Edo Bottles

EDO STYLE

Edo furniture was created during a flourishing time for the decorative arts owing to the stability of the Tokugawa shogunate rule in Japan. Spanning from 1603 to 1867, this era of peace and economic growth supported artistic advancements in lacquer, woodblock printing, porcelain and other artisanal trades. Because the country was largely isolated, there was little outside influence, leading to centuries of exceptional attention to the design of its furnishings and the quality of its traditional arts.

Unlike during the Meiji period that followed, with an increase in domestic and international markets, furniture during the Edo period was predominately commissioned by the ruling class, although people from across social groups benefited from the burgeoning metropolitan hubs for artisanal trades. For instance, Kyoto became a major center for lacquer art. Most furniture pieces were made from wood such as cedar or ash, including the era’s sashimono cabinets, which involved fine joinery and were rooted in the Heian period.

Sashimono cabinets, which were built by master craftsmen in a range of different wood types owing to the various trees that populate Japan, occasionally featured a stack of slender drawers as well as sliding doors. They were popular with everyone from samurai to kabuki actors. Tansu storage chests crafted from wood with metal fittings were also common in Edo-period homes. Some were designed to be easily portable while others were made to double as staircases.

Painted folding screens, called byōbu, were also fashionable, with Japanese artists inspired by nature, literature and scenes of history and daily life to create vivid works. In Buddhist temples and the palatial homes of the aristocratic class, fusuma, or large sliding panels, would sometimes be adorned with gold or silver leaf. These dividers allowed interiors to change throughout the day, closing in small spaces for personal use or reflecting candlelight to illuminate communal spaces after dark.

Find a collection of Edo tables, lighting, decorative objects, wall decorations and more furniture on 1stDibs.

Style: Edo

Scarce Antique Japanese Mishima Karatsu Ware Glazed Sake Bottle Vase Pottery

$1,800

Scarce Antique Japanese Mishima Karatsu Ware Glazed Sake Bottle Vase Pottery

Located in Forney, TX

A rare and beautiful nearly 300 year old Japanese pottery Mishima Karatsu (三島唐津) sake bottle tokkuri (徳利) circa 1750 Japan, Edo period (1603-1868), Saga prefecture, Karatsu kilns, M...

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18th Century Japanese Antique Edo Bottles

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Pottery, Ceramic, Stoneware

1610-1640/Japanese White Porcelain Blue and White Vase/"Imari Ware"/Sake Bottle

$1,000

1610-1640/Japanese White Porcelain Blue and White Vase/"Imari Ware"/Sake Bottle

Located in Sammu-shi, Chiba

I bought a very nice vase with white porcelain and blue dye. This is a sake bottle called Imari ware in Japan. Imari ware is a kiln with a long history that began in the 17th cen...

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Early 17th Century Japanese Antique Edo Bottles

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Porcelain

Contemporary Japanese Blue White Porcelain Vase by Master Artist, 3

$3,263Sale Price|24% Off

H 12.25 in Dm 15.5 in

Contemporary Japanese Blue White Porcelain Vase by Master Artist, 3

Located in Takarazuka, JP

Exquisite Japanese contemporary gikded decorative porcelain vase, hand painted in beautiful shades of blue on an elegantly shaped ovoid porcelain body with generous gold details, is ...

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21st Century and Contemporary Japanese Edo Bottles

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Gold

Japanese antique white porcelain vase/1818-1900/”Iwatani ware”/rare sake bottle

$700

H 8.27 in W 4.1 in D 4.14 in

Japanese antique white porcelain vase/1818-1900/”Iwatani ware”/rare sake bottle

Located in Sammu-shi, Chiba

This is a white porcelain sake bottle made at the end of the Edo period. The name of this pottery is Iwayaki. The Yako was built in Hikino-cho, Fukuyama City, Hiroshima Prefecture. (The location marked with a red circle on the map is the pottery.) The kiln is currently abandoned. The kiln was opened in 1818 and continued until around 1900. Until this time, many sake bottles of this type were made and shipped with various decorations. (Please take a look at the document images of Iwatani Sake Tokkuri with various designs) This item is a pure white sake bottle and has the simplest design. containing a Chinese herbal...

