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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Pair of Samson Porcelain Vases, Gilt Bronze Mounting, Early 20th Century.
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
Pair of Samson porcelain vases, gilt bronze mounting, early 20th century.
A pair of 1920's Samson porcelain vases with gilt bronze mounts, floral decoration in the Asian Arts style....
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Early 20th Century European 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...
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1890s French Antique Japonisme Decorative Objects
Materials
Bronze
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
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Bronze
Japanese Glazed and Painted Centerpiece Bowl Object, Fish Logo
Located in Miami, FL
Japanese Glazed and Painted Centerpiece Bowl Object, Fish Logo
Offered for sale is a mid-20th century Japanese very decorative glazed and painted ceramic Objet d'art with a bowl-for...
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Mid-20th Century Japanese Japonisme Decorative Objects
Materials
Ceramic
Japanese Porcelain Glazed Vase with Dragon Design Mazuku Kozan
By Makuzu Kozan
Located in Atlanta, GA
A porcelain vase with dragon design 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 baluster form, the surface of the vase was decorated with a slithering dragon in underglaze iron red circulating the exterior among pink clouds. The animated rendering of the dragon is fine and detailed, with five claws, scales, long tails and highlighted eyes. The pink cloud is misty and called Morotai or the hazy style, created with a unique technique developed in Kozan's studio called fuki-e by blowing the pigment powders onto the surface. Kozan Studio experimented with newly available colors from the west starting in the 1880s, which resulted in the expansion of the palette and style that bridged the east and west aesthetic tradition. Marked in underglaze blue on the base.
Known also as Miyagawa Kozan...
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Early 1900s Japanese Antique Japonisme Decorative Objects
Materials
Porcelain
Japanese Mishima Ceramic Vase Meiji Period
Located in Atlanta, GA
A Japanese long neck slender ceramic vase in the style of Mishima, circa 19th century, Meiji period. Mishima pottery was originally imported from three islands in Taiwan and then fro...
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19th Century Japanese Antique Japonisme Decorative Objects
Materials
Ceramic
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...
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Mid-20th Century French Japonisme Decorative Objects
Materials
Iron
Pair of "Cloisonne" Enamel Vases, Attr. to l'Escalier de Cristal, France, C.1870
Located in PARIS, FR
Pair of Japanese-style roll-shaped vases, made in “cloisonné” enamel and gilded bronze. The cylindrical body is decorated with polychrom floral branches, flowers and butterflies on a...
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1870s French Antique Japonisme Decorative Objects
Materials
Bronze, Enamel
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...
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19th Century French Antique Japonisme Decorative Objects
Materials
Ormolu, Enamel
Japanese Ceramic Vase by Ito Tozan I Meiji Period
By Ito Tozan I
Located in Atlanta, GA
This stoneware vase of a jar form was finely decorated with low relief carving and delicate colored glazes depicting bundles of peony flowers. It was made by Ito Tozan I (1846-1920) circa 1890-1900s in the late Meiji Period. The color pallet was both bold and subtle, with dark green and rusty leaves with golden outlines and white and light yellow peony petals covering much of the surface. Impressed with potter's mark on the base.
Examples of two pieces by Ito Tozan I were in the collection of MNAAG (Guimet) Paris. Inventory no. MG 13790 an 13792.
A vase with similar shape and decoration techniques is featured as Lot 1340 Fine Japanese Art, 13 Sep 2017 Bonhams New York
Tozan Ito I established his ceramic business in Kyoto 1867. His studio made both porcelain and stoneware in a style some considered Satsuma while they retained a sophistication of Kyoto ware...
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1890s Japanese Antique Japonisme Decorative Objects
Materials
Ceramic
Japanese Ceramic Sake Bottle Chosen Karatsu Ware
Located in Atlanta, GA
The long neck bottle of classic form was heavily potted with coarse clay with high iron content. The flask, circa 18th century Edo period, was purposed for sake storage but also substituted as a flower vase during tea ceremony. The surface is covered in glossy black glaze and contrasts strikingly with white ash glaze around the shoulder. The white, fired with straw, displays a splashing feather effect and fine crackles, blending in with the black artistically. This type of Karatsu ware...
