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Edo Vases and Vessels

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.

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Style: Edo
Studio Art Ceramic Vase Turquoise & Brush Stroke Bird, likely Japan, 1980s
Located in Andernach, DE
Beautiful, most likely originates in Japan: large round ceramic vase in an eggshell blue to turquoise glaze. The general style is inspired by the marvellous brush painting style of t...
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Late 20th Century Japanese Edo Vases and Vessels

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Ceramic

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 Vases and Vessels

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Porcelain

Vintage Japanese Ando Jubei (1876-1956) Signed Cloisonné Vase With Roses
Located in Centennial, CO
This large and rare antique vase was created by Japanese master artist Ando Jubei (1876-1956) during the Meiji period. The sterling silver body was covered with cloisonné enamel and ...
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Early 20th Century Japanese Edo Vases and Vessels

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Silver, Enamel

Japanese Antique Jar / 1900s / Atmosphere Cool Vase / Wabisabi Art / Mingei
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 tha...
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19th Century Japanese Antique Edo Vases and Vessels

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Pottery

Japanese Antique 19th Century Small Pottery Vase / Wabi Sabi Flower Vase
Located in Sammu-shi, Chiba
This is a very old Japanese pottery jar. It dates from the Meiji period (1800s-1860s). It is thought to have been used to extinguish charcoal fires. The darkening is due to soot fr...
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19th Century Japanese Antique Edo Vases and Vessels

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Pottery

Japanese Edo period vase/17th to 19th century/Antique vase/Natural glaze
Located in Sammu-shi, Chiba
This is a Tokoname ware pot made around the Edo period. Tokoname ware is one of the oldest kilns in Japan. Tokoname is a kiln located in Aichi prefecture, Japan. (Tokoname kiln is ma...
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17th Century Japanese Antique Edo Vases and Vessels

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Pottery

Japanese antique painted pottery / "Eseto" / Edo period, 1800s / Ashtray
Located in Sammu-shi, Chiba
This is a pottery called Seto-yaki, which was fired in Seto, Aichi Prefecture, Japan. Seto is a kiln with a long history in Aichi Prefecture, Japan. (Seto kilns are marked with red c...
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19th Century Japanese Antique Edo Vases and Vessels

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Pottery

Japanese Antique Pottery Bowl/1800-1900/Beautiful Glaze Pottery/Vase/Mingei
Located in Sammu-shi, Chiba
I believe this is pottery from the Kyushu region of Japan (an area in the south of Japan such as Fukuoka). I think it was made in the late Edo period to the early Meiji period (1800...
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19th Century Japanese Antique Edo Vases and Vessels

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Pottery

Japanese Small Wabi Sabi Antique Pottery Vase/"Echizen Ware"/Edo/1600s
Located in Sammu-shi, Chiba
This is a Japanese Echizen ware pot. It is "Echizenware". Echizen is a historic kiln located in Ishikawa Prefecture, Japan. (The Echizen kiln is marked with a red circle on the ma...
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17th Century Japanese Antique Edo Vases and Vessels

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Pottery

Imari Porcelain Ceramic Fluted Vase Edo Period Japan
Located in Miami, FL
Lovely Japanese Edo Period (1603-1867) Imari Porcelain Vase in a European form. Created with a vertical scalloped surface, hand painted and hand thrown . Decorated with a medallion i...
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1850s Japanese Antique Edo Vases and Vessels

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Ceramic, Porcelain, Pottery

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 Vases and Vessels

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Porcelain

Japanese Old Pottery Tokoname 1700s-1800s/Antique Flower Vase Vessel Jar Ceramic
Located in Sammu-shi, Chiba
It is a jar baked in Tokoname (Aichi Prefecture) in Japan. It seems to be in the Edo period (1700s-1800s). This jar is distorted in shape and does not stand on its own. It seems tha...
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Early 19th Century Japanese Antique Edo Vases and Vessels

