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.
Find a collection of antique Chinese Export tables, beds, cupboards, table lamps and more furniture on 1stDibs.
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Style: Chinese Export
Large 19th Century Cantonese / Rose Medallion Vase
Located in Brighton, Sussex
A very impressive fine quality 19th century Chinese Canton / rose medallion vase, having the classical white and green foliate ground, gilded dog of faux handles to either side with ...
Category
19th Century Chinese Antique Chinese Export Decorative Objects
Materials
Porcelain
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 19th Century Ormolu-Mounted Chinese Porcelain Vases
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Pair of 19th century ormolu-mounted Chinese porcelain vases.
Category
Mid-19th Century Chinese Antique Chinese Export Decorative Objects
Materials
Porcelain
Large Rose Canton Porcelain Punch Bowl, Edmé Samson et Cie, Paris
By Edmé Samson
Located in Downingtown, PA
Massive Rose Canton Porcelain Punch bowl,
Edme Samson et Cie, Paris,
circa 1880
The massive beautiful bowl with unusual steep sides is...
Category
19th Century Antique Chinese Export Decorative Objects
Materials
Porcelain
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
Massive Solid Alabaster Antique Hand Carved Asian Sculpture
Located in San Diego, CA
A beautiful solid alabaster antique Asian large sculpture hand carved, circa 1950s, great condition no chips or cracks or chips came out of a state i...
Category
20th Century Chinese Chinese Export Decorative Objects
Materials
Alabaster
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 Decorative Objects
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 Decorative Objects
Materials
Porcelain
Early 20th Century Chinese Famille Verte Fish Bowl
Located in Brighton, Sussex
A good quality early 20th century Chinese Famille verte Fish bowl, having yellow ground fan shaped panels with classical Chinese warriors in battle, boarders with geometric motifs to...
Category
Early 20th Century Chinese Chinese Export Decorative Objects
Materials
Porcelain
Early 20th century Champlevé Enamel and Bronze Large Vase
Located in Savannah, GA
Large 24" tall antique Chinese Champlevé enamel and bronze vase. Fine cloisonne floral decoration with stylized rooster head handles dating to the late 19th-early 20th century. Lovel...
Category
Early 20th Century Chinese Chinese Export Decorative Objects
Materials
Bronze
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...
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Early 20th Century Chinese Chinese Export Decorative Objects
Materials
Marble, Gold Leaf
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
Bronze Sculpture Japanese Scholar Scroll Fukurokuju Inlay
Located in Hyattsville, MD
Well done, very sharp detailed cast bronze figure with inlay of silver metal on scroll, 1920s- 1930s. Beautiful golden patina on head and bottom from years of handling. 8.3 lbs.
Category
1920s Japanese Vintage Chinese Export Decorative Objects
Materials
Bronze
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 Decorative Objects
Materials
Porcelain
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
Pair of Gu-Form Pink Porcelain Family Vases, Late 19th Century
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
Small gu-form porcelain vases decorated with pink family enamels on a yellow background with green interlaces. Decoration of white background cartouches with pink dahlias.
Geometric...
Category
Late 19th Century Asian Antique Chinese Export Decorative Objects
Materials
Bronze
Chinoiserie Vase in Crystal from the 20th Century
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
Chinoiserie vase in crystal from the 20th century.
Category
20th Century Chinese Chinese Export Decorative Objects
Materials
Crystal
Chinese Blue and White Gooseneck Vase with Fish and Flora
Located in Chicago, IL
Elaborately finned fish make their way in a vibrant underwater world on this tall blue-and-white gooseneck vase. Patterned with real and abstract forms, this ceramic vase is a contem...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Chinese Chinese Export Decorative Objects
Materials
Porcelain
Chinese Blue and White Mythical Bowl with Deer
Located in Chicago, IL
Beautiful to behold yet liable to dart away at any moment, the deer is an apt symbol of wealth and prosperity. On this bowl, the artist used rapid and free-flowing brushwork to depic...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Chinese Chinese Export Decorative Objects
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 Decorative Objects
Materials
Porcelain
Large Chinese Export Punchbowl with Staple Repairs, 18th Century
Located in Austin, TX
A remarkable large Chinese export blue and white punchbowl painted with a floral and brocade design, and featuring a stunning staple repair, 18th century...