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18th Century Japanese Antique Japonisme Decorative Objects
Materials
Ceramic
Japanese Bamboo Basket Ikebana Suzuki Gengensai
Located in Atlanta, GA
An elegantly woven bamboo basket with handle as an ikenana container by Suzuki Gengensai (1891-1950) circa 1923-50. Suzuki Gengensai was from Kansai region and active in Osaka. He studied bamboo art under Yamashita Kochikusai (1876-1947) and became an independent artist in 1913. He received his artist name Gengensai in 1914 and in 1923 he changed the characters to Gen, a slight written variation of the character. This basket was signed in this later variation, which helps to date the piece to post 1923.
The basket is woven entirely in a free style irregular plating on the body and with a twisted bundled handle. The surface is lacquered in a deep reddish color. The seemingly less rigid technique renders the piece a more rustic and natural aesthetic that is more suitable for certain occasions. It is singed on the base with artist's signature in the variation post 1923.
A very similar basket of the irregular weaving but without the handle is illustrated in plate 72 in "Baskets Masterpieces of Japanese Bamboo Art...
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20th Century Japanese Japonisme Decorative Objects
Materials
Bamboo
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...
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Late 19th Century French Antique Japonisme Decorative Objects
Materials
Bronze, Enamel, Ormolu
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...
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19th Century Japanese Antique Japonisme Decorative Objects
Materials
Lacquer
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
Pair of Large Japanese Carved Wood Temple Candleholders Edo Period
Located in Atlanta, GA
A tall pair of Japanese carved wood candle holders circa early 19th century (late Edo Period). The pair is carved in the typical form with a block base in the shape of stylized chrysanthemums and long fluted stem with changes in diameter that supports a grooved holder fitted with metal pricket. These types of oversized candle holders were traditionally used in Buddhist temples or Samurai's resident where they were placed on the altar table for worshiping. What is extraordinary of these candle stickers is that they feature a wonderfully conserved surface with lacquered gold leaf. The sparkling gold on the well weathered surface is visually striking. The professional conservation was performed in 2007 and as a result, the pieces display a wonderful aged Wabi-Sabi patina.
The piece retains an original invoice from Far Eastern Antiques...
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Early 19th Century Japanese Antique Japonisme Decorative Objects
Materials
Gold Leaf
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
A Massive Antique Japanese Arita Porcelain Plate by Kajiwara Kiln
Located in Atlanta, GA
On offer is a truly impressive blue and white porcelain plate of Hizen ware, from Arita in Japan, circa mid to late-19th century. The plate was made by Kajiwara Kikujiro (菊次郎, the second Kiku son) and/or Kajiwara Kikusaburo (菊三郎, the third Kiku son who died in 1883) of the Kajiware Family Kiln of in Arita. It was decorated in a superb design with blue under-glaze, clearly out of a hand of a master. In a Classic Japanese composition that was popular in the Meiji Period, the plate displays a riot of auspicious elements, arranged still in a surprisingly harmonious manner. Anchoring the center of the design is an eagle perched on the branch of a blooming cherry tree, its talons clenching the bark and its wings about to open. The motion of the its immediate taking off is palpable. The trunk and the branches of the old cherry tree provide a spacial frame for the arrangement of large peonies with foliage, bundles of chrysanthemums, Chinese bell...
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19th Century Japanese Antique Japonisme Decorative Objects
Materials
Ceramic
Large Tiffany Japonesque Applied Sterling Silver Inkwell with Beetle
Located in New York, NY
Japonesque sterling silver inkwell. Made by Tiffany & Co. in New York, ca 1882. Drum form with curved shoulder, short neck, and hinged and cork-lined bayonet cover. Leaves and tendri...
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Late 19th Century American Antique Japonisme Decorative Objects
Materials
Sterling Silver
French Japanism Champleve Enamel Ormolu Mounted Clock, Christofle & Cie, 1800s
Located in New York, NY
French Japanism Champlevé Enamel Ormolu Mounted Clock, Christofle & Cie. The clock consists of a spherical champlevé enamel body mounted in an ormolu structure. The enamel surface i...
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19th Century French Antique Japonisme Decorative Objects
Materials
Ormolu, Enamel
19th Century Blue and White Japanese Porcelain Dish Meiji Period
Located in Brea, CA
19th century blue and white Japanese porcelain dish Meiji period decorated with prunus on the cobalt blue ground, inscription to base, Ex Bonhams lot 268 diameter 12 inch.