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Late 19th Century Japanese Antique Edo Bottles

Materials

Porcelain

Japanese Contemporary Porcelain Vase in Blue and White by Master Artist

$4,500

H 13.5 in Dm 11 in

Japanese Contemporary Porcelain Vase in Blue and White by Master Artist

Located in Takarazuka, JP

Exquisite contemporary Japanese porcelain decorative vase, extremely intricately hand painted in underglaze cobalt blue on an elegant oval shape body, a signed piece by widely respec...

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21st Century and Contemporary Japanese Edo Bottles

Materials

Porcelain

Japanese Antique Pottery Jar/1500s/"Shigaraki Ware"/Wabisabi Vase

$3,000

H 17.56 in Dm 13.78 in

Japanese Antique Pottery Jar/1500s/"Shigaraki Ware"/Wabisabi Vase

Located in Sammu-shi, Chiba

This is a Japanese pottery called "Shigaraki ware". Shigaraki is a historical kiln located in Shiga Prefecture, Japan. (Shigaraki Kiln is marked with a ...

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15th Century and Earlier Japanese Antique Edo Bottles

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Pottery

Japanese Antique Shigaraki ware 17th Century / Pottery Vase Wabisabi

$1,200Sale Price|33% Off

H 20.08 in Dm 16.54 in

Japanese Antique Shigaraki ware 17th Century / Pottery Vase Wabisabi

Located in Chōsei District Nagara, JP

This is an old pottery pot made in Japan. It is a very old pot believed to have been made in the 17th century, early Edo period, and is called Koshigaraki in Japan. Koshigaraki refe...

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17th Century Japanese Antique Edo Bottles

Materials

Pottery

Japanese Antique Shigaraki Ware 17th Century / Pottery Vase Vessel Wabi Sabi

$1,050Sale Price|30% Off

H 20.87 in Dm 17.33 in

Japanese Antique Shigaraki Ware 17th Century / Pottery Vase Vessel Wabi Sabi

Located in Chōsei District Nagara, JP

This is a ceramic jar made in Japan. It was made in the 17th Century and is a valuable piece that conveys the lifestyle and aesthetic sense of the time. Shigaraki ware is one of the...

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17th Century Japanese Antique Edo Bottles

Materials

Pottery

Japanese Contemporary Imari Blue White Porcelain Vase

$4,350

H 16 in Dm 13 in

Japanese Contemporary Imari Blue White Porcelain Vase

Located in Takarazuka, JP

Exquisite Japanese contemporary decorative porcelain vase, hand painted in underglaze blue on a beautifully shaped body in pure white, a signed piece by widely acclaimed master porce...

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21st Century and Contemporary Japanese Edo Bottles

Materials

Porcelain

1960s Minimalist Orange Vase Sake Bottle Japan

$65

H 5 in Dm 2 in

1960s Minimalist Orange Vase Sake Bottle Japan

Located in Chula Vista, CA

For your consideration, a 1960s modern minimalist aesthetic orange vase. Small bud vase Japanese sake bottle. Maker stamp ATC Dimensions: 5 H x 2 diameter. Please visit take a look...

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1960s Japanese Vintage Edo Bottles

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Ceramic

Japanese antique pottery [Tamba] jar / Edo period / 1600s / Beautiful glazed

$1,200

H 16.74 in Dm 13.86 in

Japanese antique pottery [Tamba] jar / Edo period / 1600s / Beautiful glazed

Located in Sammu-shi, Chiba

This is a Tamba ware jar produced in Japan during the early Edo period (circa 17th century). Tamba ware, along with Seto, Tokoname, Echizen, Shigaraki, and Bizen, is known as one of ...

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17th Century Japanese Antique Edo Bottles

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Pottery

Japanese Contemporary Blue and White Porcelain Vase by Master Artist

$3,350

H 13 in Dm 12 in

Japanese Contemporary Blue and White Porcelain Vase by Master Artist

Located in Takarazuka, JP

Japanese contemporary decorative porcelain vase, dramatically hand painted in blue underglaze on a beautiully shaped ovoid porcelain bodyk, a signed piece belonging to the artist's s...

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21st Century and Contemporary Japanese Edo Bottles

Materials

Porcelain

Jun Ware Chinese Porcelain Vase

$960Sale Price|20% Off

H 10 in Dm 5.5 in

Jun Ware Chinese Porcelain Vase

Located in Somis, CA

A splendid Jun ware porcelain Yu Tang Chun vase. Jun ware, is one of the most important kilns in China. Originated in Tang dynasty, Jun kiln produces the most...

