Chinese Export Platters and Serveware
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
Republic Period Rosewood and Pewter Chinese Dragon / Bat Motif Serving Tray
Located in San Diego, CA
A very nice Republic period rosewood hand-carved serving tray with pewter dragon and bat appliques, circa 1930s. The tray is in good vintage condition and measures 10"Wx18"Lx1.5"D. ...
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Early 20th Century Chinese Chinese Export Platters and Serveware
Materials
Pewter
Chinese Export Famille Rose 'Precious Objects' Porcelain Dish
Located in Downingtown, PA
Chinese Export Famille Rose 'Precious Objects' Porcelain Dish,
Qianlong Period,
Circa 1765-1775
This superb oval dish is a quintessential example of Chinese Export porcelain create...
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Mid-18th Century Chinese Antique Chinese Export Platters and Serveware
Materials
Porcelain
Vintage Chinese Export Famille Noir, Mille Fleurs Dinner Service
Located in Lomita, CA
This set of assembled plates, bowls, serving items and spoons is a visual feast and a profusion of flowers on black ground and detailed gilt hand painting. The pieces are in very good condition without cracks or chips.
There are 12 bowls: 4" x 1.875"
12 bowls: 4" x 1.5"11
bowls: 4.5" x 2.125"
4 bowls: 8" x 3.5",
1 oval platter: 14 x 10".
4 plates: 9".
4 plates: 10".
12 dim sum...
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Mid-20th Century Chinese Chinese Export Platters and Serveware
Materials
Ceramic, Porcelain
$1,532 Sale Price / set
30% Off
20th Century, Chinese Porcelain Plates
Located in Miami, FL
20th century, Chinese porcelain plates
Category
Mid-20th Century Chinese Chinese Export Platters and Serveware
Materials
Ceramic
Vintage Famille Rose Enamel Hand-Painted Plate
Located in Lomita, CA
The turquoise and green touches in this famille rose plate with strokes of white and yellow make it irresistible. This fits into the Famille Rose Mandarin...
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Mid-20th Century Chinese Chinese Export Platters and Serveware
Materials
Enamel
$159 Sale Price
20% Off
Six VOC Chinese Export Style Blue and White Porcelain Chargers, 20th Century
Located in Austin, TX
Six Japanese export style blue and white porcelain chargers, 20th century, China or Japan.
The blue and white porcelain chargers decorated in the kraak style, and emblazoned with the VOC logo for the Dutch East India Trade Company (Vereenigde Oost-Indische Compagnie).
The brilliant blue and white porcelain painted with a traditional pattern of long tailed birds and flowers, with the addition of a pair of pomegranates. The backs undecorated.
Based on the original Japanese Arita ware...
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20th Century Unknown Chinese Export Platters and Serveware
Materials
Porcelain
Antique Chinese Export Porcelain Famille Rose Platter
Located in Bradenton, FL
A large Chinese Export Famille Rose charger with pink lotus and other flowers. Painted in bright vivid colors of blues, reds and yellow accents.
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18th Century Chinese Antique Chinese Export Platters and Serveware
Materials
Porcelain
19th Century Rose Medallion Platter
Located in High Point, NC
19th century platter in the rose medallion pattern. Losses to paint at edges from age and use.
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19th Century Chinese Antique Chinese Export Platters and Serveware
Materials
Stoneware
Chinese Porcelain Famille Verte Large "Flower Basket" Dish, Kangxi Period
Located in Downingtown, PA
Vibrant Prosperity: A Famille Verte 'Flower Basket' Dish from the Kangxi Golden Age
This magnificent Chinese Export porcelain dish, dating to the height of the Kangxi Period (c. 1700-1710), is a resplendent example of the famed famille verte (green family) palette. This enameling technique, characterized by its brilliant, translucent greens, yellows, and blues, reached its zenith under the patronage of the Kangxi Emperor, ushering in a golden age of ceramic production at the imperial kilns in Jingdezhen (Guest and Gray).
Auspicious Symbolism and Design Mastery
The dish is a feast of intricate design and rich symbolism, centered on an openwork beribboned basket of peony and lotus flowers. The flower basket motif is highly auspicious in Chinese art, being one of the attributes of the Daoist Immortal Lan Caihe, and symbolizes longevity and good fortune (Sotheby's, Lot 657, 2015). This meaning is powerfully reinforced by the inclusion of a central shou character (寿) in the basket, the Chinese ideograph for Longevity, a core wish in Chinese culture for a long, healthy, and prosperous life (Metropolitan Museum of Art). The presence of the shou character, often incorporated into designs for Imperial birthday celebrations during this era, underscores the dish's grand and celebratory intent.
