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Chinese Export Lighting

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 19th Century Famille Verte Chinese Export Crackle Ware Vase Lamps
Pair of 19th Century Famille Verte Chinese Export Crackle Ware Vase Lamps

Pair of 19th Century Famille Verte Chinese Export Crackle Ware Vase Lamps

Located in New York, NY

Pair of 19th century Famille Verte Chinese Export porcelain crackle ware vase lamps on carved hardwood square bases. Entirely hand decorated, each slightly different from the other. ...

Category

Late 19th Century Chinese Antique Chinese Export Lighting

Materials

Ceramic, Hardwood

Chinese Gilt Bronze Mounted Rose Quartz Lamp, circa 1890
Chinese Gilt Bronze Mounted Rose Quartz Lamp, circa 1890

Chinese Gilt Bronze Mounted Rose Quartz Lamp, circa 1890

Located in Norwood, NJ

19th century antique Chinese hand-carved and polished translucent rose quartz carving of a standing Guanyin with phoenix bird, mounted on a carved green quartz plinth. Mounted as a l...

Category

Late 19th Century Chinese Antique Chinese Export Lighting

Materials

Quartz, Bronze

Chinese Pink Floral and Bird Design Table Lamp
Chinese Pink Floral and Bird Design Table Lamp

Chinese Pink Floral and Bird Design Table Lamp

Located in Queens, NY

"Chinese pink ceramic table lamp made from a baluster-shaped vase decorated with colorful birds, florals and koi on a wooden base with brass hardware. Vase is cracked near the socke...

Category

20th Century Chinese Chinese Export Lighting

Materials

Metal, Brass

Chinese Gilt Brass Mounted Celadon Porcelain Lamp
Chinese Gilt Brass Mounted Celadon Porcelain Lamp

Chinese Gilt Brass Mounted Celadon Porcelain Lamp

Located in Bradenton, FL

Mid 20th Century Chinese Gilt Brass Mounted Celadon porcelain lamp with molded elephant ring handles and matching finial. Harp and finial included. Molded blue floral motif throughou...

Category

20th Century Chinese Chinese Export Lighting

Materials

Brass

Pair Chinese Famille Rose Porcelain and Patinated Bronze Table Lamps
Pair Chinese Famille Rose Porcelain and Patinated Bronze Table Lamps

Pair Chinese Famille Rose Porcelain and Patinated Bronze Table Lamps

Located in New York, NY

Pair of antique (early 20th century) table lamps crafted from Chinese porcelain urns in the Famille Rose style Pair of Chinese famillie rose table lamps. Al...

Category

20th Century Chinese Chinese Export Lighting

Materials

Bronze

Pair Chinese Porcelain Dragon Vases fitted as Lamps
Pair Chinese Porcelain Dragon Vases fitted as Lamps

Pair Chinese Porcelain Dragon Vases fitted as Lamps

Located in Pasadena, CA

This is a very large and stunning pair of late 19th century Chinese Pale Celadon Crackle Glazed Dragon and Flaming Pearl Vases that have been adapted to lamps with double socket fitt...

Category

Late 19th Century Chinese Antique Chinese Export Lighting

Materials

Brass

A Pair of Chinese Famille Verte Porcelain Covered Ginger Jars Mounted as Lamps
A Pair of Chinese Famille Verte Porcelain Covered Ginger Jars Mounted as Lamps

A Pair of Chinese Famille Verte Porcelain Covered Ginger Jars Mounted as Lamps

Located in New York, NY

A Fabulous Pair of Chinese Famille Verte Porcelain Covered Ginger Jars Mounted as Lamps. Each is of baluster form, with a domed lid and wide, slightly everted rim, mounted as table ...

Category

1850s Chinese Antique Chinese Export Lighting

Materials

Porcelain

Pair of Antique Chinese Porcelain Lamps
Pair of Antique Chinese Porcelain Lamps

Pair of Antique Chinese Porcelain Lamps

Located in Chapel Hill, NC

Pair of Chinese porcelain vases mounted as lamps. Square tapering vases with alternating panels with floral decorations on a white background. Mounted on mahogany colored bases. Wire...

Category

Early 20th Century Chinese Chinese Export Lighting

Materials

Brass

Pair Yellow Porcelain Dragon Table Lamps
Pair Yellow Porcelain Dragon Table Lamps

Pair Yellow Porcelain Dragon Table Lamps

Located in Houston, TX

Pair carved porcelain gourd lamps with white shades. Intricately incised porcelain detailed with bold multi colored auspicious dragons, clouds and greek key over a bold yellow backgr...

