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
Vintage Chinese Famille Noire Porcelain Ovoid Ginger Jar with Lid
Located in Doylestown, PA
Vintage Chinese Famille Noire porcelain ginger jar with lid, c. 1920-30s.
Impressive ovoid shape jar hand painted with vibrant colors on matte black glaze. Each side features a pict...
Category
Early 20th Century Chinese Chinese Export Ceramics
Materials
Porcelain
Antique Chinese Blue&White Porcelain Double Happiness Ginger Jar Vase c.1900
Located in Richmond, CA
Antique Chinese Qing dynasty blue and white ginger jar, hand painted with two double happiness characters on scrolling foliage background with large peony blossoms in cobalt blue.
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Category
Early 1900s Chinese Antique Chinese Export Ceramics
Materials
Porcelain
Large Round Antique Blue & White Canton Pattern Chinese Export Porcelain Serving
Located in Philadelphia, PA
A fine antique Chinese export porcelain serving bowl or tray.
In the Canton pattern.
Decorated in underglaze blue depicting a mountainous Chinese village. The background has houses...
Category
Early 19th Century Chinese Antique Chinese Export Ceramics
Materials
Porcelain
Chinese Jian Ware Style Signed Haresfur Pottery Teabowl with Gilded Rim
Located in Bishop's Stortford, Hertfordshire
A very impressive and stylish Chinese haresfur glazed pottery tea bowl in the Jian Ware style, signed to the base, and believe to date from the 20th century....
Category
20th Century Chinese Chinese Export Ceramics
Materials
Metal
Pair of 20th Century Temple Jars with Dragons, Marked
Located in Lomita, CA
This distinctive pair of dragon temple jars is worth collecting. The blue pattern and design on black ground of dragons are characteristic of the jar...
Category
Early 20th Century Chinese Chinese Export Ceramics
Materials
Ceramic
Set of Six Small Antique Traditional Chinese Teacups
Located in Sheffield, MA
Drink tea in the traditional Chinese custom or add to your blue and white collection. This set of 6 blue and white cups are made of fine Chinese po...
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Late 19th Century Chinese Antique Chinese Export Ceramics
Materials
Porcelain
Large Chinese Export Famille Verte Peach Motif Box, Republic Period
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
Large Chinese Export Famille Verte peach motif box, Republic period, exquisite all over decoration with peaches, trees and flowers. Unmarked.
Category
20th Century Chinese Chinese Export Ceramics
Materials
Porcelain
Early 19thc Chinese Export Famille Rose Plate
Located in Savannah, GA
This gorgeous Chinese Export Famille Rose plate was made for the Boston Market in the early part of the 19th century. The enameled detail is incredi...
Category
1820s Chinese Antique Chinese Export Ceramics
Materials
Ceramic
Pair of Chinese Famille Rose Baluster Jars with Ancient Censers, c. 1920
Located in Chicago, IL
Beautifully commemorated on this pair of baluster jars, censers have been used for thousands of years as a part of funeral rites or prayer offerings. Filled with dried aromatic plant...
Category
Early 20th Century Chinese Chinese Export Ceramics
Materials
Porcelain
Vintage Chinese Fencai Porcelain Figure Playful Sitting Child/Boy c.1926 ROC
Located in Richmond, CA
Near antique Chinese famille rose porcelain figurine of a playful, smiling child in a sitting pose, hands holding a golden object likely a instrument, bottom with impressed markings:...
Category
Early 20th Century Chinese 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...
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Mid-18th Century Chinese Antique Chinese Export Ceramics
Materials
Porcelain
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
Antique Blue Fitzhugh Pattern Chinese Export Porcelain Tray Warmer & Cover
Located in Philadelphia, PA
A fine antique Chinese export porcelain warming dish and lid.
In the Fitzhugh pattern.
Decorated in underglaze blue.
With a trellis-diaper and spear-head dumbell border to both th...
Category
Early 19th Century Chinese Antique Chinese Export Ceramics
Materials
Porcelain
Chinese Export Kangxi Period Teapot Hand Painted Imari Pattern, Circa 1710
Located in Lincoln, Lincolnshire
This is a very good early Chinese Teapot and matching cover from the Qing Dynasty, Kangxi period ( 1662 to 1722) which we date to Circa 1710.
The teapot has a globular form on a sho...
Category
Early 18th Century Chinese Antique Chinese Export Ceramics
Materials
Porcelain
Antique Chinese Shiwan/Shekwan Mud Man Figurine Scholar c.1900
Located in Richmond, CA
Antique Chinese hand made mud man figurine, finely crafted and hand painted, of a standing elderly scholar dressed in a blue robe, holding a large lo...
