Chinese Export Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
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
Faience Dish and Plate by Jules Vieillard Chinese Decor France 19th Century
Located in Auribeau sur Siagne, FR
Old Dish by Jules viellard for Bordeaux. This Dish is in Faience, and has been made in France,during the 19th.
The plate is from another manufacturer.
The colors are blue. It is signed.
Category
19th Century Antique Chinese Export Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Faience
Early 19th Century Flow Blue Ironstone Handleless Tea Cups 5 with Saucers 2
Located in Port Jervis, NY
Fantastic set of 7 pcs of 19th century Flow Blue. 5 handleless tea cups and 2 saucers with blue decorations banding the pieces. Marked Ironstone a...
Category
1860s Chinese Antique Chinese Export Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Clay, Ironstone
Chinese Famille Rose 'Wu Shuang Pu' Plate
Located in Bradenton, FL
This rare Chinese porcelain plate is boldly decorated and to the top with heroic characters from the 'Wu Shuang Pu', the Table of Peerless Heroes, each ac...
Category
19th Century Chinese Antique Chinese Export Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Porcelain
Chinese Porcelain Famille Verte Large "Flower Basket" Dish, Kangxi Period
Located in Downingtown, PA
Chinese porcelain Famille Verte large "flower basket" dish,
Kangxi Period
The Chinese Export porcelain large dish is painted in “famille verte” enamels with a central medallion o...
Category
Early 1700s Chinese Antique Chinese Export Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Porcelain
Chinese Export Porcelain Canton Famille Rose Elephant Modeled as a Candlestick
Located in Downingtown, PA
Chinese Export porcelain canton famille rose elephant modeled as a candlestick,
Circa 1860
The standing Chinese Export porcelain elephant with its trunk up is painted in an iron-red with gilt decoration and caparisoned. On its back is a gu-form vase candle holder rising from the raised saddle. Below the urn is a long saddle cloth hanging down painted with famille rose birds...
Category
Mid-19th Century Antique Chinese Export Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Porcelain
Chinese Export Tobacco Leaf Pattern Pottery Holiday Tureen
Located in Kennesaw, GA
Just in time for the holidays! This is a Chinese Export tureen beautifully done in the popular tobacco leaf pattern. The lid and handles are gilded. It most likely dates to the 1980s...
Category
Late 20th Century Chinese Chinese Export Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Ceramic
Circa 1680 Chinese Export Porcelain Family Rice Bowl
Located in Chapel Hill, NC
Circa 1680 porcelain family rice bowl, Chinese export to SE Asia. Early Qing Dynasty. Underglaze blue esoteric Buddhist symbol (Vajrayana, Mantroyana, etc.) traditions. Symbols is Sa...
Category
1680s Chinese Antique Chinese Export Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Porcelain
Antique English Porcelain Pseudo-Tobacco Leaf Pattern Tea Cup & Saucer
Located in Philadelphia, PA
A fine antique porcelain cup and saucer.
In the Pseudo-Tobacco Leaf pattern, mimicking the Chinese Export pattern of the late 18th ...
Category
Early 19th Century English Antique Chinese Export Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Porcelain
Meissen Chinese Butterfly Large Soup Tureen in the Schmetterling Pattern
Located in Boston, MA
I am proud to offer you this rare Meissen Chinese butterfly soup tureen. The tureen is painted in the Kakiemon style with a central Chinese butterfly on ...
Category
1950s German Vintage Chinese Export Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Porcelain
19th Century, Chinese Export Famille Jaune Imperial Dragon Platter
Located in Atlanta, GA
Chinese, early to mid 19th century.
An antique famille jaune platter decorated with 3 imperial dragons chasing the central pearl. A good quality ename...
Category
19th Century Chinese Antique Chinese Export Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Porcelain
Rare Chinese Tonkin Ware Cup-and-Saucer, Early 18th Century
Located in Amsterdam, NL
A Chinese made tonkin ware gilt- and lacquer cup and saucer
China or Japan, Chinese artisans, early 18th century
The black-lacquered cup with gilt handles in the shape of sculptured chrysanthemums and a lobbed edge decorated with gilt engraved border, with a gilt foot-ring that fits into the saucer ring, with two cartouches showing partly undercut gilt relief trees and birds on a gilt granulated background, black lacquered bracket-lobed edge, depicting gilt engraved peony scrolls and three cartouches decorated with high relief gilt trees and birds on a gilt granulated background, the centre with engraved chrysanthemum, enclosed by a raised ring upon which the cup fits, around which a circular panel decorated with high gilt relief trees, flowers, birds and a butterfly on a gilt granulated background.
