Chinese Export Vases and Vessels
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
Old Bronze Vessel
Located in Scottsdale, AZ
Unearth a piece of history with this captivating old bronze vessel, a treasure that speaks volumes of its rich past. Discovered and now presented for your consideration, this artifac...
Category
Early 20th Century Chinese Export Vases and Vessels
Materials
Bronze
Chinese Style Porcelain Temple Jar
Located in Queens, NY
Asian Chinese style (19th/20th Cent) porcelain temple jar with blue & brown decoration on a white field.
Category
19th Century Chinese Antique Chinese Export Vases and Vessels
Materials
Porcelain
Chinese White and Blue Cherry Blossom Porcelain Moon Flask Vase
Located in Queens, NY
Antique Chinese (early 20th Century) white porcelain moon flask vase decorated with a bird perched on flowering cherry blossoms, and two handles.
Condition: Good; Wear consistent wi...
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Early 20th Century Chinese Chinese Export Vases and Vessels
Materials
Porcelain
Chinese Teal and Red Crackle Porcelain Moon Flask Vase
Located in Queens, NY
Antique Chinese (Late 19th Century) teal moon flask porcelain vase decorated with a red crackle overlay and topped with two stepped handles (mark on bottom, see photos).
Condition: ...
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19th Century Chinese Antique Chinese Export Vases and Vessels
Materials
Porcelain
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).
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19th Century Chinese Antique Chinese Export Vases and Vessels
Materials
Porcelain
Chinese Celadon and Tonal Pattern Porcelain Pot
Located in Queens, NY
Chinese celadon, porcelain pot decorated with a raised, tonal botanical and dragon design wrapping the entirety of its bulbous form and accented with foo...
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Early 20th Century Chinese Chinese Export Vases and Vessels
Materials
Porcelain
Chinese Large Aubergine, Purple, and Maroon Porcelain Urn Vase
Located in Queens, NY
Chinese porcelain urn-form vase in a rich aubergine color overlayed with a barely visible blue base, creating highs and lows that add dimension to the finish and form.
Slight imperf...
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20th Century Chinese Chinese Export Vases and Vessels
Materials
Porcelain
Chinese Off-White Crackle Finish Teardrop Porcelain Vase
Located in Queens, NY
Chinese teardrop-shaped porcelain vase with an off-white crackle finish, a fluted opening and a hole in the base.
Category
20th Century Chinese Chinese Export Vases and Vessels
Materials
Porcelain
Vase en porcelaine céladon décor oiseaux et fleur Chine XIX Siècle grande taille
Located in London, England
Très grand vase chinois du 19 IIème siècle couleur vert Céladon en porcelaine avec des décors de fleurs , arbres ,et d'animaux.
Il comporte de l'usure du à son grand âge.
Un atout m...
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Mid-19th Century Chinese Antique Chinese Export Vases and Vessels
Materials
Porcelain, Celadon
Chinese Style Stoneware Vase
Located in Queens, NY
Asian Chinese style (20th cent) stoneware vase with multi-colored glaze and 3 figures in high relief.
Category
20th Century Chinese Export Vases and Vessels
Materials
Porcelain
Chinese White and Blue Character and Floral Urn
Located in Queens, NY
Antique Chinese (Late 19th Century) ceramic urn with blue floral designs surrounding bold, centered characters on 4 sides.
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19th Century Chinese Antique Chinese Export Vases and Vessels
Materials
Porcelain
Chinese White, Brown, and Red Floral Design Porcelain Vase
Located in Queens, NY
"Chinese white porcelain vase decorated with incised and painted brown foliage and stems growing blooming red florals, and wrapped in geometric bands of blue, pink and yellow at the ...
Category
20th Century Chinese Chinese Export Vases and Vessels
Materials
Porcelain
Chinese White, Brown, and Magenta Floral Motif Porcelain Vase
Located in Queens, NY
"Chinese white porcelain vase decorated with incised and painted brown foliage and stems accented by magenta, light blue and yellow florals, and bands of floral garland at the openin...
Category
20th Century Chinese Chinese Export Vases and Vessels
Materials
Porcelain
Chinese Koi Fish and Seaweed Porcelain Moon Flask Vase
Located in Queens, NY
Antique Chinese (early 20th Century) white porcelain moon flask vase decorated with an underwater scene of seaweed, koi and turtles surrounded by flowers and topped with two handles....
