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Chinese Export Vases

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
Pair of Chinese Baluster Vases in Nanjing Crackle Glaze
Located in LA CIOTAT, FR
A pair of large ceramic Chinese crackle glaze baluster vases, commonly known as 'Nanjing' porcelain. Dating from the 19th century, these elegant polychrome enamelled vases...
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19th Century Chinese Antique Chinese Export Vases

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Porcelain

19th Century Antique Chinese Carved Bronze Vase
Located in Pomona, CA
Very nice antique Chinese bronze vase decorated with a carved low relief idealized frieze with Chinese traditional forks art of Kin Lin sym...
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19th Century Chinese Antique Chinese Export Vases

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Bronze

Pair of Chinese Blue & White Dragon Motif Jade Pot Spring Bottle Porcelain Vases
Located in Queens, NY
PAIR of Chinese blue and white porcelain vases with jade pot spring bottle forms traditionally found in Chinese porcelain, a dragon design that is painted in the style of the Yuan D...
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20th Century Chinese Chinese Export Vases

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Porcelain

Pair of Chinese Teal Nine-Peach Porcelain Vases
Located in Queens, NY
PAIR of Chinese (Mid-20th Century) teal porcelain vases depicting a playful figurative scene of children at play in and around a peach tree and nine ripe peaches in total, symbolizin...
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Mid-20th Century Chinese Chinese Export Vases

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Porcelain

Antique Chinese Celadon Blue And White Vase
Located in Norwood, NJ
A large antique 19th century Chinese floor vase having a celadon ground and blue and white underglaze decoration to the body. The underglaze decoration is of a large Foo lion above ...
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Late 19th Century Chinese Antique Chinese Export Vases

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Porcelain

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...
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Early 20th Century Japanese Chinese Export Vases

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Copper

A Pair of Tall Chinese Export Porcelain Figural Vases with Birds and Flowers
Located in Los Angeles, CA
A Pair of Tall Chinese export porcelain figural vases. The ovoid porcelain bodies decorated with colorful flowers, tropical birds, tree...
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Late 20th Century Chinese Chinese Export Vases

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Porcelain

Large Chinese Dragon Vase in Patinated Bronze, Late 19th Century
Located in København, Copenhagen
Large Chinese dragon vase in patinated bronze. Late 19th century. In very good condition. Stamped. Measures: 39 x 20 cm.
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Late 19th Century Chinese Antique Chinese Export Vases

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Bronze

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...
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19th Century Chinese Antique Chinese Export Vases

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Porcelain

Pair of Chinese Canton / Rose Medallion Vases / Lamps, 19th Century
Located in Brighton, Sussex
A very good quality pair of 19th century Chinese rose medallion vases, each with wonderful bold pinks, blues and green coloring, exotic bird handles on either side, lizards circling ...
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19th Century Chinese Antique Chinese Export Vases

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Porcelain

Pair of Antique Chinese Café Au Lait Porcelain and Ormolu Vases
Located in London, GB
Pair of antique Chinese café au leit porcelain and ormolu vases Porcelain: Chinese, 18th Century Ormolu: French, Late 19th Century Height 33cm, width 23cm, depth 18cm The porcela...
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18th Century Chinese Antique Chinese Export Vases

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Ormolu

Pair of Chinese Blue and White Floral Lidded Ginger Jar Vases
Located in Queens, NY
Pair of antique Chinese (late 19th century) similar ceramic ginger jars with blue floral designs surrounding bold, centered characters and geometric patterned bands leading to brown ...
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19th Century Chinese Antique Chinese Export Vases

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Porcelain

Mid-20th Century Chinese Cloisonne Vase
Located in Pomona, CA
This Chinese Antique Cloisonne Vase was hand made from gold copper with cloisonne. It has detailed cloisonne works of Peony, Magpie and floral a...
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Mid-20th Century Chinese Chinese Export Vases

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Metal, Copper

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

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Porcelain

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...
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Early 20th Century Chinese Chinese Export Vases

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Porcelain

20th Century Blue Chinese Antique Famille Rose Porcelain Vases
Located in Pomona, CA
Look at this magnificent Chinese antique Famille Rose porcelain vases. It was hand made and hand paint from famous Chinese Porcelain. Ea...
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20th Century Chinese Chinese Export Vases

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Porcelain

Pair of Chinese Oxblood Red Fluted Vases
Located in Queens, NY
Pair of Chinese oxblood red vases with fluted necks, accentuated by figurative ears holding wooden rings, leading to bulbous lower halves, atop a small, round foot (priced as pair). ...
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20th Century Chinese Chinese Export Vases