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Pottery

Pair Japanese Porcelain Lidded Vases Imari Hand Painted, Edo Period circa 1830
Located in Lincoln, Lincolnshire
These are a high quality pair of very decorative gilded hand enameled Japanese porcelain lidded vases which we date to the Edo period of the 19th century, circa 1830. Each vase has a baluster open necked shape and has been hand painted in an Imari design with varying shades of under-glaze cobalt blue, with over-glaze burnt orange, salmon and grey enamels. The decoration alternates around the central section with many flowers, buildings, fences and other motifs. The quality of the painting is high and there are border designs around the vases and the lids. There are no marks to the base. Overall a very beautiful pair of Japanese vases. Notes: Imari porcelain is the name given to Japanese export porcelain...
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Early 19th Century Japanese Antique Edo Vases and Vessels

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Porcelain

Japanese Antique Large Pottery Vase 1700s-1800s / Vessel Flower Vase Wabi Sabi
Located in Sammu-shi, Chiba
This is a very old and large Japanese pottery. This pottery dates from the Edo period (1700s-1800s). This is called Tokoname in Japan. It is a v...
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Early 19th Century Japanese Antique Edo Vases and Vessels

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Pottery

Pair Of Antique Decorative Urns, Japanese, Bronze, Vase, Edo Period, Victorian
Located in Hele, Devon, GB
This is a pair of antique decorative urns. A Japanese, bronze baluster vase, dating to the Victorian period, circa 1850. Delightful pair of va...
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Mid-19th Century Japanese Antique Edo Vases and Vessels

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Bronze

Japanese Antique Paper-Covered Pottery Jar 1800s-1860s / Flower Vase Wabi Sabi
Located in Sammu-shi, Chiba
This is a very old Japanese paper-lined ceramic jar. It is from the Edo period (1800s-1860s). We assume that this jar was used to extinguish charcoal fires. It is covered with paper...
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Late 19th Century Japanese Antique Edo Vases and Vessels

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Pottery

Antique Japanese Imari Garniture Set Colorfull Vases Japan Foo Dog, 18th Century
Located in Amsterdam, Noord Holland
Great piece of cloisonne. Additional information: Material: Bronze Region of Origin: Japan Original/Reproduction: Original Period: ca 1900 Condition: Overall Condition All damages a...
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18th Century Japanese Antique Edo Vases and Vessels

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Bronze

Japanese Antique Muromachi Edo Wabi-Sabi Tokoname Art Pottery Jar Tsubo Pot Vase
Located in Studio City, CA
An absolutely stunning Tokoname ware stoneware vase/jar/vessel - produced sometime during the late Muromachi period (1336-1573 to early Edo Period (1603-1867). Tokoname-yaki ware is ...
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16th Century Japanese Antique Edo Vases and Vessels

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Pottery, Stoneware

Japanese Antique Jar "e-chi-zen ware" 1603-1800 / Beautiful Baked Vase
Located in Sammu-shi, Chiba
It is "Echizen ware". Echizen is a historic kiln located in Ishikawa Prefecture, Japan. It is said to have originated around the 9th century. There are 6 kilns with a long history...
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17th Century Japanese Antique Edo Vases and Vessels

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Pottery

Japanese Wabi Sabi Antique Pottery Jar/1600s/Edo Period Vase
Located in Sammu-shi, Chiba
It is "Shigaraki ware". Shigaraki is a historical kiln located in Shiga Prefecture, Japan. (Shigaraki Kiln is marked with a red circle on the map.) It is said to have originated in...
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Early 17th Century Japanese Antique Edo Vases and Vessels

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Pottery

Japanese Antique Small Vase Made of Tin/1800s-1920/Casting Vase
Located in Sammu-shi, Chiba
This is a tin vase made from the late Edo period to the early Taisho period (1800s-1920). It is made of cast iron and has detailed and beautiful expressions such as butterflies and ...
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19th Century Japanese Antique Edo Vases and Vessels

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Tin

Rare Japanese Antique Pottery Vase / 1600-1700 / Wonderful Little Sake Bottle
Located in Sammu-shi, Chiba
We have received very rare and beautiful pottery. This is Japanese "Seto ware". Seto is a historic kiln in Aichi prefecture. (The red circle on the map is the Seto kiln) It is sai...
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17th Century Japanese Antique Edo Vases and Vessels