Category

20th Century Chinese Chinese Export Lighting

Materials

Porcelain

Pair Of Samson Porcelain Table Lamps
Pair Of Samson Porcelain Table Lamps

Pair Of Samson Porcelain Table Lamps

Located in Essex, MA

Baluster form finely painted in the Chinese style. Bronze bases. Two light sockets. From the A.B Dick Estate. Bellevue Avenue, Newport. Converted from vases to lamps.

Category

1750s French Antique Chinese Export Lighting

Materials

Brass

Pair Reddish Orange Asian Style Ceramic Table Lamps
Pair Reddish Orange Asian Style Ceramic Table Lamps

Pair Reddish Orange Asian Style Ceramic Table Lamps

Located in Palm Springs, CA

Pair of Asian style vibrant reddish orange baluster form ceramic table lamps on giltwood bases. Newly wired with new brass 3 way sockets and cords. Shades not included.  

Category

1960s American Vintage Chinese Export Lighting

Materials

Brass

Mid-20th Century Vintage Chinese Hand-Painted Porcelain Jar Table Lamp
Mid-20th Century Vintage Chinese Hand-Painted Porcelain Jar Table Lamp

Mid-20th Century Vintage Chinese Hand-Painted Porcelain Jar Table Lamp

Located in Pomona, CA

A vintage famille rose porcelain table lamp from the mid-20th century with kids playing design and Buddhist floral pattern. Born in China during the mid-20th century, this vintage fa...

Category

Mid-20th Century Chinese Chinese Export Lighting

Materials

Porcelain

Famille Noir Vase as Table Lamp
Famille Noir Vase as Table Lamp

Famille Noir Vase as Table Lamp

Located in WEST PALM BEACH, FL

This is a very decorative Famille Noir vase with colorful flowers and leaves painted overall on a black background, situated on pierced rosewood base, electrified and converted to a ...

Category

Early 20th Century Chinese Chinese Export Lighting

Materials

Porcelain

Late 19thC Chinese Import Hardwood Lantern Stand
Late 19thC Chinese Import Hardwood Lantern Stand

Late 19thC Chinese Import Hardwood Lantern Stand

Located in Altrincham, GB

Late 19thC Chinese Import Hardwood Lantern/Gong Stand - formed as a dragon's head on a circular base with a painted paper and bamboo shade - 16"w x 9"d x 28.5"h - converted to electr...

Category

Late 19th Century Chinese Antique Chinese Export Lighting

Materials

Hardwood

Chinese Rare Vintage Pair Symbolic Longevity Lighting Lanterns
Chinese Rare Vintage Pair Symbolic Longevity Lighting Lanterns

Chinese Rare Vintage Pair Symbolic Longevity Lighting Lanterns

Located in South Burlington, VT

Rare Pair -first we have seen Unusual find. One pair (2) "Longevity" calligraphy lanterns in the form of human effigies A fine and rare matching pair (2) of large 12 inch tall Chinese export hand cast lanterns with attractive longevity and mystical "human effigy...

Category

Mid-20th Century Chinese Chinese Export Lighting

Materials

Iron

Pair of Beautiful Chinese Porcelain Lamps with Brass Bases and Custom Shades
Pair of Beautiful Chinese Porcelain Lamps with Brass Bases and Custom Shades

Pair of Beautiful Chinese Porcelain Lamps with Brass Bases and Custom Shades

Located in Hopewell, NJ

Pair of elegant Chinese hand painted porcelain table lamps having new leaf shaped finials and chocolate colored custom shades. Lovely brass filigree bases. SW 30” H to finial. 9” ...

Category

1950s Chinese Vintage Chinese Export Lighting

Materials

Brass

Pair of Chinese White Ginger Jar Lamps
Pair of Chinese White Ginger Jar Lamps

Pair of Chinese White Ginger Jar Lamps

Located in Chireno, TX

Pair of Chinese white ginger jar lamps: white glazed ginger jars, newly wired for use within the USA. Include linen coolie shades with rolled edges. Two ginger jar lamps are availabl...

Category

2010s Chinese Chinese Export Lighting

Materials

Pottery

Porcelain Ormolu Mounted Chinese Lamp
Porcelain Ormolu Mounted Chinese Lamp

Porcelain Ormolu Mounted Chinese Lamp

Located in Ottawa, Ontario

A porcelain ormolu-mounted Chinese export style vase Now mounted as a lamp Early 20th century, probably Samson The vase is in the form of a meiping In the Chinese export famil...