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Late 19th Century Japanese Antique Japonisme Decorative Objects
Materials
Porcelain
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...
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20th Century Japanese Japonisme Decorative Objects
Materials
Bamboo, Rattan
Asian Flambe Studio Pottery Vase
By Kyoto Pottery
Located in Atlanta, GA
A garlic bottle vase in an archaic Chinese form, but likely Japanese in origin. Several circumventing grooves however, suggest a more modern age. It was done in a brilliant purple glaze over a robin egg blue background glaze. The bubbling and bursting effects during the firing renders the surface an artistic spotting effect. The color pallet recalls the Classic Jun Yao...
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Late 19th Century Japanese Antique Japonisme Decorative Objects
Materials
Ceramic
19th Century the Lobster Japanese Bronze Lobster Meiji Period
Located in Marseille, FR
19th century the Lobster Japanese bronze Lobster Meiji Period.
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19th Century Japanese Antique Japonisme Decorative Objects
Materials
Bronze
Japanese Antique Lacquer Maki-E Miniature Hasami-Bako with Copper Mounts
Located in Atlanta, GA
A Japanese lacquered box with lid in the shape of a miniature Hasami-Bako (traveling chest) circa late 18 to early 19th century of the Edo period....
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Early 19th Century Japanese Antique Japonisme Decorative Objects
Materials
Copper
Pot and Wood4 Abstract Sculpture Contemporary Zen Japonism Style
Located in Shibuya-ku, Tokyo
This series of ceramics are unique work by Norihiko Terayama.
This is one of series of practicing relationships with function and decoration. Artis...
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2010s Japanese Japonisme Decorative Objects
Materials
Ceramic
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
Gilded bronze and alabaster letter carrier in the Japanese style, 19th century
Located in NICE, FR
Gilded bronze and alabaster letter carrier in the Japanese style.
The bronze tree branch decorations are very delicate. The alabaster plates on the two main sides give a very luminou...
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Late 19th Century French Antique Japonisme Decorative Objects
Materials
Alabaster, Bronze
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.
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1890s French Antique Japonisme Decorative Objects
Materials
Bronze
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...
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1880s French Antique Japonisme Decorative Objects
Materials
Crystal, Bronze, Enamel
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...
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1880s French Antique Japonisme Decorative Objects
Materials
Fabric, Mirror, Wood, Lacquer
French Japonisme Lacquered Metal Jardinière on Ormolu Stand Signed Marnyhac
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
Jardinière Médicis vase shape in copper with gold lacquered decoration on a burgundy background of a Japanese landscape with a volcano and an eagle ...
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1870s French Antique Japonisme Decorative Objects
Materials
Metal, Bronze
Pair of Japonisme Porcelain and Ormolu Mounted Aesthethic Movement Vase's
Located in Hamilton, Ontario
Pair of Japonism porcelain and ormolu-mounted Aesthethic Movement vase's.
Category
19th Century English Antique Japonisme Decorative Objects
Materials
Brass, Ormolu
Large Japanese Woven Bamboo Morikago Basket by Maeda Chikubosai I
Located in Atlanta, GA
A large and impressive Japanese basket in the form of a morikago by Maeda Chikubosai I (1872-1950) circa first half of the 20th century. Chikubosai I was from the Kansai Region and active in Sakai, Osaka prefecture. He was instructed by Wada Waichisai I, (1851-1901).
Morikago is a shallow open basket with handle. It was traditionally used to display fruits, sometimes flowers, during Sencha tea ceremony. In contrast to Chanoyu, Sencha ceremony uses loose green tea leaves instead of tea powder. The placement of loose fruits in the basket meant that the pattern of the bottom, which is often elaborate, was meant to be visible.
This morikago was beautifully constructed with bent bamboo frame and twill plaits for the body. The bottom of the basket features a double diamond pattern achieved with a variation of plover plait. The bifurcated handles was bundle-plated with a rather free spirit approach. They show a poetic suggestion of movement, as if the bamboos were still swaying in the wind. The basket has a copper insert that fits perfectly and it is quite possibly the original. The basket is signed on the base "Chikubosai". The style of the signature shows that it was made by Maeda Chikubosai I.
