Chinese Export Vases
CHINESE EXPORT STYLE
Expanded trade between Europe and East Asia, starting in the 16th century, led to a booming market for exported goods, particularly furniture. This was bolstered by the establishment of the Dutch and English East India Companies at the beginning of the 17th century. From folding screens and chairs to lacquer tables and silver, Chinese Export furniture was in demand and regularly copied and imitated, leading to styles like chinoiserie and Chinese Chippendale.
The expansion of exporting that had strengthened the arts during the Ming dynasty continued into the Qing dynasty era — Chinese designers made many furniture pieces specifically for export, resulting in distinctive designs that mixed traditional techniques with forms appealing to foreign buyers. For instance, cabinetmakers in Canton (modern-day Guangzhou) were prolific in crafting hardwood furniture for export in European styles that involved the expert joinery techniques of Chinese furniture. Designs for Chinese Export porcelain, cabinets, decorative objects and other furniture were often more ornately adorned than they would be for a local audience, such as with mother-of-pearl overlays or surfaces featuring lavish pictorial scenes or gold on black motifs. Some were even commissioned by wealthy European families to be adorned with their coat of arms.
Because lacquer furniture was especially prized, and the resin used to create it was difficult to import as it would harden during the long voyage, artisans in China and Japan exported numerous lacquer pieces. Long before lacquer made its way to Japan, the Chinese treated the material differently. They used it to create smooth, glossy surfaces, but also for carving, an art that began in the 12th century and is exclusively Chinese. These pieces are called cinnabar lacquer after the powdered mercury sulfide (cinnabar) employed to produce their characteristic red hue. A popular form for export was a compact cabinet with drawers, usually displayed on a small table. Undecorated furniture built in Europe was also shipped to China to be lacquered. The international exchange of design would influence furniture into the 19th century and later, informing styles such as Art Deco and Art Nouveau.
Find a collection of antique Chinese Export tables, beds, cupboards, table lamps and more furniture on 1stDibs.
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Style: Chinese Export
Pair of Chinese Export Porcelain American* Market Landscape Vases & Covers
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
Pair of Chinese Export Porcelain American* Market Landscape Vases & Covers
China, Circa 1800
* American/ European Market, considered to the Chinese to be the same market, by many. it's been suggested the front and back vignettes of houses in landscape on this model, were painted from a European print the Chinese porcelain workshops acquired.
A extraordinary find, a pair of Chinese Export Porcelain American/ European Market painted in sepia, colors and gilt vases & covers, with twelve (12) placed American/ European and Chinese motif vignettes.
Each vase complete with its original cover/ lid with gilt recumbent foo-dog, with two front and back oval vignettes of a Chinese tree in landscape.
Each of the baluster vases, exquisitely hand-painted front and back with a similar American/ European topographical view of country houses with trees landscape. (The Chinese porcelain workshops probably copied these scenes from a European print) Surrounded by an elaborate painted and enameled trellis with vines and leaves.
Some traces worn, additional gilt decoration is evident.
Both sides of the vases are decorated with an upper elongated cartouche painted...
Category
Early 19th Century Chinese Antique Chinese Export Vases
Materials
Porcelain
19th Century Antique Chinese Carved Bronze Vase
Located in Pomona, CA
Very nice antique Chinese bronze vase decorated with a carved low relief idealized frieze with Chinese traditional forks art of Kin Lin sym...
Category
19th Century Chinese Antique Chinese Export Vases
Materials
Bronze
Pair of Chinese Qing Style Mint Green Glazed Globular Porcelain Vases
Located in New York, NY
Pair of Chinese Qing Dynasty style Yongzheng period (20th century) mint green, glazed porcelain vases with globular forms influenced by West Asian cul...
Category
20th Century Chinese Chinese Export Vases
Materials
Porcelain
Chinese Celadon Glazed Porcelain Cong Vase
Located in New York, NY
Chinese celadon glazed ceramic porcelain cong form vase, no visible marks. Measures: 10.75" H x 3.75" W x 3.75" D.
