Hartman Rare Art, Inc.

A family-owned business since 1927

For 83 years, the Hartman Family and our associates have consistently worked to provide quality antique merchandise to our customers at competitive prices. Should you have any questions about the pieces we feature on this website or if you would like to inquire further about a specific item, please do not hesitate to contact us.

Our gallery is located in midtown Manhattan and easily accessible on the second floor. Please note the entrance to the building is on 53rd Street between Park and Madison Avenues. We are open to the public Monday to Friday from 9:30AM until 4:30PM.

Japanese Cloisonné is easily distinguished from its Chinese counterpart by the differentiation in color and by the fine hand with which it has obviously been created. The enameling is generally set upon silver or other metals. The shading and color combinations utilized in these pieces are truly fantastic. The subjects portrayed in the enameling vary broadly and these include landscapes, renderings of animals and plants, as well as geometric motifs, whereas the subjects of Chinese Cloisonné are generally stylized geometric designs. And please feel free to browse more Hartman Rare Art on Ebay.

Antique Vase with Calligraphic Decoration

A beautiful vase crafted in Japan during the Meiji Period, circa late 19th century. The baluster-form vase is decorated on the exterior with a pale aqua-colored enamel ground dotted with enameled cherry blossoms and petals. On both the front and reverse, the piece is decorated with black enamel calligraphy. The piece measures 14.5 inches height and 4.25 inches diameter at the rim.

JC04

Price: $12,000.00

Vase by Ando

This elegant, slender vase was made during the Meiji Period by an artisan from the Ando school. It is tapered ovoid form and features stylized enamel decoration of leaves and flowers on the exterior. At the rim, the vase measures approximately 14.5 inches height. On the underside, the piece features the Ando mark.

JC05

Price: $6,200.00

Pair of Cloisonné Vases by Namikawa Sosuke

A fantastic pair of vases made by the famed artisan, Namikawa Sosuke during the Meiji Period. The vases are tapered cylindrical form and feature Cloisonné style enamel decoration on the exterior surfaces. The decoration is in bands and consists of several small wired and enameled areas that combine to create stylized images of cranes, leaves and scrolls surrounding white enameled daisies. Both feature the signature of Namikawa Sosuke on the underside. Each measures approximately 14.5 inches height.

JC06

Price: $62,000.00

Box with Crane Decoration, Ando

An exquisite, spare Ando box designed in Japan during the late 19th century. The exterior surfaces are all enameled with a buff-colored ground. On the cover, it features a Cloisonné enamel decoration of 5 standing cranes. The interior is enameled in a solid green. The Ando mark appears on the underside. The box measures 5 7/8 inches length by 4 3/8 inches width by 2 1/2 inches height.

JC10

Price: $3,600.00

Pair of Vases with Bird Decoration

This exquisite pair of enamel vases were crafted during the second half of the 19th century. The vases are hexagonal-shaped baluster form and each has 6 reserves of enameled land and waterscape scenes featuring different birds amidst naturalistically rendered foliage. The grounds surrounding the reserves also feature intricately enameled floral, scroll and geometric motifs. Both are marked on the underside with a Cloisonné wire design featuring three small equidistantly spaced circles within a larger one. Each vase measures approximately 9.5 inches height.

JC11

Price: $21,000.00