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
19th Century Hand Incised and Painted Ginger Jar
Located in San Francisco, CA
19th century hand incised and painted ginger jar
Outstanding hand made ginger jar with a variety of different motifs that include geometric patterns, peaches, Chrysanthemum's, mot...
Category
19th Century Chinese Antique Chinese Export Ceramics
Materials
Ceramic
Chinese Gilt Green Glazed Teapot, c. 1900
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. In addition to tea leaves, water, and he...
Category
Early 20th Century Chinese Chinese Export Ceramics
Materials
Porcelain
Chinese Republic Period Famille Noire Porcelain Plaque Painted with Parrots
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
Chinese Republic Period Famille Noire porcelain plaque painted with parrots signed with oblong iron red seal, in a later hardwood and ebonized frame
Measures: Plaque 9"x 12"
Frame 14...
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Early 20th Century Chinese Chinese Export Ceramics
Materials
Brass
Chinese Famille Rose Scholarly Gathering Baluster Jar, c. 1900
Located in Chicago, IL
During the 18th century, Europeans provided an eager market for Chinese export porcelain, especially the colorful and fanciful ware known as “famille rose.” Named for a palette of op...
Category
Early 20th Century Chinese Chinese Export Ceramics
Materials
Porcelain
Six VOC Chinese Export Style Blue and White Porcelain Chargers, 20th Century
Located in Austin, TX
Six Japanese export style blue and white porcelain chargers, 20th century, China or Japan.
The blue and white porcelain chargers decorated in the kraak style, and emblazoned with the VOC logo for the Dutch East India Trade Company (Vereenigde Oost-Indische Compagnie).
The brilliant blue and white porcelain painted with a traditional pattern of long tailed birds and flowers, with the addition of a pair of pomegranates. The backs undecorated.
Based on the original Japanese Arita ware...
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20th Century Unknown Chinese Export Ceramics
Materials
Porcelain
Pair of 19th Century Chinese Export Famille Verte Yellow Dragon Motif Mugs
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
Pair of 19th century Chinese Export Famille Verte yellow Dragon motif mugs, Each one decorated with a four toed dragon within a yellow floral background....
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19th Century Chinese Antique Chinese Export Ceramics
Materials
Porcelain
Chinese Famille Rose Baluster Jar with Ancient Censers, c. 1900
Located in Chicago, IL
Beautifully commemorated on this lidded baluster jar, censers have been used for thousands of years in Chinese culture as a part of funeral rites or prayer offerings. Filled with dried aromatic plants and essential oils, the censer issued fragrant smoke that forged a connection to the spiritual realm. This late Qing-dynasty jar...
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Early 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 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
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
Antique Chinese Enameled Ceramic Platter, 19th Century
Located in San Francisco, CA
19th century Chinese enameled ceramic platter.
Beautifully hand painted with superb detail throughout.
Very good condition.
Dimensions 18" diameter x 2" high.
No chips. ...
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Late 19th Century Chinese Antique Chinese Export Ceramics
Materials
Ceramic
Oriental Possibly Samson Finely Hand Decorated Porcelain Vase
Located in Bishop's Stortford, Hertfordshire
A very finely made oriental styled porcelain vase hand painted with baskets containing flowers dating from the late 19th or early 20th century. The bulbous shaped vase stands on a narrow rounded foot and is hand decorated in coloured enamels with three panels containing a Chinese handled...
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Early 20th Century French Chinese Export Ceramics
Materials
Porcelain
Chinese Enamelware Teapot with Mythical Qilin, c. 1920s
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. In addition to tea leaves, water, and he...
Category
Early 20th Century Chinese Chinese Export Ceramics
Materials
Ceramic
Chinese White Glazed Ginger Jar
Located in Chicago, IL
A strong but silent 20th century Chinese white glazed porcelain ginger jar with a lid and straight sides. Perfect as is, or filled with flowers, branches, or any other myriad vices y...
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21st Century and Contemporary Chinese Chinese Export Ceramics
Materials
Porcelain
Pair of Blue and White Porcelain Pots with Pagodas
Located in Palm Beach, FL
Pair of Chinese blue and white porcelain lidded pots with cat handles, hand decorated all around with pagoda motifs on the front and back.