Category
Late 19th Century Chinese Antique Chinese Export Ceramics
Materials
Clay
Early 20th Century Antique Chinese Blue and White Porcelain Plate
Located in Pomona, CA
A superb Chinese hand painted blue & white porcelain rice grain pattern plate. This hand crafted Chinese porcelain plates is absolutely stunning. Finley hand painted rice grain scene...
Category
Early 20th Century Chinese Chinese Export Ceramics
Materials
Porcelain
Original Chinese Ceramic Planters Early XX Century with Bases
Located in BILBAO, ES
Chinese ceramic planters early XX century with bases.
Beautiful pieces for central decor planters for living room or main receptions.
Measure...
Category
19th Century Chinese Antique Chinese Export Ceramics
Materials
Ceramic
Chinese Export Canton Famille Rose Plate with Rare Central Peacock, ca. 1865
Located in Banner Elk, NC
Canton Famille Rose Plate, Qing Dynasty, Tongzhi Era, ca. 1865.
The Central Roundel with a Polychrome Enameled Full Displaying Peacock, with an inner border to the cavetto of an al...
Category
Mid-19th Century Chinese Antique Chinese Export Ceramics
Materials
Enamel
Early 19th Century Chinese Export Blue Canton Pair of Egg Cups
Located in Chapel Hill, NC
Early 19th century Chinese Export Blue Canton pair of egg cups. Finely decorated. One with 3/4" hairline. Frits under glaze on both bases; minute frits at rims. 2.25" h., 1.75" dia.
...
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Early 19th Century Chinese Antique Chinese Export Ceramics
Materials
Ceramic
Chinese Blue and White Eight Treasure Gooseneck Jar
Located in Chicago, IL
The eight treasures of a scholar, which celebrate study and success, are hidden among the many symbols on this gooseneck jar, double lozenges for victory, a pearl for granting wishes...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Chinese Chinese Export Ceramics
Materials
Porcelain
Old Chinese Export Double Walled Blue & White Porcelain Jardiniere or Planter
Located in Philadelphia, PA
A fine old or antique double walled Chinese porcelain jardiniere.
With a wide blue & white decorated rim above honey comb lattice work double walled sides.
Supported by bracket...
Category
Early 20th Century Chinese Chinese Export Ceramics
Materials
Porcelain
Antique Blue & White Chinese Export Canton Porcelain Wine Beaker or Cup
Located in Philadelphia, PA
A fine Chinese export porcelain cup.
In the Canton pattern.
With a white ground decorated in underglaze blue.
The exterior of the cup depicts Chinese buildings and plants.
The ...
Category
Early 19th Century Chinese Antique Chinese Export Ceramics
Materials
Porcelain
Tall Pair Chinese Export Porcelain Phoenix Birds or HoHo Birds
Located in Pasadena, CA
This is a wonderful pair of Chinese Export porcelain Phoenix Birds that dates to the late Ching Period. These birds are more commonly ...
Category
Early 20th Century Chinese Chinese Export Ceramics
Materials
Porcelain, Paint
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
Mid-20th Century Chinese Blue and White Dragon Vase
Located in San Marino, CA
Fine porcelain Chinese mid-20th century blue and white traditional gourd shaped vase, featuring a large four-clawed dragon. Beautiful cloud motif ...
Category
20th Century Chinese Chinese Export Ceramics
Pair of Famille Rose Antique Cylindrical Brush Pots with Two-Verse Poem
Located in Lomita, CA
One of the pieces in this famille rose pair of brush pots bears an iron red square hallmark, as well as four columns of Chinese characters in a poem. The design that encircles the po...
Category
Early 20th Century Chinese Chinese Export Ceramics
Materials
Ceramic
Large Antique Blue & White Canton Chinese Export Porcelain Fish Platter or Tray
Located in Philadelphia, PA
A large fine antique Chinese export porcelain serving tray.
In the Canton pattern.
Decorated in underglaze blue.
Depicting a mountainous Chinese village to the top of the lid and ...
Category
19th Century Chinese Antique Chinese Export Ceramics
Materials
Porcelain
Chinese Natural Agate Stone Snuff Bottle Hand Carved with Spoon Top, circa 1940
Located in Lincoln, Lincolnshire
This is a beautiful Chinese Export snuff bottle, complete with its spoon top and made from a natural agate, hand carved stone, having lovely amber colors, which we date to the first ...
Category
Mid-20th Century Chinese Chinese Export Ceramics
Materials
Agate
Mid-20th Century Japanese Satsuma Tea set, 21 pieces
Located in Pomona, CA
This Vintage Satsuma tea service set are hand painted richly decorated with a dense gilt & Thousand Flowers pattern. Comprising: Teapot, Sugar bowl...
Category
Mid-20th Century Chinese Chinese Export Ceramics
Materials
Ceramic
Antique Famille Rose Chinese Export Porcelain Bowl or Dish
Located in Philadelphia, PA
A very fine small Chinese export porcelain bowl.