Category
19th Century Antique Chinese Export Vases
Materials
Ceramic, Porcelain
Chinese Langyao Emerald Green Glazed Footed Porcelain Vase
Located in New York, NY
Chinese bulbous footed porcelain vase crafted in the Lang kiln (Langyao) in a dazzling and uniform emerald green glaze with a strong glass-like luster, shift...
Category
20th Century Chinese Chinese Export Vases
Materials
Porcelain
19th Century Porcelain Famille Rose Brush Vase.
Located in Silvolde, Gelderland
Absolutely beautiful brush vase from the 19th century period.
The use of these particular colors makes on this brush vase categorize to 'Famille Rose' decor.
Allover in very good co...
Category
Late 19th Century Chinese Antique Chinese Export Vases
Materials
Enamel
Chinese Qing Dynasty Style Blue Double-Gourd Porcelain Vase with Gold Rim
Located in New York, NY
Chinese Qing Dynasty Style (20th Century) blue porcelain double-gourd vase with a raised vine and pear pattern that symbolizes a traditional blessing for longevity and abundance, and...
Category
20th Century Chinese Chinese Export Vases
Materials
Porcelain
Chinese White and Figurative Scene Porcelain Winter Melon Vase
Located in New York, NY
Antique Chinese (early 20th century) winter melon form white porcelain vase decorated with a gathering of women and children in a pastoral setting and characters on the reverse side....
Category
20th Century Chinese Chinese Export Vases
Materials
Porcelain
Large Antique Chinese Cloisonné Champlevé Bronze Vase, China, circa 1890
Located in Auribeau sur Siagne, FR
Large antique Chinese late 19th century Qing dynasty Cloisonné, Champlevé enameled bronze vase, circa 1890. The vase of archaic style and having...
Category
Late 19th Century Chinese Antique Chinese Export Vases
Materials
Bronze
20th Century Antique Chinese Cloisonne Vase
Located in Pomona, CA
This magnificent Chinese Antique Cloisonne vase was hand made from gold copper with cloisonne. It has detailed cloisonne works of Crane, Pine...
Category
20th Century Chinese Chinese Export Vases
Materials
Copper
Pair of Chinese Blue and Orange Fish Design Porcelain Sleeve Vases
Located in New York, NY
Pair of antique Chinese (mid 20th century) sleeve-shaped porcelain vases decorated with orange fish swimming around blue backgrounds, inspired by patterns ...
Category
20th Century Chinese Chinese Export Vases
Materials
Porcelain
Chinese Export Porcelain Group of Batavia-ware Urns & Covers
Located in Downingtown, PA
Chinese Export Porcelain Group of Five Famille rose & Batavia-ware Chocolate-colored Urns & Covers
1750s
The Chinese Export porcelain circular jards and covers are painted with a chocolate Batavia-ware ground with leaf-shaped panels of famille rose flowers-mostly of peonies.
Dimensions: Largest: 7 1/2 inches high x 7 1/2 inches diameter; Second largest: 7 1/4 inches x 6 1/2 inches diameter; Third largest: 5 1/2 inches high x 5 inches diameter; Pair of smaller jars...
Category
1750s Chinese Antique Chinese Export Vases
Materials
Porcelain
Chinese Style Stoneware Vase
Located in New York, NY
Asian Chinese style (20th cent) stoneware vase with multi-colored glaze and 3 figures in high relief.
Category
20th Century Chinese Export Vases
Materials
Porcelain
Very Large Impressive Trio Collection of 3 Blue & White Chinese Vases
Located in Hopewell, NJ
An antique collection of 3 very large blue and white Chinese vases, two are a pair but not exactly alike. Beautiful decoration and si...
Category
19th Century Chinese Antique Chinese Export Vases
Materials
Ceramic
Large Antique 19th Century Chinese Rose Mandarin Porcelain Vase
Located in Philadelphia, PA
A fine antique large Chinese porcelain vase.
In the Rose Mandarin (Famille Rose) style.
Decorated throughout with with various detailed scenes of people & plants. The body of ...