The radial design radiates outward with petal-shaped reserves in the cavetto, each containing detailed flowering plants issuing from rockwork, all set against a signature pale-green stippled ground (Dizi). The border completes the composition with an ornate pattern of green trellis-work punctuated by iron-red flower heads, alternating with oval panels containing various Precious Objects (Ba Gu), further emphasizing wealth and good fortune.
This large dish, at over 14 inches in diameter, was one of the exquisite items commissioned for the European export market, particularly by the Dutch East India Company (VOC), where its vibrant colors and complex iconography were highly prized by wealthy clientele (Guest and Gray). The reverse, painted in underglaze blue with delicate floral sprays, maintains a link to the more traditional Chinese aesthetic. This piece is a tangible embodiment of the technical sophistication and artistic brilliance that made Kangxi famille verte porcelain...
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Early 1700s Chinese Antique Chinese Export Platters and Serveware
Materials
Porcelain
Chinese Export Anglo-Indian Market Elephant & Mahout Chargers, Pair, circa 1760
Located in Kinderhook, NY
A very fine and exceptionally rare pair of circa 1760 Qianlong period Chinese export for the Anglo-Indian market chargers of large size, the molded and scallop-shaped bodies painted with delicately enameled 'bianco-sopra-bianco' floral borders with polychrome lotus flowers and buds surrounding central cusped cartouches painted...
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Mid-18th Century Chinese Antique Chinese Export Platters and Serveware
Materials
Porcelain
Chinese Export Famille Rose Porcelain Large Dishes, circa 1765-1775
Located in Downingtown, PA
Chinese Export famille rose porcelain dishes,
circa 1765-1775.
The pair of Chinese Export famille rose large dishes are finely painted with a flowering branch design with two la...
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Mid-18th Century Chinese Antique Chinese Export Platters and Serveware
Materials
Porcelain
Vintage Chinese Export Mandarin Platter
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Finely detailed and hand painted porcelain platter. Probably made for the English market. Excellent condition.
Category
Early 20th Century Chinese Chinese Export Platters and Serveware
Materials
Porcelain, Paint
Large Chinese Export Style Famille Rose Enameled Porcelain Charger, circa 1900
Located in Austin, TX
A massive famille rose enameled Chinese export style charger, Continental, probably French, circa 1900.
The large dish painted in vibrant famille rose enamels in an overall pink ton...
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Early 1900s French Antique Chinese Export Platters and Serveware
Materials
Enamel
Antique Chinese Meat Platter for the English Market
By Minton
Located in New Orleans, LA
This is a large antique oval meat platter. A Chinese Export porcelain hand painted serving plate, circa 1900-1920
A beautifully ...
Category
Early 20th Century English Chinese Export Platters and Serveware
Materials
Porcelain
$250 Sale Price
79% Off
Scrolls and Blossoms: Rare Chinese Export Blue & White Porcelain Dish
Located in Downingtown, PA
Scrolls and Blossoms: A Rare Chinese Export Blue & White Dish
This large, attractive Chinese Export Porcelain Dish, dating to Circa 1770, is distinguished by its unusual and rarely ...
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1770s Chinese Antique Chinese Export Platters and Serveware
Materials
Porcelain
18th C Chinese Export Famille Rose Tea Pot, in the French Taste
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
18th C Chinese Export Famille rose tea pot, in the French taste, of typical form the drum shape with twisted strap handles, and straight angled s...
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Late 18th Century Chinese Antique Chinese Export Platters and Serveware
Materials
Porcelain
$1,200 Sale Price
20% Off
18th-century Chinese Export Pseudo Tobacco Leaf Oval Dish
Located in Downingtown, PA
Verdant Splendor: Chinese Export "Pseudo Tobacco Leaf" Oval Dish
This vibrant Chinese Export porcelain oval dish, dating from circa 1765, presents a magnificent and early variation ...