Measures: Cup: H. 5.7 x W. 8.5 cm
Saucer: Diameter 13 cm
Provenance:
Collection Felix Schäfer
Note:
The decoration of the cup and saucer is identical to the slightly smaller cup and saucer...
Category
Early 18th Century Chinese Antique Chinese Export Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Other
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 Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Porcelain
c. 1720 Kangxi or Yongzheng Period Porcelain Tea Caddy
Located in Chapel Hill, NC
Circa 1720 Kangxi or Yongzheng period porcelain tea caddy, Chinese. Elegant & profusely decorated blue & white porcelain with later tole cover. 8-sided, underglaze floral decoration ...
Category
Early 18th Century Chinese Antique Chinese Export Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Porcelain
19th Century Chinese Quatrefoil Rose Mandarin Footed Fruit Bowl*, Circa 1850
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
19th Century Chinese Quatrefoil Rose Mandarin Footed Fruit Bowl*, Circa 1850
China, circa 1850s
* Reference
Chinese Export Porcelain, Standard patte...
Category
Mid-19th Century Chinese Antique Chinese Export Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Porcelain
Chinese Export Porcelain Large Dish with Famille Rose Flowers
Located in Downingtown, PA
Chinese Export Porcelain Large Dish with Famille Rose Flowers including Chrysanthemum,
Circa 1760
The large Chinese Export porcelain circular dish is painted with a large central sc...
Category
Mid-18th Century Chinese Antique Chinese Export Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Porcelain
Set of Small Porcelain Serving Dish, in Wooden Box, China, 19th Century
Located in Auribeau sur Siagne, FR
In a wood box, a set of serving Dish in porcelain. there are Hand painted, with a mark underneath. Some have a small chip, see detailed pictures. It has been made in China 19th centu...
Category
19th Century Chinese Antique Chinese Export Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Porcelain
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...
Category
Mid-20th Century Chinese Chinese Export Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Enamel
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.
Category
1890s Chinese Antique Chinese Export Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Paste, Porcelain
Chinese Porcelain Set
Located in Alessandria, Piemonte
Beautiful complete garniture set for your dining-room: pair of lidded vases, jar, dish. Suitable on a cup-board.
Sizes: vases height 31 cm x diameter 11 cm. - jar height 13 x diamete...
Category
Mid-20th Century Chinese Chinese Export Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
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.
Category
19th Century Chinese Antique Chinese Export Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Porcelain, Paint
Pr Faux Swedish Porphyry Ceramic Covered Vases w/ Sea Creatures Design in Relief
Located in New York, NY
A pair of large and extremely decorative Chinese export faux Swedish Porphyry ceramic covered vases with various sea creature designs in high relief. These are truly a gorgeous pair ...
Category
1920s Chinese Vintage Chinese Export Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Ceramic
19th Century Chinese Export Blue and White Platter
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Qing Dynasty style under-glazed platter featuring a basket of flowers
Beautifully hand painted Chinese porcelain with varying shades of cobalt blue
Excellent condition.
Category
19th Century Chinese Antique Chinese Export Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Porcelain
Blue and White Cherry Blossom Vase Lamp on Gilt Wood Base
Located in New York, NY
Blue and white cherry blossom vase lamp on gilt wood base. Late 19th Century hand-painted blue and white Chinese vase in the cherry blossom pattern...
Category
Late 19th Century Chinese Antique Chinese Export Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Porcelain, Giltwood
Rose Mandarin Chinese Porcelain Pitcher
Located in New York, NY
Rose Mandarin Chinese porcelain pitcher. Vibrantly hued and gilt painted Chinese Export pitcher in pinks and blues and greens with lobed rim ...