Category
19th Century Chinese Antique Chinese Export Vases
Materials
Porcelain
Early 20 Century Vintage Chinese Dark Green Glaze Pottery Vase/Liquor Bottle
Located in Pomona, CA
Our wonderful collection of handmade old vintage Chinese hand made glazed pottery vase/liquor bottle will make great accent pieces for any room of your house. It has some imperfection signs of age and usage on the mouth of vase and distressed patina. Take a close look at the pictures, there are some Buddha symbols...
Category
Early 20th Century Chinese Chinese Export Vases
Materials
Ceramic
Chinese Carved Soapstone Vase
Located in New York, NY
Chinese carved soapstone vase with peonies on rockwork, 20th century. Measures: 8.5" H x 7" W.
Category
Early 20th Century Chinese Chinese Export Vases
Materials
Soapstone
Chinese White and Umber Floral Motif Porcelain Vase
Located in New York, NY
Chinese white porcelain vase decorated with an umber and pink floral motif wrapping the bulbous form, accented in blue and yellow patterned bands around the top and base.
Category
20th Century Chinese Chinese Export Vases
Materials
Porcelain
Yuan Style Yuhuchunping 'Eight Daoist Emblems' Vase, China, 20th Century
Located in Chatham, ON
Extraordinary Yuan Dynasty style Yuhuchunping (pear shaped) ceramic vase - wheel thrown - large size - raised/molded decoration in underglaze blue and copper red featuring 'Eight Dao...
Category
20th Century Chinese Chinese Export Vases
Materials
Ceramic
Chinese Green Floral Scrolling Design Ginger Jar Vases
Located in New York, NY
3 antique Chinese (Early 20th Century) similar green ginger jars with floral scrolling designs surrounding circular, yellow, centered emblems, unglazed openings, and a hole in the ba...
Category
20th Century Chinese Chinese Export Vases
Materials
Porcelain
A Pair of Tall Chinese Export Porcelain Figural Vases with Birds and Flowers
Located in Los Angeles, CA
A Pair of Tall Chinese export porcelain figural vases. The ovoid porcelain bodies decorated with colorful flowers, tropical birds, tree...
Category
Late 20th Century Chinese Chinese Export Vases
Materials
Porcelain
Chinese Sky Blue Gourd Porcelain Vase
Located in New York, NY
Antique Chinese (late 19th century) sky blue porcelain vase with a bulbous base and thin neck flanked by two lug ears at its top.
Category
19th Century Chinese Antique Chinese Export Vases
Materials
Porcelain
Large Chinese Dragon Vase in Patinated Bronze, Late 19th Century
Located in Copenhagen, DK
Large Chinese dragon vase in patinated bronze. Late 19th century.
In very good condition.
Stamped.
Measures: 39 x 20 cm.
Category
Late 19th Century Chinese Antique Chinese Export Vases
Materials
Bronze
20th Century Chinese Archaic Style Bronze Wine Vessel Vase & Stand
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
20th century Chinese Archaic style bronze wine vessel vase & stand
China, Circa 20th century, Probably 1960s
A fine vintage Intricately cast from solid bronze well...
Category
20th Century Chinese Chinese Export Vases
Materials
Bronze
French Samson Porcelain Chinese Export Style 4-Piece Garniture Set
By Samson & Cie
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
French Samson Porcelain Chinese Export Style 4-Piece Garniture Set
France, Circa 1950s
Consisting of four pieces, each one decorated in the Chinese Export style with hanging baskets of flowers in vignettes with floral surrounds, painted in a subtle palette of reds, blues and gilt decoration.
The two covered vases with resting lion lids...
Category
20th Century French Chinese Export Vases
Materials
Porcelain
Pair of Chinese White and Maroon Floral Motif Porcelain Vases
Located in New York, NY
Pair of Chinese white porcelain vases decorated with dark maroon and pink floral motifs wrapping the bulbous forms, accented in blue, pink and brown patterned bands around the tops a...
