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.
Find a collection of antique Chinese Export tables, beds, cupboards, table lamps and more furniture on 1stDibs.
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Style: Chinese Export
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 Export Macgregor of MarcGregor Armorial Porcelain Platter C. 1760
Located in Atlanta, GA
The arms are MacGregor of MacGregor, Argent an oak tree eradicated in bend sinister surmounted of a sword in bend bother proper, in the dexter canton an antique crown gules ; crest, A lion’s head proper (crowned with an antique crown). The supporters are Dexter a unicorn argent (crowned), sinister a deer proper ; and motto “Men do and spare not."
The Clan MacGregor had been outlawed and the very name forbidden after the battle of Glenfruin (1603) until the end of the 18th century, and the family used the name of Murray. John Macgregor...
Category
18th Century Chinese Antique Chinese Export Ceramics
Materials
Porcelain
Antique Chinese Export Rose Medallion Pierced Fruit Basket and Undertray 19th C
Located in Atlanta, GA
This exquisite 19th-century Chinese Export Rose Medallion fruit basket and undertray exemplify the artistry and craftsmanship of traditional Chinese porcelain. The pierced fruit bask...
Category
19th Century Chinese Antique Chinese Export Ceramics
Materials
Enamel
Chinese porcelain ginger jar
By Napoléon III
Located in LA FERTÉ-SOUS-JOUARRE, FR
This Chinese ginger jar in ceramic is a true work of art. Its elegant decoration featuring a pheasant and flowering branches adds an Asian charm to your space.
Dating from the late...
Category
Late 19th Century Chinese Antique Chinese Export Ceramics
Materials
Ceramic
Chinese Ceramic Teapot Elephant shape Celadon Glaze, Mid 20th Century
Located in Lincoln, Lincolnshire
This is a Chinese handcrafted ceramic teapot with an elephant shape and a celadon glaze, which we date to the 20th century, circa 1930s.
The Teapot is handcrafted of a heavy ceram...
Category
Mid-20th Century Chinese Chinese Export Ceramics
Materials
Ceramic
Large Cizhou Ware Sgraffiato Ceramic Bowl, Signed, China, Late 20th Century
Located in Chatham, ON
Large Cizhou ware sgraffiato bowl - wheel thrown slip decorated buff colored ceramic - unglazed foot rim - signed on the base (as photographed) - China - l...
Category
Late 20th Century Chinese Chinese Export Ceramics
Materials
Ceramic
Vintage Chinese Blue and White Ginger Jar
Located in Sheffield, MA
A vintage Chinese ceramic ginger jar in traditional cobalt blue and white with a centered character symbolizing “LUCK”. The jar is topped with a lid, A second similar slightly large...
Category
Late 20th Century Chinese Chinese Export Ceramics
Materials
Porcelain
Old or Antique Chinese Mallet Form Prunus or Hawthorne Pattern Vase
Located in Philadelphia, PA
A fine Chinese porcelain vase.
In the mallet form.
Painted with blue underglaze decoration in the Hawthorne pattern with prune sprigs and a brushstroke background.
Simply wonderfu...
Category
20th Century Chinese Chinese Export Ceramics
Materials
Porcelain
Pair Chinese Export Famille Verte Porcelain Quail Boxes, Late Qing Dynasty
Located in Austin, TX
An exquisite pair of Chinese Export famille verte biscuit porcelain "Nesting Quail" boxes with fitted hardwood stands, late Qing Dynasty, circa 1900, China.
The delightful pair of b...
Category
Early 1900s Chinese Antique Chinese Export Ceramics
Materials
Porcelain, Hardwood
18th C Chinese Export Famille Rose Tea Pot, in the French Taste
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
18th C Chinese Export Famille rose tea pot, in the French taste, of typical form the drum shape with twisted strap handles, and straight angled s...
Category
Late 18th Century Chinese Antique Chinese Export Ceramics
Materials
Porcelain
Set of Three Chinese Export Porcelain Plates Famille Rose Qianlong Dynasty 1760
Located in Katonah, NY
This trio of beautiful Chinese export dishes is decorated in the Famille Rose style.
