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
Chinese Kraak period Plate or Dish Porcelain Blue and White, Ming Wanli, Ca 1610
Located in Lincoln, Lincolnshire
This is a hand-painted Chinese Export Kraak porcelain blue and white Side Plate or Dish, which we date to the Ming, Wanli period,( 1573-1620 ), dating to the early 17th Century.
T...
Category
Early 17th Century Chinese Antique Chinese Export Ceramics
Materials
Porcelain
Collection of 12 Chinese Export Famille-Verte Porcelain Diminutive Buddhas
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
Collection of 12 Chinese Export Famille-Verte Porcelain Diminutive Buddhas
China, 20th century
This collection of twelve Chinese export famille-verte porcelain diminutive Buddhas ...
Category
20th Century Chinese Chinese Export Ceramics
Materials
Porcelain
Pair of Chinese Export Famille-Rose Enameled Covered Urns & Stands
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
Pair of Chinese Export Famille-Rose Enameled Covered Urns & Stands
China, 20th Century
A nice pair of intricately and vibrantly decorated famille-rose covered urns, would make bea...
Category
20th Century Chinese Chinese Export Ceramics
Materials
Porcelain, Wood
Pair of Large Sung De Beouf Floor Vases
Located in Lambertville, NJ
A Pair of early to mid 20th Century Chinese porcelain Sung de Beouf bulbous beaker floor vases. The red glazed porcelain with whit at the top edge, in a bulbous form with flared beak...
Category
20th Century Chinese Export Ceramics
Materials
Porcelain
Iron Red & Gilt Decorated Porcelain Bowl - Guangxu Mark, China, 20th Century
Located in Chatham, ON
Antique iron red (orange) and gilt decorated porcelain bowl - featuring hand painted bats surrounding a shou character beside peaches and scrolling foliage - gilded border edge - Gua...
Category
Early 20th Century Chinese Chinese Export Ceramics
Materials
Porcelain
Pair Large Chinese Pale Celadon Crackle Glaze Dragon Vases, 19th Century
Located in Pasadena, CA
This is a very large and stunning pair of late 19th century Chinese Pale Celadon Crackle Glazed Dragon and Flaming Pearl Vases. The well-sculpted dragons are applied to the body of t...
Category
Late 19th Century Chinese Antique Chinese Export Ceramics
Materials
Ceramic
Antique Zhou Dynasty Funeral Vace
Located in Santa Barbara, CA
This Ahou Dynasty Funeral Vase will be a valuable addition to your collection. It features delicately painted animal characters and tiger handles. It h...
Category
16th Century Asian Antique Chinese Export Ceramics
Materials
Ceramic
Chinese Tang Dynasty Dignatory
Located in Santa Barbara, CA
Highly decorated Tang Dynasty Chinese Magristrate figure. This large 25" H ceramic sculpture is an impressive piece with a serious expression. It is in excellent condition. The me...
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1680s Asian Antique Chinese Export Ceramics
Materials
Ceramic
Chinese Export Famille Rose Diminutive Altar Fruit 'Peach' Box, Rare
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
Chinese Export Famille Rose Diminutive Altar Fruit 'Peach' Box, Rare
China, Late Qing period 1890-1910
In two parts, realistically modeled enameled and painted in the form of a ...
Category
Late 19th Century Chinese Antique Chinese Export Ceramics
Materials
Porcelain
Pair of 1900 Chinese Blanc de Chine Roosters
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Could be late 19th Century. No cracks, repairs or damage to these.
Category
Early 20th Century Chinese Chinese Export Ceramics
Materials
Porcelain
Chinese Porcelain Famille Rose Enameled Fish Bowl/Planter W/ Butterflies
Located in New York, NY
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...
Category
1880s Chinese Antique Chinese Export Ceramics
Materials
Porcelain
Pair of Blue and White Porcelain Pagoda Towers
Located in Palm Beach, FL
Impressive pair of architecturally dramatic Chinese blue and white porcelain pagoda towers each crafted with six hand decorated separat...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Chinese Chinese Export Ceramics
Materials
Porcelain
Vintage famille Rose Porcelain plate with birds and flowers hand painted decor
Located in North Hollywood, CA
Vintage famille Rose Porcelain plate with birds and flowers hand painted decorations.
