Chinese Export Table Lamps
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.
Style: Chinese Export
Color: Brown
Chinese Porcelain Vase Table Lamp
Located in Baltimore, MD
This is a colourful antique Chinese porcelain vase, depicting a traditional Chinese scene with exotic birds and landscape, converted into an elegant table lamp with a fine linen shad...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Chinese Chinese Export Table Lamps
Materials
Hardwood, Porcelain, Linen
Chinese Porcelain Hat Stand Table Lamp
Located in Baltimore, MD
This is a colorful antique Chinese porcelain hat stand, depicting a group of women in a traditional Chinese setting, converted into an eleg...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Chinese Chinese Export Table Lamps
Materials
Rosewood, Linen, Porcelain
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 Table Lamps
Materials
Quartz
Pair of Antique Chinese Porcelain Lamps
Located in Chapel Hill, NC
Pair of early 20th Century Chinese porcelain vases custom mounted on lucite bases. Each vase decorated with a perched birds of paradise and colorful vegetation on a brown ground.
Wi...
Category
1920s Chinese Vintage Chinese Export Table Lamps
Materials
Brass
Extraordinary Pair of Chinese Porcelain Table Lamps
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Introducing an extraordinary pair of Chinese table lamps, skillfully made from porcelain and in great condition. Each lamp features stunnin...
Category
1950s Chinese Vintage Chinese Export Table Lamps
Materials
Plastic, Wood, Maple, Porcelain, Fabric, Paint
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 Table Lamps
Materials
Brass
Pair Chinese Export Turquoise/ White Famille-Verte Floral Vases Now as Lamps
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
Pair Chinese Export Turquoise/ White Famille-Verte Floral Vases now as Lamps
Each one of square form, finely decorated with intricate turquoise enameled necks, the sides hand pai...
Category
Early 20th Century Chinese Chinese Export Table Lamps
Materials
Wood, Porcelain
Chinese Export Mandarin Warrior Famille Rose Vase, Now as a Lamp
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
Chinese Export Mandarin Warrior Famille Rose Vase, Now as a Lamp
The porcelain vase, China circa 1860
The gilt mountings and lamping USA, Circa 1925
A magnificent Chinese Export Man...
Category
19th Century Chinese Antique Chinese Export Table Lamps
Materials
Metal
Pair of Japanese Pagoda Form Porcelain Lamps
Located in Chapel Hill, NC
A Rare Pair of Japanese Pagoda Form Porcelain Lamps. Beautifully glazed in very vibrant colors with gilt accents. Lamps are mounted on square carved ha...
Category
Early 20th Century Chinese Export Table Lamps
Materials
Enamel
19th Century Rose Ormolu Mounted Rose Medallion Vase / Lamp
Located in Brighton, Sussex
A very good quality 19th century Chinese rose medallion Cantonese vase / lamp, having wonderful gilded ormolu mounts to the top and base. Hand painted classical oriental scenes, depi...
Category
19th Century Chinese Antique Chinese Export Table Lamps
Materials
Porcelain
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 Table Lamps
Materials
Porcelain
Pair of Asian Ornate Tooled Leather Over Tole Tea Canisters Mounted as Lamps
Located in Germantown, MD
Pair of Asian decorated Tooled Leather Over Tole Tea Canisters Mounted as Lamps in great vintage condition.
8.5" in diameter and stand 25" tall to the top of the licht bulb socket.
Category
20th Century East Asian Chinese Export Table Lamps
Materials
Metal
Chinese Porcelain Baluster Vase With Lid Lamp, Pair
Located in New York, NY
Chinese pair of glazed porcelain baluster vase with lid in autumn color now mounted as lamps, raised on wooden base.
Dimensions: 30" H x 8.5" Dia...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Chinese Export Table Lamps
Materials
Porcelain
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 Table Lamps
Materials
Porcelain
1920s Heavily Carved Asian Jade Table Lamp
Located in Garnerville, NY
Asian carved jade/nephrite bird table lamp. Circa 1920. The interior portion lights up separately from the top two lights. Pierced carved Rosewood base ending with a brass filigree f...
Category
1920s Chinese Vintage Chinese Export Table Lamps
Materials
Jade, Brass
Pair Chinese Hand Painted Porcelain and Gilt Decorated Pheonix Motif Lamps
Located in Vero Beach, FL
Pair Chinese hand painted porcelain and gilt decorated pheonix motif lamps.
Two large, heavy polychrome Chinese vases with auspicious decorations of Phoenixes encircling peonies a...
