Chinese Export Porcelain
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
19th Century Chinese Export Oval Platter
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Beautifully painted dragon motif. No cracks, chips or repairs.
Category
Late 19th Century Chinese Antique Chinese Export Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain, Paint
Qianlong Period Chinese Export Porcelain Tea Cup & Saucer - Lotus Underglaze
Located in Atlanta, GA
Chinese, circa 1785.
Chinese export porcelain cup and saucer set produced with blue and white underglaze foliate motifs and geometric designs to edges. The main face of the cup and saucer have polychrome enamel painted flowers and fine quality. This set has a highly unusual raised "lotus"
underglaze surrounding the main floral decoration. Underside is unmarked as appropriate with age.
Produced in the 18th century, Chinese export porcelain was crafted with the same technical virtuosity as Chinese Imperial...
Category
18th Century Chinese Antique Chinese Export Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
Chinese Export Porcelain Double Boy Figure Group of Hehe Erxian
Located in Downingtown, PA
Chinese Export Porcelain famille rose Fire Group Representing the Hehe Erxian.
Harmony & Joy,
Qianlong period,
Circa 1770-80.
The Chinese Export porcelain figure group is decorated...
Category
1770s Chinese Antique Chinese Export Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
Chinese Export Porcelain Blue Enamel Plate Made for the American Market
Located in Downingtown, PA
Chinese export Porcelain blue enamel plate made for the American Market,
circa 1785.
The small Chinese Export American-market plate has a central roundel in brown depicting an, ...
Category
1780s Chinese Antique Chinese Export Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
19th C. Blue & White Chinese Export Planter
Located in Los Angeles, CA
19th century blue & white Chinese Export glazed porcelain pot.
Category
Late 19th Century Chinese Antique Chinese Export Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
Chinese Export Cuban Armorial Plate for Marquis de Almendares
Located in Downingtown, PA
The arms on this Chinese Export armorial plate were made for the Cuban noble Marquis de Almendares Ignacio Herrera.
The plate is finely ...
Category
19th Century Chinese Antique Chinese Export Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
Set of Six Cantonese Blue & White Teacups with Saucers 19thC Early 20thC
Located in Port Jervis, NY
Fabulous blue & white Cantonese teacups with Saucers. Late 19thC to early 20thC is the time period. In excellent antique condition with minimal wear. No cracks or chips. Priced and s...
Category
1910s Chinese Vintage Chinese Export Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
Pair of Antique Samson Porcelain Chinese Export Style Bottle Vases
By Samson & Cie
Located in Philadelphia, PA
A fine pair of Chinese export style bottle vases.
By the Samson et Cie Porcelain Manufactory.
With chinoiserie decorated cartouches to all sides, a light brown (almost cafe au...
Category
Early 20th Century French Chinese Export Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
Chinese Export Porcelain American Market Chocolate Pot and Cover
Located in Downingtown, PA
Chinese Export Porcelain Chocolate Pot and Cover,
American Market,
Circa 17 85-95
The Chinese Export porcelain chocolate pot and domed cover is painted to each side with an en grisa...
Category
Late 18th Century Chinese Antique Chinese Export Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
2 Chinese Blue and White Porcelain Bowls from the Ship Wrecked "Tek Sing"
Located in Palm Beach, FL
In 1822 the Chinese Junk "Tek Sing" or true star sank in the south
China sea, where the ship and its cargo remained until salvaged in
1999. These antique blue...
Category
Early 19th Century Chinese Antique Chinese Export Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
SEVEN Chinese Porcelain Serving Spoons All Hand Painted, 19th & 20th Century
Located in Lincoln, Lincolnshire
This is a group of SEVEN individually different Chinese Export porcelain serving Spoons.
Each spoon has similar nominal dimensions and they all have different hand painted decoration.
They range in date from a beautiful Canton Famille Rose medallion spoon...
Category
Early 20th Century Chinese Chinese Export Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
Chinese Export Porcelain Armorial Double Cypher Dinner Plate, Dutch Market
Located in Downingtown, PA
Chinese Export Porcelain Armorial Double Crest Marriage Dinner Plate,
Probably the Dutch Market,
Circa 1755-60
The attractive Chinese Export crested armorial marriage plate has a central design with shields, each with a different gilt cyphers, flanked by angels blowing horns with above a crown. The inner well with a gilt chain design and the border rim painted with four flower groupings.