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Pottery

Japanese Antique Edo Wabi-Sabi Tamba Tanba Large Art Pottery Jar Tsubo Pot Vase
Located in Studio City, CA
An absolutely stunning Tamba (Tanba) ware Japanese pottery vase/jar/pot - produced sometime during the Edo Period (1603-1867). Tamba-yaki ware is a type of Japanese pottery and ceram...
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18th Century Japanese Antique Edo Vases and Vessels

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Pottery

Japanese Antique Pottery Hanging Vase/Edo/1800s/Boat-Shaped Vase
Located in Sammu-shi, Chiba
This is a black-glazed boat-shaped pottery made in the late Edo period of Japan. This will be a hanging vase. Pour water directly into this and decorate the flowers. Also, perhaps this is a pottery called Seto-yaki. Seto is an ancient kiln located in Aichi Prefecture. Various shapes and colors were produced there, and in the late Edo period, dark glazed pottery was also produced. When a dark brown glaze is applied, the areas with thick glaze look black, and the areas with thin glaze look brown. I put water directly into this and left it for a day, but there was no water leakage. I would say it is in very good condition. Although it is a small item, it has a very strong presence. It has a glossy and elegant appearance. There are many types of Seto pottery...
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19th Century Japanese Antique Edo Vases and Vessels

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Pottery

Japanese Antique Ceramics with Vertical Stripes / 1800s / Edo Period
Located in Sammu-shi, Chiba
If you want something special, we recommend purchasing items selected by us. We sell carefully selected old Japanese items. I've seen tens of thousands of items so far. Based on t...
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19th Century Japanese Antique Edo Vases and Vessels

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Pottery

Japanese Wabi-Sabi Small Antique Jar / Small Vase / Edo Period 1750-1850
Located in Sammu-shi, Chiba
It is a small jar that was burned in the latter half of the Edo period (1750-1850) in Japan. It is "Shigaraki ware". Shigaraki is a historic kiln located in Shiga prefecture, Jap...
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Late 18th Century Japanese Antique Edo Vases and Vessels

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Pottery

Shigaraki Tsubo Stoneware Ceramic Vessel
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Japanese ceramic vessel from Shiga, Japan. This piece gains its unique glaze and irregularities from the firing process in which wood is added...
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18th Century Japanese Antique Edo Vases and Vessels

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Ceramic

Antique Japanese Edo Period Cloisonne Enamel Jar
Located in New York, NY
A antique Japanese late Edo Period lidded enamel jar. The jar has a globular shaped body. The exterior of the vase is adorned with medallions ...
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15th Century and Earlier Japanese Antique Edo Vases and Vessels

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Enamel

Pair of Japanese Edo Period Foliate and Bird Relief Decorated Bronze Vases
Located in Milford, NH
An attractive pair of Japanese Edo Period bronze vases with relief foliate and bird decoration, probably dating to the early 19th century, in very go...
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Early 19th Century Japanese Antique Edo Vases and Vessels

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Bronze

Japanese Bronze Vase, Edo Period
Located in London, GB
A Japanese solid bronze Mimikuchi handled vase with crisply detailed spiral design on a beautifully rounded body. This rare piece dates from the early to mid 1800's. A very fine example of Japanese Edo period...
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Early 19th Century Japanese Antique Edo Vases and Vessels

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Bronze

Japanese Antique Pottery Black Vase / Satsuma Ware / 1600-1800/Edo Period
Located in Sammu-shi, Chiba
This is a vase baked in Kagoshima prefecture in Kyushu called Satsuma ware in Japan. (The location of Satsuma ware is marked in red on the Japanese map.) In general, Satsuma ware is well known for its luxurious decorations in various colors, but it is made for the upper class and for export. This black Satsuma...
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17th Century Japanese Antique Edo Vases and Vessels

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Pottery

Japanese Antique Pottery Large Jar/1610-1680/Edo Period/Wabisabi Tsubo/Tokoname
Located in Sammu-shi, Chiba
This is a pottery called Tokoname ware. It is a kiln with a very long history in Japan. Tokoname is a kiln located in Aichi prefecture, Japan. (Tokoname Kiln is marked with a red ...
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17th Century Japanese Antique Edo Vases and Vessels

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Pottery

Japanese Colorful Antique Sake Bottle / 'Kutani Ware' / 1830-1900 / Small Vase
Located in Sammu-shi, Chiba
Kutani ware is a color-painted porcelain produced around Kanazawa City in the southern part of Ishikawa Prefecture, starting in 1655. It features a colorfu...
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19th Century Japanese Antique Edo Vases and Vessels