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1760s Chinese Antique Chinese Export Platters and Serveware
Materials
Porcelain
Chinese Export, Blue Porcelain Fish Platter, 19th Century
Located in Lisbon, PT
A chinese export large porcelain rounded edges platter with a blue fish in the center from the 19th Century.
Take into account that the colors on the items may vary depending on th...
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Early 19th Century Chinese Antique Chinese Export Platters and Serveware
Materials
Porcelain
$2,889 Sale Price
20% Off
20th Chinese Export Platter
Located in Miami, FL
20th Chinese Export platter.
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20th Century Chinese Chinese Export Platters and Serveware
Materials
Ceramic
Large Chinese Export Qing Famille Rose Porcelain Charger
Located in Bradenton, FL
Large Chinese Export Qing Famille Rose Porcelain Platter. White porcelain with birds, flowers, trees and landscape in beautiful reds, pink, green and...
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19th Century Chinese Antique Chinese Export Platters and Serveware
Materials
Porcelain
Chinese Kangxi Large Rare Porcelain Blue White Aster Pattern Dish, 17th Century
Located in Lisbon, PT
A huge, rare, and authentic Chinese Kangxi porcelain plate or shallow dish from the early Kangxi period of the 17th century, hand-decorated with flowers on the underside of the rim a...
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17th Century Chinese Antique Chinese Export Platters and Serveware
Materials
Porcelain
$2,373 Sale Price
27% Off
Large Antique English 19th C. Spode Hand Ptd. Ironstone Peacock & Peony Platter
By Josiah Spode
Located in CHARLESTON, SC
Rare and Fine Palatial Size Antique English early 19th century Spode Hand Painted Ironstone "Peacock & Peony" Pattern Platter. This pattern was adapted by Spode in the earliest part of the 19th century after a Chinese Export pattern of very similar color and design (originally from the late 18th century). Please note the extraordinary vibrant colors of the peacock as well as the flowers and fabulous border. This pattern, Spode's no. 2118, was originated in 1814 (when it was completely painted by hand) and bears the very first Spode Stoneware mark which is a "Chinese chop...
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Early 19th Century English Antique Chinese Export Platters and Serveware
Materials
Ironstone
$1,356 Sale Price
20% Off
Chinese Asian White Ceramic Platter Bowl Scalloped Rim Huge Heavy 18.25 in. D.
Located in Moreno Valley, CA
Asian Chinese White Ceramic Platter Scalloped Rim Huge Heavy Dep Bowl 18.25 in. Diameter.
Very large white Asian Chinese ceramic plate or bowl.
Chinese Qing style white glazed ceramic bowl.
Oversized white ceramic platter bowl, great to use for indoor or outdoor parties for serving salads, seafood, or any catering exotic or classic cuisine and big enough to hold a turkey for Thanksgiving or Christmas.
Great to use as an Asian decorative bowl for fruits or just as a large white platter...
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Mid-20th Century Chinese Chinese Export Platters and Serveware
Materials
Ceramic
19thC Cantonese Blue & White Serving Platter Canton Ware
Located in Port Jervis, NY
Large blue & white Cantonese Serving Platter from China in the latter part of the 19thC. Has a crack which runs about 2/3 across but not all the way. A good decorative piece.
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1890s Chinese Antique Chinese Export Platters and Serveware
Materials
Paste, Porcelain
$180 Sale Price
20% Off
Chinese Export Porcelain Blue Fitzhugh Oval Platter and Mazarin
Located in Downingtown, PA
Chinese export Blue Fitzhugh very large porcelain blue Fitzhugh oval platter and Mazarin,
Late 18th-early 19th century.
The remarkably large serving di...
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Late 18th Century Chinese Antique Chinese Export Platters and Serveware
Materials
Porcelain
Yongzheng Chinese Export Style Famille Rose Large Charger, 20th Century
Located in Austin, TX
A large Yongzheng style Chinese porcelain charger decorated in beautiful famille rose enamels of pinks, blues, greens and yellows, 20th century, China.
Painted in the Chinese expor...
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20th Century Chinese Chinese Export Platters and Serveware
Materials
Porcelain
19th Century Chinese Platter
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Very large. Very detailed. Very colorful with birds and butterflies. Possibly late 19th Century to 1900s. Excellent condition for its age.