Category
Mid-19th Century Chinese Antique Chinese Export Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Porcelain
Kangxi Period Chinese Export Porcelain Famille Verte Openwork Dishes, a Pair
Located in Downingtown, PA
Chinese Export Famille Verte openwork dishes,
A Pair,
Kangxi,
Circa 1700
The circular Chinese Export porcelain dishes with openwork cash border...
Category
Early 18th Century Chinese Antique Chinese Export Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Porcelain
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...
Category
20th Century Unknown Chinese Export Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Porcelain
Collection of 80 Chinese Silver & Gilt Table Wares, 19th-20th Century
Located in Chicago, IL
This group of 80 silver and gilt table wares is a delightful selection of Chinese and Japanese export wares, comprised of 56 spoons, 2 sugar tongs, 6 butter spreaders, 7 lemon forks and 9 napkin rings. Nearly every piece is unique, decorated in an array of motifs and metalworking techniques, including repoussé, chasing, mold casting and engraving.
Amidst the cutlery are two stand-out spoons: a small spade carved from mother-of-pearl and a petite silver spoon inset with a green jadeite charm...
Category
Early 20th Century Chinese Chinese Export Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Gold Plate, Silver Plate, Silver
3 Pc, Martha Washington "States" Place Service - Tiffany & Co Retailer
Located in Atlanta, GA
This elegant 3-piece Martha Washington "States" Place Service is a refined blend of antique English and French porcelain, inspired by the historically significant Chinese export serv...
Category
Early 20th Century French Chinese Export Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Porcelain
Chinese Porcelain Plate From India Company 18th Century
Located in Beuzevillette, FR
Beautiful small white porcelain plate decorated with different flowers such as petunias and phlox. Leaves seem to fly. A small plum is hidden on the back of the plate. We discover a work of extreme finesse. The lines are very fine and delicate.
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 durability. The importation from China is linked to the lack of mastery of this technique by the Europeans. The French, Dutch and British East India...
Category
Mid-18th Century Chinese Antique Chinese Export Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Porcelain
Chinese Export Silver Bowl
By Luen Hing
Located in London, GB
A Chinese Silver Bowl on plain round pedestal base. The decoration comprises of two applied opposing dragons against a plain background. Marked LH, for Luen Hing, a retailer based in...
Category
Early 1900s Chinese Antique Chinese Export Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Silver
Chinese Export Porcelain Famille Rose Botanical Teapot Stand
Located in Downingtown, PA
Chinese Export porcelain famille rose botanical teapot stand,
circa 1775
Great for jewely or cuff links!
The attractive Chinese Export porcelain teapot...
Category
1770s Chinese Antique Chinese Export Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Porcelain
Chinese Export Famille Rose Porcelain Dish with Flower Basket & Butterfly
Located in Downingtown, PA
Chinese Export Famille rose porcelain dish with flower basket & butterfly,
circa 1765
The Chinese Export famille rose porcelain dish is painted in enamels with a central wicker flower basket overflowing with fruit and flowers and above is a large butterfly. On the other three sides are grouping of fruit or flowers. The inner well is surrounded by gilt chain band. The outer border has four panels with flowers and fruit within a gilt rococo scroll...
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1770s Chinese Antique Chinese Export Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Porcelain
Chinese Export Porcelain Set of Graduated Famille Rose Tankards
Located in Downingtown, PA
Chinese export porcelain set of graduated famille rose mugs or tankards,
Circa 1780
The Chinese Export porcelain tankards or mugs are...
Category
Late 18th Century Chinese Antique Chinese Export Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Porcelain
Antique English Porcelain Pseudo Tobacco Leaf Pattern Tea Cup & Saucer
Located in Philadelphia, PA
A fine antique English porcelain cup & saucer.
Attributed to Copeland Spode.
In the Pseudo-Tobacco Leaf pattern, mimicking the Chinese Export pattern of the late 18th Century.
Both cup and saucer have a gilt scalloped rim, are decorated in underglaze blues, and cold painted in reds, purples, and greens. Each is richly gilt.
Simply a wonderful early English tea cup and saucer!
Date:
Early 19th Century
Overall Condition:
They are in overall good, as-pictured, used estate condition with no chips, cracks, or repairs.
