of the 19th century.
A pioneering figure of Art Nouveau, Émile Gallé was particularly influenced by Far E...
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Late 19th Century French Antique Japonisme Decorative Objects
Materials
Glass, Art Glass
Large 19th Century Japanese Kutani Vase
Located in Brighton, Sussex
A wonderfully decorative Japanese Kutani vase, Meiji period 1868-1912. Having the classical orange ground with scrolling foliate decoration, inset...
Category
Late 19th Century Japanese Antique Japonisme Decorative Objects
Materials
Porcelain
Important Miniature Japanese Bamboo Basket by Hayakawa Shokosai I
Located in Atlanta, GA
A miniature bamboo basket woven by Hayakawa Shokosai I (1815-1897) circa 1885, an important example of the work by the artist who is considered as the founding father of Japanese modern bamboo art and the first ever signed his own work thus elevating bamboo weaving from a craft into an art form. The miniature basket was traditionally used during Sencha tea ceremony. It was woven from bamboo (madake) and rattan using...
Category
1880s Japanese Antique Japonisme Decorative Objects
Materials
Bamboo, Rattan
Japanese Ceramic Vase with Delicate Carvings by Makuzu Kozan Meiji Period
By Makuzu Kozan
Located in Atlanta, GA
A delicate and rare Japanese ceramic vase by the important Meiji imperial potter Makuzu Kozan (1842-1916) circa 1887-1910. Dated to his underglaze phase post 1887 after he successful...
Category
1890s Japanese Antique Japonisme Decorative Objects
Materials
Ceramic
Japanese Porcelain Dragon Glazed Vase Mazuku Kozan
By Makuzu Kozan
Located in Atlanta, GA
A porcelain vase with dragon motif by Japanese imperial potter Makuzu Kozan (1842-1916), circa 1900s. The vase is made in what is considered early phase of his underglaze period during late Meiji era. In a classic elongated baluster form, the surface of the vase was decorated in an unusual pink mist on a white and aubergine background (called Morotai, the Hazy style), on which a flying dragon is showcased on the center. The dragon was outlined in iron red and filled with the aubergine color and was artistically emphasized on its bulging eyes, claws, scales and a long tail. It was the sole focus of the design circumventing the entire body of the vase. The imagery calls in mind the dragon decoration found in Korean...
Category
Early 1900s Japanese Antique Japonisme Decorative Objects
Materials
Porcelain
Pair of Birds of Paradise Vases Attributed to Baccarat, France, Circa 1880
By Baccarat
Located in PARIS, FR
Elegant pair of square section vases attributed to Baccarat, in enameled crystal with polychrome decoration of birds of paradise, resting on an openwork patinated and gilded bronze b...
Category
1880s French Antique Japonisme Decorative Objects
Materials
Crystal, Bronze, Enamel
Japanese Bamboo Basket Ikebana by Hayakawa Shokosai IV
By Hayakawa Shokosai IV
Located in Atlanta, GA
A lovely Japanese bamboo basket by Hayakawa Shokosai IV, the fourth generation of the Shokosai lineage, one of the best known in the Japanese Bamboo art...
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1920s Japanese Vintage Japonisme Decorative Objects
Materials
Bamboo
Japanese Ceramic Bowl Makuzu Kozan Utusushi Kenzan
By Makuzu Kozan
Located in Atlanta, GA
A rare ceramic bowl with overglaze paint decoration by Japanese imperial potter Makuzu Kozan ((1842–1916). Unlike the better-known works Kozan made for the expositions in the west and export to the foreign market, this piece exemplifies his work for the domestic market and the tea ceremony. The bowl was made in the so called "Utusushi" Ogata Kenzan (1663-1743), a celebrated Edo painter and ceramicist. Utusushi is loosely translated as "in the spirit of". It is not at all a simple imitation of a master, but a Japanese concept of embracing the spiritual essence of a master while the creator is free to mix in his or her own unique artistic interpretation and flavor.
The bowl was made to hold fruits during the tea ceremony. It has a very distinguished form with a circular lower body morphing into a square upper portion that further opening with flared rim. The surface has a grey glaze onto which Asagao flowers (Japanese morning glory) on the vines were painted in a free and poetic style. White was used for the petals, green for the leaves with touches of gold highlight. Asagao, the symbol of the summer was rendered in the spirit of Ogata Kenzan, and interestingly the shape of the blossom echoes the unique form the bowl. It was likely reserved for the tea ceremony during the summer months.
Under the base, Kozan was signed in black on a white porcelain plaque inlay.
For two similar examples of Kozan's work Utusushi Kenzan, see Page 168-169 of the book: Sekai ni Aisa Reta ya Kimono Miyagawa Kozan Makuzu...