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19th Century Chinese Antique Chinese Export Platters and Serveware
Materials
Porcelain, Paint
Large Chinese Export Famille Rose Porcelain Platter
Located in Bradenton, FL
Large 19th century Chinese Export famille rose porcelain platter. Qianlong Period, decorated with the figure of a mahout astride an elephant and flower sprays with gold rim. The theme of this lot indicates that it was probably made for the European colonial market in India, where East Indian ships...
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19th Century Chinese Antique Chinese Export Platters and Serveware
Materials
Porcelain
19th Century Chinese Export Platter
Located in Los Angeles, CA
19th Century... possibly 18th Century. Excellent condition for its age and size. Great for display.
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19th Century Chinese Antique Chinese Export Platters and Serveware
Materials
Porcelain, Paint
19th Century Chinese Rose Famille Decorated Chrysanthemum Motif Charger
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
19th Century Chinese Rose Famille decorated Chrysanthemum motif charger
China, Circa 1850s
A large and unique work with non typical continuous decoration. Of circular form with a wide decorated blue and white and gilt Chrysanthemum border, the center decorated with numerous scattered blue and gilt Prunus flowers, the center with vignette of pink Chrysanthemums...
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Mid-19th Century Chinese Antique Chinese Export Platters and Serveware
Materials
Porcelain
$996 Sale Price
20% Off
Chinese Export Armorial Porcelain Dish, Arms of Pole, circa 1745
Located in Downingtown, PA
Chinese Export armorial porcelain dish,
Arms of Pole,
circa 1745
The Chinese export armorial porcelain dish is painted with pane...
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Mid-18th Century Chinese Antique Chinese Export Platters and Serveware
Materials
Porcelain
Mid Sixties Famile Rose Large Platter with Geisha Girls
Located in Port Jervis, NY
Fantastic example of an Famile Rose Chinese export platter in excellent condition.
Geisha girls and well executed hand painted decorations. 15.75 dia. X 2 deep
Made in China painted ...
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1960s Chinese Vintage Chinese Export Platters and Serveware
Materials
Porcelain
$716 Sale Price
20% Off
Chinese Export Porcelain Famille Rose Dish and Two Plates
Located in Downingtown, PA
Floral Symmetry: Chinese Export Famille Rose Dinnerware:
A Trio of Treasures: Porcelain from the Qianlong Period, Circa 1740
This striking trio of Chinese Export porcelain pieces—a ...
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Mid-18th Century Chinese Antique Chinese Export Platters and Serveware
Materials
Porcelain
Chinese Famille Rose Porcelain Charger, 20th Century
Located in Ottawa, Ontario
A Chinese famille rose
Porcelain charger
20th century.
The center enamelled with two birds
on a flowering peony branch
the rim with further floral cartouches on yellow
scrol...
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20th Century Chinese Chinese Export Platters and Serveware
Materials
Porcelain
18th-century Chinese Export Pseudo Tobacco Leaf Oval Dish
Located in Downingtown, PA
Opulent Botanicals: Chinese Export "Pseudo Tobacco Leaf" Oval Dish,
Circa 1765
This magnificent Chinese Export porcelain oval dish, dating from circa 1765, represents a bold and hig...
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1760s Chinese Antique Chinese Export Platters and Serveware
Materials
Porcelain
Antique Flow Blue and White Transferware Ironstone Platter Dish w Chinese Dragon
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Antique English Flow Blue and White Transferware Ironstone Large Platter Dish with Chinese Dragon. Circa 1800s. Measurements: 2" H x 20" W x 16" D..
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Early 1800s Antique Chinese Export Platters and Serveware
Materials
Porcelain
16.5" D Chinese Gold Trim Charger with Bird Scene
Located in Pasadena, TX
this Is a large size charger. I t was made in China in the later half of the 20th century. It depicts a scene of of 3 perching birds. the backgrou8nd has a nice patina crackling. The...
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Late 20th Century Chinese Chinese Export Platters and Serveware
Materials
Ceramic
Chinese Export Brass Charger with Fretwork Border and Etched Decoration, Signed
Located in Stamford, CT
High quality Chinese Export brass tray or charger with incised decoration and openwork, or fretwork border. Heavy cast with a beautifully burnished surface. Circa 1900. Signed by mak...