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Chinese Chinese Export Ceramics
Materials
Porcelain
Chinese Blue and White Baluster Jar with Fu Dog Lid
Located in Chicago, IL
This blue-and-white covered jar is hand-painted with flora and fauna of the sea, offering blessings of wealth, abundance, and the contented harmony of a fish in water. Chinese blue-a...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary 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
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
Pair of Chinese Glazed Terra Cotta Birds or Parakeets
Located in Palm Beach, FL
Charming pair of Chinese parakeets or budgies crafted in terra cotta, decorated, glazed and perched on tree trunks with flowers. Signed with chop marks on the bottoms.
Category
20th Century Chinese Chinese Export Ceramics
Materials
Terracotta
Nine 19th Century Chinese Export Spinach and Egg Bowls
Located in Palm Beach, FL
Fine and rare set of five "egg and spinach" Chinese export porcelain bowls. Painted in a Tang Sancai or "Tiger Skin" technique used in the Kangxi perio...
Category
19th Century Chinese Antique Chinese Export Ceramics
Materials
Glass
20th Century, Chinese Porcelain Plates
Located in Miami, FL
20th century, Chinese porcelain plates
Category
Mid-20th Century Chinese Chinese Export Ceramics
Materials
Ceramic
Pair Early 20th Century Chinese Sancai Terra Cotta Pedestals or Stands
Located in Pasadena, CA
This is an outstanding near pair of Chinese Sancai terra cotta pedestals or stands. This pair dates to the early 20th c. and has acquired a rich ...
Category
Early 20th Century Chinese Chinese Export Ceramics
Materials
Terracotta
Chinese Qing Hand-Painted Porcelain Teapot and Cover with Shou Emblem
Located in Bishop's Stortford, Hertfordshire
A fine antique Chinese Qing porcelain teapot hand decorated in bright colored enamels and dating from the Early 20th century. The teapot of rounded cylindrical shape is incised and h...
Category
1920s Chinese Vintage Chinese Export Ceramics
Materials
Porcelain
Chinese Kangxi Period Porcelain Glazed Figure of a Frog
Located in Stamford, CT
Kangxi period (1662-1722) turquoise & aubergine glazed porcelain frog. Covered in an overall rich turquoise & aubergine glaze.
This charming frog is m...
Category
Late 17th Century Chinese Antique Chinese Export Ceramics
Materials
Ceramic
Chinese Export Blue and White Leaf Shaped Dish, Qianlong, Mid 18th Century
Located in Austin, TX
A fine and unusual Chinese Export blue and white decorated porcelain leaf-shaped dish or charger, Qianlong Period, mid 18th century, circa 1760, China.
The dish or charger of intriguing leaf-shaped form, with serated edges, and set upon a short foot. The shape seemingly based on a Meissen design.
The porcelain decorated with a courting scene of a couple in a garden setting. They are surrounded by flowering bushes and trees. Butterflies draw nectar from the flowers, while dragonflies flit above. In the foreground are a pair of very plump quail.
Decorated in underglaze blue enamel on a white ground, the blue and white decoration actually is based an Kakiemon pattern of the same period.
So in short, we have a Chinese porcelain piece based on a German Meissen form...
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1760s Chinese Antique Chinese Export Ceramics
Materials
Porcelain
Large Chinese Blue and White Baluster Jar with Shizi
Located in Chicago, IL
Images of shizi, a lion-dog symbol of power and strength of character, cavort among the stylized clouds of heaven on this hand-painted covered jar. Original...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Chinese Chinese Export Ceramics
Materials
Porcelain
Chinese Export Rose Mandarin Lidded Bottle Vase, Early 19th Century
Located in Frankfurt am Main, DE
Early 19th century rose mandarin lidded bottle vase, typically decorated in the 'Rose Medallion' pattern. Two panels depicting Chinese garden and interior scenes and two panels with ...
Category
Early 19th Century Chinese Antique Chinese Export Ceramics
Materials
Porcelain
Chinese Export Porcelain Canton Pair of Foo Dog Candlesticks
Located in Downingtown, PA
Chinese export porcelain canton pair of foo dog candlesticks,
circa 1840-1860
The Chinese Export porcelain foo dog candlesticks are modeled wit...