Antique famille Rose Medallion Chinese Export Porcelain by Hong horizons.
Features highly detail...
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Late 20th Century Hong Kong Chinese Export Ceramics
Materials
Porcelain
Chinese Export Porcelain Plate Kakiemon-Imari decoration, Qing Kangxi Ca 1700
Located in Lincoln, Lincolnshire
This is a beautifully hand painted Chinese Export porcelain Plate from the Qing, Kangxi period, 1662-1722.
The plate is finely potted with a carefully cut base rim and a lovely rich...
Category
Early 18th Century Chinese Antique Chinese Export Ceramics
Materials
Porcelain
Chinese Porcelain Plate 'B' Finely Hand Decorated, Qing Kangxi, circa 1700
Located in Lincoln, Lincolnshire
This is a beautifully hand painted Chinese Export porcelain Plate from the Qing, Kangxi period, (1662-1722), circa 1700.
The plate is of large dinner plate size with a 10 inch di...
Category
Early 18th Century Chinese Antique Chinese Export Ceramics
Materials
Porcelain
19th Century Greyish Celadon Glazed Chinese Porcelain Vase
Located in Catania, Sicilia
A simple and elegant well shaped Celadon vase manufactured in China in the late 19th century, the vase is covered overall with a crackled grey celadon glaze. The glaze it's smooth an...
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Late 19th Century Chinese Antique Chinese Export Ceramics
Materials
Celadon
Republic Period Barrel Shaped Porcelain Jar & Lid - China - Early 20th Century
Located in Chatham, ON
Vintage Republic Period porcelain jar and lid - garden stool form - hand painted with butterflies, flowers, scrolls and script - signed (red ...
Category
Early 20th Century Chinese Chinese Export Ceramics
Materials
Ceramic
A 20th Century Chinese Porcelain Table Lantern (SINGLE ITEM)
Located in San Francisco, CA
Pair of very fine Chinese butterfly decorated table lanterns, 20th century.
In the tradition of marriage lanterns.
Composed of four parts each. Finely enameled decorated borders wi...
Category
Mid-20th Century Chinese Chinese Export Ceramics
Materials
Enamel
19th Century Chinese Export Footed Dish
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Beautiful color. No breaks, cracks or fractures.
Category
19th Century Chinese Antique Chinese Export Ceramics
Materials
Porcelain
Chinese Famille Rose Porcelain Vase
Located in Bradenton, FL
Chinese Famille Rose porcelain vase. Decorated with birds, flowers, and figures of the era with gold figures on neck and gold trim. Chinese signature mar...
Category
Early 20th Century Chinese Chinese Export Ceramics
Materials
Ceramic
Chinese Export Dishes
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Beautifully painted. The second dish is 10" x 7.5" x 2" No breaks, cracks or fractures.
Category
19th Century Chinese Antique Chinese Export Ceramics
Materials
Porcelain, Paint
Chinese Export Vase Canton Rose Medallion Porcelain, Qing, circa 1840
Located in Lincoln, Lincolnshire
This is a very decorative Chinese export, Canton porcelain, rose medallion Vase which we date to the 19th century, Qing dynasty, circa 1840.
The vase has a baluster shape with a f...
Category
19th Century Chinese Antique Chinese Export Ceramics
Materials
Porcelain
Late 19th Century Chinese Rose Medallion Vase
Located in Bradenton, FL
Baluster form vase with applied serpents and foo dog handles, floral decoration, genre scenes in reserves, unmarked.
Category
Late 19th Century Chinese Antique Chinese Export Ceramics
Materials
Porcelain
Pair of Chinese Export Footed Dishes
Located in Los Angeles, CA
No breaks, cracks or fractures. Beautifully detailed.
Category
19th Century Chinese Antique Chinese Export Ceramics
Materials
Porcelain
Vintage Oriental Ceramic Vase with Ladies in the Garden Design
Located in Plainview, NY
A vintage oriental Chinese export ceramic vase. The hand-painted vase depicts a scene of Three Asian women enjoying their time in a beautiful ...