This type of design was made to celebrate a wedding.
Dimensions: 9 inch diameter x 1 inch high
Reference: China For the West, David Howard and John Ayers, Volume Two, Page 398, #396, for a plate with shield...
Category
1750s Chinese Antique Chinese Export Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
Italian-Market Chinese Export Armorial Porcelain Dish, Marchesi di Sorbello Arms
Located in Downingtown, PA
The Coat-of-Arms on this Chinese Export armorial are for the Marchesi di Sorbello from a service ordered by Uguccione III Bourbon del Monte, 12th Marquis Regent of Sorbello (1737-1816).
He was the son of Guiseppe I (1690-1747) a successful and important diplomat for the King of Sardinia...
Category
Late 18th Century Chinese Antique Chinese Export Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
Chinese Famille Rose 'Wu Shuang Pu' Platter
Located in Bradenton, FL
This rare Chinese porcelain platter is boldly decorated and to the top with heroic characters from the 'Wu Shuang Pu', the Table of Peerless Heroes, each ...
Category
Early 20th Century Chinese Chinese Export Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
Chinese Export Porcelain Bacchus Mug After Derby Porcelain
Located in Downingtown, PA
Chinese export porcelain bacchus mug after Derby Porcelain,
circa 1785.
The Chinese Export porcelain mug is modeled after a Derby Porcelain original as the head of Bacchus, the face naturalistically & delicately enameled. The eyebrows, beard and hair picked out with lightly etched brown lines. Around his head is a garland of vine leaves enameled in green, the veins of the leaves well delineated in grey, the bunches of grapes in a rich purple. The "C" shaped handle is decorated with stylized vine leaves, the sides of the thick handle with gold lappets.
Dimensions: 4 inches high
Reference
This type of mug was copied directly from a Derby original that dates to around 1780-1785 and was created by William Duesbury II (1763-97) when the company was known as William Duesbury & Co.
For a similar mug, see Sargent: The Copeland Collection: Chinese & Japanese Ceramic Figures...
Category
1780s Chinese Antique Chinese Export Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
Chinese Qianlong Mark Twin Handled Bronze Glazed Porcelain Censer
Located in Bishop's Stortford, Hertfordshire
Very fine quality Chinese Qianlong mark twin handled porcelain censer decorated in deep red brown glazes with gilded highlights and probably dating fr...
Category
20th Century Asian Chinese Export Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
Chinese Porcelain Pair of Ginger Jars Decorations in Cobalt Blue
Located in Prato, Tuscany
We kindly suggest you read the whole description, because with it we try to give you detailed technical and historical information to guarantee the authenticity of our objects.
Ancient and rare Chinese ginger jars with lid...
Category
Early 18th Century Chinese Antique Chinese Export Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
Japanese 19th Century Scalloped Imari Porcelain Dish or Charger
Located in Auribeau sur Siagne, FR
Japanese Dish or Charger, made in Japan at the beginning of the 19th century. With beautiful colors in red blue and white. The Item is in good condition.
Category
19th Century Antique Chinese Export Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
Antique Samson Chinese Export Style Porcelain Bianco Sopra Bianco Plate
By Samson & Cie
Located in Philadelphia, PA
A fine antique French porcelain plate.
Attributed to Samson.
In the Chinese Export porcelain style.
With a painted floral motif to ...
Category
Early 20th Century French Chinese Export Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
Old or Antique Chinese Export Porcelain Armorial Tobacco Leaf Form Dish / Plate
Located in Philadelphia, PA
A fine antique Chinese porcelain leaf dish or plate.
In the form of a tobacco leaf with a heraldic crest to the center & colbalt blue d...
Category
Early 20th Century Chinese Chinese Export Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
Chinese Export Porcelain Armorial Crested Soup Plate
Located in Downingtown, PA
Chinese Export porcelain armorial crested soup plate,
circa 1765
The Chinese Export porcelain armorial plate has a flower festoon border at the rim and a spearhead inner border a...
