Japonisme Ceramics
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
Large 19th Century French Blue & White Japon Platter Creil Montereau
Located in Austin, TX
Large 19th Century French Blue & White Japon Platter signed Creil Montereau.
13 inches diameter.
This service is exposed in Giverny Claude Monet's house.
Category
1880s French Antique Japonisme Ceramics
Materials
Ceramic, Faience
Japanese contemporary Kaneta Masanao ceramic Hagi vase
By Kaneta Masanao
Located in Uccle, BE
Kaneta Masanao, is certainly one of Hagi pottery's most well-known and easily identifiable. He's part of the eighth generation Hagi potter and has expand ...
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21st Century and Contemporary Japanese Japonisme Ceramics
Materials
Ceramic
Antique Japanese Kutani Porcelain Dragon Phoenix Bird Charger Plate 13"
Located in Dayton, OH
Early to mid 20th century Japanese kutani / imari style serving plate / platter - white porcelain hand painted with spiraling dragons and phoenixes / pheasants by flowering trees, s...
Category
Early 20th Century Japonisme Ceramics
Materials
Porcelain
Massive Antique Japanese Arita Porcelain Emperor Meiji
By Arita
Located in Hillringsberg, SE
This very large plate made in Japan during the Emperor Meiji time 1868-1912. Wonderful blue pattern on fine porcelain.
There is a crack that’s shown thro...
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19th Century Japanese Antique Japonisme Ceramics
Materials
Ceramic
Large Japanese Imari Porcelain Platter
Located in Bradenton, FL
19th Century Japanese Imari Porcelain Platter. Platter is 15" in length and has a landscape and floral pattern. Plate has vibrant colors of blue, red, green, and yellow against a whi...
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19th Century Japanese Antique Japonisme Ceramics
Materials
Porcelain
Vieillard Bordeaux Service "Grands Oiseaux", Universal exhibition 1878
Located in Paris, FR
Discover the elegance of this 72-piece tableware set, each piece featuring a refined brown edge. Presented at the 1878 Exposition Universelle, this collection highlights the beauty o...
Category
1870s French Antique Japonisme Ceramics
Materials
Ceramic
Japanese Porcelain Plate
Located in Atlanta, GA
An Japanese porcelain plate circa 1930s-1940s. Decorated with over glaze featuring three ladies in waiting. In the garden, the rock grottoes, a cherry tree in blossom, a half hidden banana tree and a few peeking peonies, suggest a subtropical scenery. The ladies were pictured as holding various item, a fly...
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Early 20th Century Japanese Japonisme Ceramics
Materials
Ceramic
Luxury 60 Pcs Service "Japon" Imari Know as "Monet" Creil & Montereau 19th
Located in Paris, FR
"Japon" Imari service, produced in 1876 by the Creil & Montereau pottery, shows the great success of Japonism in tableware production, like the Bracquemo...
Category
Late 19th Century French Antique Japonisme Ceramics
Materials
Gold
Théodore Deck (1823-1891), an Impressive 19th Century Faïence Charger
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
Théodore Deck ( 1823-1891)
Impressive polychromed circular faience charger with hand-painted enameled design of a wader among water lilies and reeds.
Impressed Uppercase Mark Th.Dec...
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1870s French Antique Japonisme Ceramics
Materials
Faience
19th Century French Ornithological Faience Charger by Montereau
Located in New York, NY
19th century French ornithological ceramic charger by Montereau B et Cie, depicting two perched songbirds. In very good condition.
Category
Late 19th Century French Antique Japonisme Ceramics
Materials
Faience
2 Vintage Japanese Satsuma Ceramic Garden Stools
Located in Pasadena, TX
Elephant Garden Plant Stand or Table. Originally discovered in the South of France, this vintage piece captivates with its exceptional detail and cultural richness.
The trunk of the...
Category
Early 20th Century French Japonisme Ceramics
Materials
Ceramic
Antique Japonisme Moriage Dragon Ware Cup in Black, 1920s
Located in Oklahoma City, OK
A beautiful artisanal handcrafted porcelain Dragon ware teacup. This set features a moriage dragon design. Created from slip and applied around the body...
Category
20th Century Japanese Japonisme Ceramics
Materials
Ceramic, Porcelain, Paint
Massive Japanese Arita Presentation Porcelain Plate Meiji Period
Located in Atlanta, GA
This massive Japanese Arita plate was made in Hizen, circa 1890-1910s, at the end of Meiji period by a potter named Takeshige Yoshisuke who was active in A...
