Chinese Jiaqing Period Nanking Blue and White Porcelain Dish, Early 19th Century
Located in Nottingham, GB
A fine Chinese Nanking export porcelain dish dating to the Jiaqing period and early 19th century.
Porcelain
Antique Chinese Qing Dynasty Nanking Blue and White Porcelain Bowl, circa 1820
Located in Nottingham, GB
The bowl is decorated throughout in underglaze cobalt blue and white, displaying the distinctive palette associated with Nanking export porcelain. The decoration is particularly nota...
Porcelain
Nanking Warming Plate, Chinese Porcelain, Octagonal Design, 1810s
Located in Savannah, GA
According to the Victoria and Albert museum, a "Nanking warming plate is an antique warming plate, typically made of ceramic, that was used to keep food warm. It was often decorated ...
Porcelain
Antique Blue & White Chinese Export Nanking Porcelain Gravy Boat
Located in Philadelphia, PA
A fine antique Chinese export porcelain gravy boat. In the Nanking pattern.
Porcelain
Set of 3 Antique Blue & White Chinese Export Nanking Porcelain Saucers or Plates
Located in Philadelphia, PA
A fine set of 3 antique Chinese export porcelain plates. In the Nanking pattern.
Porcelain
$974Sale Price / set|35% Off
Nanking Blue and White Porcelain Vintage 23 Piece Tea and Meal Service
Located in Lomita, CA
Dessert will appear extra delicious on this set of Nanking blue and white porcelain Chinese export assembled set with teapot and cups circa 1940.
Porcelain
Large Chinese Porcelain Lidded Urn with Foo Dog Finial, Nanking Crackle Glaze
Located in Grythyttan, SE
A striking large Chinese porcelain lidded urn dating from the first half to mid-20th century. The vessel is crafted in a classic baluster form, with an elongated rounded body that ge...
Enamel
Vintage Chinese Porcelain Nanking Crackle Glaze Famille Rose Vase Lamp 20c
Located in Richmond, CA
A vintage Chinese porcelain ovoid jar vase with Nanking style crackle glaze and decorated in famille rose with warrior figures in a battle scene, electrified and turned into a lamp o...
Porcelain
$2,240Sale Price|20% Off
A 19 Century Nanking Porcelain Vase on an Ormolu base turned into a Lamp
Located in Vancouver, British Columbia
A large late 19 Century Qing Era Chinese Nanking Porcelain Vase in famille verte crackle glaze decorated with intricate warrior and landscape scenes The vase would have been expor...
Porcelain
$1,516Sale Price / set|20% Off
Rare Pair of Blue & White Nanking 'Rice Grain' Cups & Saucers, Qianlong Marked
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
Rare Pair of Blue & White Nanking 'Rice Grain' Cups & Saucers, Qianlong Marked China, 19th Century or Older, Possibly a Special Order A truly rare and exquisite pair of Blue & Whit...
Porcelain
Unavailable
H 2.75 in W 7.75 in D 5.63 in
Chinese Export Nanking Porcelain Sauceboat And Undertray, 19th Century
Located in Free Union, VA
An unusual serving piece: an early 19th century Nanking sauceboat with associated leaf form undertray. This pattern is a close cousin to blue and white Canton porcelain, but with mor...
Porcelain
Pair of Chinese Export Nanking Porcelain Canton Saucer Dishes
Located in Wilton, CT
Nice pair of Nanking bowls. Finely potted with good painting/color.
Porcelain
19th century Chinese Export Nanking Warming Plate
Located in Savannah, GA
Chinese export Nanking warming plate, early 19th century. Slightly octagonal, it measures 10.25 inches across to reservoirs x 2 inches tall.
Porcelain
Large Chinese Export Porcelain Platter - Nanking Pattern, c. 1790
Located in Kinderhook, NY
Large late 18th century Chinese Export porcelain platter of oval form in underglaze blue Nanking pattern.
Porcelain
Sold
H 14.75 in W 11.5 in D 10.5 in
Chinese Export Nanking Blue and White Porcelain Soup Tureens, Covers and Stands
Located in Downingtown, PA
Chinese Export Nanking blue and white porcelain soup tureens, covers and stands, circa 1790-1820.
Chinese Export Nanking Cargo Cafe au Lait and Blue Pair Bowls
Located in Downingtown, PA
Nanking Cargo Chinese Export Porcelain Cafe au Lait and Blue Pair Bowls The Chinese Export porcelain bowls are painted with a Cafe au Lait, Batavia-ware brown ground.
