Chinese Export Butterfly

Ever hungry for exotic things from the mysterious Orient, European public quickly developed taste for exquisite decorative objects from Canton, including reverse glass or mirror pain...

Pair of Chinese Export Butterfly Motif Turquoise Ground Porcelain Plates, each with red six character Guangxu mark to underside. 8.25" Diameter x 1" H.

Circa 1915 pair of Chinese Export butterfly plates. Colorfully painted in overglaze enamels - "thousand butterfly" borders.

Canton China, circa 1830. A great and unusual pith watercolor painting of butterflies and insects around a blossoming tree branch. Unmarked.

These are a colorful and detailed pair of Chinese Canton export butterfly pattern lidded melon shaped Asian jars.

Set of 3 beautiful Chinese export porcelain green cabbage leaf butterfly plate.

Chinese export porcelain sacred bird & butterfly pattern large bulb tray, Circa 1820-50 The Chinese Export porcelain tray is painted with an overall pattern in orange of the sacr...

Large Chinese export sacred butterfly and famille rose basket & stand, Circa 1820 This Chinese porcelain basket & stand is particularly large.

Famille Rose Bowl with Bird & Butterfly Decoration, Chinese Export ca. 1780

Round bronze and cloisonné enamel plate designed in China in the 20th century. This plate is made of bronze and cloisonné enamel, a goldsmith technique originally applied to jewelle...

Circa 1915 pair of Rose Canton Chinese export plates. Brightly enamelled butterfly design.

Enchanting Chinese blue and white porcelain vase with a scalloped top, classic form and hand decorated with butterflies and moths.

Vintage Chinese icy translucent carved jade Moth butterfly pendant necklace On silk cord with four beads Endless knot and Two tassels. Pendant size, 3"- x 2 7/16"- in.(7.7 x 5...

A set of eight Chinese rice paper paintings of butterflies and insects, 19th century, in giltwood frames. Very fine quality. Measures: 16" high x 12.5" wide. All in good co...

Three China trade picture groupings of 12 miniature paintings of butterflies, circa 1860 The four miniature Chinese export watercolours, each showing multiples butterflies and in...

Pair of glazed porcelain vases, China, works of art, Decor of butterflies among the flowers, shaped heads of golden lions. Apocryphal mark on the back, China, Republic Period. Measu...

The superb set of Chinese watercolours is painted on pith paper with botanical studies of flowers and insects and butterflies. They are on acid-free paper and board within their ori...

Set of four 19th century Chinese pith painting of flowers, butterflies and other insects in fantastic silver gilt mirror paneled frames. The silver is mostly rubbed down to the red b...

This is a pair of Chinese stem vases, flattened circular bowls with narrow necks, decorated with a blue and white butterfly pattern and dating to the mid-late 20th century. A supe...

Old Red Chinoiserie Lacquer box decorated with birds flowers and butterflies The box is made in wood, it is decorated with birds flowers and butterflies, the Chinese symbols for h...

This is a complete set of 12 Chinese Export Pith Paintings that date to circa 1830-1840.

Circa 1880 Chinese export porcelain thousand butterfly creamer.

A fine antique Chinese Export porcelain teapot In a Famille Rose pattern.

This is a Chinese porcelain Plate, beautifully hand decorated and made for the Chinese Export (Canton) market.

This Chinese export sacred bird and butterfly pattern soup tureen is decorated overall in a traditional palette of orange and gold.

This is a small Chinese Export porcelain decorative box with a hinged lid and hand painted decoration of butterflies on a yellow ground, which we date to the mid-20th century, circa ...

An impressive Chinese export sacred bird and butterfly pattern centerpiece decorated overall in typical orange and brown palette, with gilt-outlined birds, butterflies and flowers.

A spectacular example of a Chinese Export black butterfly punch bowl with central foliate round interior panel surrounded by six decorated foliate panels accented with gilt and black...

A Very Rare Chinese Export Canton Famille Rose Plate, Mid-Nineteenth Century, with a central large butterfly, its wings forming four roundels, the front wings with a pair of birds am...

Pair of Chinese export porcelain plates in the "Cabbage & Butterfly" pattern.

Dramatic pair of Chinese Indigo blue vases featuring a butterfly motif decoration. Finished in a deep indigo color with delicate painted patterns and butterflies in flight. The vases...

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.  

Chinese porcelain bottle vase hand-painted with gilt accents and a polychrome butterfly design, mounted as a lamp upon a hardwood base. Measures: 28" height x 9.5" diameter.

A set of eight Chinese rice paper paintings of butterflies and insects, 19th century, in giltwood frames. Very fine quality. Measures: 16" high x 12.5" wide. All in good co...