Category
Early 20th Century Chinese Chinese Export Vases and Vessels
Materials
Porcelain
Chinese White and Multicolor Decoration Porcelain Watermelon Jar
Located in Queens, NY
Antique Chinese (Early 20th Century) low, rounded porcelain vase, known as a watermelon jar, incised and painted with an array of decorations including floral arrangements in urns, bells, small...
Category
20th Century Chinese Chinese Export Vases and Vessels
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 Vases and Vessels
Materials
Porcelain
Chinese White and Navy Blue Symbol Patterned Porcelain Urn
Located in Queens, NY
"Antique Chinese (Late 19th Century) large, off-white porcelain urn painted with a navy blue pattern featuring Buddhist symbols and other shapes with accented blue scrolled handles.
...
Category
19th Century Chinese Antique Chinese Export Vases and Vessels
Materials
Porcelain
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 Vases and Vessels
Materials
Porcelain
Chinese Blue and White Botanical Jar
Located in Chicago, IL
This round, porcelain storage jar is brightly glazed in the classic blue-and-white manner with an allover pattern of botanical motifs. A combination of stenciled linework and hand-br...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Chinese Chinese Export Vases and Vessels
Materials
Porcelain
Chinese Sage and Tonal Motif Tall Porcelain Vase
Located in Queens, NY
Chinese sage-colored porcelain vase decorated in an incised floral and swirling pattern that travels up the curves of the body to the concave neck, before the shape flares out once a...
Category
20th Century Chinese Chinese Export Vases and Vessels
Materials
Porcelain
Pair of Chinese Multi-Color Pattern Porcelain Vases
Located in Queens, NY
PAIR of Chinese vases decorated with all-over swirling floral motifs intercepted by yellow patterned bands at the bottom and top of the base and striking blue designs wrapping concav...
Category
20th Century Chinese Chinese Export Vases and Vessels
Materials
Porcelain
Pair of Chinese Olive Porcelain Beaker Vases
Located in Queens, NY
PAIR of Antique Chinese (late 19th Century) ceramic vases with a deep green teadust glaze and beaker-shaped forms (mark on bottom, see photos) (PRICED AS PAIR).
Condition: Good; Wea...
Category
19th Century Chinese Antique Chinese Export Vases and Vessels
Materials
Porcelain
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 Vases and Vessels
Materials
Porcelain
Pair of Chinese Burgundy and White Botanical Motif Porcelain Vases
Located in Queens, NY
PAIR of Chinese porcelain burgundy vases decorated with white motifs capturing the silhouettes of birds amid nature, wrapping around their pear shaped forms (PRICED AS PAIR).
Category
20th Century Chinese Chinese Export Vases and Vessels
Materials
Porcelain
Pair of Antique Chinese Urn Shaped Flowering Fruit Tree Design Porcelain Vases
Located in Queens, NY
PAIR of Antique Chinese (late 19th-early 20th Century) porcelain vases with urn forms and a design depicting flowering fruit trees in brown, pink and green against an off-white backg...
Category
19th Century Chinese Antique Chinese Export Vases and Vessels
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 Vases and Vessels
Materials
Bronze
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 Vases and Vessels
Materials
Ceramic
Vase chinois en émail cloisonné sur cuivre décor floral 1950/60
Located in London, England
Grand vase des années 1950/60 provenant de Chine, en émaux cloisonnés sur cuivre avec un beau décor de fleurs.
Le cerclage au col est en laiton doré , permet un beau contraste avec l...
Category
1960s Chinese Vintage Chinese Export Vases and Vessels
Materials
Brass, Other
Antique Elephant Motif Ceramic Vessel with Gilded Accents
Located in West Hollywood, CA
This stunning antique ceramic vessel is a masterpiece of craftsmanship, featuring an elaborate sculpted elephant motif that exudes elegance and cultural significance. Likely inspired...
Category
20th Century Asian Chinese Export Vases and Vessels
Materials
Ceramic
Chinese Monumental Imari-Style Lidded Light Orange Porcelain Urn
Located in Queens, NY
Chinese monumental, lidded porcelain floor vase celebrating Japanese Imari ware in both palette and design, featuring natural scenes of birds and flowering trees set against a light-...