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Early 20th Century Chinese Chinese Export Platters and Serveware
Materials
Brass
20 Canton Woven Bamboo Gallery Trays
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
20 Canton Woven Bamboo Gallery trays, each one of woven and bent bamboo.
Category
20th Century Chinese Chinese Export Platters and Serveware
Materials
Bamboo
$1,015 Sale Price / set
30% Off
18th Century Chinese Export Platter With Gold Accent Floral Center
Located in Bradenton, FL
Rare 18th century Chinese Export serving platter. Platter is white with wide green border and gold trim. Gold accent floral design in center. Platter is very large and would continu...
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18th Century Chinese Antique Chinese Export Platters and Serveware
Materials
Stoneware
Portuguese India Company Porcelain Platter, 18th Century
Located in Lisbon, PT
A refined 18th-century Chinese porcelain platter from Portuguese India Company of the Pink Family.
Hand-painted with bright pink, orange and green floral designs, typical of the Pink...
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18th Century Chinese Antique Chinese Export Platters and Serveware
Materials
Porcelain
$3,323 Sale Price
20% Off
Set of 4 18th Century Chinese Export Imari Porcelain Chargers in 2 Sizes
Located in Atlanta, GA
Set of 4 18th Century Chinese Export Imari Porcelain Chargers in 2 sizes. (smaller pair has some repairs) 15? Diameter / 12.5? Diameter.
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18th Century Chinese Antique Chinese Export Platters and Serveware
Materials
Porcelain
18th Century Style Chinese Export Armorial Chop Plate
Located in Chapel Hill, NC
An 18th century style Chinese Export Armorial Chop Plate. With multiple hairlines. Dramatic design. Possibly Samson. Early 20th century. 13"dia., 1 1/4"h.
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Early 20th Century Chinese Chinese Export Platters and Serveware
Materials
Ceramic
$158 Sale Price
42% Off
Antique French Faience Chinoiserie Decorated Pierced Platters C.1880
Located in Atlanta, GA
French, circa 1880.
Delve into the elegance of the late 19th century with these stunning antique French faience Chinoiserie decorated pierced platters, crafted circa 1880. Each plat...
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19th Century French Antique Chinese Export Platters and Serveware
Materials
Porcelain
Painted Ceramic Plate Surreal Style by Toledian Artis Pablo Sanguino 1985
Located in BILBAO, ES
Ceramic plate with painting of a mans face in surreal mediterranean style
by Toledian artis Pablo Sanguino
Pablo Sanguino, born in 1949 in Puente del Arzobispo, belongs to a tradit...
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19th Century Chinese Antique Chinese Export Platters and Serveware
Materials
Ceramic
19th Century Chinese Export Platter
Located in Los Angeles, CA
19th century... possibly 18th Century Chinese Export hand-painted serving platter. Great for display. No cracks. Excellent condition.
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19th Century Chinese Antique Chinese Export Platters and Serveware
Materials
Porcelain, Paint
Stunning Antique Chinese Warrior Mother of Pearl Inliad Paper Mache Dinner Tray
Located in West Sussex, Pulborough
We are delighted to offer this absolutely exquisite circa 1880 Chinese Export warrior paper mache mother of pearl inlaid dinner serving tra...
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1880s Chinese Antique Chinese Export Platters and Serveware
Materials
Mother-of-Pearl, Paper
19th Century Chinese Export Platter
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Early 19th Century. possibly 18th Century Chinese Export platter. Hand painted. Excellent condition for its age.
Category
19th Century Chinese Antique Chinese Export Platters and Serveware
Materials
Porcelain, Paint
Chinese Export platters and serveware for sale on 1stDibs.
Find a broad range of unique Chinese Export platters and serveware for sale on 1stDibs. Many of these items were first offered in the Mid-20th Century, but contemporary artisans have continued to produce works inspired by this style. If you’re looking to add vintage platters and serveware created in this style to your space, the works available on 1stDibs include serveware, ceramics, silver and glass, asian art and furniture, decorative objects and other home furnishings, frequently crafted with ceramic, porcelain and other materials. If you’re shopping for used Chinese Export platters and serveware made in a specific country, there are Asia, China, and East Asia pieces for sale on 1stDibs. While there are many designers and brands associated with original platters and serveware, popular names associated with this style include Josiah Spode, and Mason's Ironstone. 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 platters and serveware differ depending upon multiple factors, including designer, materials, construction methods, condition and provenance. On 1stDibs, the price for these items starts at $90 and tops out at $14,975 while the average work can sell for $1,475.
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