Category
Mid-18th Century Antique Chinese Export Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
Chinese Export Kangxi Period Imari Sauceboats
Located in Downingtown, PA
Chinese Export Kangxi period imari sauce boats.
Circa 1700.
The pair of Chinese Export Imari-colored sauce boats have a shaped oval form with handles...
Category
Early 18th Century Chinese Antique Chinese Export Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
Circa 1750-80 Chinese Export Famille Rose Plate
Located in Chapel Hill, NC
Circa 1750-80 Chinese Export Famille Rose Plate. Qing dynasty. Octagonal form featuring a landscape with elegant borders, all in underglaze blue wit...
Category
Mid-18th Century Chinese Antique Chinese Export Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
Antique Chinese Export Armorial Porcelain Saucer with Doves in a Bird Bath
Located in Philadelphia, PA
A fine late 18th or early 19th Century Chinese export armorial porcelain saucer.
With a white ground and cobalt blue and gilt geometric designs.
The center bears an armorial crest ...
Category
Early 19th Century Chinese Antique Chinese Export Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
Old Chinese Ceramic Hand Painted Vase
Located in Oirlo, LI
Old Chinese Ceramic Hand Painted Vase,
Antique Chinese ceramic hand-painted vase,
This is an old vase. A Chinese ceramic baluster urn with hand-painte...
Category
1980s Chinese Vintage Chinese Export Porcelain
Materials
Ceramic
Large Chinese Ceramic Vase Early 20th Century Oxen & Figure
Located in Fulton, CA
Large scale Chinese ceramic vase measuring 22.5 inches tall. Decorated with oxen and figure with Chinese lettering. Dragon handles.
Category
Early 20th Century Chinese Chinese Export Porcelain
Materials
Ceramic
Chinese Export Porcelain Pair of Armorial Plates, Arms of Van Gellicum, Kangxi
Located in Downingtown, PA
Chinese export porcelain early armorial plates,
Arms of Van Gellicum, Dutch Market,
Kangxi period, 1710-1730.
The Imari armorial plates were made for the Dutch family...
Category
Early 18th Century Chinese Antique Chinese Export Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
Chinese Export Porcelain Tobacco Leaf Shaped Dish with Puce Scroll
Located in Downingtown, PA
Chinese Export Porcelain Pseudo Tobacco Leaf Shaped Dish,
Circa 1765
The Chinese Export porcelain shaped dish. The leaf-shaped dish is in a rare ...
Category
Mid-18th Century Chinese Antique Chinese Export Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
Chinese Export Porcelain Famille Rose Botanical Teapot Stand
Located in Downingtown, PA
Chinese Export Porcelain Famille Rose Botanical teapot stand,
circa 1775
The Chinese Export porcelain famille rose hexagonal teapot stand is centered...
Category
1770s Chinese Antique Chinese Export Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
Pair of Chinese Porcelain Glazed Figural Ginger Jars with Lids, 20th Century
Located in Charleston, SC
Pair of Chinese blue and white porcelain glazed decorative figural and floral ginger jars with the original removable lids, 20th century.
Category
20th Century Chinese Chinese Export Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain, Paint
Set of Six Chinese Porcelain Plate from the 18th and 19th Century
Located in Beuzevillette, FR
Set of six Chinese porcelain plates from the 18th to the 19th century. From an Imari plate, a plate of the India Company or a plate "Blanc Bleu", travel through the centuries and sty...
Category
19th Century Chinese Antique Chinese Export Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
Pair of Fine Lively Modeled Porcelain Dogs
Located in Greenwich, CT
A pair of lively modeled porcelain dogs, Fine details and colors.
Category
Late 20th Century Asian Chinese Export Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
Pair Of Antique Chinese Export Porcelain Butterfly Serving / Shrimp Dishes
Located in Bradenton, FL
Rare pair of antique Chinese export porcelain butterfly serving/shrimp dish. Unique pair of dishes that include large gilt rim and trim on plates decorated with butterflies in green,...
Category
19th Century Chinese Antique Chinese Export Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
Chinese Large Ceramic Vases 1980´s
Located in BILBAO, ES
Chinese Ceramic vases
Beautiful pieces for decor of living room or main reception area.