Porcelain
Pair of 19th Century Gilt Bronze and Chinese Nanking Porcelain Candelabra
Located in Vancouver, British Columbia
A pair of late 19th century Chinese Nanking crackle porcelain vases mounted on French gilt bronze bases and supporting four gilt bronze candle arms, the bronze work having oriental t...
Bronze
Large Selection of Twelve Chinese 18th Century Blue and White Nanking Platers
Located in Brighton, Sussex
An impressive collection of twelve willow pattern Chinese 18th century Nanking blue and white plates, each depicting classical Chinese scenes of lakes, boats, mountains and pagoda to...
Porcelain
Sold
H 0.75 in W 11.75 in D 9 in
Antique Blue & White Nanking Pattern Chinese Export Porcelain Serving Tray
Located in Philadelphia, PA
A fine antique Chinese export porcelain serving tray. In the Nanking pattern.
Porcelain
Antique 19th Century Chinese Export Canton Nanking Platter Blue & White
Located in Dayton, OH
“Canton and Nanking are both patterns of dishes made in China from the late 1700s to the early 1900s. Both are named for cities in China where the dishes were thought to have been ma...
Porcelain
Chinese export armorial Nanking plate, c. 1790
Located in Chicago, IL
Chinese export armorial Nanking plate with characteristic arrow border in cobalt underglaze blue. China, circa 1790.
Porcelain
Blue and White Nanking Ware Tureen, Chinese Export 19th Century
Located in San Francisco, CA
Blue and white Nanking ware lidded tureen with under plate. Chinese export, early 19th century. Additional measurements for platter are 13 inches wide x 10.25 deep x 1.25 high. The...
Porcelain
Sold
H 11.75 in W 16.25 in D 1.5 in
Chinese Export Oval Blue & White Well and Tree Platter, Nanking, 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.
Porcelain
large collection of an 18th Century Chinese Nanking dinner service
Located in Brighton, Sussex
A very impressive and rare collection of 18th Century Chinese Blue and White Nanking porcelain diner plates and platers. Thirty six pieces in all.
Porcelain
Pair of Chinese Nanking Blue and White Platers, 18th Century
Located in Brighton, Sussex
A good quality pair of late 18th century Chinese blue and white Nanking platers, each with wonderful blue ground, depicting classical scenes of exotic birds and flowers by the side o...
Porcelain
Pair of Reticulated Nanking Platters
Located in Oaks, PA
A Pair of Reticulated Nanking Platters, Each one with tight crisp blue and white decoration
Porcelain
Nanking Reticulated Basket
Located in Atlanta, GA
Nanking reticulated basket, of oval form with twin twisted handles (possible repairs, refer to photos). Crisp blue and white and floral trellis decoration. Teh interior. Measures: 7"...
Porcelain
Antique 19C Chinese Porcelain Bowl Bleu de Hue Vietnamese Marked Base
Located in Amsterdam, Noord Holland
Description Superb antique Chinese porcelain bowl with a dragon and carp, painted in underglaze cobalt blue on white porcelain ground. From the 1700s onwards, kings of the Le-T...
Porcelain
$269Sale Price|20% Off
H 2.6 in Dm 6.5 in
Chinese Export Porcelain Bowl Hand Painted Blue and White, 18thC
Located in Lincoln, Lincolnshire
This is a Chinese Export porcelain bowl, hand painted in a blue and white pattern, which we date to the 18th Century or earlier, back to late Ming dynasty in the early 17th century. ...
Porcelain
$280
H 3.15 in W 9.06 in D 7.09 in
Royal Copenhagen, Blue Fluted Plain. Porcelain sauce boat. Dated 1967
Located in København, Copenhagen
Royal Copenhagen Blue Fluted Plain sauce boat with stand, 1967. Sauce boat from the classic Blue Fluted Plain service, decorated with hand-painted cobalt blue underglaze on ribbed p...
Porcelain
Antique Yongzheng/Qianlong Qing Period Chinese Porcelain Plate, 18th Century
Located in Amsterdam, Noord Holland
Sharing with you this lovely plate from the Qing period. It has a rather unusual scene. Additional information: Material: Porcelain & Pottery Region of Origin: China Period: 18th ce...