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Early 1900s Japanese Antique Japonisme Decorative Objects
Materials
Ceramic
Mid-Century Sommerso Cobalt Blue with Black Spiral Vase
By Soichiro Sasakura
Located in Soquel, CA
Stunning, rare heavy handblown vase with cobalt blue and black spiral in clear glass by Soichiro Sasakura of Sasaki glass. Very contemporary aesthetic that would be perfect in reside...
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Mid-20th Century Japanese Japonisme Decorative Objects
Materials
Art Glass, Blown Glass, Sommerso
Antique French Japonisme Mantel Clock with Floral Champlevé Enamel
Located in London, GB
Antique French Japonisme mantel clock with floral Champlevé enamel
French, late 19th century
Dimensions: Height 51cm, width 27.5cm, depth 22cm
Beautifully wrought from patinated bronze and champlevé enamel, this mantel clock is designed in the Japonisme style. The style was popular in 19th Century Europe following the opening of Japan to trade and cultural exchange.
The clock stands on four cabriole feet, with a pierced Japanese style apron to the bottom. The central case is stepped, with the main section of rectangular profile, and mounted with pierced patinated bronze vines...
Category
Late 19th Century French Antique Japonisme Decorative Objects
Materials
Bronze, Enamel, Ormolu
Meji's Period Inro Box. Japan, 19th Century.
Located in Madrid, ES
Inro is an ancient traditional Japanese box used to carry and store small items such as tobacco, money, paintbrushes, and other objects. The...
Category
19th Century Japanese Antique Japonisme Decorative Objects
Materials
Wood, Lacquer
Japonism Bronze & Onyx Figural Phoenix Centerpiece/Jardinièr, Attributed Cornu
By Eugène Cornu
Located in New York, NY
A beautiful French polychrome patinated dore bronze and silvered bronze with Algerian onyx mounted centerpiece, attributed to Eugene Cornu. This beautifu...
Category
1870s French Antique Japonisme Decorative Objects
Materials
Onyx, Bronze
Antique Awaji Grey Crackle Glaze Ceramic Vase - Meiji Period - Japan - C.1910
Located in Chatham, ON
Antique Awaji ceramic vase - grey crackle glaze - cold painted decoration with red and gilt enamel bird on a branch with flower and leaves - old faint inventory numbers to the base -...
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Early 20th Century Japanese Japonisme Decorative Objects
Materials
Ceramic
Intricately Ornamented japanese Incense Burner-Vase in Bronze and Enamel
Located in NICE, FR
Japanese Enameled Bronze Incense Burner – 19th Century
Elegant and refined, this 19th-century Japanese incense burner perfectly embodies the exceptional craftsmanship of the Meiji e...
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19th Century Japanese Antique Japonisme Decorative Objects
Materials
Bronze, Enamel
Japanese Style Gilt Brass Clock Set with Silvered Brass and Porcelain Mounts
Located in London, GB
This Japanese style clock set was crafted in France in circa 1880. The set consists of a central clock, which is accompanied by two vases.
The central clock features a gilt brass rectangular body with a pitched top, like a pavilion roof. The roof is mounted with wavy, silvered brass forms, and topped by a silvered brass ball finial, with a pointed end, which is bracketed by wavy forms.
Mounted onto the four corners of the clock’s front facade are silvered dragons and cloud-like motifs. The central panel is recessed, and contains the gilt brass circular clock dial, inscribed with Roman Numerals. The centre of the clock dial is decorated with embossed flowers and a circular, red form, with a painting of a bird at its centre. The dial is signed with the retailer’s name, ‘ALEX'R M HAYS, NEW YORK’. The space below the dial is ornamented with relief flowers, a black porcelain triangle, which is overlaid with floral designs, and a dark blue porcelain fan, decorated with buildings. They are accompanied by the porcelain figure of a Japanese woman, wearing a kimono and seated at a koto.
Similar recessed panels, featuring porcelain birds and coloured geometric forms, decorate the sides of the clock body. These are mounted with wavy, silvered brass shapes, which serve as handles. The clock body is set on a rectangular, silvered brass base, which is raised up on four bracket feet, and features a cloud-like silvered brass apron.
The vases that accompany the clock have tall, soft-edged rectangular bodies, and are decorated in a similar style to the central clock. They likewise feature silvered brass finials, handles and bases, and gilt brass bodies, which are decorated with embossed flowers, geometric painted porcelain shapes, and Japanese figures. Unlike the clock, however, the vases feature full-length portraits of standing Japanese figures. One vase depicts a woman, who wears a kimono and raised wooden shoes (geta), and who holds a parasol and fan. On the other vase, the image shows a man dressed in a haroi jacket, with a kosode and trousers underneath, and sandals on his feet. He holds a knife and circular, metal shield, and carries a katana sword...
