19th Century Antique Distressed Lidded Box, Chinese Paper Mache
Located in Los Angeles, CA
19th Century Antique Distressed Lidded Box, Chinese Paper Mache.
19th Century Chinese Antique Chinese Export Furniture
Paper
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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19th Century Antique Distressed Lidded Box, Chinese Paper Mache
Located in Los Angeles, CA
19th Century Antique Distressed Lidded Box, Chinese Paper Mache.
Paper
Diminutive Antique Chinese Export Porcelain Ginger Jar
Located in Philadelphia, PA
A fine antique Chinese Export porcelain ginger jar. Decorated in underglaze blue with a mountainous river scene. With a flared rim with an unglazed edge. Simply a wonderful exampl...
Porcelain
$4,587Sale Price / set|20% Off
Pair Of Antique Side Chairs, Oriental, Lacquered, Elbow Seats, Cane, Victorian
Located in Hele, Devon, GB
This is a pair of antique side chairs. An Oriental, lacquered elbow seat with cane squabs, dating to the Victorian period, circa 1880. Attractive and well-proportioned, these chairs ...
Cane, Lacquer
Vintage Mah Jong Game Case, Oriental, Gaming Box, Bamboo Pieces, Mid Century
Located in Hele, Devon, GB
This is a vintage Mah Jong case. A Chinese, upholstered gaming box with bamboo pieces, dating to the mid 20th century, circa 1960. Attractive fabric covered case with a 144-piece ga...
Bamboo
Mid Century Chinese Style Teak Bird Cage
Located in Germantown, MD
Mid Century Chinese Style Teak Bird Cage Measures 18" in width x 18" in depth x 34" in height.
Hardwood, Teak
ANTIQUE MAHJONG SUITE CIRCA 1940's CHINESE CHINOISERIE DRAGON DESIGN MUST SEE
Located in West Sussex, Pulborough
Royal House Antiques Royal House Antiques is delighted to offer for sale this highly collectable Chinese Chinoiserie Circa 1940's Mahjong set with the original box which is a hand p...
Bamboo
Huanghuali Demilune Console Table with Carved Dragons, 1790
By Chow's Oriental Furniture Co.
Located in Valladolid, ES
Beautiful honey color with archaistic carvings of dragons across the apron Amazing A Chinese crescent-shaped table known as a YUEYAZHUO, made of Huanghuali wood, a hardwood highly va...
Wood
Antique Signed Wang Hing Chinese Export Silver Floral Repousse Cup or Beaker
Located in Philadelphia, PA
A fine Chinese Export silver cup. By Wang Hing. In .900 silver. With floral repousse decoration to the entire exterior of the cup. With a script 'B' monogram to the base. Fully marked to the base. Simply a wonderful Chinese silver cup...
Sterling Silver
Set Chinese Carved Panels Screen Room Divider 1880
Located in Potters Bar, GB
Gorgeous set of four hand carved Chinese screens These were originally part of a screen or room divider and could be put back together to serve that purpose if required Good size at ...
Wood
Chinese Porcelain Framed Famille Rose Plaque of Birds with Prunus and Cherry
Located in Downingtown, PA
Lovebirds in Blossom: A Famille Rose Porcelain Plaque This beautiful Chinese Porcelain Plaque, dating to the 20th Century, captures a classic and auspicious natural scene in a horiz...
Porcelain
$6,000Sale Price|42% Off
Chinese Lapis Lazuli Carved Group of Figures Sculpture
Located in Guaynabo, PR
This is a large heavy Chinese lapis lazuli well carved in details group of figures sculpture.`It depicts two young ladies very well dressed in southern and northern dynasty clothes with traditional Chinese hair...
Lapis Lazuli
$6,500 / set
Nine Blue Onion Meissen Show or Wall Plates
Located in Stamford, CT
Nine blue onion Meissen show or wall plates. This is a stunning collection of blue white wall platters purchased from a NYC Socialite at the Beekman on the East side of Manhattan. Th...
Porcelain
Set of Eight Chinese Enamel Plates, Floral Border, 19th Century, China
Located in Queens, NY
Set of 8 Asian Chinese-style (19/20th Century) enamel plates with blue floral border and figural scene (PRICED AS SET)
Enamel
Antique Korean Tansu Bandaji Storage Chest
Located in Chicago, IL
Antique Korean Tansu Bandaji Storage Chest Featuring an antique Korean Tansu Bandaji Chest with iron hardware. Stunning piece of furniture that dates back to the early 1900s. Histor...
Wood
Cloisonné Vase with Lid Flower Decoration China circa 1950
Located in Milan, Italy
Chinese lidded vase in cloisonne and gilt bronze enamel, probably from the first half of the 20th century. The domed lid with finial in the shape of a seated Buddhist lion overlooks ...