For another Morikago basket by Maeda Chikubosai I, see page 79 of "Masters of Bamboo" by Rinne.
For the study of the signature of Chikubosai I "Baskets Master Pieces of Japanese Bamboo Art...
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Early 20th Century Japanese Japonisme Decorative Objects
Materials
Copper
Japonesque Bronze Cache Pot by Berndorf, Austria, (marked) circa 1890
Located in San Francisco, CA
Japonesque bronze cache pot by Berndorf, Austria, circa 1890. Nouveau with a Japanese decorative motif. Stamped Bergdorf over an E
Decorated with thr...
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1980s Austrian Vintage Japonisme Decorative Objects
Materials
Bronze
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
Rare Porcelain Bowl with Plique-a-Jour Design by Makuzu Kozan
By Makuzu Kozan
Located in Atlanta, GA
An extremely fine and delicate porcelain bowl from the studio of Japanese Potter Makuzu Kozan, also known as Miyagawa Kozan (1842–1916), one of the most established and collected cer...
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Early 1900s Japanese Antique Japonisme Decorative Objects
Materials
Porcelain
Japanese Lacquered and Gilt Wood Buddhism Statue from Edo Period
Located in Atlanta, GA
An exceptional and wood statue of Buddhism Guardian Seitaka Doji from Japan circa Edo period (1603-1868), likely the earlier part of 17th century. One of two chief attendants of Fudou Myouou (the other being Kongara Doji), the name of Seitaka Doji is a transliteration of Sanskrit "Cetaka", meaning servant, slave, and he is said to personify expedient action. He is most commonly found on the right side of Fudou, together with Kongara Doji on the left, forming the Immovable triad, Fudou Sanzon, the terror of evil doers. Seitaka largely adheres to the iconography of a wrathful youth with fleshy body and face, skin in the color of a red lotus, has his hair tied in five knots, and holds a vajra in his left hand and a vajra-club in his right hand, but the actual artistic representations of him in Japan do...
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17th Century Japanese Antique Japonisme Decorative Objects
Materials
Metal
Charming Japanese Style Tray Attributed to l'Escalier de Cristal, France, c.1880
Located in PARIS, FR
Rare Japanese style diamond-shaped tray attributed to l'Escalier de Cristal, representing lake landscapes in cartouches, and adorned in its center with a lunch scene with a Japanese couple in traditional dress, all highlighted by a gilded decor of flowering branches on a pink porcelain background.
The whole is framed by a gilded openwork bronze mount ending on the sides by two handles.
“L’Escalier de Cristal”, an old and famous Parisian firm, specialized in glass products and ceramics but also suggested furniture and bronze sculptures. It was led from 1885 to 1923 by Emile Pannier’s sons, who gave the name of Pannier Frères to the society, located at the corner of Scribe street and Auber street, next to the new built Paris Opera house. Their Japanese style creations were among many others much appreciated by the critics and the public. They were awarded many medals at various exhibitions, such as the Gold medal at the 1900 Paris Universal Exhibition.
Lots of artists participated in that world success, such as Emile Gallé, who gave to Pannier Frères the exclusive rights of some of his models, or François-Eugène Rousseau, who designed many vases and gave the model of his successful Japanese style dining-set as well. This set was made by the Creil et Montereau Manufacture. In the Japanese style furniture...
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1880s French Antique Japonisme Decorative Objects
Materials
Bronze
Antique Japanese Lacquered Wood Wabi-Sabi Bowl
Located in Atlanta, GA
What can we say about this bowl? Perhaps we can start by describing the unique Japanese aesthetic concept of "Wabi-Sabi". In contrast to the western concept of beauty that is centere...
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19th Century Japanese Antique Japonisme Decorative Objects
Materials
Wood
Pair of Antique French Bronze Mounted Gros Relief Barbotine Vases, Circa 1880
Located in Dallas, TX
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Dating to circa 1880, these wonderful French barbotine vases have bronze mounts, inspired by the visual stylings of Japonisme. The hand-painted vases ...