Category
Mid-20th Century Chinese Chinese Export Table Lamps
Materials
Porcelain, Wood
Pair of Chinese Export Famille Verte Vases Now Electrified on Giltwood Bases
Located in San Francisco, CA
A lovely pair of Chinese Export porcelain hand decorated vases, decorated overall in the Famille Verte palette with numerous figures of courtesans, birds, butterflies and flowers in ...
Category
Late 19th Century Chinese Antique Chinese Export Table Lamps
Materials
Porcelain
Exquisite Chinese Famille Rose Foo Dog Motif Vase, Now as a Lamp
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
Exquisite Chinese Famille rose foo dog motif vase, now as a Lamp
Profusely decorated with numerous foo dogs and lions in a colorful lush landscape.
Measures: 6" diameter base, 8" d...
Category
Late 19th Century Chinese Antique Chinese Export Table Lamps
Materials
Brass
Vintage Chinese Porcelain Table Lamp: Intricate Design with Modern Wiring
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Step into an era of unmatched sophistication with our vintage Chinese table lamp, a work of art meticulously crafted from premium porcelain. R...
Category
1960s European Vintage Chinese Export Table Lamps
Materials
Brass
lamp table abacus suanpan chinese calculator 13 rods 2 heaven 5 earth beads
Located in BUNGAY, SUFFOLK
CHINESE, HARDWOOD, ABACUS OR SUANPAN WITH 13 RODS, TWO HEAVEN BEADS & FIVE EARTH BEADS UPCYCLED INTO A TABLE LAMP, 16½“ HIGH
Fun and engaging, interactive table lamp that can also be used as calculating tool
As well as providing light, this table lamp can be used as a calculation tool by sliding the counters along the rods. In addition to the basic functions of addition, subtraction, multiplication and division, the abacus can calculate square and cubic roots.
Each bead in the upper deck...
Category
1880s Chinese Antique Chinese Export Table Lamps
Materials
Hardwood, Beads
Chinese Export Green Painted and Gilt Tôle Tea Canister Lamp
Located in New York, NY
Of cylindrical form with incurved top; elaborately decorated with a central cartouche enclosing a Mandarin figure leaning against tea chests set above the number 11, flanked by pseud...
Category
19th Century Chinese Antique Chinese Export Table Lamps
Materials
Metal, Brass
Famille Rose Ginger Jar Mounted as Lamp
Located in Norwood, NJ
Antique Chinese famille rose porcelain ginger jar mounted as a lamp. Porcelain cover and square wood base. Colorful figures with children and dragon. Orange, pines and greens.
Orange...
Category
Late 19th Century Chinese Antique Chinese Export Table Lamps
Materials
Wood, Porcelain
Chinese White and Blue Figurative Scene Porcelain Table Lamp
Located in New York, NY
Antique Chinese (Early 20th Century) table lamp made from a white and blue baluster-shaped porcelain vase depicting a mother and children playing outside,...
Category
20th Century Chinese Chinese Export Table Lamps
Materials
Metal, Brass
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 Table Lamps
Materials
Porcelain
19th C, Chinese, Champleve Cloisonne Vase Mounted as a Table Lamp
Located in New York, NY
Charming champleve cloisonné bronze base, enameled table lamp, in very good, original, clean and working condition. The lamp has a vase form body, with unusual and intriguing Chinese...
Category
19th Century American Antique Chinese Export Table Lamps
Materials
Bronze, Enamel
Pair of 19th Century Chinese Export Crackle Ware Vase Lamps on Carved Wood Bases
Located in New York, NY
Pair of 19th century Chinese Export crackle ware vase lamps on carved hardwood square bases. Entirely hand decorated, each slightly different from the other.
The lamps retain origin...
Category
Late 19th Century Chinese Antique Chinese Export Table Lamps
Materials
Hardwood, Ceramic
Archaistic Chinese Carved Agate and Gilt Metal Lamp
Located in New York, US
Our beautiful carved agate in archaistic urn-form features the figures of a wise man and female dancer and was mounted as a lamp in the early 20th century. It is mounted on a carved ...
Category
Late 19th Century Chinese Antique Chinese Export Table Lamps
Materials
Agate, Metal
Antique Chinese Orange and Gold Crane Design Porcelain Table Lamp
Located in New York, NY
Antique Chinese (Early 20th Century) table lamp made from a round, orange, luster porcelain, lidded vase decorated with a gold crane design on one side and...
Category
20th Century Chinese Chinese Export Table Lamps
Materials
Metal, Brass
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 Table Lamps
Materials
Porcelain, Giltwood
Antique Chinese Orange and White Dragon Motif Porcelain Table Lamp
Located in New York, NY
Antique Chinese (Early 20th Century) table lamp made from a round, luster porcelain vase with an orange and gold hexagonal patterned ground against two white cartouches depicting dra...