Beautiful Coral and green design and flowers and fishes .
Sizes 40x36 cm / 15.74 x 14.17 inc...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Chinese Chinese Export Porcelain
Materials
Ceramic
Set of 4 Chinese Export Porcelain Plates with Floral Decoration & Armorial Crest
Located in Atlanta, GA
Set of 4 Chinese Export Porcelain Plates with Floral Decoration & Armorial Crest, ca. 1760
Category
Mid-18th Century Chinese Antique Chinese Export Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
Chinese Export Porcelain Armorial tea cup and saucer, Qianlong, circa 1765
Located in St. Catharines, ON
This beautiful Chinese armorial tea bowl and saucer bears the Arms of Sayer. The center of saucer and exterior of bowl richly decorated with the rust colored coat of arms accented in...
Category
1760s Chinese Antique Chinese Export Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
Two Chinese Export Porcelain Plates, Early 19th Century
Located in Chappaqua, NY
Two Chinese Export porcelain plates, Early 19th Century. Hand-painted polychrome floral designs with detailed borders.
Category
Early 19th Century Chinese Antique Chinese Export Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
Vase and Egg in Chinese Porcelain
Located in Milano, IT
Beautiful Chinese porcelain set in Chinese art from the early 1900s.
The set consists of a porcelain vase and egg and are beautifully hand painted, depi...
Category
20th Century Chinese Chinese Export Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
Pair of Chinese Export Porcelain Dinner Plates with Roosters late 18th century
Located in St. Catharines, ON
Delightful pair of rooster dinner platers with floral borders, the center of each painted with a fiesty rooster, surrounded by a couple of chicks, a chicken and various flowers inclu...
Category
1780s Chinese Antique Chinese Export Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
Pair of Chinese Porcelain Armorial Dessert Plates, Qianlong, circa 1790
Located in St. Catharines, ON
Bearing the Arms of McKenzie quartering Chisholm, the blue star decoration below tassel frieze with painted crest and motto, pulchroir exardius, mongrammed “M” in center field
-6 1/...
Category
1790s Chinese Antique Chinese Export Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
Chinese Soup Plate Inspired by the Blue Family India Compagny, Mid 19th Century
Located in Beuzevillette, FR
Nice « Blanc Bleu » porcelain plate inspired the Compagnie des Indes from XIXth century. This porcelain soup plate represents exotic plant elements. Ornaments are visible on the sides of the plate.
The arrival of porcelain in Europe was linked to the development of shipping and international trade. Porcelain was very popular in Europe because of its lightness and its durability. The import from China is linked to the lack of mastery of this technique by the Europeans. The French, Dutch and British East...
Category
1850s Chinese Antique Chinese Export Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
Pair Antique Chinese Hand-Painted Vases
Located in Dallas, TX
Pair Antique Chinese Hand-Painted Vases will make a colorful addition to your decor. Using several shades of green combined with blue and a brick red, a scene of entertaining at the ...
Category
Early 20th Century Chinese Chinese Export Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
18th Century Chinese Export "Rockefeller Pattern" Punch Pot
Located in Dallas, TX
"Rockefeller Pattern" / Chinese Export Famille Rose Mandarin-Pattern punch pot (or large tea pot) and cover. Qianlong Period (1736-1795), the vessel finely e...
Category
18th Century Chinese Antique Chinese Export Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
Chinese Export Porcelain Armorial Tea Pot Qianlong period, circa 1765
Located in St. Catharines, ON
This beautiful Chinese armorial porcelain teapot bears the Arms of Sayer. The bulbous body with reeded C-scroll handle and foliate impressed spout, below domed cover, decorated with ...
Category
1760s Chinese Antique Chinese Export Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
Antique Japanese Ceramic Vases Early 20th Century
Located in BILBAO, ES
Chinese Ceramic vases early XX century
Beautiful pieces for central decor of living room or main reception area.
Beautiful blue and ocre colors with dragons and mytholgical birds.
S...