It features purple peonies, orange lilies, and a variety of other flowers.
In Chinese culture, pe...
Category
Mid-18th Century Chinese Antique Chinese Export Ceramics
Materials
Porcelain
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 Gourd Shaped Porcelain Dragon Vase
Located in Bradenton, FL
Chinese Gourd Shaped Porcelain Dragon Vase in rich colors of red, blue, green and yellow on a white background. Features multicolored dragons with f...
Category
19th Century Chinese Antique Chinese Export Ceramics
Materials
Porcelain
Chinese Qing Dynasty Vase
Located in Buenos Aires, Argentina
Chinese Qing Dynasty Vase
Circa 1900 Origin China
Decoration with traditional scenes
(1644 - 1911)
Glazed and enamelled technique
Blue and white colour
Po...
Category
Early 1900s Chinese Antique Chinese Export Ceramics
Materials
Enamel
2 Chinese Blue and White Porcelain Bowls from the Ship Wrecked "Tek Sing"
Located in Palm Beach, FL
In 1822 the Chinese Junk "Tek Sing" or true star sank in the south
China sea, where the ship and its cargo remained until salvaged in
1999. These antique blue...
Category
Early 19th Century Chinese Antique Chinese Export Ceramics
Materials
Porcelain
Large Pair Chinese Export Style Sated Dogs
Located in Bradenton, FL
Large pair of Chinese Export style seated dogs. A true pair one facing the right, the other to the left. Exquisitely modeled and painted, with blue and gold gilt...
Category
Early 20th Century Chinese Chinese Export Ceramics
Materials
Porcelain
Chinese Blue and White Spittoon, Qing Dynasty, Kangxi Period
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
Chinese Blue and White Spittoon, Qing Dynasty, Kangxi Period
China, Circa 1700
An exquisite Chinese Blue and White Spittoon from the Qing Dynasty's Kangxi Period, showcasing the fin...
Category
18th Century Chinese Antique Chinese Export Ceramics
Materials
Porcelain
20th Century Antique Chinese Qing Era Porcelain Foo Dogs
Located in Pomona, CA
This pair of magnificent Chinese antique Porcelain lions/foo dogs statuary are hand made and hand carved porcelain. According to historical ...
Category
Early 20th Century Chinese Chinese Export Ceramics
Materials
Porcelain
Early 20th Century Chinese Famille Rose Porcelain Plate, Tea Tray
Located in Pomona, CA
Well kept Chinese antique Tea Tray, born in China in about 1900s, this beautiful famille rose porcelain plate/tea tray is a very good collectible item on your shelf. There are 5 foo...
Category
Early 20th Century Chinese Chinese Export Ceramics
Materials
Porcelain
Gilt Bronze Mounted Chinese Canton Famille Rose Porcelain Lamps
Located in London, GB
These elegant lamps are crafted from Chinese Canton famille rose porcelain and mounted with French gilt bronze (ormolu). The lamps featur...
Category
19th Century Chinese Antique Chinese Export Ceramics
Materials
Ormolu, Bronze
Antique Chinese Carved Soapstone Gentleman Figure
Located in Dublin, Ireland
An impressive and quite rare Hand Carved Soapstone Standing Asian Figure of a Chinese Gentleman standing on one foot, carrying a circular disk type object on his back, ending on a sq...
Category
Early 20th Century Chinese Chinese Export Ceramics
Materials
Soapstone, Brass, Bronze
Pair Chinese Export Famille Rose Enameled Elephant Candle Holders, Early 20th C
Located in Austin, TX
A delightful pair of Chinese export famille rose enameled porcelain candle holders, late Qing Dynasty or early Republic Period, early 20th century, China.
The whimsical pair of ca...
Category
Early 20th Century Chinese Chinese Export Ceramics
Materials
Porcelain
Chinese Export Prunus Vase, Now as a Lamp
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
Chinese Export Prunus Vase, Now as a Lamp
Early 20th Century, China
Dimensions: Height: 24 in Diameter: 7 in
Bring home this beautifully crafted Chinese E...