Category

Early 20th Century Chinese Chinese Export Lighting

Materials

Porcelain

Large Chinoiserie Faux Cinnabar Lacquer Vase Lamp
Large Chinoiserie Faux Cinnabar Lacquer Vase Lamp

Large Chinoiserie Faux Cinnabar Lacquer Vase Lamp

Located in Ottawa, Ontario

A large Chinoiserie faux Cinnabar lacquer vase lamp Mid 20th century. Baluster-shaped vase cast in plaster in great detail  Shaped panels depic...

Category

Mid-20th Century Chinese Chinese Export Lighting

Materials

Pottery

Sang De Boeuf, Ormolu Mounted Vase, by Rookwood 1936, Now as a Lamp, Dark Glaze
Sang De Boeuf, Ormolu Mounted Vase, by Rookwood 1936, Now as a Lamp, Dark Glaze

Sang De Boeuf, Ormolu Mounted Vase, by Rookwood 1936, Now as a Lamp, Dark Glaze

Located in West Palm Beach, FL

Sang de Boeuf, Ormolu Mounted Vase, by Rookwood Pottery 1936, now as a Lamp, Light Glaze Beautiful glazed vase raised on four ormolu elegant paw feet, attributed to E.F. Caldwell (O...

Category

1930s American Vintage Chinese Export Lighting

Materials

Ormolu

Chinese Black and Floral Motif Table Lamp
Chinese Black and Floral Motif Table Lamp

Chinese Black and Floral Motif Table Lamp

Located in Queens, NY

Chinese black ceramic table lamp made from baluster-shaped vases decorated with birds amid blooming florals in pinks, yellows, and blues, and wooden bases with brass hardware Ships ...

Category

20th Century Chinese Chinese Export Lighting

Materials

Brass

Chinese Porcelain Vase Mounted as Lamp
Chinese Porcelain Vase Mounted as Lamp

Chinese Porcelain Vase Mounted as Lamp

Located in Bradenton, FL

This is a rather stunning Chinese porcelain vase made for export to the West in the early 20th century. The vase has been mounted on a heavy brass base. The porcelain is painted wit...

Category

Early 20th Century Chinese Chinese Export Lighting

Materials

Porcelain

19th Century Chinese Famille Verte Vase / Lamp
19th Century Chinese Famille Verte Vase / Lamp

19th Century Chinese Famille Verte Vase / Lamp

Located in Brighton, Sussex

A very good quality 18th century style Chinese Famille verte vase / lamp. Having bold classical Chinese scenes of courtiers under pagoda buildings and in gardens playing games and on...

Category

Late 19th Century Chinese Antique Chinese Export Lighting

Materials

Porcelain

Early 20th Century Chinese Carved Green (Jadeite) Quartz Lamp
Early 20th Century Chinese Carved Green (Jadeite) Quartz Lamp

Early 20th Century Chinese Carved Green (Jadeite) Quartz Lamp

Located in Vancouver, British Columbia

A Chinese carved quartz lamp mounted on a brass and a carved rosewood base. Presented with a pagoda shaped shade. The carved quartz is often referred to as Jadeite iis in fact from...

Category

Early 20th Century Chinese Chinese Export Lighting

Materials

Quartz

Pair of Chinese Bronze Table Lamps in the Style of James Mont
Pair of Chinese Bronze Table Lamps in the Style of James Mont

Pair of Chinese Bronze Table Lamps in the Style of James Mont

By James Mont

Located in New York, NY

Impressive pair of Chinese bronze table lamps in the style of influential 20th Century American furniture designer James Mont. The lamps, crafted in oil rubbed bronze, resemble trad...

Category

Mid-20th Century American Chinese Export Lighting

Materials

Bronze

Pair of Vintage Chinese Yellow and Green Tole Palm Tree Table Lamps
Pair of Vintage Chinese Yellow and Green Tole Palm Tree Table Lamps

Pair of Vintage Chinese Yellow and Green Tole Palm Tree Table Lamps

Located in Queens, NY

Pair of Vintage Chinese tole table lamps in the shape of palm trees, painted yellow and green, resting on octagonal bases and mounted with brass hardware. (PRICED AS Pair) Ships wit...