Porcelain
$241
H 1.19 in Dm 8.86 in
Antique Plate Chinese Porcelain Blue and White Plate Kangxi Period, 18th Century
Located in Amsterdam, Noord Holland
Antique Plate 18th Century Chinese Porcelain Blue and White Plate Kangxi Period. A very nicely decorated plate with flowers. Additional information: Material: Porcelain & Pottery D...
Porcelain
$2,032
H 2.84 in Dm 5.83 in
Antique Chinese Porcelain Transitional Shunzhi Kangxi 17th c Dish Marked China
Located in Amsterdam, Noord Holland
Beautiful Shunzhi or Early Kangxi Period Chinese Porcelain Bowl – c.1655–1670 – Marked A charming and highly decorative blue and white porcelain bowl dating from the Shunzhi to earl...
Porcelain
$750
H 3 in Dm 7.5 in
Antique Chinese 18thC Style Qianlong Qing Dynasty Blue White Porcelain Bowl 1880
Located in Portland, OR
A very attractive antique 19th century Qianlong style Chinese Qing Dynasty blue & white Porcelain bowl. The bowl is finely decorated with under-glazed blue and having a solid blue b...
Porcelain
$491
H 3.5 in Dm 7.75 in
18th C Chinese Export Porcelain Bowl Hand Painted Blue and White ptn, Ca 1770
Located in Lincoln, Lincolnshire
This is a Chinese Export porcelain bowl of mid size, hand painted in a blue and white floral pattern, which we date to the mid 18th Century, Circa 1770 or possibly slightly earlier. ...
Porcelain
1662-1722 Chinese Kangxi Period, Blue and White Porcelain Plate
Located in Chapel Hill, NC
Kangxi period, 1662-1722, blue & white porcelain plate, Chinese. Molded body with lotus petal reserves. The 8-flute molded sides surround a reserve of flowering plants growing from a...
Porcelain
19th Century Chinese Export Blue and White Platter
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Qing Dynasty style under-glazed platter featuring a basket of flowers Beautifully hand painted Chinese porcelain with varying shades of cobalt blue Excellent condition.
Porcelain
Antique Chinese Export Blue & White Canton Porcelain Small Bowl
Located in Philadelphia, PA
A fine antique Chinese Export porcelain bowl. In the Canton pattern. Sized smaller than a fruit bowl, larger than a rice bowl. Decorated in underglaze blue with a mountainous Chin...
Porcelain
$1,325Sale Price|64% Off
H 2.3 in W 13.7 in D 13.7 in
Chinese Ming Porcelain Early 17th Century Blue White Plate Charger Kraak Dish
Located in Wommelgem, VAN
Antique Chinese porcelain blue and white Ming charger Blue and white ceramic deep dish. Material: Chinese porcelain, Ceramic Style: Chinese, Ming, Antique, Baroque, Wanli Origin:...
Ceramic, Porcelain
A Chinese Export Porcelain Blue White Dish Flowers Garden Qianlong Period
Located in Amsterdam, Noord Holland
Description An elegant blue and white porcelain dish from the Qianlong period, finely painted with a floral landscape scene, a piece of timeless appeal to the discerning collector. ...
Porcelain
Antique Chinese Export Blue & White Canton Porcelain Scalloped Fruit Bowl
Located in Philadelphia, PA
A fine antique Chinese Export porcelain serving bowl or fruit bowl. In the Canton pattern. Decorated in underglaze blue with a mountainous Chinese village with houses, mountains, f...
Porcelain
Large Chinese Porcelain Blue and White Charger Plate, 1720-1740
Located in Amsterdam, Noord Holland
A very nicely decorated and potted Chinese Porcelain plate. Absolutely beautiful piece. Additional information: Material: Porcelain & Pottery Region of Origin: China Decoration Typ...
Porcelain
$296Sale Price|25% Off
H 2.75 in Dm 5.5 in
Early 20th-Century Antique Chinese Blue and White Porcelain Bowl
Located in Pomona, CA
This is a Antique Chinese Blue and White Porcelain Bowl. As you can see in the pictures, it is in very good conditions. This type of hand-painted porcelain features freehand cobalt-b...
Porcelain
Large Late 19th Century Rose Medallion Chinese Export Bowl
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Large Rose Medallion Chinese Export bowl from the late 19th century. Surrounded by classical oriental scenes around the outside and within the centre. Dimensions: 5.75" H x 14.5" D.
Porcelain, Paint
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.