With famille rose decoration, blue underglaze cells, and a scalloped edge.
It was likely made for either the American or Europe...
Category
Early 19th Century Chinese Antique Chinese Export Ceramics
Materials
Porcelain
Chinese Export Porcelain Handleless Tea Bowl and Saucer, Chinese Imari Pattern
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
Late eighteenth century Chinese Export Porcelain handleless tea bowl and saucer referred to as "Chinese Imari". Hand decorated in iron red, underg...
Category
1790s Chinese Antique Chinese Export Ceramics
Materials
Enamel
18thC. Chinese Export Porcelain Bottle Vase Hand Painted Imari, Qing Ca 1740
Located in Lincoln, Lincolnshire
This is a beautiful Chinese Export porcelain Bottle Vase with good Imari hand painted decoration, which we date to the first half of the 18th century, circa 1740 or possibly earlier....
Category
Early 18th Century Chinese Antique Chinese Export Ceramics
Materials
Porcelain
Antique Chinese Export Rose Medallion Cross Cut Corner Square Bowl
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
Antique Chinese Export Rose Medallion Cross Cut Corner Square Bowl
China, 1900s
This antique Chinese Export Rose Medallion cross-cut corner square bowl, dating from the 1900s, is a...
Category
Early 20th Century Chinese Chinese Export Ceramics
Materials
Porcelain
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 ), datin...
Category
Early 17th Century Chinese Antique Chinese Export Ceramics
Materials
Porcelain
Chinese Export Blue and White Porcelain Covered Tureen and Platter, 19th Cenutry
Located in Austin, TX
A traditional and timeless Chinese Export "Canton" pattern blue and white porcelain tureen and cover with associated large platter, late 19th ce...
Category
Late 19th Century Chinese Antique Chinese Export Ceramics
Materials
Porcelain
Pair of 19th Century Chinese Rose Medallion Garden Seats, circa 1880
Located in Brighton, Sussex
A very good quality pair of 19th century Chinese Cantonese (Rose medallion) porcelain garden seats. Each with pierced decoration to the top and sides. Wonderful bold hand painted cla...
Category
19th Century Chinese Antique Chinese Export Ceramics
Materials
Porcelain
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 & White Nanking pattern 'Rice Grain' Cups & Saucers, dating back to the 19th century or possibly even earlier. These exceptional pieces of Chinese porcelain might even be a special order due to their unique features.
The cups and saucers...
Category
19th Century Chinese Antique Chinese Export Ceramics
Materials
Porcelain
Chinese Famille Rose 'Wu Shuang Pu' Plate
Located in Bradenton, FL
This rare Chinese porcelain plate is boldly decorated and to the top with heroic characters from the 'Wu Shuang Pu', the Table of Peerless Heroes, each ac...
Category
19th Century Chinese Antique Chinese Export Ceramics
Materials
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.
Decorated in underglaze blue.
With a trellis-diaper border to the interior rim surrounded with spearhe...
Category
Early 19th Century Chinese Antique Chinese Export Ceramics
Materials
Porcelain
Pair Early 20th Century Chinese Shiwan Turquoise Glazed Earthenware Vases
Located in Houston, TX
A large pair of Ming style pottery vases featuring beautiful thick flowing turquoise glaze featuring birds, flowers, foliage and fish. Wood stands included.
Category
20th Century Chinese Chinese Export Ceramics
Materials
Earthenware, Wood
Late 19th-Early 20th Century Chinese Roof Tile
Located in Houston, TX
Late 19th-Early 20th Century Chinese Roof Tile.
Our lovely antique Chinese glazed pottery or porcelain roof tile depicts a warrior ridin...
Category
Late 19th Century Chinese Antique Chinese Export Ceramics
Materials
Clay, Pottery
Large Antique Kang Xi Style Chinese Export Porcelain Blue Ground Vase
Located in Philadelphia, PA
A fine antique Chinese porcelain vase.
In the Kang Xi style.
With blue decoration on a white ground.
Having ogee variant cartouches of landscape scenes of...
Category
Early 20th Century Chinese Chinese Export Ceramics
Materials
Porcelain
Pair of 19th Century Chinese Hand Decorated Porcelain Scholar Figures
Located in Houston, TX
Pair of 19th century Chinese hand decorated porcelain scholar figures.
Stunning pair of well executed hand decorated Chinese porcelain figures...
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19th Century Chinese Antique Chinese Export Ceramics
Materials
Porcelain
Pair Chinese Export Famille Rose Figures of Immortals, 18th Century, China
Located in Austin, TX
A near pair of Chinese export porcelain figures of the Taoist immortal Li Tieguai, Qing Dynasty, late 18th century, China.
The Daoist Immortal Li Tieguai, on of the Eight Immortals...