Category
Mid-20th Century Chinese Chinese Export Porcelain
Materials
Ceramic
Chinese Export Porcelain Armorial Hexagonal Plates
Located in Dallas, TX
A pair of Chinese export armorial octagonal plates,
Qianlong period, Ca. 1765
18th century
Diameter: 9 Inches
Condition: very good with glazing slips and very minor flea bites to e...
Category
1770s Chinese Antique Chinese Export Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
Rare Chinese Export Porcelain Covered Tureen
Located in Los Angeles, CA
In the style of Meissen. Quinlong period. 1750. Stand and tureen base with minor restorations. European-inspired scenes. Platter diameter is 14". No cracks. No chips.
Category
18th Century Chinese Antique Chinese Export Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
Chinese Yuan-Style Dark Blue and White Dragon Porcelain Pot
Located in Queens, NY
Chinese bulbous, dark blue porcelain pot crafted in the Yuan Dynasty style, wrapped in the dynamic white shape of a dragon and accented with foo dog ornamentation along the sides.
S...
Category
20th Century Chinese Export Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
Circa 1830-60 Blue Canton Chestnut Basket
Located in Chapel Hill, NC
Circa 1830-60 Blue Canton reticulated chestnut basket, Chinese export. Fine condition, one bottom glaze flaw. Qing dynasty. Pure Western form. 10 7/8" x 9 3/4" x 4" h.
Whitehall Ant...
Category
Early 19th Century Chinese Antique Chinese Export Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
Bayeux Porcelain Pair of Lamps, Canton Style, 19th Century
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
Pair of Bayeux porcelain lamps on a white background with a polychromatic decoration in the Chinese Canton style porcelain. On one side, a scene with Chinese dignitaries on a cartouc...
Category
Late 19th Century Antique Chinese Export Porcelain
Materials
Bronze
Set of Eight Samson Paris Porcelain Eagle Dinner Plates, 19th century
By Samson & Cie
Located in St. Catharines, ON
Colorful and festive dinner plates each decorated with an imperial Russian double headed eagle in the center, enclosing a deep blue shield of St. George Slaying the Dragon, the symbol of Moscow, Russia's ancient capital. The outer border features crests of waves enhanced with cobalt blue bands and a rouge de der outer rim. This design has more to it however, as it recalls the Chinese export service...
Category
19th Century French Antique Chinese Export Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
19th Century Chinese Export Oval Platter
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Beautifully detailed. No cracks, chips or repairs.
Category
Late 19th Century Chinese Antique Chinese Export Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain, Paint
Large 19th Century Chinese Porcelain Vase
By Hall China
Located in Madrid, ES
Large 19th century Chinese porcelain vase
It has 3 pieces
Perfect condition
Measures: 83 cm high and 62 cm diameter 3250 Euro.
Category
19th Century Chinese Antique Chinese Export Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
Pair of 18th C. Chinesse Qianlong / Jiaqing Blue and Whithe Porcelaine Tureens
Located in Madrid, ES
Pair of blue and white porcelain tureens for export, China, Qing dynasty, Qianlong Jiaqing period, end of the 18th century, beginning of the 19t...
Category
Late 18th Century Chinese Antique Chinese Export Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
Chinese Export Oval Tureen
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Qianlong Period. 1785. Oval tureen and platter. Platter dimensions: 14.5" by 12" wide. With sunflower painted in famille rose enamels with floral baskets.
Category
18th Century Chinese Antique Chinese Export Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
Chinese Porcelain Covered Dish in an Unusual Pistachio Green Glaze, circa 1920
Located in San Francisco, CA
Chinese porcelain covered dish in an unusual pistachio green glaze. Circa 1920
Footed with swept up sides and shaped corners. A good mounded to...
Category
1910s Chinese Vintage Chinese Export Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
Chinese Export porcelain for sale on 1stDibs.
Find a broad range of unique Chinese Export porcelain 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 porcelain 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 porcelain 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 porcelain, popular names associated with this style include Samson & Cie, Europa Antiques, Edmé Samson, and Meissen Porcelain. 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 porcelain differ depending upon multiple factors, including designer, materials, construction methods, condition and provenance. On 1stDibs, the price for these items starts at $115 and tops out at $44,751 while the average work can sell for $1,800.