Chinese Export Decorative Objects
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
Three Mid-20th Century Stone's Patinated Wood Statues of Chinese Figures
Located in Catania, Sicilia
Three hand-carved wood chinese figures with a patina that makes them look like stone in good conditions with just signs of age. The finish ...
Category
Mid-20th Century Chinese Chinese Export Decorative Objects
Materials
Wood
Chinese Porcelain Pomegranate Red Glazed Meiping Vase
Located in Queens, NY
Chinese porcelain Meiping vase with a robust pomegranate red glaze.
Category
20th Century Chinese Chinese Export Decorative Objects
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 Decorative Objects
Materials
Porcelain
Chinese Tang Dynasty-Style Terracotta Tomb Figure
Located in Queens, NY
Antique Chinese Tang Dynasty-style terracotta tomb figure of a man with his fists raised, wearing a hat or a head wrap and boots, and standing on a faceted...
Category
20th Century Chinese Export Decorative Objects
Materials
Terracotta
Patinated Wooden Sculpture, Representing Buddha, China Early 20th Century
Located in Auribeau sur Siagne, FR
We have a very nice wooden Buddha sculpture. It dates from the early 20th century, and you can see the aging in its beautiful patina. The work ...
Category
Early 20th Century Chinese Export Decorative Objects
Materials
Fruitwood
$609 Sale Price
20% Off
Two Ming Style Chinese Pottery Dignitaries
Located in Bradenton, FL
Two Chinese Ming style sancai polychrome glaze terracotta pottery figures of Chinese dignitaries in glazed green and ocher terracotta on hexagonal bases and removable heads. The man ...
Category
20th Century Chinese Chinese Export Decorative Objects
Materials
Pottery
Chinese Export Porcelain Large Figures of Mythical Characters
Located in Downingtown, PA
Chinese export porcelain large mythical figures,
Probably of Shouxing, God of Longevity
Circa 1775
The two Chinese Export figures stand on green shaped bases and although they a...
Category
1770s Chinese Antique Chinese Export Decorative Objects
Materials
Porcelain
Chinese Navy Blue Ginger Jar
Located in Queens, NY
Antique Chinese (Early 20th Century) ceramic ginger jar vase in navy blue with a brown earthenware opening.
Category
20th Century Chinese Chinese Export Decorative Objects
Materials
Ceramic
Chinese Export Porcelain Underglaze Blue Pair of Candlesticks
Located in Downingtown, PA
Chinese Export Porcelain Underglaze Blue Pair of Candlesticks,
Circa 1850-80
The pair of Chinese Export underglaze blue porcelain candlesticks have a circul...
Category
19th Century Chinese Antique Chinese Export Decorative Objects
Materials
Porcelain
Antique Pair of Chinese Dehua Porcelain Figures of Boys on Water Buffalos
Located in Brea, CA
A pair of antique Chinese measures: 8” x 8'' dehua porcelain figures of boys on water buffalos, republic period, 3'' see more pictures. buy from Bonham...
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Early 20th Century Chinese Chinese Export Decorative Objects
Materials
Porcelain
Vintage Gilt Famille Verte Chinese Porcelain Seated Buddha/Luohan Ex-Lorin Marsh
Located in Philadelphia, PA
A fine vintage Chinese porcelain statue.
In the form of a Luohan or Arhat with a famille verte robe and gilt body.
The reverse ...
Category
20th Century Chinese Chinese Export Decorative Objects
Materials
Porcelain
Small Carved Jade East Asian Woman’s Figurine
Located in Guaynabo, PR
This is a small jade East Asian woman’s figurine. It depicts a carved jade woman’s figure that appears to be dancing or stretching herself. She is wearing a...
Category
20th Century Chinese Chinese Export Decorative Objects
Materials
Jade
$300 Sale Price
20% Off
Chinese Etched Brass Box with Carved Jade Inset Top, Circa 1900
Located in Stamford, CT
Sweet little Chinese export brass box with beautiful floral etched designs, looks like peonies to me. With a lovely white jade top carved in fretwork with a vase framed by the flower...