Category
20th Century Chinese Chinese Export Vases
Materials
Porcelain
Pair of Chinese Export Famille Verte Vases Now Electrified on Giltwood Bases
Located in San Francisco, CA
A lovely pair of Chinese Export porcelain hand decorated vases, decorated overall in the Famille Verte palette with numerous figures of courtesans, birds, butterflies and flowers in ...
Category
Late 19th Century Chinese Antique Chinese Export Vases
Materials
Porcelain
Chinese Cream and Green Vegetal Design Porcelain Vase
Located in New York, NY
Antique Chinese (early 20th century) round porcelain vase with a small mouth opening and cream, lined design on the bottom half that grows into lush, green vegetation on the top.
...
Category
20th Century Chinese Chinese Export Vases
Materials
Porcelain
Pair Louis XVI Style Chinese-Export Ormolu Mounted Famille Rose Porcelain Vases
Located in Los Angeles, CA
A fine pair of Louis XVI style chinoiserie gilt-bronze mounted Chinese export famille rose porcelain vases. The ovoid hand painted porcelain body with dual scenes of a sword presenta...
Category
Early 1900s Chinese Antique Chinese Export Vases
Materials
Ormolu
Chinese Cream and Botanical Design Round Porcelain Vase
Located in New York, NY
Chinese round, cream porcelain vase painted with a bird above softly rendered green leaves and pink florals on one side, and characters on the reverse.
Category
20th Century Chinese Chinese Export Vases
Materials
Porcelain
Fine Small Chinese Famille Rose Eggshell Bulbous Vase
Located in Ottawa, Ontario
A fine small Chinese famille rose
Eggshell bulbous vase
First quarter of 20th century.
Very thinly potted, bulbous
shape, surmounted by a tapering neck
with band of ruyi lappe...
Category
Early 20th Century Chinese Chinese Export Vases
Materials
Porcelain
Chinese White Green and Yellow Vegetal Winter Melon Porcelain Vase
Located in New York, NY
Antique Chinese (early 20th century) winter melon-form porcelain vase decorated with an incised, white bottom half that grows into verdant abstracted vegetal and peacock shapes on th...
Category
20th Century Chinese Chinese Export Vases
Materials
Porcelain
Chinese Olive Green Multi-Tube Porcelain Vase
Located in New York, NY
Chinese olive green and brown glaze porcelain vase with one tall tube surrounded by four shorter tubes, all extending from a bulbous shape, on a circular foot.
Category
20th Century Chinese Chinese Export Vases
Materials
Porcelain
Chinese Vase Ch'ing Dynasty Woman with Deer
Located in Milano, IT
Beautiful antique Chinese vase from the Pink Family of the Ch'ing dynasty, from the late 1700s - early 1800s circa. The antique Chinese vase is hand painted and depicts a peasant woman with a deer and a child in scenes of Chinese daily life of the period.
The Chinese vase...
Category
19th Century Chinese Antique Chinese Export Vases
Materials
Porcelain
Chinese Famille Rose Porcelain Vase
Located in New York, NY
Chinese famille rose vase, the hand painted body depicting peacocks and vases, the sides with applied lion handles, 20th century.
Category
Early 20th Century Chinese Export Vases
Materials
Ceramic
Blue and White Chinese Lidded Ginger Jar, Vase or Urn, Signed on Bottom
Located in Stamford, CT
Blue and white Chinese lidded ginger jar. Large and Impressive. Signed on bottom is this very impressive lidded jar from China having a long heavy bottom and a lid with a handle. 19t...
Category
Mid-20th Century Chinese Export Vases
Materials
Porcelain
Chinese Six-Sided Beige Crackled Porcelain Vase
Located in New York, NY
Chinese six-sided, beige, crackled porcelain vase, crafted in a style typical of the Song Dynasty's official kiln during the Southern Song period and acc...
Category
20th Century Chinese Export Vases
Materials
Porcelain
Large Southeast Asian Blue Glaze Meiping Ceramic Vase
Located in New York, NY
Large antique Southeast Asian ceramic pottery Meiping plum vase with blue hand-painted dragon, cloud, and chrysanthemum decoration on a pale cel...