Category
Mid-20th Century Chinese Export Ceramics
Materials
Ceramic
Pair of Chinese Baluster Vases in Nanjing Crackle Glaze
Located in LA CIOTAT, FR
A pair of large ceramic Chinese crackle glaze baluster vases, commonly known as 'Nanjing' porcelain. Dating from the 19th century, these elegant polychrome enamelled vases...
Category
19th Century Chinese Antique Chinese Export Ceramics
Materials
Porcelain
Pair of Chinese Monochrome Ox Blood Porcelain Double Handled Vases
Located in New York, NY
An Exquisite Pair of Chinese Monochrome Ox Blood Porcelain Double Handled Vases. The deep, rich hue of ox blood gradually transitions to a more translucent tone towards the upper por...
Category
1940s Chinese Vintage Chinese Export Ceramics
Materials
Porcelain
Pair. Chinese Bleu Poudre Ground Porcelain Double Cartouche Planters Wood Stands
Located in New York, NY
A Beautiful Pair of Chinese Bleu Poudre Ground Porcelain Double Cartouche Planters on Wood Stands. These porcelain ceramic marvels command attentio...
Category
1860s Chinese Antique Chinese Export Ceramics
Materials
Porcelain, Harewood
Chinese Export Rose Medallion Bottle Vase and Cover, Late 19th C, China
Located in Austin, TX
A lovely Chinese Export Rose Medallion large porcelain bottle vase and cover, mid to late 19th century, China.
The porcelain vase of typical bottle form, with a rounded globular ...
Category
1880s Chinese Antique Chinese Export Ceramics
Materials
Porcelain
Chinese Export Famille Verte Box/Tureen with Stand, Late Qing
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
Chinese Export Famille Verte Box/Tureen with Stand, Late Qing
China 1900-1910
A colorful example decorated with Phoenix birds in floral landscape
unmarked. Complete with carved ...
Category
Early 20th Century Chinese Chinese Export Ceramics
Materials
Porcelain, Hardwood
Large 18th Century Clobbered Chinese Export Vase
Located in Dallas, TX
Very large polychrome clobbered 18th century Chinese export porcelain vase decorated in England in the 19th century. The ba...
Category
18th Century Chinese Antique Chinese Export Ceramics
Materials
Porcelain
Rare Chinese Export Porcelain Voc Dish
Located in Amsterdam, NL
A Chinese export porcelain VOC (Dutch East India Company) dish
Canton, Yongzheng period, circa 1730
Diam. 23 cm
Executed in rose-pink, ...
Category
18th Century Chinese Antique Chinese Export Ceramics
Materials
Porcelain
Chinese Double Crane Headrest
Located in Chicago, IL
This simple, square ceramic block is actually a form of Chinese headrest or neck pillow. Popular during the Qing dynasty, rigid headrests such as this were used by upper-class women ...
Category
Mid-20th Century Chinese Chinese Export Ceramics
Materials
Porcelain
Chinese Peacock and Peonies Headrest
Located in Chicago, IL
This square ceramic block is actually a form of Chinese headrest or neck pillow. Popular during the Qing dynasty, rigid headrests such as this were used by upper-class women to prote...
Category
Mid-20th Century Chinese Chinese Export Ceramics
Materials
Porcelain
19th Century Chinese Sancai Roof Tile
Located in Bradenton, FL
19th century Chinese Sancai roof tile. This piece is hand glazed and the painted tile is of pottery, depicting a warrior riding a large mythical drago...
Category
Late 19th Century Chinese Antique Chinese Export Ceramics
Materials
Pottery
Chinese Printed Blue and White Headrest
Located in Chicago, IL
This square ceramic block is actually a form of Chinese headrest or neck pillow. Popular during the Qing dynasty, rigid headrests such as this were used by upper-class women to protect their elaborate hairstyles by elevating the head during slumber. This decorative example dates to the mid-20th century and is printed with an idyllic scene in the style of Chinese propaganda illustrations. Two young girls pause their farm work to read beneath a pine tree, with farm land...
Category
Mid-20th Century Chinese Chinese Export Ceramics
Materials
Porcelain
Shaped Antique Oval Chinese Plate
Located in Alessandria, Piemonte
Shaped antique oval Chinese plate from my private collection: simply elegant, for any use on any table. It's one of my private collection, about 35 years...