Category
20th Century Chinese Chinese Export Table Lamps
Materials
Metal, Brass
Pair of Antique Chinese Orange and Gold Floral Round Porcelain Table Lamps
Located in New York, NY
Pair of antique Chinese (Early 20th Century) round table lamps made from orange, luster porcelain vases with gold floral designs, mounted on brown wooden bases with patinated brass h...
Category
Early 19th Century Antique Chinese Export Table Lamps
Materials
Ceramic
Mid Century Modern Chinese Abacus Table Lamp, circa 1960
Located in Port Jervis, NY
Chinese abacus table lamp in hardwood with an ebonized counting frame and brass accents. Used for centuries in the Near East. This particular lamp is...
Category
1960s Chinese Vintage Chinese Export Table Lamps
Materials
Brass
Chinese Porcelain Hand Painted Porcelain Lamp
Located in Lambertville, NJ
A hand painted Chinese porcelain lamps with an imperial yellow background. The white porcelain with cartouches of aristocratic women in a floral background with intricately detailed ...
Category
Mid-20th Century Chinese Chinese Export Table Lamps
Materials
Brass
Antique Chinese Orange and Gold Bouquet Design Porcelain Table Lamp
Located in New York, NY
Antique Chinese (Early 20th Century) table lamp made from a round, orange, luster porcelain vase with with a gold floral bouquet design, mounted on a brown wooden base and fitted wit...
Category
20th Century Chinese Chinese Export Table Lamps
Materials
Metal, Brass
Chinese Pink Floral and Bird Design Table Lamp
Located in New York, 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.
Category
20th Century Chinese Chinese Export Table Lamps
Materials
Metal, Brass
Pair of Chinese Off-White Orange and Pink Floral Motif Porcelain Table Lamps
Located in New York, NY
Pair of similar Chinese porcelain table lamps made from off-white, urn-shaped vases with pink, orange and green florals, berries, leaves and snap dragons with wooden bases and brass ...
Category
20th Century Chinese Chinese Export Table Lamps
Materials
Metal, Brass
19th Century Chinese Crackleware Vase as Lamp
Located in Norwood, NJ
19th century Chinese crackleware vase as lamp. Featuring beautiful bold colors and raised enameling. Ho-ho bird in center surrounded by flora...
Category
Late 19th Century Chinese Antique Chinese Export Table Lamps
Materials
Porcelain, Rosewood
Vintage Pair of Chinese Abacus Lamps
By ABCO
Located in San Francisco, CA
Wonderful pair of mid century Chinese Abacus Lamps made in Honk Kong.
Category
1970s Hong Kong Vintage Chinese Export Table Lamps
Materials
Wood
Chinese White and Blue Gaming Scene Table Lamp
Located in New York, NY
Chinese white and blue porcelain table lamp made from an urn-shaped vase depicting a group of figures around a game table under a tree, ...
Category
20th Century Chinese Chinese Export Table Lamps
Materials
Metal, Brass
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 Table Lamps
Materials
Brass
Pair of Chinese Off-White Floral and Bamboo Design Table Lamps
Located in New York, 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 Table Lamps
Materials
Brass, Metal
Chinese Pink Floral and Duck Design Table Lamp
Located in New York, NY
Chinese pink ceramic table lamp made from a baluster-shaped vase decorated with ducks in natural surroundings emphasized with linework and orange dragonflies, on a wooden base with b...
Category
20th Century Chinese Chinese Export Table Lamps
Materials
Brass, Metal
Chinese Pink Floral and Crane Design Table Lamp
Located in New York, NY
Chinese pink porcelain table lamp made from a baluster-shaped vase decorated with cranes and sparrows in natural surroundings emphasized with li...
Category
20th Century Chinese Chinese Export Table Lamps
Materials
Metal, Brass
Vintage Mid-Century Chinese Wooden Lamp
Located in New York, NY
Vintage mid-century Chinese style wood lamp with fretwork design carving.
Category
20th Century Unknown Chinese Export Table Lamps
Materials
Wood
Rustic Antique Chinese Water Bucket Jar Shape Lamp
Located in Sheffield, MA
Rustic Chinese water bucket jar shape lamp with raised rib trimmed detail encircling the body. Topped with coolie style Belgium linen lamp shade. Euro t...
Category
20th Century Chinese Chinese Export Table Lamps
Materials
Linen, Wood
Antique Chinese Orange and White Cartouche Porcelain Table Lamp
Located in New York, NY
Antique Chinese (Early 20th Century) table lamp made from a round, luster ceramic vase with an orange and gold hexagonal patterned ground against two white cartouches depicting natur...