Category
20th Century Chinese Chinese Export Vases and Vessels
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 Vases and Vessels
Materials
Porcelain
Pair of Antique Chinese Black Glazed Phoenix-Tail Form Porcelain Vases
Located in Queens, NY
PAIR of Antique Chinese (late 19th-early 20th Century) porcelain phoenix tail-form vases with black glazed exteriors and white interiors (PRICED AS PAIR)
Condition: Good; Wear consi...
Category
19th Century Chinese Antique Chinese Export Vases and Vessels
Materials
Porcelain
Chinese Monumental Imari-Style Figurative Scene Lidded Urn
Located in Queens, NY
Chinese monumental lidded floor vase celebrating Japanese Imari ware in both palette and design, featuring medallions with figurative scenes agains...
Category
20th Century Chinese Chinese Export Vases and Vessels
Materials
Porcelain
Chinese Off-White and Navy Vine Motif Porcelain Urn Vase
Located in Queens, NY
Antique Chinese (Early 20th Century) off-white porcelain vase with an urn form decorated in a navy blue vine and floral motifs and bold characters on 4 sides.
Category
20th Century Chinese Chinese Export Vases and Vessels
Materials
Porcelain
Chinese Black and Green Leaf Glazed Porcelain Pear Vase
Located in Queens, NY
Antique Chinese (17th Century-style) black glazed ceramic pear-shaped vase decorated with a green leaf on the front and back.
Category
17th Century Antique Chinese Export Vases and Vessels
Materials
Porcelain
Chinese Sage and Tonal Botanical Motif Porcelain Jar
Located in Queens, NY
Chinese sage-colored, lidded porcelain jar crafted in the style of the Song Dynasty with a round form decorated in a raised, tonal botanical pattern.
Condition: Good; Wear consisten...
Category
20th Century Chinese Chinese Export Vases and Vessels
Materials
Porcelain
Chinese White Porcelain Peacock and Floral Design Fluted Vase
Located in Queens, NY
Chinese white porcelain fluted vase with a tall, cylindrical form decorated in large scale dark blue leaves outlined in gold, amid green, yellow a...
Category
20th Century Chinese Chinese Export Vases and Vessels
Materials
Porcelain
Pair of Chinese Doucai Double Ear Porcelain Vases
Located in Queens, NY
PAIR of Chinese (early 20th Century) porcelain double ear vases decorated using Doucai techniques - a process combining underglaze and overglaze decoration - and handles referred to ...
Category
Early 20th Century Chinese Chinese Export Vases and Vessels
Materials
Porcelain
Pair of Asian Rooster Finial Lidded Red Urns
Located in Queens, NY
Pair of Asian Rooster Finial Lidded Red Urns
Category
20th Century Asian Chinese Export Vases and Vessels
Materials
Ceramic
Chinese Purple Glazed Porcelain Pear Shaped Vase
Located in Queens, NY
Antique Chinese (Late 19th Century) purple glazed ceramic vase with a pear-shaped form, a gold rim along the mouth, foo dog ornamentation along the neck, and a bright teal blue inter...
Category
19th Century Chinese Antique Chinese Export Vases and Vessels
Materials
Porcelain
Chinese Six-Sided Beige Crackled Porcelain Vase
Located in Queens, NY
Chinese six-sided, beige, crackled porcelain vase, crafted in a style typical of the Song Dynasty's official kiln during the Southern Song period and acc...
Category
20th Century Chinese Export Vases and Vessels
Materials
Porcelain
Chinese Blue and White Jar with Mythical Fu Lions
Located in Chicago, IL
This round, porcelain storage jar is brightly glazed in the classic blue-and-white manner. A combination of stenciled linework and hand-brushed shading, the sides of the jar are deco...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Chinese Chinese Export Vases and Vessels
Materials
Porcelain
Pair of Chinese Style Black and White Floral Vases
Located in Queens, NY
PAIR of Asian Chinese style black and white cylindrical shaped flared top vases with green and pink floral decoration (19/20th Cent) (one with a hairline crack) (PRICED AS PAIR)(matc...
Category
19th Century Chinese Antique Chinese Export Vases and Vessels
Materials
Porcelain
Unglazed Antique Chinese Vessel
Located in Sheffield, MA
The antique Chinese clay vessel is handcrafted from clay and fired. Shallow enrelief bands encircle the upper part of the vessel.
