How are large japanese porcelain urns best displayed?

These tall vessels command attention when placed directly on the floor in hallways, entrance lobbies, or spacious reception rooms. Placing them away from heavy foot traffic protects their delicate enamel and gilt surfaces from accidental impact. Tabletop versions and lidded jars suit sideboards, pedestals, or mantels where their detailed painted panels receive adequate ambient light. Pairing symmetrical urns on matching stands creates a balanced focal point within a traditional interior scheme.

What is the difference between Imari and Satsuma?

Imari pieces utilise a hard porcelain body decorated with a distinctive palette of rich cobalt blue, iron red, and abundant gold leaf. The designs often feature geometric panels, flowers, and landscapes. Satsuma pieces typically feature a cream-coloured earthenware body covered in a fine crackle glaze, serving as a canvas for dense figural scenes and raised moriage decoration. Satsuma wares lean toward narrative art depicting samurai, deities, and courtly life.

How do I identify a Meiji period piece?

Meiji period ceramics date between eighteen sixty-eight and nineteen twelve, an era defined by intense artistic ambition driven by international exhibition demand. Pieces from this time often exhibit highly complex compositions, minute detail, and signatures identifying individual master artists or workshops. The inclusion of specific maker marks, advanced enamel layering, and monumental scale points directly to this prolific period of Japanese ceramic manufacturing.

Were these urns made for export?

The vast majority of large nineteenth-century Japanese ceramic vessels were produced specifically for Western export following the reopening of trade ports. European and American buyers developed an immense appetite for ornate decorative arts, prompting Japanese kilns to scale up production. This export focus explains the grand proportions and robust forms designed to appeal to Victorian and Edwardian interior tastes.

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Large japanese porcelain urns are substantial decorative vessels bringing vibrant palettes and intricate hand-painted detail into grand interior spaces.

Unusual Large Amusing Japanese Porcelain Vase .

1900 - 1920

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Unusual Large Amusing Japanese Porcelain Vase .

From Donald Allison Antiques

£950

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19th century

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Large Antique Japanese Satsuma Garlic Head Vase, Samurai Scenes, Meiji, C.1880

From Gillers Antiques Ltd

£2,000

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19th century

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Large Pair Japanese Imari Spill Vases, C19th, 93cm High

From Patrick Moorhead Antiques

£17,000

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Large Satsuma Lidded Vase, Circa 1890. 84cm High

19th century

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Large Satsuma Lidded Vase, Circa 1890. 84cm High

From Patrick Moorhead Antiques

£6,500

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19th century

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Large Pair Japanese Imari Vases, Circa 1890.

From Patrick Moorhead Antiques

£22,000

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19th century

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Large 19th Century Japanese Vase

From Jake Wright Antiques Ltd.

£1,380

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19th century

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Pair Monumental Japanese Imari Vases, 19th Century

From Patrick Moorhead Antiques

£28,000

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Quality Large Antique Japanese Satsuma Vase

1900 - 1920

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Quality Large Antique Japanese Satsuma Vase

From Unique Antiques by Emma Jade

£545

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19th century

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Large Satsuma Lidded Vase, Late 19th Century

From Patrick Moorhead Antiques

£3,300

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19th century

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Japanese Imari Two Handle Vase, 61cm, 19th Century

From Patrick Moorhead Antiques

£3,800

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The listings encompass multiple decades of Meiji and Showa production, featuring materials such as gold leaf, gilt bronze, and lacquer alongside porcelain.

19th century

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Large Pair of Meiji Period Satsuma Vases

From Patrick Moorhead Antiques

£4,800

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19th century

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Large 19th Century Kutani Vase

From Patrick Moorhead Antiques

£4,800

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19th century

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Large 19th Century Japanese Kutani Vase

From Patrick Moorhead Antiques

£4,500

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Quality Large Antique Japanese Satsuma Lidded Vase

1900 - 1920

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Quality Large Antique Japanese Satsuma Lidded Vase

From Unique Antiques by Emma Jade

£625

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19th century

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Large Pair of Japanese 19th Century Imar Lidded Vases

From Patrick Moorhead Antiques

£7,000

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19th century

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Large 19th Century Satsuma Vase.

From Patrick Moorhead Antiques

£3,500

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Large Japanese Porcelain Urns

Unusual Large Amusing Japanese Porcelain Vase .

Large Antique Japanese Satsuma Garlic Head Vase, Samurai Scenes, Meiji, C.1880

Large Pair Japanese Imari Spill Vases, C19th, 93cm High

Large Satsuma Lidded Vase, Circa 1890. 84cm High

Large Pair Japanese Imari Vases, Circa 1890.

Large 19th Century Japanese Vase

Pair Monumental Japanese Imari Vases, 19th Century

Quality Large Antique Japanese Satsuma Vase

Large Satsuma Lidded Vase, Late 19th Century

Japanese Imari Two Handle Vase, 61cm, 19th Century

Large Pair of Meiji Period Satsuma Vases

Large 19th Century Kutani Vase

Large 19th Century Japanese Kutani Vase

Quality Large Antique Japanese Satsuma Lidded Vase

Large Pair of Japanese 19th Century Imar Lidded Vases

Large 19th Century Satsuma Vase.

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