Chinese Yuan-Style Dark Blue and White Dragon Porcelain Pot
Located in Queens, NY
Chinese bulbous, dark blue porcelain pot crafted in the Yuan Dynasty style, wrapped in the dynamic
20th Century Chinese Export Porcelain
Porcelain
Chinese Yuan-Style Dark Blue and White Dragon Porcelain Pot
Located in Queens, NY
Chinese bulbous, dark blue porcelain pot crafted in the Yuan Dynasty style, wrapped in the dynamic
Porcelain
Chinese Yuan Style White and Blue Dragon Motif Porcelain Pot
Located in Queens, NY
Chinese bulbous, white porcelain pot crafted in the Yuan Dynasty style, wrapped in a large scaled
Porcelain
Pair of Chinese Blue & White Dragon Motif Jade Pot Spring Bottle Porcelain Vases
Located in Queens, NY
PAIR of Chinese blue and white porcelain vases with jade pot spring bottle forms traditionally
Porcelain
Chinese Blue and White Twin Dragons Brush Pot
Located in Chicago, IL
This blue-and-white porcelain brush pot would have been right at home in a Qing-dynasty scholar’s
Porcelain
Sold
H 6.75 in W 4.88 in D 4.88 in
Chinese Export Porcelain Brush Pot Blue and White Hand Painted Dragons
Located in Lincoln, Lincolnshire
This is a high quality Chinese export porcelain brush pot, finely hand painted in blue and white
Porcelain
Sold
H 14.5 in W 11 in D 11 in
Large Blue and White Decorative Chinese Porcelain Tea Pot with Dragon Design
Located in Oakville, ON
Highly decorative blue and white large porcelain Chinese tea pot. New condition. Amusing dragon
Porcelain
Chinese Qianlong Mark Chinese Famille Rose Vase with Bats
Located in Bishop's Stortford, Hertfordshire
A stunning antique Chinese Qing porcelain famille rose vase decorated with bats with Qianlong mark and possibly of the period. The impressive vase of lobed form is painted with shou ...
Porcelain
Large Chinese Qing Dynasty Wucai Porcelain Dragon Bowl, 19th Century
Located in Austin, TX
A large Chinese Qing dynasty porcelain wucai (five color) glazed bowl painted in underglaze blue and overglaze red, green, and yellow upon a pure white ground, and featuring a design...
Porcelain
Kangxi Famille Verte Porcelain Large Dish, Qing Dynasty, 17th/18th c
Located in Austin, TX
A large and magnificent Chinese famille verte enameled porcelain large dish or charger, Qing Dynasty, Kangxi Period (1662 - 1722), circa 1700, China. The shallow, shaped dish of fo...
Enamel
$500
H 1.97 in W 2.56 in D 5.52 in
Southern Song Dynasty Official Kiln Ice Cracking Glaze Pattern Burner
Located in 景德镇市, CN
This old collection of Southern Song Dynasty Xiu Nei Si Official Kiln Ice Cracking Glaze Pattern Burner is very special with high craftsmanship. Kilns were essential for firing cer...
Porcelain
Chinese Dingyao Vase, c. 1100
Located in Chicago, IL
Dingyao porcelain, often called Ding ware, is famous for its creamy-white coloring, refined forms, and low-relief surface patterning. Ding ware was produced in the kilns of Hebei pro...
Stoneware
$4,200
H 2.5 in Dm 12.5 in
Antique Chinese Ming Style Blue and White BW Bunch Of Lotus Charger 19c Qing
Located in Richmond, CA
An antique Chinese porcelain charger, hand decorated in underglaze blue and white, exemplifying the revered Ming style. The focal point, a central medallion within a double circle bo...
Porcelain
$2,450
H 6.25 in Dm 7.5 in
Large Chinese Blue & White Brush Pot Porcelain with Kangxi Mark and Wooden Base
Located in Norton, MA
Beautifully painted in varying shades and tones of underglaze blue and white showing figures in an imperial courtyard scene and a famous poem from the Tang Dynasty from Circa 690.
Porcelain
$48,000
H 5.13 in Dm 10 in
Archaic Chinese Bronze Ritual Vessel, Gui, Early Western Zhou, 11th century BCE
Located in Austin, TX
A stunning and rare Chinese archaic bronze gui, a type of ritual bronze vessel used to hold grain, either for feasting, or for making offerings to the ancestors, late Shang to early ...
Bronze
Cloisonné Vase, Qing Period, 19th Century
Located in seoul, KR
Cloisonné enamel vase of baluster form and lobed sides decorated with foliage and flowers on a black background, gilt copper neck and base. Around 1900 Period: Qing Dynasty Type: Va...
Enamel
$32,370Sale Price|59% Off
H 6.11 in Dm 10.24 in
A Rare Blue And White Octagonal Box And Cover, Ming Dynasty Wanli Six-Character
Located in seoul, KR
This octagonal blue-and-white covered box is densely decorated on each facet with dragons twisting their elongated bodies as they move through clouds, filling the entire surface with...
Ceramic
Pair of 19th Century Chinese Bronze Cloisonné Urns
Located in Houston, TX
Pair of late 19th century Chinese bronze cloisonné urns with lids
Bronze, Enamel
$9,750Sale Price|35% Off
H 8.27 in Dm 15.36 in
A Rare Large Wucai Dragons and Phoenix Jar, Ming dynasty Longqing Emperor
Located in seoul, KR
The blue dragon and the red dragon are depicted in dynamic postures, each extending its claws to grasp a ruyi pearl (如意珠). The phoenix is adorned with flowing feathers and delicate c...
Ceramic
$22,400Sale Price|20% Off
H 31 in Dm 17 in
Massive Chinese Cloisonné Vase with Phoenix, Magnolia, Lotus and Chrysanthemums
Located in New York, NY
A massive Chinese blue cloisonné vase or urn depicting a colorful imperial phoenix with gilt bronze wires among birds and butterflies in an imperial garden of magnolia blossoms, chry...
Enamel
A Qingbai Carved Meiping Porcelain, Song Dynasty
Located in seoul, KR
The vase features broad shoulders and a tapering body. Its surface is finely carved with scrolling foliage and lotus motifs, accentuated by precise incised lines beneath a soft bluis...
Ceramic, Porcelain
Antique 18th Century Blue & White Dutch Delft Chinoserie Jar or Vase
By De Drie Astonne, Delft
Located in Philadelphia, PA
A fine antique Dutch Delft vase or jar. The body decorated with cartouches of stylized peony bouquets on a latticework ground. The shoulder decorated with alternating cartouches of ...
Delft
Chinese Peach, White and Blue Dragon Motif Porcelain Vase
Located in Queens, NY
Chinese porcelain vase crafted in the style of the Yuan Dynasty depicting a raised and glazed blue and white dragon against a matte, peach colored ground, and decorated with geometri...
Porcelain
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.