Category
Late 19th Century Japanese Antique Japonisme Ceramics
Stoneware Relief by Knud Kyhn & Royal Copenhagen, Denmark, 1960s
Located in La Teste De Buch, FR
Stoneware relief with a beautiful japan inspired decor of a skein of geese flying above the water
Created by renowned danish artist Knud Kyhn and manufactured by Royal Copenhagen
...
Category
1960s Danish Vintage Japonisme Ceramics
Materials
Stoneware
Japanese Yoshidaya Saiko Kutani Ceramic Dish
By Yoshidaya
Located in Atlanta, GA
A Japanese Ao-Kutani stoneware dish with overglaze decoration in the shape of barbed quatrefoil shape from late Edo period, circa early mid-19th century. Around 1804, 100 years after Ko-Kutani (old-Kutani) ware disappeared abruptly after thriving from 1655-early 1700s, saiko-kutani (revived-kutani) was attempted by many kilns and several distinguished styles developed. Among them, Yoshidaya kiln attempted to revive the original style of Ko-Kutani known as Aote, which employed four dark colors: green, yellow, dark blue/black and aubergine to create bold and striking design. The Yoshidaya production was short-lived and lasted roughly from 1823-1831. This dish is likely dated from this period or shortly after. The overglaze design centered around a crouching tiger under a black bamboo grove in a deep green background, surrounded by luxuriant banana leaves in green and aubergine with black outlines. The base of a similar concentric barbed quatrefoil design is further decorated with black foliage outlines and marked with a square Fuku mark.
For a Yoshidaya dish with identical shape but different landscape decoration, see lot 79 of sale 6547 Christie's London. Important Japanese and Chinese Art...
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19th Century Japanese Antique Japonisme Ceramics
Materials
Ceramic
19th Century English Minton Bombay Flow Blue Oyster Plate
By Minton
Located in Winter Park, FL
A Victorian Minton flow blue porcelain oyster plate, with six oyster wells, a center well and a large well for crackers. Decorated in the Japonisme...
Category
Late 19th Century English Antique Japonisme Ceramics
Materials
Ceramic, Faience
Vintage Set of 2 Japanese Bowls Arita Sometsuke Blue White Flowers Decor
Located in Clifton Springs, NY
Vintage set of 2 square bowls features a traditional Arita style blue and white decor with Mino Yaki motifs of lush, exotic flowers and leaves in Sometsuke decoration technique. The ...
Category
Mid-20th Century Japanese Japonisme Ceramics
Materials
Ceramic, Porcelain
Dessert plate, Kioto service, Creil et Montereau, 1878 - 1884
Located in Paris, FR
A stunning dessert plate from the "Kioto" collection by the renowned Creil et Montereau manufacturer, dating back to 1878-1884. This fine earthenware piece, typical of the japonisme ...
Category
19th Century French Antique Japonisme Ceramics
Materials
Ceramic
Dessert plate, Kioto service, Creil et Montereau, 1878 - 1884
Located in Paris, FR
A stunning dessert plate from the "Kioto" collection by the renowned Creil et Montereau manufacturer, dating back to 1878-1884. This fine earthenware piece, typical of the japonisme ...
Category
19th Century French Antique Japonisme Ceramics
Materials
Ceramic
Antique 19th Century Imari Staple Charger
Located in Pearland, TX
Striking 19th century antique Imari staple charger featuring vibrant oranges, blues, and golds. While a broken plate or charger would be discarded in today's era, other generations f...
Category
19th Century Japanese Antique Japonisme Ceramics
Materials
Porcelain
Hand-Painted Japonisme Decorative Dish, Barluet at Creil B&Cie, circa 1880
Located in Paris, FR
Decorative large round dish 32,5 cm hand painted with very delicate colors by the artist in Japonism spirit with fan, flowers, manga, rodents, lizard, and birds...
Stamped "MONTEREAU / B&Cie / 35" B&Cie added when Barluet become the new director of Creil & Montereau, a very well-known French manufacturer, in 1876.
Artworks of the Japonisme style in France were first discovered at Paris Universal Exhibition in 1867 and then in 1878.
Some of these french Japonism...
Category
Late 19th Century French Antique Japonisme Ceramics
Materials
Earthenware
Dessert plate, Kioto service, Creil et Montereau, 1878 - 1884
Located in Paris, FR
A stunning dessert plate from the "Kioto" collection by the renowned Creil et Montereau manufacturer, dating back to 1878-1884. This fine earthenware piece, typical of the japonisme ...