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Porcelain

Large Decorated Chinese Vase from Ignoto, 1960
Located in Charleston, SC
Ceramic vase made in China, finely decorated in Satsuma style. The entire body is hand enameled with intricate garden and family vignettes accented in gold. Striking Chinese export ...
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Mid-20th Century Chinese Chinese Export Vases

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Ceramic

Chinese Celadon-Glazed Molded 'Fish' Brush Pot
Located in New York, NY
The cylindrical body molded with overlapping waves and applied with leaping carp; the underside bearing a molded apocryphal Daoguang seal mark.
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20th Century Chinese Chinese Export Vases

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Celadon, Porcelain

Polychrome Chinese Hunting Scene Large Porcelain Vase Rose Family, 1960s
Located in Antwerp, BE
Large Cantonese baluster vase. Features decorated hand-painted polychrome Family Rose palette with cartouche panels of figures in a hunting scene motif with exotic animals. Made in C...
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20th Century Chinese Chinese Export Vases

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Porcelain

Chinese Celadon and Blue Dragon Motif Porcelain Vase
Located in Queens, NY
"Chinese celadon porcelain vase painted with a blue dragon amid the clouds and made with a small mouth opening. Some wear to finish."
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20th Century Chinese Chinese Export Vases

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Porcelain

Chinese White Green and Yellow Vegetal Winter Melon Porcelain Vase
Located in Queens, NY
Antique Chinese (early 20th century) winter melon-form porcelain vase decorated with an incised, white bottom half that grows into verdant abstracted vegetal and peacock shapes on th...
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20th Century Chinese Chinese Export Vases

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Porcelain

Chinese Mauve Glazed Porcelain Vase
Located in Queens, NY
Chinese tall glazed porcelain vase in an elegant mauve shade (date mark on bottom, see photos).      
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20th Century Chinese Chinese Export Vases

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Porcelain

Chinese Bronze Vase with Bird Design
Located in Queens, NY
Asian Chinese (19th Cent) bronze vase with birds in relief.
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19th Century Chinese Antique Chinese Export Vases

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Bronze

Asian Chinese style Metal Vase
Located in Queens, NY
Asian Chinese style metal square funnel shape design vase with an antique patina and having an etched design
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20th Century Chinese Chinese Export Vases

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Metal

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...
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1840s Chinese Antique Chinese Export Vases

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Enamel

Pair of Chinese White and Umber Floral Design Porcelain Vases
Located in Queens, NY
"Pair of Chinese white porcelain vases decorated with umber and pink floral motifs wrapping the bulbous forms, accented in blue, pink and yellow patterned bands around the tops and b...
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20th Century Chinese Chinese Export Vases

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Porcelain

Pair of Blue and White Porcelain Vases with Water Lillies
Located in Palm Beach, FL
Pair of Chinese blue and white vases with classic form and hand decorated in an unusual modern style with a waterlily motif all around.
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21st Century and Contemporary Chinese Chinese Export Vases

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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....
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Early 20th Century Chinese Chinese Export Vases

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Porcelain

Large 19th Century Chinese Rose Medallion Vase
Located in Brighton, Sussex
A large very good quality 19th century Chinese Cantonese (Rose medallion) vase, having the classical green ground with classical scrolling foliate and motif decoration, inset painted...
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19th Century Chinese Antique Chinese Export Vases

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Porcelain

Pair of Antique 19th Century Japanese Porcelain Multicolored Lacquered Vases
Located in New York, NY
A monumental and unusual pair of antique 19th century Japanese porcelain poly-chrome lacquered vases. Each is beautifully designed with...
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1870s Japanese Antique Chinese Export Vases

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Porcelain

Pair of Chinese Monumental Imari-Style Orange Porcelain Urns
Located in Queens, NY
PAIR of Chinese monumental porcelain orange and floral patterned vases celebrating Japanese Imari ware in both palette and design, with medallions featuring figurative scenes of women in gardens...
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20th Century Chinese Chinese Export Vases

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Porcelain

Chinese Beige Botancial Motif Rounded Porcelain Vase
Located in Queens, NY
Antique Chinese (Early 20th Century) bulbous porcelain vase with pink florals and an orange bird amid green leaves on one side and characters on the reverse. There is dark, speckled ...
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20th Century Chinese Chinese Export Vases