Category
Early 20th Century Chinese Chinese Export Ceramics
Materials
Porcelain, Wood
20th Century Polychrome Charger Plate
Located in Miami, FL
20th century polychrome charger plate.
Category
20th Century Chinese Chinese Export Ceramics
Materials
Porcelain
Quin Dynasty Style Famille Jaune Chinese Porcelain Vases, a pair
Located in Boynton Beach, FL
Pair of Fanille Jaune vases from turn of the century China. Either Quin Dynasty era or early Republic of China era.
Done in a beautiful pale yellow with hidden incesed yellow flora...
Category
Late 19th Century Chinese Antique Chinese Export Ceramics
Materials
Porcelain
Set of 4, Chinese Export Porcelain Fitzhugh Pattern Blue & White Dinner Plates
Located in Atlanta, GA
A set of 4 dinner plates - Chinese export porcelain for the American or European market in the famous "Fitzhugh Gold" pattern. The Fitzhugh pattern is named after Englishman Thomas Fitzhugh who was the director of the British East India Company...
Category
Early 19th Century Chinese Antique Chinese Export Ceramics
Materials
Porcelain
Chinese Porcelain Wucai Vase W/ Rosewood & Jade 19th C., Or Earlier In Display
Located in Atlanta, GA
Chinese, 19th century or earlier.
An early Chinese porcelain vase polychrome decorated with a green, red and blue foo dog surrounded by foliate detailing. Accompanied with a rosewoo...
Category
19th Century Chinese Antique Chinese Export Ceramics
Materials
Jade
Vintage Porcelain Foo Dog - Hand Painted - Unsigned - China - Mid 20th Century
Located in Chatham, ON
Vintage hand painted porcelain foo dog - unsigned - mid 20th century.
Excellent vintage condition - no loss - no damage - no restoration - minor signs of age and use.
Size - 2 3/8...
Category
Mid-20th Century Chinese Chinese Export Ceramics
Materials
Ceramic
Chinese Red on White Longevity Teacup
Located in Chicago, IL
Tea drinking has been an integral part of Chinese culture for centuries, resulting in a wide range of social customs and material traditions both practical and decorative. This fine ...
Category
20th Century Chinese Chinese Export Ceramics
Materials
Porcelain
Impressive Chinese Vases from the 19th Century Canton Familia Rosa
Located in Madrid, ES
Impressive Chinese Vases from the 19th Century Canton Familia Rosa
Perfect conditions
with support base
with center hole in the base
Measures: Height: 100cm
Base: 20cm.
Category
19th Century Chinese Antique Chinese Export Ceramics
Materials
Porcelain
Pair 19th Century Chinese Glazed Pickling Jars.
Located in Vero Beach, FL
Pair 19th Century Chinese Glazed Pickling Jars.
Each of these glazed ceramic jars have small, hemmed openings, linear striations pressed in the upper shoulders and a circular stamp....
Category
19th Century Chinese Antique Chinese Export Ceramics
Materials
Ceramic
Important Enameled Stoneware Baluster Vase, Bien Hoa, Indochina / Vietnam
Located in VÉZELAY, FR
Important Enameled Stoneware Baluster Vase, Bien Hoa, Indochina / Vietnam, Early 20th Century
Features:
Origin: Bien Hoa, Indochina (Vietnam), early 20th cen...
Category
Early 20th Century Vietnamese Chinese Export Ceramics
Materials
Ceramic, Stoneware
Antique Chinese Famille Rose / Jaune Porcelain Figure - Marked
Located in Atlanta, GA
An antique Chinese porcelain scholar figure decorated in rich yellow, red, blue and green enamels across its surface. Fruit across the upper ...
Category
Early 20th Century Chinese Chinese Export Ceramics
Materials
Enamel
Early 19th Century Chinese Export Porcelain Pistol Handle Urn, wired as a Lamp
Located in Atlanta, GA
Early 19th Century Chinese Export Porcelain Pistol Handle Urn, wired as a lamp.