Condition Details:
There is fine and tight crazing visible to the saucer (mostly on the underside). Otherwise each cup and saucer have tiny spots of crazing here and there, some rubbing to the gold, and some wear to the enamel decoration. Otherwise, there are some fine & light surface scratches and other signs of expected light wear consistent with age.
Maker:
Attributed to Spode Copeland
Pattern:
Pseudo Tobacco Leaf...
Category
Early 19th Century British Antique Chinese Export Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Porcelain
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...
Category
19th Century Chinese Antique Chinese Export Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
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.
Category
18th Century Chinese Antique Chinese Export Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
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...
Category
Mid-18th Century Chinese Antique Chinese Export Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Porcelain
Blue, White Porcelain Gilt Lotus Flower Jingdezhen Serving Bowls, Teacups
Located in Lomita, CA
This is a special collection of blue and white rice grain porcelain serving bowls and Chinese style teacups. They are beautiful in red, blue and white translucent rice grain pattern with the lotus flower motif. The items are assembled and the teacups are older than the 1970s and 1960s bowls with an antique Chinese mark...
Category
20th Century Chinese Chinese Export Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Ceramic
Antique Chinese Silver Hand Mirror Decorated with Dragons, circa 1920
Located in London, GB
Antique Chinese Silver Hand Mirror Decorated with Dragons among clouds, circa 1920
This beautiful mirror is made in a very heavy gauge of silver.
The quality of the engraving and fin...
Category
1920s Hong Kong Vintage Chinese Export Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Silver
Chinese Export Porcelain Trompe Giant L'oeil Peach Altar Fruit
Located in Downingtown, PA
Chinese Export Porcelain Trompe L'oeil Giant Peach Altar Fruit,
Circa 1850-1890
The extremely large Chinese Export model of a giant fruit is naturalistically modeled as a peach with...
Category
Mid-19th Century Chinese Antique Chinese Export Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Porcelain
Chinese Export Silver Jardiniere with Dragons and Figures
Located in London, GB
A Chinese Export Silver Jardiniere circa 1890, of rectangular form and variously pierced to all four sides. The side with the vacant cartouche has two opposing dragons separated by a...
Category
1890s Chinese Antique Chinese Export Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Silver
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...
Category
19th Century Chinese Antique Chinese Export Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Porcelain
Chinese Export Porcelain Handleless Tea Bowl and Saucer, Chinese Imari Pattern
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
Late eighteenth century Chinese Export Porcelain handleless tea bowl and saucer referred to as "Chinese Imari". Hand decorated in iron red, underg...
Category
1790s Chinese Antique Chinese Export Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Enamel
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 Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Porcelain
Chinese Vase Ch'ing Dynasty Woman with Deer
Located in Milano, IT
Beautiful antique Chinese vase from the Pink Family of the Ch'ing dynasty, from the late 1700s - early 1800s circa. The antique Chinese vase is hand painted and depicts a peasant woman with a deer and a child in scenes of Chinese daily life of the period.
The Chinese vase...
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19th Century Chinese Antique Chinese Export Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Porcelain
Chinese Porcelain Plate Blue And White From The Blue Family, 19th Century
Located in Beuzevillette, FR
Nice « Blanc Bleu » porcelain plate dating from XIX th century. Blue and white porcelain soup plate. White and blue plate with a couple of peacocks flying through plants and flowers.
This porcelain is characteristic of the blue family.
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 India...
Category
1850s Chinese Antique Chinese Export Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Porcelain
Pair of 19th Century Chinese Export Famille Verte Yellow Dragon Motif Mugs
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
Pair of 19th century Chinese Export Famille Verte yellow Dragon motif mugs, Each one decorated with a four toed dragon within a yellow floral background....
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19th Century Chinese Antique Chinese Export Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
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 Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Porcelain
Early 19th Century Chinese Flambe Ginger Jar
Located in Bradenton, FL
Chinese oval flambe ginger jar with carved wood lid. Flambé ware captivates with beautiful irregularity and vibrant blue and purple tones. These strea...
Category
Early 19th Century Chinese Antique Chinese Export Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Porcelain
Vintage Art Deco Revival Vase, Chinese, Ceramic, Flower Pot, Late 20th Century
Located in Hele, Devon, GB
This is a vintage Art Deco revival vase. A Chinese, ceramic square body flower pot, dating to the late 20th century, circa 1980.