Category
19th Century Antique Chinese Export Vases
Materials
Ceramic, Pottery
Pair of Early Chinese Republic Era Cloisonne Vases with Stylized Floral Motif
Located in Hamilton, Ontario
This pair of antique cloisonne vases originate from China during the Early Republic period and done in the Chinese Export style. These vases are...
Category
Early 20th Century Chinese Chinese Export Vases
Materials
Brass
Chinese Attributed Miniature Hand Painted Streak Glazed Pottery Vase
Located in Bishop's Stortford, Hertfordshire
A stylish miniature Chinese attributed art pottery vase hand painted in blue and green streaked glazes and probably dating from the early 20th Century. The lightly potted vase stands...
Category
Early 20th Century Chinese Chinese Export Vases
Materials
Pottery
Pair of Chinese Imari Porcelain Vases
Located in New York, NY
Pair of Asian Chinese Imari (18th cent) porcelain small vases with a scalloped top and scenes of figures and flowers. (small chip to 1 top) (priced as pa...
Category
18th Century Chinese Antique Chinese Export Vases
Materials
Porcelain
Chinese Mauve Glazed Porcelain Vase
Located in New York, NY
Chinese tall glazed porcelain vase in an elegant mauve shade (date mark on bottom, see photos).
Category
20th Century Chinese Chinese Export Vases
Materials
Porcelain
Chinese Speckled Maroon Glazed Porcelain Vase
Located in New York, NY
Chinese porcelain vase with a fluted opening and a speckled maroon finish that adds dimension to its rounded base, sitting atop an earthtone glazed foot.
Category
20th Century Chinese Chinese Export Vases
Materials
Porcelain
Large Chinese Qing Dynasty / Tongzhi Porcelain Vase
Located in Darmstadt, DE
Diese sehr großen, exquisit verzierten antiken chinesischen Bodenvasen sind beeindruckend. Die Höhe beträgt 108 cm! Die Vasen haben eine rote Markierung auf der Unterseite, die auf d...
Category
20th Century Chinese Chinese Export Vases
Materials
Porcelain
Chinese Yixing Hexagonal Vase with Painted Floral & Vine Designs
Located in Bishop's Stortford, Hertfordshire
A large and impressive Chinese Yixing hexagonal red clay vase with hand painted floral and trailing vine designs dating from the first half of the 20th c...
Category
Early 20th Century Chinese Chinese Export Vases
Materials
Terracotta
Pair 19th Century Cloissone Vases
Located in Dallas, TX
Pair 19th Century Cloissone Vases is an exceptional example of the genre, retaining rich coloration and exhibiting a large format design theme celebrat...
Category
Late 19th Century Chinese Antique Chinese Export Vases
Materials
Brass, Enamel
Pair Antique Chinese Hand-Painted Vases
Located in Dallas, TX
Pair antique Chinese hand-painted vases will make a colorful addition to your decor. Using several shades of green combined with blue and a brick red, a scene of entertaining at the ...
Category
Early 20th Century Chinese Chinese Export Vases
Materials
Porcelain
Pair of Chinese Famille Rose “Wu Shuang Pu” 無雙譜 Quadrangular Vases
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
Famille-rose 'wu shuang pu' quadrangular vase
A pair of Chinese Famille Rose “Wu Shuang Pu” quadrangular vases
20th Century,
Of typical form decorated w...
Category
20th Century Chinese Chinese Export Vases
Materials
Porcelain
Chinese Light Blue Crackled Finish Porcelain Beaker Vase
Located in New York, NY
Chinese (20th Century) light blue porcelain vase with a beaker shape and crackled finish.
Category
20th Century Chinese Chinese Export Vases
Materials
Porcelain
Japanese Imari Porcelain Trumpet Neck Floor Vase, 1930, Samourai
Located in Auribeau sur Siagne, FR
Japanese Imari floor vase offer porcelain construction with each vessel having ruffled rim, hand painted allover floral enamel decoration and...