A Chinese Porcelain Famille Rose Enameled Fish Bowl/Planter With Butterflies Presented is an exquisite and remarkable antique—a Chinese porcelain famille rose enameled fish bowl/p...

These are two 19th century Chinese export, (Canton) plates or dishes of the same style, type of decoration and size.

The outside of the charger is also profusely and finely decorated with birds, butterflies, floral spays and fruit & vegetables. This is a very large example of fine quality Chinese e...

Beautiful pair of 20th century vases in white with multicolored floral and butterfly mirrored design. This pair is in fabulous vintage condition, circa 1960s-1980s What a gorgeous...

Pair of 19th century Korean, Choson brass candlesticks with etched decoration and butterfly reflectors. The candlesticks come apart into four sections. Provenance: Luther Carrington...

A very beautiful and rare porcelain Famille Verte cabbage leaf and butterfly pattern coffee or tea cup and saucer set, circa early 20th century, Chinese Export.

A Kelly green umbrella stand holder with flowers and butterflies, finished with gold detail, ca. 1980s. Piece has beautiful decoration of flowers and butterflies and gold detail arou...

This set of six Chinese watercolors of butterflies and other insects was created for the European market.

This Chinese Qing Dynasty watercolor of a butterfly and flowers is painted on delicate pith paper, and was probably made for export to the European market in the second quarter of th...

The enameled scroll and foliate border centering a blue and gilded verge with iris butterfly and caterpillar center. This piece is from the R. F. Schwarz collection, one of the we...

An early 19th century Chinese Export Mother of Pearl Wine Label made in the form of a butterfly and carved with oriental figures in landscape scenes surrounding a name plate engraved...

An early 19th century Chinese Export mother-of-pearl wine label made in the form of a butterfly and carved with oriental figures in landscape scenes surrounding a name plate engraved...

I am proud to offer you this famous and rare Meissen Chinese butterfly dinner service. Each piece is painted in the Kakiemon style with a central Chinese butterfly on a branch, surro...

Chinese porcelain cuspidor, circa 1730, Qianlong Period. The squared form vessel, with canted corners, painted in fencai or famille rose enamels, with butterflies, amongst sprays of ...

Early 20th century large Chinese export famille butterfly shallow bowl with gold edge.

Pair of Chinese lamps with shades of rose and green flowers and leaves. Small butterflies are scattered on the front and back. Neck features two bands, one floral, the other ge...

An antique silver and pinctada shell Chinese sweetmeat or caviar serving dish in the style of Kwan Wo. The double pinctada (a pearl oyster species) shell wings are gently formed with...

An antique silver and pinctada shell Chinese sweetmeat or caviar serving dish in the style of Kwan Wo. The double pinctada (a pearl oyster species) shell wings are gently formed with...

Chinese export porcelain butterfly motif with 22-karat gold detail Hermes style ashtray.

Made of carved wood with transparent fences and scrollwork panels, two dragons at the front and pagoda roofs on top. A beautiful realization by the Chinese woodcarver and furniture m...

Chinese wardrobe in solid wood, late 19th, early 20th century. Aesthetic and practical, it will be perfect in a current decoration. The color of the wood is bright and warm. Of ...

Extraordinary 19th century English ladies secretaire desk or writing table. The two part desk was made in the Chinoiserie revival period of Europe in the mid-19th century. The desk f...

An exquisite 19th-century Chinese hardwood display cabinet, masterfully carved and richly detailed throughout. Crafted during the late Qing Dynasty, this rare piece exemplifies the a...

Large-scale 19th century English display cabinet executed in the Chinoiserie tradition. Constructed in carved mahogany and conceived as a tripartite architectural façade, each glazed...

Incredible example of Asian lacquer carving. Standing over seven feet tall, this monumental display shelf was produced in Japan at the end of the Edo period, late 19th century. It fe...

This is a hand painted Chinese export bowl from the late 18th century, Qing dynasty, Qianlong period, 1736-1795. We date this piece to circa 1780. The bowl is well potted on mid hei...

A large and intricate Asian carved and gilt panel that may be utilized as an architectural element, wall decoration or screen. In one piece with six panels with four recessed section...

This gorgeous luohan daybed anchors its surroundings with its monumental scale and incredible carved decoration. Known as a luohan chuang, or couch bed, this form of low-backed daybe...

Antique Chinese hardwood carved flowers stands with 8 sides octagonal marble top insert, 19th century. Measures: H 18.625”, D 16.5”.

Beautiful big bucket vase with two steel handles, Famille verte. Excellent decorated with women and young boys in a walled garden and princess on horseback. Elegant precious Chinese...

This is a good Chinese Export porcelain Plate which has been beautifully hand enamelled, over-glaze, in the Famille Rose palette with excellent detail, dating to Circa 1940. The mai...