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Late 19th Century French Antique Japonisme Decorative Objects
Materials
Metal, Bronze
French Japonisme Ormolu-Mounted Baccarat Crystal Vase with Bronze Turtle Feet
Located in New York, NY
A Gorgeous and extremely rare French Japonisme ormolu-mounted turtle footed Baccarat crystal vase designed with a gilt turtle design, Baccarat stamp on bottom. The quality and craftsmanship of this piece is second to none. Baccarat crystal is known to be the best crystal in the world and this piece appropriately demonstrates that. The crystal vase is seated on four beautifully cast and hand-chiseled ormolu turtles, representing the Japanese artistic movement in France at the time, known as 'Japonisme'. The body of the vase is a gorgeously hand painted with raised gold and enamel decoration of a turtle and various other decorations, making it seem as though the turtle is swimming in a lake. Underneath the turtle are painted rocks and mosses, while above the turtle are cherry trees, dropping their fruit into the water. On the reverse of the main panel are two turtles swimming...
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1880s French Antique Japonisme Decorative Objects
Materials
Crystal, Bronze
Japanese Cloisonné Covered Jar by Ando Jubei
By Ando Jubei
Located in Atlanta, GA
Japanese cloisonné enamels are known as shippo-yaki and the mid-19th century saw the production of very high quality wares in the early centers Nagoya. One of the most renowned works...
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Early 20th Century Japanese Japonisme Decorative Objects
Materials
Metal, Sterling Silver, Enamel
French Patinated Bronze Figure of a Standing Japanese Geisha with Kimono & Obi
Located in New York, NY
A beautiful French patinated bronze figure of a standing Japanese geisha in a traditional kimono with an obi. This geisha is exceptionally cast with immense detail. Starting from the...
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Early 20th Century French Japonisme Decorative Objects
Materials
Bronze
19th Century Japanese Imari & French Bronze Mantel Clock
Located in Los Angeles, CA
JAPANESE IMARI PORCELAIN AND ORMOLU MOUNTED MANTEL CLOCK, 19TH CENTURY urn shaped with three ormolu mounted cherubs with Roman Numeral and Arabic dial. Dimensions Height: 22" Width: ...
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19th Century Japanese Antique Japonisme Decorative Objects
Materials
Bronze
Pair of Small Cloisonné Enamel Vases by F. Barbedienne, France, Circa 1880
Located in PARIS, FR
Signed F. Barbedienne on the mount.
Charming pair of small curved-shaped vases in patinated and gilded bronze and polychrome cloisonné enamel decorated with flowers and birds. With ...
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1880s French Antique Japonisme Decorative Objects
Materials
Bronze, Enamel
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...
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Early 1900s Japanese Antique Japonisme Decorative Objects
Materials
Porcelain
Antique Silver Cup JAPANESE KORO COVER - Engraved Cup with Enamel20th century
Located in Wembley, GB
Antique silver cup or Decorative Japanese cup, pressed, cast and chased. Circular, curved feet with hinged. Tested with the scratch test.
Decorated with ...
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1880s Japanese Antique Japonisme Decorative Objects
Materials
Gold Plate, Silver, Sterling Silver
Baluster Vase, Kakiemon Decoration, Bow Porcelain Factory, circa 1748
Located in Melbourne, Victoria
An early example of bow’s output, with a smooth, silky glaze. Painted after the Kakiemon with a phoenix, butterfly and various plants after the Japanese; with reserved panels featuri...
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Mid-18th Century English Antique Japonisme Decorative Objects
Materials
Porcelain
Large Vintage Japanese Bronzed Sculpture of Toba on His Mule
Located in Dallas, TX
Presenting a beautiful large vintage Japanese bronzed sculpture of Toba on his Mule.
Some might say ‘Monumental’ .. being 34 inches tall ...
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Mid-20th Century Japanese Japonisme Decorative Objects
Materials
Bronze, Iron
Pair of Japanese Patinated Bronze Candelabras, Meiji Period, ca. 1900
Located in New York, NY
This most unusual pair of original 18th century Japanese patinated bronze candelabras, uniquely designed as branches of mountain flowers entangled by a dragon, are mounted on the con...
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Late 19th Century Japanese Antique Japonisme Decorative Objects
Materials
Bronze
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
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
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
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
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
Nippon Hand-Painted Porcelain Vases and Bowl Three Pieces Porcelain Group
Located in Rockaway, NJ
Set of three Nippon porcelain pieces. Hand-painted in Japan.
Category
20th Century Japanese Japonisme Decorative Objects
Materials
Porcelain
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
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