Category
Early 20th Century Chinese Chinese Export Decorative Objects
Materials
Jade, Brass
Antique Chinese Export Silver Cigar Case
Located in Jesmond, Newcastle Upon Tyne
An exceptional, fine and impressive antique Chinese Export Silver cigar case; part of our diverse Asian silverware collection
This exceptional antique Chinese Export Silver (CES) ci...
Category
1910s Chinese Vintage Chinese Export Decorative Objects
Materials
Silver
Pair of Sing Fat Chinese Export Silver Dragon Placecard or Business Card Holders
By Sing Fat
Located in Philadelphia, PA
A fine pair of antique silver figural card holders.
By Sing Fat, a highly regarded Chinese silversmith active in both Shanghai & Canton ca. 1880 - 1940.
Each holder in the form of ...
Category
Early 20th Century Chinese Chinese Export Decorative Objects
Materials
Silver
Large Jewellery Box, with a Mirror Inside, Vietnam from the End of 19th Century
Located in Auribeau sur Siagne, FR
Large box from Vietnam. Manufactured at the end of the 19th century. Red in color slightly pinkish, with magnificent fish decorations in white and yellow colors. This box locks, the ...
Category
Late 19th Century Vietnamese Antique Chinese Export Decorative Objects
Materials
Mirror, Wood
Chinese Lingzhi Fungus Table Screen Qing Dynasty '1644-1912'
Located in Ottawa, Ontario
A lingzhi fungus table screen
Qing Dynasty (1644-1912)
The unusual Chinese scholar’s object,
mounted natural dried and preserved lingzhi fungus.
Lobed asymmetrical outline with dee...
Category
19th Century Chinese Antique Chinese Export Decorative Objects
Materials
Other
Chinese Finely Cast 19th Century Bronze Vessel circa 1860
Located in Central England, GB
A Chinese Finely Cast 19th century bronze vessel
This bold and stylish Chinese shaped hexagonal vessel is heavily cast in solid bronze. It has a very pleasing shape which is enhan...
Category
19th Century Chinese Antique Chinese Export Decorative Objects
Materials
Bronze
Vintage Japanese Takenaka Copper Vase
Located in Pomona, CA
This beautiful Copper vase was made by famous metal ware company Takenaka Bronze Works. I was hand made of bronze with detailed carving works on it and has ma...
Category
Early 20th Century Japanese Chinese Export Decorative Objects
Materials
Copper
$605 Sale Price
30% Off
Mid-Century Chinese Wooden Scenic Design Carved Hinge Top Box
Located in Queens, NY
Mid-century Chinese carved wooden box featuring an elaborate scenic design with a hinged top and brass closure hardware. (Stamped HUNG HOP CHEST CO. HONG...
Category
20th Century Chinese Chinese Export Decorative Objects
Materials
Metal, Brass
Chinese 19th Century Blue and White crackleware vases / lamps
Located in Brighton, Sussex
A good quality pair of late 19th Century Chinese export Blue and White crackleware vases / lamps.
Each with faux bronze mounts above and below the central blue and white hand painted scenes of birds perched on the branches of exotic flowers, boarders of scrolling foliate and floral decoration.
We can convert this pair of vases to lamps...
Category
19th Century Chinese Antique Chinese Export Decorative Objects
Materials
Porcelain
Figural Asian Vase in Bronze Double Sided Art
Located in Chula Vista, CA
AMBIANIC presents
Figural Asian Vase in Bronze Double Sided Art
pear shaped
11.5 h x 8.5 w x 4.25 d
Preowned original vintage condition
Refer to images
Category
Early 20th Century Chinese Export Decorative Objects
Materials
Bronze
Vintage Baluster Vase, Oriental, Decorative, Ceramic, Vessel, 20th Century
Located in Hele, Devon, GB
This is a vintage baluster vase. An oriental, highly decorative ceramic vessel dating to the mid-20th century.
Of Classic form and in good proport...
Category
Mid-20th Century Asian Chinese Export Decorative Objects
Materials
Ceramic
Pair of Chinese Yellow Garlic-Mouthed Porcelain Vases
Located in Queens, NY
PAIR of Antique Chinese (Late 19th Century) yellow porcelain vases with garlic-mouth forms (mark on bottom, see photos) (PRICED AS PAIR).