Category

20th Century Chinese Chinese Export Lighting

Materials

Brass

Pair of Chinese Red & White Peking Glass Vases, Now as Lamps
Pair of Chinese Red & White Peking Glass Vases, Now as Lamps

Pair of Chinese Red & White Peking Glass Vases, Now as Lamps

Located in West Palm Beach, FL

Pair of Chinese Red and White Peking Glass Vases, Now as Lamps  China 20th Century  This elegant pair of Chinese red and white Peking glass vases, now converted into lamps, beautifu...

Category

20th Century Chinese Chinese Export Lighting

Materials

Glass, Wood

Pair Maitland Smith Chinese Export Style Porcelain Lamps.
Pair Maitland Smith Chinese Export Style Porcelain Lamps.

Pair Maitland Smith Chinese Export Style Porcelain Lamps.

Located in Pittsburgh, PA

This handsome pair of hand painted Chinese porcelain lamps feature bird and flower motifs. Mounted on teakwood bases, the brass hardware is signed with the Maitland Smith logo.

Category

Late 20th Century Chinese Export Lighting

Materials

Porcelain

Vintage Chinese Ginger Jar Conversion Lamp
Vintage Chinese Ginger Jar Conversion Lamp

Vintage Chinese Ginger Jar Conversion Lamp

Located in Delray Beach, FL

A beautifully detailed hand painted vintage Chinese ginger jar that has been converted to a lamp. With a white and gold colored background t...

Category

Early 20th Century Chinese Chinese Export Lighting

Materials

Bronze

Oriental Porcelain Famille Vert Cylinder Vase Mounted as a Lamp, 20th Century
Oriental Porcelain Famille Vert Cylinder Vase Mounted as a Lamp, 20th Century

Oriental Porcelain Famille Vert Cylinder Vase Mounted as a Lamp, 20th Century

Located in Ottawa, Ontario

An oriental porcelain Famille vert cylindrical Vase mounted as a lamp 20th century. Decorated with cartouches on both sides, with flowering branches, all on a yellow ground ...

Category

20th Century Chinese Chinese Export Lighting

Materials

Porcelain

Lamp Table Celadon Vase with Lid Chinese Custom Shade
Lamp Table Celadon Vase with Lid Chinese Custom Shade

Lamp Table Celadon Vase with Lid Chinese Custom Shade

Located in BUNGAY, SUFFOLK

Large, vintage, Chinese, Celadon vase with cover, upcycled into table lamp with custom made linen shade, 32” high Celadon ware has been prized for centuries for its beauty because i...

Category

Mid-20th Century Chinese Chinese Export Lighting

Materials

Celadon, Porcelain

Chinese White Porcelain Ginger Jar Table Lamp
Chinese White Porcelain Ginger Jar Table Lamp

Chinese White Porcelain Ginger Jar Table Lamp

Located in Queens, NY

Asian Chinese style (19th Century) white porcelain ginger jar form lamp with foliate & bird details mounted on a round wood base. Ships wi...

Category

19th Century Unknown Antique Chinese Export Lighting

Materials

Porcelain, Wood

Rose Medallion Canton Baluster Vase  circa 1800 Mounted as a Table Lamp
Rose Medallion Canton Baluster Vase  circa 1800 Mounted as a Table Lamp

Rose Medallion Canton Baluster Vase circa 1800 Mounted as a Table Lamp

Located in Atlanta, GA

A Rose Medallion Chinese Export Canton baluster vase circa 1800 mounted as a table lamp wired for the USA. This exquisite Rose Medallion Chinese Export baluster vase from circa 1800 ...

Category

Early 19th Century Chinese Antique Chinese Export Lighting

Materials

Brass

Mid-19th Century Chinese Export Porcelain Rose Medallion Vase Mounted as a Lamp
Mid-19th Century Chinese Export Porcelain Rose Medallion Vase Mounted as a Lamp

Mid-19th Century Chinese Export Porcelain Rose Medallion Vase Mounted as a Lamp

Located in Chapel Hill, NC

Mid-19th century Chinese export porcelain Rose Medallion Vase Mounted as a Lamp. Very good quality with foo lion handles; panel molded body with linen fold top. Perfection for this f...

Category

Mid-19th Century Chinese Antique Chinese Export Lighting

Materials

Porcelain

Pair of Chinese Ceramic Boudoir Lamps
Pair of Chinese Ceramic Boudoir Lamps

Pair of Chinese Ceramic Boudoir Lamps

Located in New York, NY

Diminutive Chinese vases mounted as lamps on decorative cast bronze bases. Both are in good working condition, one on off switch has been replac...