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Pottery

Scarce Japanese Edo Period Seto Ware Pottery Bottleneck Vase
Located in Forney, TX
A rare and beautiful nearly 300 year old Edo period (1603-1868) Japanese Seto ware glazed ceramic bottleneck wine bottle / vase. circa 1750 Hand-crafted by ...
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18th Century Japanese Antique Edo Vases and Vessels

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Pottery, Ceramic

Japanese Red Lacquer Negoro Hibachi with Rabbits, Edo Period, c. 1850
Located in Chicago, IL
With monumental scale and beautiful, hand-carved details, this remarkable red lacquer hibachi is a true work of art. Designed to hold glowing embers, hibachi vessels such as this were used for cooking or as a source of heat in Japanese homes. Placed under a low wood kotatsu table...
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Mid-19th Century Japanese Antique Edo Vases and Vessels

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Metal, Bronze, Copper

Japanese Antique Momoyama Edo Bizen Ware Pottery Wabi-Sabi Art Tsubo Jar Vase
Located in Studio City, CA
An absolutely stunning Bizen ware stoneware vase/jar/vessel - produced sometime during the late Momoyama period (1568-1600) / Early Edo Period (1603-1867). Bizen yaki...
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16th Century Japanese Antique Edo Vases and Vessels

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Stoneware

Japanese Edo Period Bronze Vase of Mimikuchi Flying Handle Form
Located in Buffalo, NY
A rare Edo period bronze vase with Mimikuchi flying handles, with quartered pear shaped body with spiral to the front and back, supported on a flared...
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1860s Japanese Antique Edo Vases and Vessels

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Bronze

Antique Rare Pottery Coated with Copper Plate Used in Japan/Tsubo Wabisabi
Located in Sammu-shi, Chiba
It is used in Japan. It seems to be in the Edo period (1700s-1800s). But details are unknown. The unique distorted shape is beautiful. The color and balance of the glaze are al...
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Early 19th Century Japanese Antique Edo Vases and Vessels

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Pottery

Japanese Bronze Usubata with Waves and Plovers, Edo Period, Mid-19th Century
Located in Austin, TX
An impressive Japanese cast bronze usubata, vessel for ikebana, in the form of a large conical vessel being supported by crashing waves and flying chidori. Edo Period, mid-19th centu...
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Mid-19th Century Japanese Antique Edo Vases and Vessels

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Bronze

Edo Period Bizen Vase
Located in Hudson, NY
Edo period Bizen vase, late Edo period (mid-19th century) ceramic vase from Bizen, one of the six ancient kilns in Japan. Unusual undulating rim, with tradi...
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Mid-19th Century Japanese Antique Edo Vases and Vessels

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Ceramic

Japanese Contemporary White Red Blue Porcelain Vase by Master Artist, 5
Located in Takarazuka, JP
Elegant contemporary Japanese porcelain decorative vase, beautifully hand painted in red, white and blue on a strikingly shaped body, ...
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21st Century and Contemporary Japanese Edo Vases and Vessels

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Gold

Japanese Antique Pottery with Beautiful Ripped in the Edo Period/Tsubo Wabisabi
Located in Sammu-shi, Chiba
It is an old jar baked in Japan. It seems to be in the Edo period (1700s-1800s). The unique distorted shape is beautiful. The color and balance of the gla...
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Early 19th Century Japanese Antique Edo Vases and Vessels

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Pottery

18th Century Japanese Gennai Ware Vase
Located in Hudson, NY
18th century Japanese Gennai Ware vase, known for its bright coloring, Gennai Ware was produced by Hiraga Gennai (1728-1780), a scientist and intellectual who lived in what is now Shido, Kagawa Prefecture. Gennai Ware is stylistically similar to Kochi Ware which is an early Chinese pottery...
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18th Century Japanese Antique Edo Vases and Vessels

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Ceramic

Green Porcelain Vase by Contemporary Japanese Master Artist
Located in Takarazuka, JP
Contemporary decorative Porcelain vase, intricately hand painted in green on an attractive shape body, a signed work by highly acclaimed master porcelain artist of the Imari-Arita re...
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21st Century and Contemporary Japanese Edo Vases and Vessels