Category
Mid-19th Century Chinese Antique Chinese Export Ceramics
Materials
Porcelain
Chinese Export Buddha's Hand Citron Altar Fruit on Tazza, Blanc de Chine
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
Chinese Export Buddha's Hand Citron Altar Fruit on Tazza, Blanc de Chine. A rare form, realistically modeled
Chinese Buddha's Hand Citron, presented on a scalloped compote. This wo...
Category
Early 20th Century Chinese Chinese Export Ceramics
Materials
Porcelain
Associated Pair of 19th Century Chinese Porcelain Mirror Black Lamps
Located in San Francisco, CA
Associated pair of 19th century Chinese porcelain mirror black lamps, circa 1880
Baluster Classic form. Both on old hardwood bases.
Two similar age...
Category
Late 19th Century Chinese Antique Chinese Export Ceramics
Materials
Porcelain, Hardwood
Pair of Glazed Ceramic Chinese Tiles, China, Early 20th Century
Located in Buenos Aires, Buenos Aires
Pair of glazed ceramic Chinese tiles. China, early 20th century.
With pair of marble, wood and gold leaf bases. France, early 20th century.
Dimension...
Category
Early 20th Century Chinese Chinese Export Ceramics
Materials
Marble, Gold Leaf
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
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
Chinese Enamel Cloisonné Charger with Multicolored Floral Motif
Located in New York, NY
Chinese metal cloisonné charger with multicolored floral motif on the front face and a blue enamel back with stylized floral motif. The piece was mad...
Category
1930s Chinese Vintage Chinese Export Ceramics
Materials
Metal
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...
...
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Early 19th Century Chinese Antique Chinese Export Ceramics
Materials
Ceramic
Antique Chinese Lead Drip Glazed Majolica Umbrella Stand with Floral Decoration
Located in Hamilton, Ontario
This antique umbrella stand is unsigned, but presumed to have originated from Asia, most likely China, and dating to approximately 1900 and done in a period Export style. This hand-c...
Category
Early 20th Century Chinese Chinese Export Ceramics
Materials
Pottery
Large Blue and White Celestial Ball Vase with Fu Dogs
Located in Chicago, IL
Beautifully rendered with expressive brushwork, the painted decoration on this monumental globular jar demonstrates the exceptional artistry of Chinese blue-and-white porcelain. Guar...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Chinese Chinese Export Ceramics
Materials
Porcelain
Song Dynasty Chinese Celadon Porcelain Horse and Rider on Later Lucite Pedestal
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
Song dynasty Chinese celadon porcelain horse and rider on later Lucite pedestal
Chinese celadon porcelain horse and rider, likely Song dynasty (10th-13th century AD)
The figure alo...
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15th Century and Earlier Chinese Antique Chinese Export Ceramics
Materials
Porcelain
Two Chinese Porcelain Kangxi 'Pelgrom' Armorial Chargers, circa 1710
Located in Amsterdam, NL
A pair of very large Chinese armorial export blue and white porcelain 'Pelgrom' chargers
Kangxi period, circa 1710
The two chargers, decorated in...
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Early 18th Century Chinese Antique Chinese Export Ceramics
Materials
Porcelain
Chinese Export Porcelain Soup Tureen
Located in Essex, MA
With domed cover with gilt lemon finial on a conforming base with two handles.
Category
Late 18th Century Chinese Antique Chinese Export Ceramics
Materials
Porcelain
Monumental Fish and Flora Blue and White Gooseneck Vase
Located in Chicago, IL
Revered for centuries for its elegant designs and rich cobalt blue and pure white colors, traditional Chinese blue-and-white porcelain lives on in this hand-painted bottleneck vase. Delicately rendered with fish and flora beneath fanciful waves, the vase's whimsical motif draws from these traditional Chinese symbols...
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21st Century and Contemporary Chinese 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...
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Early 18th Century Chinese Antique Chinese Export Ceramics
Materials
Porcelain
Extra Large Chinese Canton Blue and White Oval Platter
Located in San Francisco, CA
Extra large Chinese Canton blue and white oval platter. 20.5" X 18" Good depth of 2.25" circa 1900. Very good antique condition.