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20th Century Chinese Edo Bottles

Materials

Porcelain

Japanese Contemporary Blue White Porcelain Vase by Master Artist, 5

$2,850

H 11.5 in Dm 9.5 in

Japanese Contemporary Blue White Porcelain Vase by Master Artist, 5

Located in Takarazuka, JP

Exquisite contemporary Japanese decorative porcelain vase, intricately hand painted in various shades of blue on an elegantly shaped body, a signed piece by master porcelain artist f...

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21st Century and Contemporary Japanese Edo Bottles

Materials

Porcelain

Previously Available Items

Japanese Antique White Porcelain Sake Bottle / Vase Object / Wabi-sabi Mingei

Sold

H 14.57 in Dm 9.06 in

Japanese Antique White Porcelain Sake Bottle / Vase Object / Wabi-sabi Mingei

Located in Iwate-gun Shizukuishi-cho, Iwate Prefecture

This is Japan's old white porcelain Tokkuri. It is thought to be the "Koimari" from the 1800s, Edo period. On the side, a landscape soaked in water called a rain leak is created, c...

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19th Century Japanese Antique Edo Bottles

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Porcelain

Japanese antique earthenware white glaze vase/[Shiro-tanba] Hyogo Prefecture

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H 11.54 in Dm 5.01 in

Japanese antique earthenware white glaze vase/[Shiro-tanba] Hyogo Prefecture

Located in Sammu-shi, Chiba

This is called "Tambaware" in Japan. Tamba is a historic kiln located in Hyogo prefecture, Japan. (The part marked with a red circle on the map is the Tamba kiln) It is said to have ...

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Late 19th Century Japanese Antique Edo Bottles

Materials

Pottery

Japanese Antique Tin Vase / Sake Bottle / Set of 2 / 1850-1920

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H 9.57 in Dm 4.89 in

Japanese Antique Tin Vase / Sake Bottle / Set of 2 / 1850-1920

Located in Sammu-shi, Chiba

We have a unique Japanese aesthetic sense. And only we can introduce unique items through our purchasing channels in Japan and the experience we have gained so far, in such a way th...

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Late 19th Century Japanese Antique Edo Bottles

Materials

Tin

Rare Small Antique Vase Made in the Edo Period in Japan / 1750-1850

Sold

H 5.91 in Dm 3.55 in

Rare Small Antique Vase Made in the Edo Period in Japan / 1750-1850

Located in Sammu-shi, Chiba

We have an aesthetic sense peculiar to Japanese people. And we introduce the unique items that only we can do, the route of purchasing in Japan, the experience value so far, and the...

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Late 18th Century Japanese Antique Edo Bottles

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Pottery

Japanese Old Sake Bottle 1800s-1860s/Antique Flower Vase Pottery Tsubo Wabisabi

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H 16.15 in Dm 9.06 in

Japanese Old Sake Bottle 1800s-1860s/Antique Flower Vase Pottery Tsubo Wabisabi

Located in Sammu-shi, Chiba

It is an old sake bottle of Japan. It is an item from the Edo period. Weight 2 kg I am repairing cracks with paper. It's a coincidental beauty. This is the world of Wabi-S...

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Mid-19th Century Japanese Antique Edo Bottles

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Pottery

Vintage Japanese Bronze Vase with Warm Variegated Patina

Sold

H 4.75 in Dm 4.5 in

Vintage Japanese Bronze Vase with Warm Variegated Patina

By Japanese Studio

Located in Wilton, CT

Japanese apple form bronze vase with perfectly rounded shoulder and beautiful, warm, variegated patina, circa mid-20th century. Measures: 4 3/4" high, 4 1/2" diameter. Exce...

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Mid-20th Century Japanese Edo Bottles

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Bronze

Edo bottles for sale on 1stDibs.

Find a broad range of unique Edo bottles for sale on 1stDibs. Many of these items were first offered in the 18th Century and Earlier, but contemporary artisans have continued to produce works inspired by this style. If you’re looking to add vintage bottles created in this style to your space, the works available on 1stDibs include decorative objects, asian art and furniture and other home furnishings, frequently crafted with ceramic, porcelain and other materials. If you’re shopping for used Edo bottles made in a specific country, there are Asia, East Asia, and Japan pieces for sale on 1stDibs. 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 bottles differ depending upon multiple factors, including designer, materials, construction methods, condition and provenance. On 1stDibs, the price for these items starts at $600 and tops out at $1,000 while the average work can sell for $800.