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Porcelain

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...
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20th Century Chinese Chinese Export Vases

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Porcelain

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.      
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20th Century Chinese Export Vases

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Porcelain

Antique French Porcelain, Gilt and Silvered Brass Clock Set
Located in London, GB
This wonderful clock set, which is comprised of a mantel clock and pair of flanking vases, is designed in a fanciful French ‘Oriental’ style. The set is crafted from brass which has been silvered, parcel gilt and painted. The clock is also mounted with porcelain plaques which are beautifully painted with colourful depictions of birds and flowers. The mantel clock is composed of a tall rectangular body with a break arch top which is crowned by a covered twin-handled urn. The urn features a parcel gilt pointed finial on its cover and a silvered body painted with pink cherry blossoms. The urn stands on the arched top of the clock, which is decorated with a sculptural gilt scrollwork band and a gilt foliate border. The arch contains a circular porcelain dial which features a central painting of a pair of birds, encircled by black Roman Numerals within white cartouches. This dial is framed by a gilt beaded bezel. The shoulders of the clock body are mounted with parcel gilt and silvered elephant heads holding ring handles. Porcelain panels decorate the front and sides of the silvered clock body. These panels are beautifully decorated with paintings of colourful birds, butterflies and cherry blossom trees, set within gilt stiff-leaf frames. The clock body is set on a silvered rectangular base which is edged with a parcel gilt foliate band. The front of the base is mounted with a silvered and parcel gilt lion's head mask and flanking painted porcelain plaques. The clock stands on four parcel gilt silvered feet, which are geometric and scrolled in form. The pair of silvered vases...
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Late 19th Century French Antique Chinese Export Vases

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Brass

Large Chinese Famille Verte Vase, 19th Century
Located in Ottawa, Ontario
A Large Chinese Famille Verte 19th century. Colorfully enameled with elegant gathering of the literati in the rock garden, The neck applied with twin gilded mythical beast ha...
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Late 19th Century Chinese Antique Chinese Export Vases

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Porcelain

Chinese Famille Verte Hat Stand with Ancient Censers, c. 1900
Located in Chicago, IL
Dated to the late 19th century, this porcelain hat stand was once used by a Qing-dynasty gentleman to display his cap while it wasn't being worn. The hat stand is decorated in the fa...
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Early 20th Century Chinese Chinese Export Vases

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Porcelain

A Fine Pair of Antique Chinese Cloisonné Gord Form Vases, circa 1900
Located in Lambertville, NJ
A pair of Chinese Cloisonne vases in cinnabar and white color. The gord form with slim taper neck and bulbous body. The pattern is cherry b...
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Early 1900s Chinese Antique Chinese Export Vases

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Copper, Enamel

Large pair 19th Century Rose medallion vases on stands.
Located in Brighton, Sussex
A very impressive good quality pair of 19th Century Chinese Cantonese / Rose medallion vases on stands. Each with classical green ground, inset hand painted panels depicting various ...
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19th Century Chinese Antique Chinese Export Vases

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Porcelain, Giltwood

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 Vases

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Porcelain

Fine and Rare Pair of Large Rose Medallion Lidded Vases, 19th Century
Located in Brighton, Sussex
A very good quality large pair of 19th century Chinese rose medallion or Cantonese lidded vases, each with female figures as finials and handles to the sides. Having the classical gr...
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19th Century Chinese Antique Chinese Export Vases

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Porcelain

Blue and White Cobalt Baluster Form Prunus Vintage Vase
Located in Lomita, CA
A vintage Chinese blue and white prunus decorated baluster vase is from the Zhongguo period (circa 1960-70) marks. Zhongguo translates to "Middle Kingdom." The vase is of baluster...
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Mid-20th Century Chinese Chinese Export Vases

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Porcelain, Ceramic

Vintage Chinese Cloisonné Porcelain Enamel Figural Crane and Deer Vase - a Pair
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Vintage Chinese Cloisonné Porcelain Enamel Figural Crane and Deer Vase - a Pair. Item features a removable carved wooden base, crane birds, deer, and flowers throughout, large impres...
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Early 20th Century Asian Chinese Export Vases

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Brass

Early 20 Century Vintage Chinese Dark Green Glaze Pottery Vase/Liquor Bottle
Located in Pomona, CA
Our wonderful collection of handmade old vintage Chinese hand made glazed pottery vase/liquor bottle will make great accent pieces for any room of your house. It has some imperfection signs of age and usage on the mouth of vase and distressed patina. Take a close look at the pictures, there are some Buddha symbols...
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Early 20th Century Chinese Chinese Export Vases