Category
Late 19th Century Chinese Antique Chinese Export Ceramics
Materials
Celadon
Chinese Large Ceramic Vases 1980´s
Located in BILBAO, ES
Chinese Ceramic vases
Beautiful pieces for decor of living room or main reception area.
Beautiful Coral and green design and flowers and fishes .
Sizes 40x36 cm / 15.74 x 14.17 inc...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Chinese Chinese Export Ceramics
Materials
Ceramic
Antique Blue and White Chinese Teapot
Located in Sheffield, MA
The antique fine bone porcelain blue and white Chinese teapot has a long spout with hand painted scenic design. Enjoy a cup of tea served in this an...
Category
19th Century Antique Chinese Export Ceramics
Materials
Porcelain
Set of 12 Chinese Kangxi Imari Plates, circa 1700
Located in New York, NY
Set of 12 Kangxi Imari Plates Circa 1700.
Kangxi Period (1662-1722), porcelain dishes decorated in underglaze blue, iron red and enamel gold. In the cent...
Category
1690s Chinese Antique Chinese Export Ceramics
Materials
Ceramic
Chinese Export 'Blue Fitzhugh' Platters from the Cabot-Perkins Service, c. 1812
Located in Kinderhook, NY
An extremely rare and wonderful set of two blue-and-white Chinese export porcelain graduated platters of large size from the famous "Cabot-Perkins" service commissioned in 1812. The ...
Category
1810s Chinese Antique Chinese Export Ceramics
Materials
Porcelain
Pair of 18th Century Chinese & Meissen Famille Verte Porcelain Plates
Located in Fort Lauderdale, FL
A pair of famille verte porcelain plates, the left made in China during the Kangxi period (r. 1662–1722) and the right a copy by Meissen made circa 1740.
Chinese porcelain has alw...
Category
Early 18th Century Chinese Antique Chinese Export Ceramics
Materials
Porcelain
Chinese Imari Porcelain Plate or Bowl Qing Kangxi Mark & period, Ca 1700
Located in Lincoln, Lincolnshire
This is a beautifully hand painted Chinese Export porcelain Plate or Bowl from the Qing, Kangxi period, 1662-1722, fully marked to the base with the Kang...
Category
Early 18th Century Chinese Antique Chinese Export Ceramics
Materials
Porcelain
Chinese Export Porcelain Canton Famille Rose Medallion Garden Seat, ca. 1880
Located in Banner Elk, NC
A Chinese export porcelain canton famille rose garden seat, of circular form, the polychrome enameled surface with alternating scrolled medall...
Category
Late 19th Century Chinese Antique Chinese Export Ceramics
Materials
Porcelain
Pair Antique Emperor & Empress Figure Figurine Statue Hand Painted Qing Dynasty
Located in Wayne, NJ
Sold as a Pair. Antique emperor and empress figure figurine statue hand \painted 12.5" Qing Dynasty. This is an old pair of Asian Figurines. They are heavy, so believe they must be s...
Category
Early 1900s Antique Chinese Export Ceramics
Materials
Ceramic
18th Century, Chinese Plate or Bowl Blue & White, Qing Qianlong, Circa 1770
Located in Lincoln, Lincolnshire
This is a good Chinese porcelain circular deep plate or soup bowl made for the export (Canton) market, during the middle of the 18th century, Qing-Qianlong period.
The plate is we...
Category
18th Century Chinese Antique Chinese Export Ceramics
Materials
Porcelain
Chinese Export Blue and White Porcelain Jars Made into Wired Table Lamps
Located in Atlanta, GA
A pair of Chinese Export blue and white porcelain jars with hand-painted Pagoda landscape scenes and newly mounted as table lamps on lucite bases. Created in China each of this pair ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Chinese Chinese Export Ceramics
Materials
Brass
Large Porcelain Chinese Export Rose Medallion Bowl
Located in Bradenton, FL
Traditional Chinese Rose Medallion large bowl with social scenes and nature motifs of butterflies, florals, and birds. A very nice larger size bowl! All hand painted with enamel and ...