An exce...
Category
1890s Chinese Antique Chinese Export Ceramics
Materials
Porcelain
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
Chinese Export Prunus Vase Lamp, circa 1900
Located in Lucenec, SK
A large Chinese blue and white porcelain prunus vase lamp, on wood base. No hairline, no restoration. The height of the vase is about 25cm. Traces of usage...
Category
Early 20th Century Chinese Chinese Export Ceramics
Materials
Brass
Pair of 18th Century Chinese Export Mandarin Vases
Located in Dallas, TX
Pair of Chinese export porcelain vases decorated with overglaze enamel in the "mandarin" pattern. These vases are of rectangular shape and have figural gilt handles. Qianlong period,...
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Late 18th 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
Rare Chinese Qianlong Blue-and-White Porcelain Herring-Dish
Located in Amsterdam, NL
A Chinese Kangxi blue-and-white porcelain 'Herring' dish
Qianlong period, third quarter of the 18th century
With two mirrored herring against plain fond, surrounded by floral b...
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Mid-18th Century Chinese Antique Chinese Export Ceramics
Materials
Porcelain
Pair of 18th Century Chinese Export Clobbered Platters
Located in Dallas, TX
Beautiful pair of 18th century Chinese Export porcelain platters clobbered in shades lime green, emerald green, cobalt blue, iron red with gilt highlights.
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18th Century Chinese Antique Chinese Export Ceramics
Materials
Porcelain
Late 19th Century Chinese Export Rose Medallion Punch Bowl
Located in Dallas, TX
Large late 19th century Chinese export rose medallion punch bowl.
Category
Late 19th Century Chinese Antique Chinese Export Ceramics
Materials
Porcelain
Pair of Chinese Blue and White Qilin Vases, c. 1900
Located in Chicago, IL
A parade of Qilin, Chinese mythical creatures symbolizing magnificence, joy, and benevolence, march around these hand-painted contemporary porcelain fantail vases. These particular f...
Category
Early 20th Century Chinese Chinese Export Ceramics
Materials
Porcelain
Pair of 19th Century Chinese Cantonese / Rose Medallion Vases
Located in Brighton, Sussex
A very good quality pair of mid-19th century Chinese Canton / Rose medallion vases on stands. Each with a white ground, green foliate decoration with exotic bids, flowers and butterflies. Inset panted panels, handles either side of two men carrying...
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Mid-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...
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Late 18th Century Chinese Antique Chinese Export Ceramics
Materials
Porcelain
Chinese Export Porcelain Famille Rose Tea Plates
Located in New York, NY
Chinese export porcelain tea plates of the famille rose, hand-painted with a theme of bats and floral motifs. Each one marked on the botto...
Category
Early 20th Century Chinese Chinese Export Ceramics
Materials
Porcelain
Chinese Blue and White Koi Bottleneck Vase
Located in Chicago, IL
Revered for centuries for its elegant designs and rich cobalt blue and pure white colors, traditional Chinese blue-and-white porcelain lives on in this hand-painted bottleneck vase. ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Chinese Chinese Export Ceramics
Materials
Porcelain
Chinese Export Rose Canton Mandarin Porcelain Cider Jug with Cover, 19th Century
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
Chinese Export Rose Canton Mandarin pattern porcelain cider jug with double or cross strap handles. There are court scenes in the most colorful hues. The bor...
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1790s Chinese Antique Chinese Export Ceramics
Materials
Enamel
Early 20th Century White Porcelain Vase Lamp
Located in London, GB
An early 20th century white porcelain sleeve vase, the trumpet neck above a baluster body. Now wired as a table lamp.
Dimensions refer to height of vase and base only.
Wired an...
Category
20th Century Chinese Chinese Export Ceramics
Materials
Ceramic, Porcelain
Pair of Antique Chinese Export Rose Mandarin Vases Now Custom Mounted as Lamps
Located in Dallas, TX
Pair Antique Chinese Export Rose Mandarin Vases now mounted as lamps on custom gilt wood bases and with custom hand smocked cream colored silk shades trimmed in pink ribbon and antiq...
Category
Late 19th Century Chinese Antique Chinese Export Ceramics
Materials
Silk, Porcelain, Wood
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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