Category
Early 19th Century Chinese Antique Chinese Export Ceramics
Materials
Porcelain
Yixing Zisha Teapot, Bamboo Handle & Flower Finial, Signed, China, 20th C
Located in Chatham, ON
Vintage Yixing Zisha teapot - featuring a bamboo form handle and spout with a chrysanthemum flower finial to the lid - impressed seal marks to the base an...
Category
20th Century Chinese Chinese Export Ceramics
Materials
Ceramic
Pair of Blue and White Porcelain Vases with Water Lillies
Located in Palm Beach, FL
Pair of Chinese blue and white vases with classic form and hand decorated in an unusual modern style with a waterlily motif all around.
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Chinese Chinese Export Ceramics
Materials
Porcelain
Antique Chinese Porcelain "Precious Object" Enamel Decorated Jar
Located in Atlanta, GA
This Antique Chinese porcelain jar exemplifies fine craftsmanship and artistic elegance. The piece is adorned with vibrant enamel-painte...
Category
19th Century Chinese Antique Chinese Export Ceramics
Materials
Enamel
Chinese Export Porcelain Comport Sang-de-boeuf mottled red monochrome, Ca 1940
Located in Lincoln, Lincolnshire
This is a very decorative Chinese Export Comport on a footed base, with a monochrome ox blood red "Sang-de-boeuf" glaze, with a beautiful mottled glaze, which we date to the mid 20th...
Category
Mid-20th Century Chinese Chinese Export Ceramics
Materials
Porcelain
Chinese export blue & white plate, ‘precious objects’, c.1780
Located in Atlanta, GA
Chinese, circa 1780.
Chinese export blue & white plate, painted with a ‘precious objects’, pattern, with scrolls, censors & teawares, within a border of fish and moths on a scale gr...
Category
18th Century Chinese Antique Chinese Export Ceramics
Materials
Porcelain
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 riding on a donke...
Category
Late 19th Century Chinese Antique Chinese Export Ceramics
Materials
Pottery
Chinese Export Canton Blue and White Plate, circa 1820
Located in Ottawa, Ontario
A Chinese export canton blue and white plate
circa 1820
Typically painted with a riverscape
showing arched bridge, willows and pagodas...
...
Category
Early 19th Century Chinese Antique Chinese Export Ceramics
Materials
Ceramic
Chinese Porcelain Garden Barrel
Located in Essex, MA
Barrel form with blue ruyi design border w phoenix bird and dragon vignette in various colors.
Category
Early 20th Century Chinese Chinese Export Ceramics
Materials
Porcelain
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 Speckle Glazed Onion Shape Bottle Shaped Vase
Located in Bishop's Stortford, Hertfordshire
A fine quality Chinese onion shape bottle vase decorated in mottled glazes dating from the latter 19th or 20th century. The stoneware vase stands raised on a narrow round foot and ha...
Category
Early 20th Century Chinese Chinese Export Ceramics
Materials
Stoneware
Pair of Petite Chinese Famille Rose Longevity Vases, c. 1900
Located in Chicago, IL
Unusual for the petite size, this pair of vases is a beautiful example of famille rose enamelware, also known as fencai ware, meaning "powdery color." Manufactured in the Qing court’s imperial workshops, this technique of overglazing porcelain with enamel gets its name from the white, opaque enamels used to create color gradients and a soft, pastel effect.
Each vase depicts a meeting of Shoulao, the God of Longevity...
Category
Early 20th Century Chinese Chinese Export Ceramics
Materials
Porcelain
Celadon Vase, in a Green Color, Ceramic, Mid-20th Century, Made in China
Located in Auribeau sur Siagne, FR
Green Celadon vase. This ceramic was made in China in the 20th century. It is small in size and has decorations in the manner of the Song period.
Category
20th Century Chinese Chinese Export Ceramics
Materials
Ceramic, Celadon
Instant Chinese Export Collection - 15 Pc Armorial Blue & White Grouping 18th C.
Located in Atlanta, GA
Chinese, late 18th to early 19th century for the English and American markets.
An instant collection for any admirer of Chinese export porcelain!!!! This grouping would fill a shelf for display in any home.