Category
19th Century Chinese Antique Chinese Export Decorative Objects
Materials
Porcelain
Petite Famille Verte Canton Vase, c. 1920
Located in Chicago, IL
Dated to the 1920s during China's Republic Period, this petite vase is decorated in a style known as Canton enamel, so named for the long-standing industry of export enamels based in...
Category
1920s Chinese Vintage Chinese Export Decorative Objects
Materials
Copper
Antique Handpainted Chinese Famille Rose Porcelain Bowl
Located in Brea, CA
an antique handpainted red Chinese porcelain big bowl, there is a pattern in the bottom of the bowl, mark hand painted. , Measures: 10” x 4.5 ''bow...
Category
Early 20th Century Chinese Chinese Export Decorative Objects
Materials
Porcelain
Magical Old Chinese Box in Faded Cinnabar
Located in Hopewell, NJ
If objects could talk, this box would have some interesting stories for all its wonderful aged patina, cracks and character. A faded cinnabar, the entire surface is meticulously hand...
Category
19th Century Chinese Antique Chinese Export Decorative Objects
Materials
Wood
$550 Sale Price
42% Off
Chinese Export Famille Rose Oval Platters, Pair
Located in Astoria, NY
Pair of Chinese Export Famille Rose Porcelain Oval Platters, Qianlong Period, circa 1760, with hand-painted floral motifs and labels to undersides. 9.25" Diameter x 1" H. Provenance:...
Category
Mid-18th Century Chinese Antique Chinese Export Decorative Objects
Materials
Porcelain
$2,350 / set
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 Decorative Objects
Materials
Stoneware
Small Carved Lavender Opaline Jade Guan Yin Sculpture
Located in Guaynabo, PR
This is a small carved lavender “opaline” jade Guan Yin sculpture. The sculpture has some russet jade spots in the upper back. The back of her head is...
Category
20th Century Chinese Chinese Export Decorative Objects
Materials
Jade
$712 Sale Price
25% Off
Pair of Chinese Terracotta Urns / Vessels
Located in Barcelona, ES
Pair of urn shapped terracotta pots or vessels wiht glazed decorations, China, 1930s.
Provincial rustic handmade terracotta wine jars or preserving pots.
The taller one is covered by...
Category
Early 20th Century Chinese Chinese Export Decorative Objects
Materials
Clay, Earthenware, Terracotta
$2,719 Sale Price / set
20% Off
Pair of Antique Chinese Branches & Birds Patterned Porcelain Rouleau Form Vases
Located in Queens, NY
PAIR of Antique Chinese (late 19th-early 20th Century) porcelain rouleau-form vases with a pattern featuring sprawling tree branches and foliage in greens, pinks, and browns, and bir...
Category
19th Century Chinese Antique Chinese Export Decorative Objects
Materials
Porcelain
Mid-Century Chinese Black & Gold Cloisonné 'Good Luck' Circular Table Box
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
Mid-Century Chinese black & gold cloisonné 'good luck' circular table box.
The tall circular box of exceptional quality, The conforming removable lid enameled with the Chinese character for 'Happiness' A stately piece, its an unusual example in black cloisonné fish...
Category
20th Century Chinese Chinese Export Decorative Objects
Materials
Brass
$636 Sale Price
20% Off
Vintage Asian Hare's Fur Glaze Tea Bowl - Unsigned - China - 20th Century
Located in Chatham, ON
Vintage Asian Hare's fur glaze tea bowl - small size - unsigned - China - 20th century.
Excellent vintage condition - no cracks - no chips - no repairs - non glazed areas as inten...
Category
20th Century Chinese Chinese Export Decorative Objects
Materials
Ceramic
$525 Sale Price
30% Off
Chinese Peking Glass Bird & Floral Vase, Signed
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
Chinese Peking Glass Bird and Floral Vase, Signed
China, 20th century
A magnificent 20th-century Chinese Peking Glass Vase is a true testament to exquisite craftsmanship. This stu...
Category
20th Century Chinese Chinese Export Decorative Objects
Materials
Glass
$1,196 Sale Price
20% Off
Pair of Chinese Plique-à-Jour Enamel Double Gourd Vases
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A pair of Chinese Plique-à-Jour enamel (translucent enamel) double gourd vases, each one with removable lid, exquisite all-over enamel decoration, each one signed with lotus flower.