Category
20th Century Chinese Export Ceramics
Materials
Porcelain
Shipwrecked 18th Century Blue and White Chinese Porcelain Butter Tub
Located in Fort Lauderdale, FL
A Chinese export butter tub, made in the mid 18th century, salvaged from the Hatcher Porcelain Cargoes.
Salvaged from the bottom of the South China Sea by Captain Michael Hatcher...
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Mid-18th Century Chinese Antique Chinese Export Ceramics
Materials
Porcelain
Pair Chinese Export Yongzheng Famille Rose Plates, circa 1730, China
Located in Austin, TX
A gorgeous pair of 18th century Chinese Export porcelain plates decorated in stunning famille rose enamels, Yongzheng Period, circa 1730, China.
The small plates decorated in bright and bold famille rose enamels, with pink dominating the color palette. The center of the plates featuring large floral sprays featuring magnolia and peony blossoms among other flowering plants. The rims of the plates with alternating half blossoms of pink magnolia and pink lotus against a dense diaper ground.
Gilt painted ribbons scroll around the rim and down the cavetto, holding peaches and Daosit emblems, including castanets, a flute, a drum, and a ruyi scepter...
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Early 18th Century Chinese Antique Chinese Export Ceramics
Materials
Porcelain
Old or Antique Chinese Export Famille Rose Plate with Basket of Flowers
Located in Philadelphia, PA
A fine old or antique Chinese export porcelain plate
In the Famille Rose style.
Decorated throughout with enamel floral decoration in primarily pink against a white ground.
...
Category
Early 20th Century Chinese Chinese Export Ceramics
Materials
Porcelain
Chinese Porcelain Snuff Bottle Blue & White Hand Painted, Circa 1940
Located in Lincoln, Lincolnshire
This is a good Chinese Export snuff bottle, made from porcelain and hand painted in cobalt blue, dating to the mid 20th century, circa 1940.
This piece is well potted with a balus...
Category
Mid-20th Century Chinese Chinese Export Ceramics
Materials
Porcelain
Chinese Yellow Porcelain Charger With Five-Clawed Dragon
Located in New York, NY
Chinese yellow porcelain decorative charger depicting a hand painted five-clawed dragon. The piece was made in China during the 1890s-1900s and is in great vintage condition with age...
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1890s Chinese Antique Chinese Export Ceramics
Materials
Porcelain
Chinese Qianlong Mark Twin Handled Bronze Glazed Porcelain Censer
Located in Bishop's Stortford, Hertfordshire
Very fine quality Chinese Qianlong mark twin handled porcelain censer decorated in deep red brown glazes with gilded highlights and probably dating fr...
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20th Century Asian Chinese Export Ceramics
Materials
Porcelain
Gold and Jade Famille Rose Vase Pink Jingdezhen with Calligraphy Qian Long Style
Located in Lomita, CA
The style: The family is depicted with children who are the subject of the calligraphy. It says reading from right to left, the "living room" (hall), is filled with gold and jade. Th...
Category
Mid-20th Century Chinese Chinese Export Ceramics
Materials
Ceramic
Antique Samson Porcelain Chinese Export Style Reticulated Fruit Bowl
By Samson & Cie
Located in Philadelphia, PA
A fine antique reticulated porcelain fruit bowl.
By Edmé Samson et Cie.
With a reticulated rim and decorated throughout with painted flowers in yellow, pink, and purple along w...
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Early 20th Century French Chinese Export Ceramics
Materials
Porcelain
Large Pair Antique Chinese Famille Rose Porcelain Baluster Vases
Located in Vero Beach, FL
Large pair Antique Chinese Famille Rose Porcelain Baluster vases.
Early 20th century pair of large Chinese Famille Rose porce...
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Early 20th Century Chinese Chinese Export Ceramics
Materials
Porcelain
Pareja De Jarrones Chinos De La Dinastía Qing Periodo Guangxu
Located in Madrid, ES
Pareja de jarrones chinos con motivos figurativos, animales y textos de la dinastia Qing concretamente del periodo Guangxu Nian Zhi.
Category
1860s 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 asian art and furniture, decorative objects, 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 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, Imari Porcelain, Meissen Porcelain, and Samson & Cie. 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 $76,572 while the average work can sell for $1,495.
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