This stunning collection encompasses a variety of objects including:
1) Vase with spider web style armorial decoration (rubbed) - 10" h x 5" w
2) Pair, scalloped edge armorial plates - 7.5" w
3 & 4) Armorial coffee pot with gold armorial detailing (chipped spout, replaced lid and stable spider crack to bottom) - 8.625" h x 8.5" d x 5" w.
5) Tea Caddy (chunk missing from neck rim) - 5.75" h x 3.125" w x 1.375" d
6, 7, 8 & 9) Coffee & tea cups - 2.5" h lg and 2" small
10 & 11) Pair, small syrup jugs...
Category
18th Century Chinese Antique Chinese Export Ceramics
Materials
Porcelain
Large Antique Blue and White Fitzhugh Pattern Chinese Export Porcelain Vase
Located in Philadelphia, PA
A fine antique Chinese export porcelain vase in the Fitzhugh pattern.
Decorated in underglaze blue with a trellis-diaper border with spearheads and dumb-bells to the rim, with frond...
Category
Early 19th Century Chinese Antique Chinese Export Ceramics
Materials
Porcelain
Yuan Style Yuhuchunping 'Eight Daoist Emblems' Vase, China, 20th Century
Located in Chatham, ON
Extraordinary Yuan Dynasty style Yuhuchunping (pear shaped) ceramic vase - wheel thrown - large size - raised/molded decoration in underglaze blue and copper red featuring 'Eight Dao...
Category
20th Century Chinese Chinese Export Ceramics
Materials
Ceramic
Sancai Mingqi Spirit Attendant
Located in Chicago, IL
Molded of earthenware, this petite sculpture is a type of centuries-old burial figurine known as míngqì. Such model figures were placed in tombs of individuals with high status to ensure a safe journey to the afterlife. Meant to depict the pleasures of daily life, common burial figures...
Category
15th Century and Earlier Chinese Antique Chinese Export Ceramics
Materials
Ceramic
Pair of Chinese Export Turquoise Glazed Hawks, Late 19th Century, China
Located in Austin, TX
A wonderful pair of Chinese export turquoise glazed porcelain models of hawks, Qing Dynasty, late 19th century, China.
The fierce birds of prey are well modeled and portrayed perch...
Category
Late 19th Century Chinese Antique Chinese Export Ceramics
Materials
Porcelain
20th Century Chinese Jizhou Kiln Style Dragon Motif Vase
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
20th-century Chinese Jizhou Kiln-Style Dragon Motif Vase
China, 20th Century Example
This 20th-century Chinese Jizhou Kiln-style dragon motif vase is a refined and elegant example ...
Category
20th Century Chinese Chinese Export Ceramics
Materials
Porcelain
Large Chinese Export Monochrome Vase, in Iron Red
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
Large Chinese Export monochrome vase, in iron red
Measure: Opening is 6.5"x 4".
Category
20th Century Chinese Chinese Export Ceramics
Materials
Porcelain
Pair Chinese Porcelain Famille Rose Elephant Candle Holders
Located in Bradenton, FL
A large pair of Chinese export porcelain famille rose elephant candle holders. 20th century, white porcelain elephant wearing a riding blanket d...
Category
20th Century Chinese Chinese Export Ceramics
Materials
Porcelain
Antique Blue & White Canton Chinese Export Porcelain Butter Dish with Lid
Located in Philadelphia, PA
A fine antique Chinese export porcelain lidded butter dish.
In the Canton pattern.
With a figural strawberry finial to the lid.
Decorated in underglaze blue depicting a mountainou...
Category
Early 19th Century 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...
Category
20th Century Asian Chinese Export Ceramics
Materials
Porcelain
Chinese Blanc-de-Chine Seated Guanyin Altar Piece, 19th/20th Century
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
Chinese Blanc-de-Chine Seated Guanyin Altar Piece , 19th/20th Century
A large and impressive work, in two parts bearing seal/reign mark on the back o...
Category
Early 20th Century Chinese Chinese Export Ceramics
Materials
Porcelain
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
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.