Category
Late 20th Century Chinese Chinese Export Decorative Objects
Materials
Enamel, Metal
$897 Sale Price / set
28% Off
Chinese Wicker Elephant Box from the Shanghai Collection
Located in Palm Beach, FL
Vintage Chinese elephant sculpture ambitiously hand crafted in woven wicker with rattan and wood highlights, having a removable head as a lid. From the famed Shanghai collection.
Category
Mid-20th Century Chinese Chinese Export Decorative Objects
Materials
Wicker
Green Glazed Shiwan Pottery Teapots Qing Dynasty, 'Pair'
Located in Dallas, TX
A near pair of 19th century Sancai green glazed pottery teapots. Both with yoked handles, spouts and lids. Both also have the Republic era official government wax red seal signifying...
Category
1880s Chinese Antique Chinese Export Decorative Objects
Materials
Pottery
$720 Sale Price
40% Off
Chinese Porcelain Figure of Woman Standing on Clouds
Located in Queens, NY
Asian Chinese style white porcelain standing figure of woman standing on clouds, possibly and alter figure.
Category
20th Century Chinese Export Decorative Objects
Materials
Porcelain
Chinese Yixing Hexagonal Vase with Painted Floral & Vine Designs
Located in Bishop's Stortford, Hertfordshire
A large and impressive Chinese Yixing hexagonal red clay vase with hand painted floral and trailing vine designs dating from the first half of the 20th c...
Category
Early 20th Century Chinese Chinese Export Decorative Objects
Materials
Terracotta
Late 19th Century Antique Chinese Femille Rose Porcelain Bowl With Marks
Located in Pomona, CA
This is an Antique Chinese Famille Rose Porcelain Bowl. As you can see in the pictures, it is in very good conditions. It shows very neat unique design and hand painted floral inside...
Category
Late 19th Century Chinese Antique Chinese Export Decorative Objects
Materials
Porcelain
$455 Sale Price
30% Off
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 Decorative Objects
Materials
Glass
Early 20th Century Antique Chinese Cloisonne bowl
Located in Pomona, CA
This Unique Chinese Antique Cloisonné Bowl is the perfect decor piece. With beautiful floral and bird design, it is a majestically hand crafted ...
Category
Early 20th Century Chinese Chinese Export Decorative Objects
Materials
Metal, Copper
$346 Sale Price
30% Off
Pair of Chinese Famille Rose Porcelain Square Form Vases
Located in Bradenton, FL
Fine Pair of Chinese Porcelain Famille Rose "Wu Shuang Pu" Rectangular Vases, each with an inscription. Rectangular vases were less common and were considered an elegant variation fr...
Category
Early 20th Century Chinese Chinese Export Decorative Objects
Materials
Porcelain
Pair of Chinese Red Flower Design Hand-Painted Porcelain Vases
Located in Queens, NY
"Pair of Chinese red, globular porcelain vases hand-painted with butterflies over blooming white, pink-speckled florals. (PRICED AS Pair)
Irregularities in interior finish."
Category
20th Century Chinese Chinese Export Decorative Objects
Materials
Porcelain
Chinese Polychrome Lucky Fish
Located in Chicago, IL
Hand-crafted from reclaimed wood, this artisanal koi sculpture is a traditional symbol of harmony and luck. For Buddhists, such a fish represents a freedom from all restraints. And b...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Chinese Chinese Export Decorative Objects
Materials
Pine
Chinese Green and Cherry Blossom Cloissone Bowl
Located in Queens, NY
Vintage Chinese green cloisonne bowl with cherry blossoms and birds on the interior and exterior, and a yellow and blue pattern around the rim.
Category
20th Century Chinese Chinese Export Decorative Objects
Materials
Metal, Enamel
Pair of Chinese Yellow Gourd Shaped Double Handled Porcelain Vases
Located in Queens, NY
PAIR of Antique Chinese (Late 19th Century) yellow porcelain vases with gourd forms and handles (mark on bottom, see photos) (PRICED AS PAIR).
Condition: Good; Wear consistent with ...
