Chinese Export Ceramics
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.
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Style: Chinese Export
Two Chinese Porcelain Kangxi 'Pelgrom' Armorial Chargers, circa 1710
Located in Amsterdam, NL
A pair of very large Chinese armorial export blue and white porcelain 'Pelgrom' chargers
Kangxi period, circa 1710
The two chargers, decorated in...
Category
Early 18th Century Chinese Antique Chinese Export Ceramics
Materials
Porcelain
Mid-20th Century, Hexagonal, Baluster Vase, Chinese Ceramic Urn
Located in Hele, Devon, GB
This is a midcentury hexagonal baluster vase, a 20th century, Chinese ceramic urn.
Attractive Chinese baluster vase
Profusely decorated from neck to base
Free from any damage o...
Category
Mid-20th Century Chinese Chinese Export Ceramics
Materials
Ceramic
Six VOC Chinese Export Style Blue and White Porcelain Chargers, 20th Century
Located in Austin, TX
Six Japanese export style blue and white porcelain chargers, 20th century, China or Japan.
The blue and white porcelain chargers decorated in the kraak style, and emblazoned with the VOC logo for the Dutch East India Trade Company (Vereenigde Oost-Indische Compagnie).
The brilliant blue and white porcelain painted with a traditional pattern of long tailed birds and flowers, with the addition of a pair of pomegranates. The backs undecorated.
Based on the original Japanese Arita ware...
Category
20th Century Unknown Chinese Export Ceramics
Materials
Porcelain
Chinese Export Rose Canton Mandarin Porcelain Cider Jug with Cover, 19th Century
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
Chinese Export Rose Canton Mandarin pattern porcelain cider jug with double or cross strap handles. There are court scenes in the most colorful hues. The bor...
Category
1790s Chinese Antique Chinese Export Ceramics
Materials
Enamel
20th Century, Chinese Porcelain Plates
Located in Miami, FL
20th century, Chinese porcelain plates
Category
Mid-20th Century Chinese Chinese Export Ceramics
Materials
Ceramic
Vintage Baluster Vase, Oriental, Decorative, Ceramic, Vessel, 20th Century
Located in Hele, Devon, GB
This is a vintage baluster vase. An oriental, highly decorative ceramic vessel dating to the mid-20th century.
Of Classic form and in good proport...
Category
Mid-20th Century Asian Chinese Export Ceramics
Materials
Ceramic
Chinese Export Famille Rose Porcelain Large Dishes, circa 1765-1775
Located in Downingtown, PA
Chinese Export famille rose porcelain dishes,
circa 1765-1775.
The pair of Chinese Export famille rose large dishes are finely painted with a flowering branch design with two la...
Category
Mid-18th Century Chinese Antique Chinese Export Ceramics
Materials
Porcelain
Pair of 18th Century Chinese Export Porcelain Mancerinas or Trembleuses
Located in Dallas, TX
A pair of Chinese export porcelain mancerinas or trembleuses likely made for the Spanish/Spanish Colonial market. Based on a silver form, the standing central ring was designed to su...
Category
Mid-18th Century Chinese Antique Chinese Export Ceramics
Materials
Porcelain
Oval Porcelain Well and Tree Platter, Chinese Export, Nanking Pattern, c. 1790
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
Chinese export Nanking pattern well and tree platter. This ovoid shaped porcelain is decorated with an underglaze blue. The double border is in...
Category
Late 18th Century Chinese Antique Chinese Export Ceramics
Materials
Porcelain
Chinese Export Armorial Porcelain Dish, Arms of Pole, circa 1745
Located in Downingtown, PA
Chinese Export armorial porcelain dish,
Arms of Pole,
circa 1745
The Chinese export armorial porcelain dish is painted with pane...
Category
Mid-18th Century Chinese Antique Chinese Export Ceramics
Materials
Porcelain
19th century Rose Medallion Chinese Export Covered Chamber Bowl
Located in Savannah, GA
Rare early Canton Chinese Export porcelain Rose Medallion bowl with lid. Features include outstanding intricately painted birds, flower...
Category
Early 1800s Chinese Antique Chinese Export Ceramics
Materials
Porcelain
Yongzheng Chinese Export Style Famille Rose Large Charger, 20th Century
Located in Austin, TX
A large Yongzheng style Chinese porcelain charger decorated in beautiful famille rose enamels of pinks, blues, greens and yellows, 20th century, China.
Painted in the Chinese expor...