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Late 19th Century French Antique Japonisme Decorative Objects
Materials
Brass
Pair of Glazed Ceramic and Gilt Bronze Vases, France, Late 19th Century
Located in Buenos Aires, Buenos Aires
Pair of glazed ceramic and gilt bronze vases, France, late 19th century.
Category
1890s French Antique Japonisme Decorative Objects
Materials
Bronze
$9,600 Sale Price / set
20% Off
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 Miniature Hand Painted Porcelain Ginger Jar
Located in New York, NY
Hand painted Japanese porcelain miniature ginger jar with handled top.
Old Japan motifs of a peacock with chrysanthemum flower, dogwood trees, clouds and and butterfly.
Stamped with signature on bottom, T & T Made in Japan Hand paint.
Category
Early 20th Century Japanese Japonisme Decorative Objects
Materials
Porcelain
Antique Japanese Imari Arita Ware Porcelain Dish, 19th Century
Located in Copenhagen, DK
Early 19th century Japanese Imari porcelain vide-poche dish with hand painted floral decorations in the traditional Imari colors of cobalt blue and coral red with small green accents...
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19th Century Japanese Antique Japonisme Decorative Objects
Materials
Porcelain
1880 ‘Pair of Baccarat Vases, L’ Escalier De Cristal, Japanese Period Gilt Bronz
By Baccarat
Located in Paris, FR
Escalier de Cristal
1808-1829
The beginnings: crystal and gilded bronze
Marie Jeanne Rosalie Désarnaud (1775 -1842) opened her shop around 1808 in th...
Category
1880s French Antique Japonisme Decorative Objects
Materials
Crystal, Bronze
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
U Stool Takuya Hamajima Contemporary Zen Japanese Ceramic
Located in Shibuya-ku, Tokyo
Contemporary Japanese style chair. Rather sculpture than chair. Made of rusted steel, ceramic, and wood. Base is steel. Seat is ceramic. Arm pane...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Japanese Japonisme Decorative Objects
Materials
Ceramic, Wood
Perignem , Japanese-inspired ceramic vase, not signed, circa 1950
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
Perignem, Japanese-inspired ceramic vase, not signed, circa 1950
Category
1950s Belgian Vintage Japonisme Decorative Objects
Materials
Ceramic
Antique French Japonisme Silvered Bronze and Porcelain Three-Piece Clock Set
Located in London, GB
Antique French Japonisme silvered bronze and porcelain three-piece clock set
French, Late 19th Century
Clock: Height 36cm, width 32cm, depth 17cm
Candelabra: Height 28cm, width 26...
Category
Late 19th Century French Antique Japonisme Decorative Objects
Materials
Bronze
Large Pair 19th Century Japanese Blue and White Vases
Located in Brighton, Sussex
A very impressive pair of Japanese Meiji (1868-1912) period Blue and white porcelain vases, each with wonderful classical motif decoration to the neck and base. Blossom trees to the ...
Category
Late 19th Century Japanese Antique Japonisme Decorative Objects
Materials
Porcelain
French Chinoiserie/Japanism Dore Bronze and Hand Painted Porcelain Clock
Located in New York, NY
A very unusual and quite rare 19th century French chinoiserie/Japanism dore bronze mounted and hand painted porcelain aesthetic movement clock, attributed to E. Lièvre, most probably...
Category
1870s French Antique Japonisme Decorative Objects
Materials
Ormolu
Purple Japonist Art Nouveau Pottery by Eugene Lion Vase
By Eugène Lion
Located in Belfast, Northern Ireland
Purple Japonist Art Pottery by Eugene lion vase
A perfect piece of Japonist ceramic art. By French art potter Eugene Lion, in a very interesting a...
Category
Early 20th Century French Japonisme Decorative Objects
Materials
Ceramic, Stoneware
Large Japanese Lacquer Plate with Elaborate Maki-e Design by Kajikawa
Located in Atlanta, GA
A large circular plate with a short stem base in Vermillion lacquer color. The surface was decorated with a stunning maki-e picture that depicts a...
Category
19th Century Japanese Antique Japonisme Decorative Objects
Materials
Lacquer
Pair of Lacquered and Gilt Bronze Antique Japonisme Vases
Located in London, GB
With an Arabesque rim and decorated with lizards, dragonflies and vines.
These unusual vases reflect the European fascination Japan at the turn of the century and delightfully inco...