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Ceramic

Pair of Good Quality 19th Century Chinese Rose Medallion Vases
Located in Brighton, Sussex
A very good quality pair of 19th century Chinese Cantonese / rose Medallion vases, each having the classical green ground with pink floral decoration, pierced blue handles to either ...
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19th Century Chinese Antique Chinese Export Vases

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Porcelain

Pair of Vase rose medaillon Canton Porcelain with Ormolu Bronze
Located in Los Angeles, CA
A stunning pair of vase rose medaillon canton porcelain with ormolu bronze in the base and the top of the vases, probably the ormolu bronze is later than the porcelain around 1890 ...
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1890s Antique Chinese Export Vases

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Bronze

Pair of Chines Famille Verte Figural Vases with Kangxi Style Mark
Located in Scottsdale, AZ
Pair of Chines Famille Verte Figural Vases with Kangxi Style Mark
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20th Century Chinese Export Vases

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Porcelain

Chinese Attributed Miniature Hand Painted Streak Glazed Pottery Vase
Located in Bishop's Stortford, Hertfordshire
A stylish miniature Chinese attributed art pottery vase hand painted in blue and green streaked glazes and probably dating from the early 20th Century. The lightly potted vase stands...
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Early 20th Century Chinese Chinese Export Vases

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Pottery

Fine Small Chinese Famille Rose Eggshell Bulbous Vase
Located in Ottawa, Ontario
A fine small Chinese famille rose Eggshell bulbous vase First quarter of 20th century. Very thinly potted, bulbous shape, surmounted by a tapering neck with band of ruyi lappe...
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Early 20th Century Chinese Chinese Export Vases

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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 ...
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Early 19th Century Chinese Antique Chinese Export Vases

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Porcelain

Canton Famille Rose Large Baluster Vase, Qing Dynasty, Ca. 1840
Located in Banner Elk, NC
A large Canton Famille rose baluster vase, of baluster form, with a tall waisted neck, an everted scalloped rim, the neck and shoulders with applied paired confronting Foo lions and ...
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19th Century Chinese Antique Chinese Export Vases

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Porcelain

Chinese Famille Rose Vases
Located in Dallas, TX
Chinese Famille Rose vases, very similar / near pair, note different foo lion mask handles (one gilt, one orange) and slight height difference, orange, pink, and green color palette ...
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Late 19th Century Chinese Antique Chinese Export Vases

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Porcelain

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 ...
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19th Century Chinese Antique Chinese Export Vases

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Porcelain

Old Bronze Vessel
Located in Scottsdale, AZ
Fabulous, hand-crafted antique bronze vessel, with dragons, birds and other Asian motifs. Four large rings add to its mystique, possibly hinting...
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Early 20th Century Chinese Export Vases

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Bronze

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...
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19th Century Chinese Antique Chinese Export Vases

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Bronze

Pair 19th Century Rose Medallion Vases / Lamps
Located in Brighton, Sussex
A good quality pair of 19th Century Chinese Cantonese vases / lamps. Each with classical green ground, wonderful exotic floral decoration, butterflies and birds. The vases can be co...
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19th Century Chinese Antique Chinese Export Vases

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Porcelain

Chinese Famille Vert Blue-Ground Planter with Multiple Landscape Cartooges
Located in New York, NY
A beautiful and quite large 19th century famille vert blue-ground planter with gorgeous landscape cartooges and floral scenes. This planter is exquisitely hand painted with elaborate...
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1850s Chinese Antique Chinese Export Vases

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Porcelain

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...
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Late 19th Century Chinese Antique Chinese Export Vases

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Enamel

Large Hand Painted Ceramic Chinese Vases, a Pair
Located in Bradenton, FL
A large pair of contemporary Chinese hand painted ceramic vases. Decorated in front with trailing weeping willows in yellow and little birds in blue and orange. In the back, vases ar...
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21st Century and Contemporary Chinese Chinese Export Vases

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Ceramic

Chinese Export vases for sale on 1stDibs.

Find a broad range of unique Chinese Export vases 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 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 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, popular names associated with this style include Ben Owen III, CANTON FAMILLE ROSE, Capo Di Monte, and Europa Antiques. 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 differ depending upon multiple factors, including designer, materials, construction methods, condition and provenance. On 1stDibs, the price for these items starts at $175 and tops out at $45,000 while the average work can sell for $1,725.

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