Category
Late 18th Century Chinese Antique Chinese Export Ceramics
Materials
Porcelain
Chinese Fu Lion Fantail Vase, c. 1920
Located in Chicago, IL
This porcelain vase from the early 20th-century is sculpted to a classic phoenix-tail silhouette and decorated on all sides with mythical fu lions. Also known as shizi or foo dogs, f...
Category
Early 20th Century Chinese Chinese Export Ceramics
Materials
Porcelain
Unusual Pair of Large Chinese Export Canton Famille Rose 1000 Butterfly Vases
Located in New York, NY
An unusual pair of large Chinese export canton famille rose thousand butterfly porcelain vases. The vase has a very unusual shape and was most pro...
Category
1840s Chinese Antique Chinese Export Ceramics
Materials
Enamel
Chinese Blue & White Jar with Birds & Flowers
Located in Chicago, IL
Loosely brushed with cobalt blue pigments, this round blue-and-white storage jar is adorned with a ribbon-tailed bird perched on a cluster of rocks, a symbol for a long and happy lif...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Chinese Chinese Export Ceramics
Materials
Porcelain
19thc Chinese Export Rose Medallion Punch Bowl Large Size
Located in Savannah, GA
This lovely large size Chinese Export Rose Medallion punch bowl was hand painted in the first half of the 19th century with overglaze enamels of pink, green, blue, gold and yellow ov...
Category
1840s Chinese Antique Chinese Export Ceramics
Materials
Ceramic
Early 19th Century Chinese Flambe Ginger Jar
Located in Bradenton, FL
Chinese oval flambe ginger jar with carved wood lid. Flambé ware captivates with beautiful irregularity and vibrant blue and purple tones. These strea...
Category
Early 19th Century Chinese Antique Chinese Export Ceramics
Materials
Porcelain
Pair of Famille Rose Chinese Porcelain Charger or Platter
Located in Nantucket, MA
Very rare to find a true pair of Famille rose porcelain chargers. Look closely, there is a left hand view and right hand view. Scene depicts an important arrival complete with entour...
Category
Late 20th Century Chinese Chinese Export Ceramics
Materials
Porcelain
Antique Chinese Export Blue & White Canton Porcelain Square Bowl
Located in Philadelphia, PA
A fine antique Chinese Export porcelain bowl.
In the Canton pattern.
Decorated in underglaze blue with a mountainous Chinese village with houses, mountains, foliage, and a river an...
Category
Early 20th Century Chinese Chinese Export Ceramics
Materials
Porcelain
Antique Chinese Export Blue & White Canton Porcelain Reticulated Tray
Located in Philadelphia, PA
A fine antique Chinese Export reticulated porcelain tray or platter.
In the Canton pattern.
Decorated in underglaze blue with a mountainous Chinese village with houses, mountains, ...
Category
Early 20th Century Chinese Chinese Export Ceramics
Materials
Porcelain
Large Chinese Canton Rose Medallion Vase Gilt Beast Ring Handles 19-20c
Located in Richmond, CA
A large antique Chinese late Qing Canton famille rose medallion vase, decorated with reserved panels of court figures, and gilt gold beast and ring handles to shoulders.
circa 1900...
Category
Late 19th Century Chinese Antique Chinese Export Ceramics
Materials
Porcelain
Large Antique Chinese Export Turquoise Glazed Rooster
Located in Atlanta, GA
This Large Antique Chinese Export Turquoise Glazed Rooster is a fine example of traditional Chinese ceramic artistry, likely from the Qing Dynasty period or early 20th century. The f...
Category
Mid-20th Century Chinese Chinese Export Ceramics
Materials
Porcelain
Old or Antique Celadon Chinese Porcelain Low Bowl with Clouds
Located in Philadelphia, PA
A fine antique Chinese celadon porcelain bowl.
With white accents & highlights against a pale green celadon body.
The bowl has a slightly scalloped rim with a white border.
The p...
Category
20th Century Chinese Chinese Export Ceramics
Materials
Porcelain
Large Blue and White Tea Leaf Jar with Mountain Landscape
Located in Chicago, IL
Tea drinking has been an important part of Chinese culture for at least a thousand years. Emulating traditional blue-and-white porcelain, this contempora...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Chinese Chinese Export Ceramics
Materials
Porcelain
Chinese Export Porcelain Platter from Macao, 20th Century
Located in Lisbon, PT
A 20th-century Chinese Export porcelain platter from Macao, featuring delicate floral motifs in pink and green with a gold-trimmed edge.
Rich in detail, this small platter blends t...
Category
20th Century Chinese Chinese Export Ceramics
Materials
Porcelain
Pair of Chinese Export Famille Rose Urn & Garden Motif Plates
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
Pair of Chinese Export Famille Rose Urn & Garden Motif Plates, Each plate profusely decorated with two urns amongst a garden with scholars objects.
Category
19th Century Chinese Antique Chinese Export Ceramics
Materials
Porcelain
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.