Category
19th Century Chinese Antique Chinese Export Decorative Objects
Materials
Porcelain
Antique Chinese Han Dynasty-Style Bronze Fluted Urn
Located in Queens, NY
Antique Chinese Han Dynasty-style copy of a patinaed bronze urn with ram head ornamentation below the fluted mouth, raised geometric patterns wrapping the body and a tapered circular...
Category
20th Century Chinese Chinese Export Decorative Objects
Materials
Bronze
Chinese White Small Cabbage Sculpture
Located in Guaynabo, PR
This is a Chinese White Jade Small Cabbage Sculpture . It depicts a very well hand carved delicate white cabbage sculpture. It stands over an elongated wood base. In Chinese culture,...
Category
20th Century Chinese Chinese Export Decorative Objects
Materials
Jade
19th Century Handmade Wooden Chinese Hat Box
Located in Los Angeles, CA
A Chinese wooden hat box - handmade, with a chinoiserie image. The box is in very good condition with fitted top, the wood is a wonderful patinated colo...
Category
19th Century Chinese Antique Chinese Export Decorative Objects
Materials
Wood
Chinese Hexagonal Cast Brass Tea Caddy
Located in Ottawa, Ontario
A Chinese hexagonal cast brass tea caddy, early 20th century. Each rectangular side with a shou symbol surrounded by five stylized bats on blue enamel ...
Category
Early 20th Century Chinese Chinese Export Decorative Objects
Materials
Brass
Petite Famille Verte Canton Vase, c. 1920
Located in Chicago, IL
Dated to the 1920s during China's Republic Period, this petite vase is decorated in a style known as Canton enamel, so named for the long-standing industry of export enamels based in...
Category
1920s Chinese Vintage Chinese Export Decorative Objects
Materials
Copper
Pair of Chinese Polychrome Vases
Located in Houston, TX
Pair of very early 20th century Chinese polychrome porcelain vases in mint condition, measure: 24" H x 9" D.
Category
Early 20th Century Chinese Chinese Export Decorative Objects
Materials
Porcelain
$2,880 Sale Price / set
40% Off
Chinese White Floral and Butterfly Patterned Porcelain Vases
Located in Queens, NY
3 Chinese white porcelain vases with pear-shaped forms decorated in butterflies above pink and orange florals growing from green leaves on one side with characters on the reverse. (P...
Category
20th Century Chinese Chinese Export Decorative Objects
Materials
Porcelain
Chinese Export Pigskin Box
Located in Chapel Hill, NC
Chinese export pigskin box now on custom made stand as a side table. Early 20th century. Foo dogs, birds, flower & auspicious symbols. 15 1/2" w., 9 1/2" d...
Category
Early 20th Century Chinese Chinese Export Decorative Objects
Materials
Animal Skin
$515 Sale Price
42% Off
Large Chinese Porcelain Lychee Bowl, Natural Tones, White Ground, 20th Century
Located in Hele, Devon, GB
This is a large Chinese porcelain lychee bowl in natural tones on a white ground dating to the late 20th century.
An attractive bowl in good condition throughout
Painted with exo...
Category
Late 20th Century Chinese Chinese Export Decorative Objects
Materials
Porcelain
Chinese White and Blue and Raised Rose Design Double Gourd Porcelain Vase
Located in Queens, NY
Chinese white and blue double-gourd porcelain vase decorated with bands of blue, framed iconography, and raised, pierced roses amid leaves wrapping the top and middle sections, and a...
Category
20th Century Chinese Chinese Export Decorative Objects
Materials
Porcelain
Vintage solid brass and enamel Chinese export trinket box.
Located in Allentown, PA
This is a vintage Chinese export solid brass and enamel trinket box. This solid brass box has four medallions on the top and medallions on each side of the box. The top of the box fe...
Category
1970s Chinese Vintage Chinese Export Decorative Objects
Materials
Brass
Pair of Antique Chinese Cloisonné Vases
Located in Palm Beach, FL
True pair of antique Chinese cloisonne vases decorated in an unusual composition depicting flowers in a stand against an alluring blue ...
Category
Early 20th Century Chinese Chinese Export Decorative Objects
Materials
Metal
$2,650 / set
Chinese Export decorative objects for sale on 1stDibs.
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