Category
20th Century Chinese Chinese Export Ceramics
Materials
Porcelain
20th Century Polychrome Charger Plate
Located in Miami, FL
20th century polychrome charger plate.
Category
20th Century Chinese Chinese Export Ceramics
Materials
Porcelain
Pair of circa 1800 Chinese Export Tobacco Leaf Plates
Located in Dallas, TX
Pair of 7.875" diameter round porcelain plates with over all design in bright, bold colors known as the "tobacco leaf" pattern. Central leaf shape reserve containing script monogram ...
Category
Early 1800s Chinese Antique Chinese Export Ceramics
Materials
Porcelain
Pair of 18th Century Chinese Export Clobbered Platters
Located in Dallas, TX
Beautiful pair of 18th century Chinese Export porcelain platters clobbered in shades lime green, emerald green, cobalt blue, iron red with gilt highlights.
Category
18th Century Chinese Antique Chinese Export Ceramics
Materials
Porcelain
Pair of Fine Lively Modeled Porcelain Dogs
Located in Greenwich, CT
A pair of lively modeled porcelain dogs, Fine details and colors.
Category
Late 20th Century Asian Chinese Export Ceramics
Materials
Porcelain
Chinese Export Cuban Armorial Plate for Marquis de Almendares
Located in Downingtown, PA
The arms on this Chinese Export armorial plate were made for the Cuban noble Marquis de Almendares Ignacio Herrera.
The plate is finely ...
Category
19th Century Chinese Antique Chinese Export Ceramics
Materials
Porcelain
Large Chinese Export Style Famille Rose Enameled Porcelain Charger, circa 1900
Located in Austin, TX
A massive famille rose enameled Chinese export style charger, Continental, probably French, circa 1900.
The large dish painted in vibrant famille rose enamels in an overall pink ton...
Category
Early 1900s French Antique Chinese Export Ceramics
Materials
Enamel
Chinese Export Porcelain Oval Famille Rose Dish
Located in Downingtown, PA
The Chinese Export porcelain dish in the famille rose palette is painted on the border with meandering vines and flowers which surrounds a central panel decorated with vases and pots of flowers...
Category
Mid-18th Century Chinese Antique Chinese Export Ceramics
Materials
Porcelain
Qianlong period talismanic antique Chinese porcelain plate
Located in London, GB
Qianlong period talismanic antique Chinese porcelain plate
Chinese, 18th Century
Height 4cm, diameter 21cm
Made during the 18th century in Qianlong period China, this fine porcelain plate was made for the export market, in particular the Islamic world, and comes in the form of a talismanic plate with Arabic inscriptions. The centre is decorated with a magic square...
Category
18th Century Chinese Antique Chinese Export Ceramics
Materials
Porcelain
Pair of 19th Century Armorial Cachepots in the Chinese Export Style
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
Striking pair of large-scale armorial cachepots in the Chinese export style on bronze bases.
Category
Mid-19th Century Asian Antique Chinese Export Ceramics
Materials
Porcelain
Three 18th Century Chinese Export Plates
Located in Buchanan, MI
Set of three Chinese export plates with floral decoration. Three 18th century Chinese exprort plates.
Category
18th Century and Earlier Chinese Antique Chinese Export Ceramics
Materials
Porcelain
18th Century, Chinese Export Coral and Puce Porcelain Tea Service
Located in Downingtown, PA
Chinese export porcelain service spectacularly decorated with a smart coral scale ground with panels of puce flowers.
The service com...
Category
Mid-18th Century Chinese Antique Chinese Export Ceramics
Materials
Porcelain
Canton Famille Rose Plate, ca. 1840
Located in Banner Elk, NC
Canton Famille rose 9.6 inch plate, ca. 1840, enameled with seven figures, the four males forming a band, one playing the erhu, one playing symbols, one playing the dizi (bamboo flute...
Category
1780s Chinese Antique Chinese Export Ceramics
Materials
Porcelain
Chinese Export Porcelain Serving or Shrimp Dish Rose Medallion, Qing Ca 1810
Located in Lincoln, Lincolnshire
This is a very decorative, good quality Chinese export, porcelain, Large Shrimp or Serving Dish beautifully hand decorated in a Rose Medallion Pattern, which we date to the early 19t...
Category
Early 19th Century Chinese Antique Chinese Export Ceramics
Materials
Porcelain
18th Century Chinese Shipwreck Porcelain Dish
Located in Fort Lauderdale, FL
A Chinese export porcelain shipwreck soup dish from the Hatcher Porcelain Cargoes, made in the early to mid-18th century.