Category
Early 20th Century French Japonisme Decorative Objects
Materials
Bronze
Important Glazed Terracotta Horse from the 20th Century, Asian Art.
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
Important glazed terracotta horse from the 20th century, Asian art.
Glazed terracotta horse sculpture from the 20th century, Asian art.
H: 70 cm, W: 57 cm, D: 20 cm
Category
20th Century Asian Japonisme Decorative Objects
Materials
Terracotta
Japanese Style Gilt Bronze and Enamel Clock Set
By Japy Frères
Located in London, GB
This beautiful clock set is designed in a fanciful Japanese style, known in France in the 19th Century as ‘Japonisme’. The style became highly fashionable in Europe after 1853, when ...
Category
19th Century French Antique Japonisme Decorative Objects
Materials
Bronze, Enamel
$10,333 / set
Early Japanese Satsuma Antique Vase
By Satsuma
Located in Atlanta, GA
An Satsuma ceramic stone ware vase, circa 19th century, around the end of the Edo and the beginning of Meiji period. In the form of a Classic garlic bottle whose prototype was from China, the white bodied piece is decorated with an early form of kin nishikide, the so called golden brocade, a palette of iron-red, blue, green, yellow, purple and black with golden highlight. The over glazed enamel paint shows a group of robed figures in a garden setting with a lion and three tigers. A transparent overall glaze shows very fine crackles. The design is relatively sparse with plenty of negative space in contrast to the Satsuma production from the late 19th century, when the trend became fussy and overly glitz, due to the influence by the perceived western taste for the export market. This piece may still be made for export but its pattern was more influenced by both Kyoto Pottery and the Kano school of painting compared to the export ware by the end of the 19th century onward to the early 20th century. It was believed by many that this was a result of Satsuma potters visiting Kyoto in the late seventeenth century to learn over glaze painting techniques.
There are some age glaze crackles especially around the foot. The piece is not signed in keeping with the earlier production before Satsuma ceramics...
Category
Mid-19th Century Japanese Antique Japonisme Decorative Objects
Materials
Ceramic
$2,850 Sale Price
25% Off
Mid-20th Century Chinese Imari Baluster Vase
Located in Pearland, TX
A gorgeous vintage Chinese Imari porcelain vase with a floral design in the traditional Imari colors. Maker's mark on the base. It's a lovely shape with vibrant colors and displays b...
Category
Mid-20th Century Japanese Japonisme Decorative Objects
Materials
Porcelain
Signed Japanese Arita Kakiemon Vase with Flowers Design 1950s
Located in Moreno Valley, CA
Mid century Signed Japanese Kakiemon Arita Imari Vase with Flowers.Signed Japanese Kakiemon vase by Sakaida Kakiemon XIII (1906-1982). A beautif...
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Mid-20th Century Japanese Japonisme Decorative Objects
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Porcelain
1960's Japanese Tea Caddy Tin Canister
Located in New York, NY
1960's tin tea caddy covered in traditional Japanese woven gold fabric with floral motif. There are two lids, inner and outer to keep tea leaves fresh.
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Mid-20th Century Japanese Japonisme Decorative Objects
Materials
Tin
Pair of Vintage Bamboo Wicker Ikebana Hanakago Baskets with Handles
Located in Clifton Springs, NY
Vintage ikebana flower baskets or hanakago, feature rounded barrel shapes with wide openings, surmounted by high arched handles. The bodies of the baskets are loosely woven with wide...
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20th Century Japanese Japonisme Decorative Objects
Materials
Bamboo, Rattan, Wicker
Antique Set Of Calligraphic Ink Blocks, Japanese, 8 Pieces, Meiji, Victorian
Located in Hele, Devon, GB
This is an antique set of calligraphic ink blocks. A Japanese, boxed set of 8 soot ink shapes, dating to the late Victorian period, circa 1900.
Ink bl...
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Late 19th Century Japanese Antique Japonisme Decorative Objects
Materials
Composition
Edo Period Japanese Bodhisattva Shrine
Located in Chicago, IL
An incredible Edo Period Japanese gilt and lacquered carved wood shrine depicting a Bodhisattva with piercing glass eyes, a contemplative expression, and h...
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Early 1800s Japanese Antique Japonisme Decorative Objects
Materials
Giltwood, Lacquer, Wood
Vintage Japanese Box from the 1970s
Located in Austin, TX
Perhaps originally designed as a Bento Box, this is a one-of-a-kind piece for your home-office or study desk. It has iconic 1970s modern lines and beautifully exemplifies the elevat...
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Late 20th Century Japonisme Decorative Objects
Materials
Plastic
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