Category
Late 18th Century Chinese Antique Chinese Export Decorative Objects
Materials
Iron
Antique Blue Chinese Porcelain Octagonal Shaped Fishbowls with Cartouches, Pair
Located in New York, NY
A fabulous and unusual pair of antique blue Chinese porcelain octagonal shaped fishbowls/ jardeniers painted with cartouches of flowers, birds, ...
Category
1910s Chinese Vintage Chinese Export Decorative Objects
Materials
Porcelain
Pair of Porcelain Dogs
Located in Greenwich, CT
Pair of porcelain dogs. Well models.
Category
Late 20th Century Asian Chinese Export Decorative Objects
Materials
Porcelain
Large 19th Century Rose Medallion Vase or Lamp, Ormolu Mounted
Located in Brighton, Sussex
A very impressive 19th century Chinese rose medallion / canton vase / lamp, having wonderful gilded ormolu scrolling foliate Rococo style mounts with putti seated on either side. The...
Category
19th Century Chinese Antique Chinese Export Decorative Objects
Materials
Ormolu
Chinese Blue and White Baluster Jar with Fish and Flora
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 Decorative Objects
Materials
Porcelain
Pair of Oriental Bronze Urns Vases Bird Serpentine Decorations Chinese Japanese
Located in GB
We are delighted to offer for sale this lovely pair of vintage oriental bronze urn vases depicting birds and serpents.
A good looking and decorative pair in lovely order throughou...
Category
Early 20th Century Chinese Chinese Export Decorative Objects
Materials
Bronze
Vintage Baluster Vase, Decorative, Oriental, Ceramic, Urn, 20th Century
Located in Hele, Devon, GB
This is a vintage baluster vase, a highly decorative, oriental ceramic urn dating to the mid 20th century.
Of classic form and in good proportion
...
Category
20th Century Asian Chinese Export Decorative Objects
Materials
Ceramic
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 Decorative Objects
Materials
Porcelain
Unusual Chinese Longshan Black Pottery Vase
Located in Ottawa, Ontario
Unusual Chinese Longshan
Black pottery vase
Late 20th century.
Finely handcrafted in relief
in archaic style with figures
and inscriptions...
Category
Late 20th Century Chinese Chinese Export Decorative Objects
Materials
Pottery
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
Pair of Quing Dynasty Silver Chinese Vases
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Pair of Quing dynasty silver Chinese vases, 1800s.
Category
Late 19th Century Chinese Antique Chinese Export Decorative Objects
Materials
Silver
Chinese Provincial Blue and White Tea Leaf Jar
Located in Chicago, IL
Tea has an auspicious beginning—it was purportedly enjoyed by the Buddha himself, and cakes of tea as large as wagon wheels were given to Chinese emperors as tribute. Tea drinking wa...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Chinese Chinese Export Decorative Objects
Materials
Ceramic
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 Decorative Objects
Materials
Enamel
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,...
Category
Late 18th Century Chinese Antique Chinese Export Decorative Objects
Materials
Porcelain
Two Chinese Qing Dynasty Porcelain Vases with Gilt Bronze Bases
Located in London, GB
These porcelain vases are exquisite pieces of antique Chinese decorative art. They were crafted in the late Qing dynasty, which lasted f...
Category
Late 19th Century Chinese Antique Chinese Export Decorative Objects
Materials
Bronze, Ormolu
Large 18th Century Chinese Export Punch Bowl
Located in Dallas, TX
Large 18th century Chinese export punch bowl in the Rockefeller pattern (also known as Chinese Export Palace Ware). Elaborate gilt decoration...
Category
1770s Chinese Antique Chinese Export Decorative Objects
Materials
Porcelain
Chinese Peking Imperial Yellow Glass Vase
Located in New York, NY
Chinese Peking imperial yellow glass vase, dating from the 1900s. The piece is in good vintage condition and unmarked.