This Chinese porcelain soup dish was created specifically for export to the European market. It was used for soup or broth courses, which had become a dinner staple in Northern Europe following the influence of French table customs. This piece features an underglaze blue floral decoration, here comprising chrysanthemums, peonies, and a pomegranate. The floral sprigs appear to grow from a rock formation, partly obscured by the marine incrustations. On the border of the dish, three arrangements of lotuses balance the composition. The swiftness of the painter’s hand is evident in the strokes forming leaves and petals, as well as in the bleeding of some of the lighter cobalt washes coloring the flowers.
Dimensions: 9 in. Dm x 1 1/4 in. H (22.9 cm Dm x 3.2 cm H)
Condition: Salvaged condition. A few hairlines extending from the rim to the center, the longest about 6cm. We do not recommend cleaning or restoration, as the current condition speaks to an important stage in this object’s life.
Provenance:
Collection Mrs Marianne L. Dreesmann-van der Spek, Laren, inv. no J002;
Collection Mrs Hetti T.G. von der Gablentz-Blanche Koelensmid, Amsterdam;
Amsterdam, Christie's, The Hatcher Porcelain Cargoes, before 1987.
Christie’s Amsterdam, Fine and Important Late Ming and Transitional Porcelain...
Category
18th Century Chinese Antique Chinese Export Ceramics
Materials
Porcelain
Antique Blue & White Canton Chinese Export Porcelain Pitcher or Jug
Located in Philadelphia, PA
A fine Canton Chinese Export porcelain pitcher.
Decorated with blue underglaze throughout depicting a Chinese village near the wate...
Category
Early 19th Century Chinese Antique Chinese Export Ceramics
Materials
Porcelain
Famille Verte Porcelain Cabbage Leaf & Butterfly Coffee or Tea Cup and Saucer
Located in New York, NY
A very beautiful and rare porcelain Famille Verte cabbage leaf and butterfly pattern coffee or tea cup and saucer set, circa e...
Category
Early 20th Century Chinese Chinese Export Ceramics
Materials
Porcelain
Three 19th Century Samson Imari Porcelain Vases
Located in London, GB
A nineteenth century matched garniture of three Samson Imari porcelain vases, including a baluster vase with cover, together with a pair of square trumpet form vases, all decorated i...
Category
19th Century French Antique Chinese Export Ceramics
Materials
Ceramic, Porcelain
Chinese Export Porcelain Rose Mandarin Shell-Form Shrimp Dish, circa 1820
Located in Banner Elk, NC
Chinese Export Porcelain rose mandarin shell-form shrimp dish, also known as a Nappie or dessert dish, circa 1820, the shaped bowl with vividly enameled glazes and detailed gilding, ...
Category
19th Century Chinese Antique Chinese Export Ceramics
Materials
Porcelain
Chinese Rose Mandarin Shrimp Dish with Elaborate Enameled Gilded Handle, c. 1820
Located in Banner Elk, NC
Chinese Export Porcelain Rose Mandarin Shell-Form Shrimp Dish, also known as a nappie or dessert dish, circa 1820, the shaped bowl with vividly enameled glazes and detailed gilding, ...
Category
1820s Chinese Antique Chinese Export Ceramics
Materials
Porcelain
Pair of Antique Chinese Famille Rose Vases with Hand Painted Luohans Decoration
Located in New York, NY
A fabulous pair of antique Bangchuiping, 'Rouleau' Chinese Famille Rose vases with hand painted Luohans figures. Each vase is of Rouleau form with gorgeous eighteen Arhats or Luohans...
Category
1860s Chinese Antique Chinese Export Ceramics
Materials
Porcelain
Chinese Export Garden Seat, in the Style of Masons Ironstone
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
Chinese export garden seat, in the style of Masons Ironstone.
Category
Late 20th Century Chinese Chinese Export Ceramics
Materials
Porcelain
Large Blue and White Ceramic Bowl
Located in NYC, NY
A blue and white ceramic bowl, the basin with central depiction of a Phoenix surrounded by scrolling foliate designs.
Category
19th Century Chinese Antique Chinese Export Ceramics
Materials
Ceramic
Chinese Export ceramics for sale on 1stDibs.
Find a broad range of unique Chinese Export 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, porcelain and other materials. If you’re shopping for used Chinese Export ceramics 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 ceramics, popular names associated with this style include Europa Antiques, Bretby Ceramics, and Meissen Porcelain. 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 $31,179 while the average work can sell for $1,339.
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