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Porcelain

19th Century Superior Quality Japanese Bronze Vase with Grape Vine Handles
Located in Hudson, NY
19th century superior quality Japanese bronze vase with grape vine handles. Beautifully shaped Edo period (first half of the 19th century) vase with c...
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Early 19th Century Japanese Antique Edo Vases and Vessels

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Bronze

Japanese Green Gold Blue Porcelain Vase by Contemporary Master Artist
Located in Takarazuka, JP
Exceptional contemporary Japanese porcelain vase, a masterpiece from the artist's exclusive signature collection, extremely intricately hand painted in blue, green, black and gold by...
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21st Century and Contemporary Japanese Edo Vases and Vessels

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Porcelain

Japanese Contemporary Black Red Blue Hand-Glazed Porcelain Vase by Master Artist
Located in Takarazuka, JP
Exceptional very large Japanese contemporary hand-glazed decorative porcelain vase, an exhibition masterpiece in black, brown, and the artist's stunning signature red and blue, title...
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21st Century and Contemporary Japanese Edo Vases and Vessels

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Porcelain

Pair of Japanese Edo Period Parcel-Gilt Bronze Dragon Vases, Early 19th Century
Located in Austin, TX
A pair of well cast and dramatic Japanese parcel gilt bronze dragon vases, Edo period, early 19th century. The heavy bronze vases of pear shape, each with a single writhing dragon cast in high relief...
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Early 19th Century Japanese Antique Edo Vases and Vessels

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Bronze

Pair of Edo Period Japanese Blue Red Gold Porcelain Vases, Circa 1800
Located in Takarazuka, JP
Exquisite pair of mid Edo period large Japanese Ko-Imari porcelain vases in an attractive baluster shape boasting intricate patterns of floral and highly detailed geometric motifs that beautifully intertwine on the body of the handsome vases, creating captivating landscapes in dark blue, orange and gold details throughout, which is characteristic of Imari porcelain from the Edo Period. The two scalloped cartouches on each vase with highly decorated and elaborate borders recreate the pine, plum and bamboo motif known as “Sho-Chiku-Bai” or the “Three Friends of Winter.” The impressive pine trees in cobalt blue decorated with gold details dominate the landscape on white background. The two small delicately scalloped cartouches appearing in the middle of the long neck of the vases depict playful rabbits among trees. The late father of the collector of this exquisite pair, who operated one of the leading kilns in the historic Imari-Arita region of Japan, travelled extensively to Europe in the early 1960s with a mission that he led, to purchase and bring back to Japan antique ceramics...
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Early 19th Century Japanese Antique Edo Vases and Vessels

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Gold

Antique pottery pot from Japan or Southeast Asia/18th-19th century/Okinawa
Located in Sammu-shi, Chiba
We now have a small and attractive jar in stock. I think this is a pottery from the Okinawa region of Japan or around Southeast Asia. It is a piece of earthenware that was fired at a...
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18th Century Japanese Antique Edo Vases and Vessels

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Pottery

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 Vases and Vessels

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Pottery

Japanese Beautiful Color Antique Pottery Sake Bottle / 1840-1900 / Small Vase
Located in Sammu-shi, Chiba
This is a pottery made in Nagoya, Aichi Prefecture, Japan, around the late Edo period. This pottery is called horakuyaki. This pottery was born in the 18th century and ended in t...
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Late 19th Century Japanese Antique Edo Vases and Vessels

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Pottery

Edo vases and vessels for sale on 1stDibs.

Find a broad range of unique Edo vases and vessels 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 vases and vessels 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, pottery and other materials. If you’re shopping for used Edo vases and vessels 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 vases and vessels, popular names associated with this style include Imari Porcelain, and Shigaraki Valley Potters. It’s true that these talented designers have at times inspired knockoffs, but our experienced specialists have partnered with only top vetted sellers to offer authentic pieces that come with a buyer protection guarantee. Prices for vases and vessels differ depending upon multiple factors, including designer, materials, construction methods, condition and provenance. On 1stDibs, the price for these items starts at $520 and tops out at $19,500 while the average work can sell for $1,150.

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