Category
1930s Japanese Vintage Chinese Export Vases
Materials
Porcelain
Modern Chinese Cloisonné Vase, White Background and Butterflies
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
Modern Chinese cloisonné vase, white background and butterflies, enameled with numerous butterflies and floral reserves, standing 12.5" high x 6" diameter x 4" base and 3" opening.
Category
Late 20th Century Chinese Chinese Export Vases
Materials
Brass
Chinese Cloisonné Vase with Large Phoenix and Dragon, circa 1940s
Located in Fort Lauderdale, FL
1940s Chinese Cloisonné large vase. Cloisonné is an ancient technique which incorporates decorative materials like enamel, colored glass, or gemstones into metalwork objects bound by wire on metal backing. The vase features extraordinary depictions of Chinese mythological phoenix bird and a dragon in vibrant colors of red, blue, pink, and green, against a black background with gold geometric overlay. Also featured are vibrant greenery leaves and puffy clouds or floral motifs in pastel colors.
The vase has a large urn design with a bronze rim and base. The vase features a series of blue foliage along the base and has ancient Chinese geometric motifs along the top perimeter. This is an unusually tall vase and comes with a hand carved mahogany wood base. Vase Measure 26" height without the base and 29.5"H with the base. Looks amazing with or without the base. Second vase with pink dragon...
Category
1940s Chinese Vintage Chinese Export Vases
Materials
Multi-gemstone, Brass, Enamel, Bronze
Chinese Blue and White Porcelain Double Happiness Vase, Circa 19th Century
Located in Bradenton, FL
This blue-and-white porcelain vase stands tall with broad shoulders that taper to a splayed base. Bordered by a simple meander at the neck, the jar is decorated with a dense pattern ...
Category
19th Century Chinese Antique Chinese Export Vases
Materials
Porcelain
Pair of Chinese Export Blue and White Pear Shaped Porcelain Lidded Vases
Located in Atlanta, GA
A pair of blue and white Chinese export porcelain vases from the early 20th century, with lids and Chinoiseries scenes. Cr...
Category
Early 20th Century Chinese Chinese Export Vases
Materials
Porcelain
Chinese Off-White Crackle Finish Teardrop Porcelain Vase
Located in New York, NY
Chinese teardrop-shaped porcelain vase with an off-white crackle finish, a fluted opening and a hole in the base.
Category
20th Century Chinese Chinese Export Vases
Materials
Porcelain
Chinese White and Green Vegetal Winter Melon Porcelain Vase
Located in New York, NY
Antique Chinese (Early 20th Century) winter melon-form porcelain vase decorated with an incised, white bottom half that grows into verdant abstracted vegetal and peacock shapes on th...
Category
20th Century Chinese Chinese Export Vases
Materials
Porcelain
Chinese White Porcelain Peacock and Floral Design Fluted Vase
Located in New York, NY
Chinese white porcelain fluted vase with a tall, cylindrical form decorated in large scale dark blue leaves outlined in gold, amid green, yellow a...
Category
20th Century Chinese Chinese Export Vases
Materials
Porcelain
Pair Antique Chinese Hand-Painted Vases
Located in Dallas, TX
Pair Antique Chinese Hand-Painted Vases will make a colorful addition to your decor. Using several shades of green combined with blue and a brick red, a scene of entertaining at the ...
Category
Early 20th Century Chinese Chinese Export Vases
Materials
Porcelain
Chinese Export vases for sale on 1stDibs.
Find a broad range of unique Chinese Export vases 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 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, porcelain and other materials. If you’re shopping for used Chinese Export vases made in a specific country, there are Asia, East Asia, and China pieces for sale on 1stDibs. While there are many designers and brands associated with original vases, popular names associated with this style include Ben Owen III, CANTON FAMILLE ROSE, Capo Di Monte, and Europa Antiques. 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 differ depending upon multiple factors, including designer, materials, construction methods, condition and provenance. On 1stDibs, the price for these items starts at $175 and tops out at $45,000 while the average work can sell for $1,725.
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