Category

Early 20th Century Chinese Chinese Export Lighting

Materials

Bronze

Pair of Vintage Chinese Gold and Green Tole Palm Tree Table Lamps
Pair of Vintage Chinese Gold and Green Tole Palm Tree Table Lamps

Pair of Vintage Chinese Gold and Green Tole Palm Tree Table Lamps

Located in Queens, NY

Pair of Vintage Chinese tole table lamps in the shape of palm trees, painted with golden leaves and green trunks, resting on octagonal bases and mounted with brass hardware. (PRICED ...

Category

20th Century Chinese Chinese Export Lighting

Materials

Brass

Pair of Blanc De Chine Vases Mounted as Table Lamps
Pair of Blanc De Chine Vases Mounted as Table Lamps

Pair of Blanc De Chine Vases Mounted as Table Lamps

Located in Morristown, NJ

20th c., a nice quality pair of blanc de chine vases mounted as table lamps. These are decorated with garden florals and figures in low relief. Decorative elements also include lion ...

Category

Late 20th Century Chinese Chinese Export Lighting

Materials

Metal

Chinese Export Prunus Vase Lamp, circa 1900
Chinese Export Prunus Vase Lamp, circa 1900

Chinese Export Prunus Vase Lamp, circa 1900

Located in Lucenec, SK

A large Chinese blue and white porcelain prunus vase lamp, on wood base. No hairline, no restoration. The height of the vase is about 25cm. Traces of usage...

Category

Early 20th Century Chinese Chinese Export Lighting

Materials

Brass

Early 20th Century Chinese Green Botanical Table Lamp on Wooden Base
Early 20th Century Chinese Green Botanical Table Lamp on Wooden Base

Early 20th Century Chinese Green Botanical Table Lamp on Wooden Base

Located in Queens, NY

Antique Chinese (Early 20th Century) table lamp made from a vase painted with an intricate green motif of flora and dragon flies with brass hardware and a turned wooden base and top....

Category

Early 20th Century Chinese Export Lighting

Materials

Ceramic

Antique Chinese Porcelain Blue And White Ginger Jar As Lamp
Antique Chinese Porcelain Blue And White Ginger Jar As Lamp

Antique Chinese Porcelain Blue And White Ginger Jar As Lamp

Located in Norwood, NJ

Antique blue and white on celadon Chinese porcelain ginger jar converted as a lamp. Hand painted double happiness motif with floral decoration. Mounted on shaped rosewood base. 16" t...

Category

Late 19th Century Chinese Antique Chinese Export Lighting

Materials

Porcelain, Wood

Japanese, Copper, Lacquered Metal, Brass, Maruni Vase Table Lamps, Japan, 1960s
Japanese, Copper, Lacquered Metal, Brass, Maruni Vase Table Lamps, Japan, 1960s

Japanese, Copper, Lacquered Metal, Brass, Maruni Vase Table Lamps, Japan, 1960s

Located in Stamford, CT

Japanese, Copper, Lacquered Metal, Brass, Maruni Vase Table Lamps, Japan, 1960s Pair of lacquered deep red table lamps designed and produced in Japan in the middle of the 20th centu...

Category

1960s Japanese Vintage Chinese Export Lighting

Materials

Metal

Chinese Gilt Bronze Mounted Rose Quartz Lamp, circa 1890
Chinese Gilt Bronze Mounted Rose Quartz Lamp, circa 1890

Chinese Gilt Bronze Mounted Rose Quartz Lamp, circa 1890

Located in Norwood, NJ

19th century antique Chinese hand-carved and polished translucent rose quartz carving of a standing Guanyin with phoenix bird, mounted on a open work bronze plinth. Mounted as a lamp...

Category

Late 19th Century Chinese Antique Chinese Export Lighting

Materials

Bronze

19th Century Chinese Famille Rose Vase / lamp
19th Century Chinese Famille Rose Vase / lamp

19th Century Chinese Famille Rose Vase / lamp

Located in Brighton, Sussex

A good quality late 19th Century Chinese Famille Rose vase, having a yellow ground with floral decoration. An inset hand painted panel depicting exotic birds flowers and trees. C...