Category
Early 1900s Chinese Antique Chinese Export Decorative Objects
Materials
Glass
Pair of Chinese Mahogany and Tin Hinged Painted Figural Tea Bins, Circa 1840
Located in Hollywood, SC
Pair of Chinese mahogany and tin hinged painted tea bins with gilt figural stenciling and decorative landscape scenes with bird motif, Mid-19th century.
Category
1840s Chinese Antique Chinese Export Decorative Objects
Materials
Metal
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 Decorative Objects
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...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Chinese Chinese Export Decorative Objects
Materials
Porcelain
20th Sculpture of an Asiatic Man with Birds and Harlequin Motifs, Spain
Located in Miami, FL
This alluring statue will elevate any interior decor.
Nimble and flexible yet astute and clever, this statue is here portrayed in the midst of a traditional dance. The masterful de...
Category
Mid-20th Century Spanish Chinese Export Decorative Objects
Materials
Ceramic
Pair of 1930s Vintage Bronze Jug Vase Urns with Little Cherub Angles Nice Find
Located in GB
We are delighted to offer for sale this lovely original pair of 1930s bronze jug vases with cherubs
A good looking and well made pair, the Cherubs have t...
Category
Early 20th Century Chinese Chinese Export Decorative Objects
Materials
Bronze
19th century Chinese Export Nanking Warming Plate
Located in Savannah, GA
Chinese export Nanking warming plate, early 19th century. Slightly octagonal, it measures 10.25 inches across to reservoirs x 2 inches tall.
Category
19th Century Chinese Antique Chinese Export Decorative Objects
Materials
Porcelain
Mid-19th Century Carved and Painted Wooden Tang Dynasty Horse
Located in Chillerton, Isle of Wight
Mid-19th century carved and painted wooden Tang dynasty horse
This is a superb piece of Chinese Folk Art, superbly carved in wood, in the classic statue...
Category
Mid-19th Century Antique Chinese Export Decorative Objects
Pair of 19th Century Chinese Crackelware Vases / Lamps
Located in Brighton, Sussex
A good quality pair of late 19th century Chinese crackleware vases / lamps. Each with oriental style ormolu mounts to the top and bottom. Cla...
Category
19th Century Chinese Antique Chinese Export Decorative Objects
Materials
Ormolu
Large Chinese Trailing Vine Jar
Located in Chicago, IL
Representing royalty and virtue, peonies in full bloom grace the rounded sides of this large porcelain jar. The jar has a tapered body and a cylind...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Chinese Chinese Export Decorative Objects
Materials
Porcelain
Pair of Chinese Gilt Deity Figures
Located in New York, NY
Pair of Asian Chinese style (18/19th Cent) gilt diety / priest figures standing on lotus-form bases.
Category
19th Century Antique Chinese Export Decorative Objects
Antique Chinese Silver Bamboo Tea Caddy by Hung Chong
Located in New York, NY
Chinese export silver tea caddy, circa 1900. Baluster with drum-form neck and cover. Chased and repousse bamboo and blossoming prunus branches on stippled ground. Plain band at shoulder. Also plain are foot rim, neck, and cover sides. Cover top has circular frame (vacant). Fully marked with Chinese characters and letters HC for Hung Chong...
Category
Late 19th Century Chinese Antique Chinese Export Decorative Objects
Materials
Silver
1960 China Export Pair Porcelain Blue and White Giant Jars Vases
Located in Brescia, IT
This pair of elegant and fine giant jars in porcelain, has its origin in the extremely part of the Chinese continent, probabily from the Japan. The entire surface is decorated with the relief of white flowers, the peonia flowers, symbol of authority, power and wealth. On the surface, are present many drawings in blue of the Pho dogs...
Category
1960s Chinese Vintage Chinese Export Decorative Objects
Materials
Porcelain
Pair of Chinese Peony Fantail Vases, c. 1920s
Located in Chicago, IL
Resplendent with lush florals and brilliant color, this pair of porcelain vases combines stencil work with hand-painted foliage in a decorative style popular during the first two decades of the 20th century. The stenciled petals and blooms of the peonies, symbols of love and affection, create a graphic pattern of soft, modulated color, while the painted stems and small flowers punctuate the design with sharp detail. Innovative in decoration, the vases are firmly rooted in China’s time-honored ceramic tradition with their Classic fantail contours and butterfly handles.