Category
20th Century Chinese Chinese Export Table Lamps
Materials
Metal, Brass
Chinese Style Porcelain Imari Table Lamp
Located in New York, NY
Asian Chinese style porcelain table lamp with Imari style floral decoration on round wood base.
Category
20th Century Unknown Chinese Export Table Lamps
Materials
Porcelain, Wood
Chinese Off-White and Blue Figurative Scene Stoneware Table Lamp
Located in New York, NY
Antique Chinese (Late 19th Century) table lamp made from an off-white and blue stoneware vase with carved floral bands, two small decorative handles, and a scene depicting two women ...
Category
19th Century Chinese Antique Chinese Export Table Lamps
Materials
Metal, Brass
Porcelain Crackle Glaze Table Lamps Chinese Inspired Pair with Custom Shades
Located in Stamford, CT
Porcelain crackle glaze table lamps. Chinese inspired pair of mint green table lamps each with a custom shade. The pair sitting on teak bases wit...
Category
1960s Vintage Chinese Export Table Lamps
Materials
Porcelain
Chinese Dark Blue and Red Cherry Blossom Tree Motif Table Lamp
Located in New York, NY
Chinese porcelain table lamp made from a richly colored dark blue vase with a red, pink and white budding cherry blossom tree climbing up its form, a wo...
Category
20th Century Chinese Chinese Export Table Lamps
Materials
Metal, Brass
Chinese Teal Cylindrical Patterned Cloisonne Table Lamp
Located in New York, NY
Chinese cylindrical table lamp made from a teal and gold-patterned cloisonne vase painted with floral arrangements and fruit bowls with a brown wooden...
Category
20th Century Chinese Chinese Export Table Lamps
Materials
Enamel, Metal, Brass
Chinese Off-White and Figurative Scene Porcelain Urn Table Lamp
Located in New York, NY
Antique Chinese (Late 19th Century) table lamp made from an off-white, urn-shaped, porcelain vase depicting a joyful scene of gift-bearing children greeting elders in a pastoral sett...
Category
19th Century Chinese Antique Chinese Export Table Lamps
Materials
Metal, Brass
19th Century Chinese Famille Rose Gilt Metal Mounted Vase as Table Lamp
Located in WEST PALM BEACH, FL
This is a lovely Chinese Famille Rose vase decorated with a centralized scene depicting Classic Chinese figures and floral motif, electrified as a lamp and ensconced in ornate gilt m...
Category
1860s Chinese Antique Chinese Export Table Lamps
Materials
Metal
Large Chinese Carved and Painted Wooden Buddha Head Table Lamp
Located in New York, NY
Chinese carved bleached wood table lamp with Buddha head on a square giltwood base with a giltwood head piece under a three light top with central...
Category
20th Century Chinese Chinese Export Table Lamps
Materials
Glass, Wood
Pair of Chinese Export Jadeite Stone Lamps
Located in Vancouver, British Columbia
The stone bodies of this type of interior illuminated lamp are often referred to as quartz, jadeite or even jade but are in fact of the fluorite famil...
Category
Mid-20th Century Asian Chinese Export Table Lamps
Materials
Quartz
Lovely Decorative Chinese Vase Converted into a Table Lamp Decorative Piece
Located in GB
We are delighted to offer for sale this lovely vintage Chinese vase converted into a lamp
A very good looking and well-made lamp, exceptionally decorative and I think the only one...
Category
20th Century Chinese Chinese Export Table Lamps
Materials
Porcelain
Pair of Chinese Cream Balance Beam Design Table Lamps
Located in New York, NY
Pair of Chinese table lamps made from cream, gourd-shaped vases hand-painted with figures on a balance beam and wooden bases with brass hardware. (Priced ...
Category
20th Century Chinese Chinese Export Table Lamps
Materials
Brass, Metal
Chinese Export Prunus Vase, Now as a Lamp
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
Chinese Export Prunus Vase, Now as a Lamp
Early 20th Century, China
Dimensions: Height: 24 in Diameter: 7 in
Bring home this beautifully crafted Chinese E...
Category
Early 20th Century Chinese Chinese Export Table Lamps
Materials
Porcelain, Wood
Chinese Export table lamps for sale on 1stDibs.
Find a broad range of unique Chinese Export table lamps 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 table lamps 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 table lamps 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 table lamps, popular names associated with this style include The Marbro Lamp Company, Capodimonte, Chapman Manufacturing Company, and Imari 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 table lamps 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 $2,400.
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