Category
19th Century French Antique Japonisme Ceramics
Materials
Ceramic
Contemporary Japanese stoneware ceramic vase by Hiroaki Taimei Morino
By Hiroaki Taimei Morino
Located in Uccle, BE
Morino Taimei (1934), also known as Taimei Hiroaki, draws from his traditional heritage and infuses it with a modern spirit. His father, a respected potter, sent him to study ceramic...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Japanese Japonisme Ceramics
Materials
Stoneware
Dessert plate, Kioto service, Creil et Montereau, 1878 - 1884
Located in Paris, FR
A stunning dessert plate from the "Kioto" collection by the renowned Creil et Montereau manufacturer, dating back to 1878-1884. This fine earthenware piece, typical of the japonisme ...
Category
19th Century French Antique Japonisme Ceramics
Materials
Ceramic
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 Ceramics
Materials
Bronze
Dessert plate, Kioto service, Creil et Montereau, 1878 - 1884
Located in Paris, FR
A stunning dessert plate from the "Kioto" collection by the renowned Creil et Montereau manufacturer, dating back to 1878-1884. This fine earthenware piece, typical of the japonisme ...
Category
19th Century French Antique Japonisme Ceramics
Materials
Ceramic
Sumida Gawa Pottery Vase, Japan, early 20th century.
Located in Buenos Aires, Buenos Aires
Sumida Gawa pottery vase, Japan, early 20th century.
Category
Early 20th Century Japanese Japonisme Ceramics
Materials
Ceramic
Japanese Studio Ceramic Centerpiece Okumura Shozan Meiji Period
Located in Atlanta, GA
A beautifully crafted large ceramic bowl as a centerpiece by Okumura Shozan (1842-1905) in the Kyo-yaki (kyoto ware) style. A Classic ovoid form with flatly...
Category
Late 19th Century Japanese Antique Japonisme Ceramics
Materials
Ceramic
A Théodore Deck (1823-1891) Enamelled Faience Vase circa 1870
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
An earthenware blue enamelled vase by Théodore Deck with two lateral coves
Archaic Chinese Style
Impressed Uppercase Mark TH.DECK under the base
For similar pieces referred to Th...
Category
1870s French Antique Japonisme Ceramics
Materials
Faience
Set of 6 plates, Scenes with Mice, Vieillard Bordeaux, Hokusai
Located in Paris, FR
This rare set of polychrome enameled earthenware plates, from the Jules Vieillard & Cie manufacture in Bordeaux, features scenes inspired by Japanese art. Designed by Amédée de Caran...
Category
19th Century French Antique Japonisme Ceramics
Materials
Ceramic
Théodore DECK, Large vase of Far Eastern inspiration
Located in SAINT-OUEN-SUR-SEINE, FR
This large turquoise pot holder in glazed earthenware was made by the reknowned ceramist Théodore Deck at the end of the 19th century.
Its beautiful bl...
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Late 19th Century French Antique Japonisme Ceramics
Materials
Faience
Imari Porcelain Flower Pot 19th Century
Located in Beuzevillette, FR
Beautiful porcelain planter decorated with imari. On this flowerpot, the background is blue, there are reserves in which appear a dragon and a bird surrounded by red flowers. The upp...
Category
Late 19th Century Japanese Antique Japonisme Ceramics
Materials
Porcelain
Japanese Antique Kakiemon Plate from Arita
Located in Atlanta, GA
A milky white dish with slight scalloped rim and decorated with cobalt blue iron red and green enamel over glaze, this delicate piece in Kakiemon Style was dated at least to the earl...
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Early 18th Century Japanese Antique Japonisme Ceramics
Materials
Porcelain
Large English Majolica Japonese Style Pitcher, circa 1880
Located in Austin, TX
Elegant large Victorian Majolica pitcher inspired by the Japon decorated with flowers, a large fan, a flag on pastel tones,
end of the 19th century / England.
Category
1880s British Antique Japonisme Ceramics
Materials
Ceramic
Japanese Ceramic Centerpiece Bowl Makuzu Kozan Meiji Period
By Makuzu Kozan
Located in Atlanta, GA
A beautiful ceramic vessel in the form of Bo, the so-called monk's alms bowl from the studio of Japanese Potter Makuzu Kozan, also known as Miyagawa Kozan (1842–1916), one of the most established and collected ceramist from Meiji Period. Born as Miyagawa Toranosuke, Kozan established his pottery studio in Yokohama circa 1870s and later became one of the appointed artists to the Japanese Imperial household. His work was exhibited in many international fairs that the Meiji government participated at the turn of the century and won many grand prizes.