Expressive colour with superb decorative appeal
D...
Category
Late 20th Century Chinese Chinese Export Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Ceramic
Chinese Blue and White Fu Lion Headrest, c. 1900
Located in Chicago, IL
This large ceramic block is actually a form of Chinese headrest or neck pillow. Popular during the Qing dynasty, rigid headrests such as this were used by upper-class women to protect their elaborate hairstyles by elevating the head during slumber. This example dates to the early 20th century and is glazed in the blue-and-white style with rich, cobalt-blue color.
The headrest is decorated on all sides with mythical fu lion dogs playing with ribbon-tied brocade balls, a motif that evokes the idiom "may you and your descendant achieve high rank." A powerful and benevolent guardian, the fu lion (shizi) is the perfect force to protect against nightmares and bad energy. A geometric meander trims the corners and small dragon-like bats frame coin...
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Early 20th Century Chinese Chinese Export Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Porcelain
Antique Chinese Export Sterling Silver Tea Set with Dragon & Bamboo Decoration
By Luen Hing
Located in Hamilton, Ontario
This antique handcrafted sterling silver tea set was made in China in circa 1880 in the period Chinese export style. The set is composed of a teapot, creamer and lidded sugar bowl an...
Category
Late 19th Century Chinese Antique Chinese Export Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Sterling Silver
Large Glazed Tang-Style Terracotta Ewer
Located in Pasadena, CA
This is a stunning large Chinese glazed terracotta dragon-form ewer. The Double Dragons are cast in fine detail. The ewer derives its inspiration fro...
Category
Late 19th Century Chinese Antique Chinese Export Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Terracotta
Chinese Export Silver Ship Centerpiece
Located in New Orleans, LA
This delightful and exceptionally rare steamboat centerpiece exemplifies the remarkable artistry of Chinese export silver. Chinese silver pieces are renowned for their exceptional qu...
Category
19th Century Asian Antique Chinese Export Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Silver
19th Century Famille Rose Chinese Export Punch, Koi Decorated
Located in Manhasset, NY
Fine Ch'ing dynasty export Famille Rose large punch bowl, hand-painted porcelain, in very colorful everyday scenes of the upper socioeconomic level of Chinese society during the peri...
Category
Mid-19th Century Chinese Antique Chinese Export Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Porcelain
19th Century Rose Medallion Cider Pitcher with Foo Dog Finial
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
19th century rose medallion cider pitcher with foo dog finial, Nicely decorated in a diminutive size, twisted gilt handles, complete with original cover....
Category
19th Century Chinese Antique Chinese Export Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Porcelain
Pair of, Vintage Decorative Vases, Oriental, Ceramic, Baluster Urn, 20th Century
Located in Hele, Devon, GB
This is a pair of vintage decorative vases. An Oriental, ceramic baluster urn with painted detail, dating to the late 20th century, circa 1990.
Attractive vases with good detail
...
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Late 20th Century Asian Chinese Export Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Ceramic
19th Century Chinese Export Pierced Bowl and Plate
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Mid-19th century Chinese Export pierced oval bowl and matching platter. Hand painted. No cracks. No chips. No breaks. Platter dimension is 11" wide by 9.75" deep.
Category
19th Century Chinese Antique Chinese Export Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Porcelain
Chinese Export serveware, ceramics, silver and glass for sale on 1stDibs.
Find a broad range of unique Chinese Export serveware, ceramics, silver and glass 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 serveware, ceramics, silver and glass 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 serveware, ceramics, silver and glass 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 serveware, ceramics, silver and glass, popular names associated with this style include Wang Hing & Co., Luen Wo, Hung Chong & Co., and Samson & Cie. It’s true that these talented designers have at times inspired knockoffs, but our experienced specialists have partnered with only top vetted sellers to offer authentic pieces that come with a buyer protection guarantee. Prices for serveware, ceramics, silver and glass differ depending upon multiple factors, including designer, materials, construction methods, condition and provenance. On 1stDibs, the price for these items starts at $45 and tops out at $44,751 while the average work can sell for $1,800.
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