Category
Early 20th Century Chinese Chinese Export Decorative Objects
Materials
Porcelain
Chinese Export / Three-Piece Chinese Garniture Set
Located in Dallas, TX
Two vases and a lidded jar, white porcelain with hand-painted and gilded multi-colored decoration / scenes front and back and at neck, applied flowering vine and tiny squirrels very ...
Category
Late 18th Century Chinese Antique Chinese Export Decorative Objects
Materials
Porcelain
Silver Figures of Eight Immortals Yangqinghe Jiuji Marks, Late Qing Dynasty
Located in New York, NY
Important and rare silver figures of eight immortals Yangqinghe Jiuji marks, Late Qing dynasty. Each hollow figure portraying one of the immortals in an animated pose, with highly detailed facial features, four pierced with apertures for the insertion of facial hair, clad in finely chased robes, all but two with their characteristic attributes, their bases bearing either two seal marks reading Yangqinghe Jiuji gongyibu and Zhe'ning Hu Qiusheng zao, or three marks in regular script reading Yangqinghe Jiuji gongyibu, Shang and Sheng zuo, original hand-carved wood stands. Measures: 11 1/4in (28.5cm) high (tallest one).
The earliest records of the silver atelier known as Yangqinghe date to 1775 in Shanghai...
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1890s Chinese Antique Chinese Export Decorative Objects
Materials
Silver
19th Century Chinese Ormolu-Mounted Cloisonne Garniture
Located in London, GB
A fine French ormolu-mounted cloisonne enamel three-piece garniture with applied decoration of butterflies flowers and branches. The vases are converted as lamps.
Category
1880s Chinese Antique Chinese Export Decorative Objects
Materials
Ormolu
China Mid-18th Century Wood Hand-Carved Architectural Sculpture
Located in Brescia, IT
This charming Mid-19th Century fragment of wood, is a detail of an hand-carved wood column and it has its country of origin in the Oriental part of Indo-China.
This is an elegant object that can be used as a paperweight or it can be a decorative object simply, to appreciate for its charming shape and for the beauty of the detailed engraving in the wood. It is only a little piece, but trought it, is possible to understand the beauty and quality of design of the building from which it is coming out.
This beautiful piece can be useful as bookend also.
The photos shown this antique wood fragment...
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Late 18th Century Indonesian Antique Chinese Export Decorative Objects
Materials
Wood
Chinese Vase from the Beginning of the 20th Century
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
Chinese vase from the beginning of the 20th century.
Category
20th Century Asian Chinese Export Decorative Objects
Materials
Ceramic
Pair of Chinese 19th Century Crackel Ware Vases / lamps
Located in Brighton, Sussex
A stylish pair of Chinese 19th century crackle ware vases / lamps, each with fretted handles and gilded ormolu bases and rims.
We can convert to lamps if required.
G7560/15 CEKZ
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19th Century Chinese Antique Chinese Export Decorative Objects
Materials
Porcelain
Antique Chinese Blanc de Chene Lidded Vase
Located in Brighton, Sussex
A beautiful early 19th century Chinese Blan de Chene lidded vase with mythical dragons in re-leaf. Having wonderful Rococo influenced gilded ormolu mounts.
Category
Early 19th Century Chinese Antique Chinese Export Decorative Objects
Materials
Ormolu
Pair of Large Chinese Polished Brass Candlesticks
Located in North Hollywood, CA
Pair of large vintage Mid-Century Chinoiserie polished gold brass candlesticks with removable Chinese fu dogs on top.
Cast brass candle holders.
Category
20th Century Chinese Chinese Export Decorative Objects
Materials
Brass
Chinese Export decorative objects for sale on 1stDibs.
Find a broad range of unique Chinese Export decorative objects 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 decorative objects created in this style to your space, the works available on 1stDibs include decorative objects, asian art and furniture, 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 decorative objects 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 decorative objects, popular names associated with this style include Europa Antiques, Hung Chong & Co., Mottahedeh, 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 decorative objects differ depending upon multiple factors, including designer, materials, construction methods, condition and provenance. On 1stDibs, the price for these items starts at $68 and tops out at $216,780 while the average work can sell for $1,500.
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