Of a relatively large size, this piece was made as a decorative center piece for display. It was brilliantly decorated with underglaze paint of a green-on-green bamboo motif, using the novel technique developed by Kozan called Fuki-e (the blow painting). As a result, the bamboos appear took on a three-dimensional quality as if appearing in a mist. Known as one of the most creative ceramists, circa 1887, Kozan started experimenting with new chemical colors from the West in the format of his porcelain glaze. New colors allowed him to create underglaze design that appeared bright, smooth and glossy. To create design that is realistic and dimensional, more common in the western paintings, he was inspired by the native Japanese ink painting technique developed around 1900 by Yokoyama Taikan...
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Early 1900s Japanese Antique Japonisme Ceramics
Materials
Ceramic
Japanese Style Ceramic Cup Takuya Hamajima Contemporary Zen
Located in Shibuya-ku, Tokyo
Japanese style cup made of ceramic and wood.
Wood is zelkova and ceramic with zelkova ash glaze.
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Japanese Japonisme Ceramics
Materials
Ceramic, Wood
Antique Blue and White Earthenware Bowl Cherry Blossom Japonism Decoration
Located in Munich, DE
This large blue and white bowl Is covered with wonderful ornaments in the fashionable Japonism taste of the 1880's and 1890's.
The earthenware bowl carries as makers mark an Impresse...
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1880s Belgian Antique Japonisme Ceramics
Materials
Earthenware
Stunning Midcentury Japanese Inspired French Decorative Object, Signed Forestier
Located in Miami, FL
Stunning French ceramic decorative object inspired by Japanese pottery designs with wonderful prominent blue and green hues. The shape and colors makes this piece exceptionally inter...
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Mid-20th Century French Japonisme Ceramics
Materials
Ceramic
Japanese Imari Bowl Centerpiece with French Ormolu Mounts, circa 1900
Located in Austin, TX
An elegant French Louis XVI style Japonisme centerpiece comprised of a large 19th century Meiji Period Japanese Imari Porcelain bowl with French gilt metal ormolu mounts, late 19th-e...
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Late 19th Century French Antique Japonisme Ceramics
Materials
Ormolu
Moriage Figural Porcelain Teacup and Saucer in in Maroon and Gold, Japan
Located in Oklahoma City, OK
A fine porcelain teacup and saucer set. This pair would be fabulous if mixed in with a current collection, or on its own. On a maroon backg...
Category
20th Century Japanese Japonisme Ceramics
Materials
Gold
"Swallow" a Théodore Deck (1823-1891) Framed Enameled Faïence Plaque
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
Théodore Deck (1823-1891) Swallow
A 19th Century French Square Wall Plaque
Polychromic Earthenware very finely hand-painted, designed with a flying swallow
Impressed mark on the reve...
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1870s French Antique Japonisme Ceramics
Materials
Faience
Ceramic and Gilt Bronze Vase by Sarreguemines, France, circa 1900
Located in Buenos Aires, Buenos Aires
Ceramic and gilt bronze vase by Sarreguemines, France, circa 1900.
Category
Early 20th Century French Japonisme Ceramics
Materials
Bronze
Pair Antique Japanese Artia Ceramic Cabinet Plates
By Arita
Located in Atlanta, GA
A pair of Japanese decorative ceramic plates, made in Arita for export market circa 17-18th century. The cabinet-display dishes feature lotus-petal gilt rim and a lavish tricolor ene...
Category
18th Century Japanese Antique Japonisme Ceramics
Materials
Ceramic
Japonisme ceramics for sale on 1stDibs.
Find a broad range of unique Japonisme ceramics 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 ceramics created in this style to your space, the works available on 1stDibs include serveware, ceramics, silver and glass, asian art and furniture, decorative objects and other home furnishings, frequently crafted with ceramic, earthenware and other materials. If you’re shopping for used Japonisme ceramics 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 ceramics, popular names associated with this style include Creil et Montereau, Hiroaki Taimei Morino, Theodore Deck, and Fukumoto Fuku. 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 ceramics differ depending upon multiple factors, including designer, materials, construction methods, condition and provenance. On 1stDibs, the price for these items starts at $100 and tops out at $38,834 while the average work can sell for $2,010.