Category
Late 19th Century Chinese Antique Chinese Export Vases and Vessels
Materials
Clay
Chinese Yellow and Cherry Blossom Design Porcelain Sleeve Vase
Located in Queens, NY
Chinese yellow porcelain sleeve vase with cherry blossom branches and birds in a pale neutral palette, wrapping all four sides and growing up t...
Category
20th Century Chinese Chinese Export Vases and Vessels
Materials
Porcelain
Pair of Yellow Pear Shaped Ceramic Vases
Located in Queens, NY
PAIR of Antique Chinese (early 20th Century) yellow, pear-shaped porcelain vases with crackled finishes, gold rims, and teal interiors (mark on bottom, see photos) (PRICED AS PAIR).
...
Category
Early 20th Century Chinese Chinese Export Vases and Vessels
Materials
Porcelain
Pair of Signed Large Early 19th Century Chinese Vases Ornate Designs
Located in West Sussex, Pulborough
We are delighted to offer for sale this decorative pair of early 19th century Chinese vases each signed to the base
A very nice pa...
Category
1830s Chinese Antique Chinese Export Vases and Vessels
Materials
Pottery
Large Pair Canton Enamel Vases, circa 1900
Located in Brighton, Sussex
A very impressive pair of late 19th century Chinese Canton enamel vases, each with wonderful pastel colours, with a powder blue ground exotic flora...
Category
Late 19th Century Chinese Antique Chinese Export Vases and Vessels
Materials
Enamel
Chinese Speckled Maroon Glazed Porcelain Vase
Located in Queens, NY
"Chinese porcelain vase with a fluted opening and a speckled maroon finish that adds dimension to its rounded base, sitting atop an earthtone glazed foot.
Glaze chip at center."
Category
20th Century Chinese Chinese Export Vases and Vessels
Materials
Porcelain
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 Vases and Vessels
Materials
Marble, Gold Leaf
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 Vases and Vessels
Materials
Bronze
Chinese White and Blue Peacock Motif Porcelain Urn
Located in Queens, NY
"Antique Chinese (Late 19th Century) large white, ceramic urn with blue peacocks amid florals and two light blue scrolled handles along the neck.
Damage to the glaze near bird."
Category
19th Century Chinese Antique Chinese Export Vases and Vessels
Materials
Porcelain
Chinese Off-White and Blue Vine Lidded Porcelain Ginger Jar
Located in Queens, NY
"Antique Chinese (Early 20th Century) lidded porcelain ginger jar with a dark blue vine and floral motif against a white ground, and bold blue characters on 4 sides.
Wear throughout...
Category
20th Century Chinese Chinese Export Vases and Vessels
Materials
Porcelain
Chinese agate, coral top , snuff bottle into match striker by Crest Paris
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Beautiful Chinese agate snuff bottle turned into a match striker by Crest Paris, France early 20th Century , and marked as shown.
Category
Early 20th Century French Chinese Export Vases and Vessels
Materials
Agate
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 Vases and Vessels
Materials
Glass
Chinese Orange and Gold Decorative Motif Porcelain Vase
Located in Queens, NY
Chinese small, round orange porcelain vase with gold detailing surrounding white circular shapes and a brown band around the mouth opening.
Category
20th Century Chinese Chinese Export Vases and Vessels
Materials
Porcelain
Majestic Chinese Ding Vessel Hand Carved Decorative Ritual Tripod
Located in Chula Vista, CA
Ancient Chinese Vessel Hand Carved Decorative Ritual Tripod
Style Ding pot decorative vase vessel
11.63 w x 7.75 h x 4.25 d
Preowned original vintage unrestored
Refer to images listed.
Category
Mid-20th Century Chinese Chinese Export Vases and Vessels
Materials
Wood
Petite Blue and White Chinese Pear Vase
Located in Chicago, IL
Contrasted by a crisp white field, this small porcelain vase is decorated in the timeless blue-and-white style with bold brushwork and deep cobalt-blue color. The gracefully curved f...
Category
20th Century Chinese Chinese Export Vases and Vessels
Materials
Ceramic
Chinese Export vases and vessels for sale on 1stDibs.
Find a broad range of unique Chinese Export vases and vessels 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 vases and vessels 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 vases and vessels 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 vases and vessels, popular names associated with this style include Mottahedeh, Ben Owen III, CANTON FAMILLE ROSE, and Capo Di Monte. 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 vases and vessels 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 $1,497.