Category

19th Century Chinese Antique Chinese Export Lighting

Materials

Porcelain

Pair of Chinese Off-White Floral and Bamboo Design Table Lamps
Pair of Chinese Off-White Floral and Bamboo Design Table Lamps

Pair of Chinese Off-White Floral and Bamboo Design Table Lamps

Located in Queens, NY

Pair of Chinese porcelain table lamps made from off-white, urn-shaped vases decorated with a winding natural scene of flowers and bamboo growing from behind a decorative gate mounted...

Category

20th Century Chinese Chinese Export Lighting

Materials

Metal, Brass

Vintage Mid-Century Chinese Wooden Lamp
Vintage Mid-Century Chinese Wooden Lamp

Vintage Mid-Century Chinese Wooden Lamp

Located in Queens, NY

Vintage Mid-Century Chinese style wood lamp with fretwork design carving. Ships without a shade

Category

20th Century Unknown Chinese Export Lighting

Materials

Wood

Chinese White And Gray Porcelain Table Lamp
Chinese White And Gray Porcelain Table Lamp

Chinese White And Gray Porcelain Table Lamp

Located in Queens, NY

Asian Chinese style (20th Century) white and grey trimmed porcelain table lamp with floral design on black wood base. Ships without a shade

Category

20th Century Chinese Chinese Export Lighting

19th Century Pair Chinese Rose Medallion Vases / Lamps
19th Century Pair Chinese Rose Medallion Vases / Lamps

19th Century Pair Chinese Rose Medallion Vases / Lamps

Located in Brighton, Sussex

A wonderful quality and unusual colour pair of 19th Century Chinese Rose medallion porcelain vases / lamps. Having this rare yellow ground with the classical Cantonese floral decorat...

Category

19th Century Chinese Antique Chinese Export Lighting

Materials

Porcelain

Pair of 19th Century Cloisonné Lamps
Pair of 19th Century Cloisonné Lamps

Pair of 19th Century Cloisonné Lamps

Located in WEST PALM BEACH, FL

This is a lovely pair of cloisonné turquoise lamps painted overall with colorful figures and images, situated on pierced rosewood bases, 19th century.

Category

Late 19th Century Chinese Antique Chinese Export Lighting

Materials

Metal

Early 20th Century Chinese Carved Green Jadeite Quartz Lamp
Early 20th Century Chinese Carved Green Jadeite Quartz Lamp

Early 20th Century Chinese Carved Green Jadeite Quartz Lamp

Located in Vancouver, British Columbia

A relatively large Chinese carved stone lamp mounted on a stepped brass and a carved wood base. The carved stone is often referred to as Jadeite or Quartz but is in fact from the flu...

Category

Early 20th Century Chinese Chinese Export Lighting

Materials

Quartz

A 19th Century French Samson Famille Rose Porcelain Lamp
A 19th Century French Samson Famille Rose Porcelain Lamp

A 19th Century French Samson Famille Rose Porcelain Lamp

By Samson & Cie

Located in New York, NY

Conceived in the Chinese export style; the base of urn form on a sole base and with lions' masks applied to the side; profusely decorated with polychrome sprays and bearing an apocryphal armorial; fitted with a brass light socket...

Category

19th Century French Antique Chinese Export Lighting

Materials

Brass

19th Century Chinese Porcelain Lamp
19th Century Chinese Porcelain Lamp

19th Century Chinese Porcelain Lamp

Located in Los Angeles, CA

Beautifully painted 19th Century Chinese vessel converted to lamp. Wooden base. Custom parchment shade is 10" high x 16" wide.

Category

19th Century Chinese Antique Chinese Export Lighting

Materials

Enamel

Chinese Export Porcelain Phoenix Table Lamp
Chinese Export Porcelain Phoenix Table Lamp

Chinese Export Porcelain Phoenix Table Lamp

Located in Essex, MA

Colorful phoenix bird representing renewal, rebirth and immortality.. Mounted as a lamp on a molded brass base. Single socket.

Category

Early 20th Century Chinese Chinese Export Lighting

Materials

Brass

Chinese Export lighting for sale on 1stDibs.

Find a broad range of unique Chinese Export lighting 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 lighting created in this style to your space, the works available on 1stDibs include lighting, 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 lighting 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 lighting, popular names associated with this style include The Marbro Lamp Company, CANTON FAMILLE ROSE, Capodimonte, and Chapman Manufacturing Company. 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 lighting differ depending upon multiple factors, including designer, materials, construction methods, condition and provenance. On 1stDibs, the price for these items starts at $200 and tops out at $24,680 while the average work can sell for $2,406.