Bronze
Gorgeous Pair of Ceramic Chinese Garden Seat End Tables
Located in Hopewell, NJ
Lovely pair of pastel figural decorated garden seats that make a marvelous set of drinks tables. Gayle
Ceramic
Chinese Famille Rose Ginger Jar Table Lamp on Bronze Base
Located in Clifton Springs, NY
Chinese Famille Rose ginger jar table lamp is an antique (circa early 20th or even late 19th century) porcelain jar mounted as a lamp on ornate...
Bronze
Framed Antique Chinese Qing Dynasty Embroidery 24LP111
Located in Pomona, CA
Originally purchased from Hong Kong, this Chinese antique embroidery presented in a museum quality. This textile was a roundel design likely from the center front of a noble woman's...
Silk
Large Asian Oil on Silk Paintings by Chelsea House, Floral, Bird, Botanical S/2
Located in Kennesaw, GA
I love the vibrant colors! This is a set of large scale oil paintings hand done on silk by Chelsea House. They are Asian inspired with their birds on branches surrounded by fruit and...
Silk, Giltwood, Paint
Antique Blue & White Fitzhugh Pattern Chinese Export Porcelain Plate
Located in Philadelphia, PA
A fine antique Chinese Export porcelain plate in the Fitzhugh pattern. Decorated in underglaze blue with floral devices to the face, an...
Porcelain
$636Sale Price|20% Off
Antique Chinese Export Rose Medallion Cross Cut Corner Square Bowl
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
Antique Chinese Export Rose Medallion Cross Cut Corner Square Bowl China, 1900s This antique Chinese Export Rose Medallion cross-cut corner square bowl, dating from the 1900s, is a...
Porcelain
Canton Famille Rose Large Baluster Vase, Qing Dynasty, Ca. 1840
Located in Banner Elk, NC
A large Canton Famille rose baluster vase, of baluster form, with a tall waisted neck, an everted scalloped rim, the neck and shoulders with applied paired confronting Foo lions and ...
Porcelain
$4,600Sale Price / set|20% Off
Pair of Chinese Export Porcelain American* Market Landscape Vases & Covers
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
Pair of Chinese Export Porcelain American* Market Landscape Vases & Covers China, Circa 1800 * American/ European Market, considered to the Chinese to be the same market, by many. it's been suggested the front and back vignettes of houses in landscape on this model, were painted from a European print the Chinese porcelain workshops acquired. A extraordinary find, a pair of Chinese Export Porcelain American/ European Market painted in sepia, colors and gilt vases & covers, with twelve (12) placed American/ European and Chinese motif vignettes. Each vase complete with its original cover/ lid with gilt recumbent foo-dog, with two front and back oval vignettes of a Chinese tree in landscape. Each of the baluster vases, exquisitely hand-painted front and back with a similar American/ European topographical view of country houses with trees landscape. (The Chinese porcelain workshops probably copied these scenes from a European print) Surrounded by an elaborate painted and enameled trellis with vines and leaves. Some traces worn, additional gilt decoration is evident. Both sides of the vases are decorated with an upper elongated cartouche painted...
Porcelain
Framed Antique Chinese Qing Dynasty Embroidery 25LP007
Located in Pomona, CA
Originally purchased from Hong Kong, this Chinese antique embroidery presented in a museum quality. This textile was a roundel design likely from the center front of a noble woman's...
Silk
Chinese Cloisonne Vase on Stand with Floral Motif
Located in San Diego, CA
A nice Chinese cloisonne vase on stand with floral motif, circa 1970s. The vase is in very good condition with no dings or dents and measure 5.75"D x 11.75"H on a beautiful dark blue...
Brass, Enamel
Late 19th Century Antique Chinese Femille Rose Porcelain Bowl With Marks
Located in Pomona, CA
This is an Antique Chinese Famille Rose Porcelain Bowl. As you can see in the pictures, it is in very good conditions. It shows very neat unique design and hand painted floral inside...
Porcelain
Antique Chinese Cloisonné Enameled Guanyin Sculpture Figurine, Strong Museum
Located in Clifton Springs, NY
Antique Chinese cloisonné enameled and carved Guanyin, or Quan Yin, sculpture or figurine features carved face and hair and finely detailed multi-colored enameled dress. The hair is ...
Brass, Bronze
Six-Panel Double Sided Coromandel Asian Screen on Stand
Located in Germantown, MD
Six-panel double sided Coromandel Asian Screen on stand. Each panel seats in a removable custom wood stand / shoe. Brownish gold color on one side and nature on the other. The subje...
Brass
Vintage Chinese Wicker Horned Animal From the Shanghai Collection
Located in Palm Beach, FL
Standout vintage Chinese horned animal with a removable lid ambitiously handcrafted in woven reed or wicker with carved wood highlights. From the famed Shanghai Collection.
Wicker, Reed, Wood
Chinese Export Soapstone Folding Screen Room Divider
Located in West Sussex, Pulborough
We are delighted to offer for sale this extremely well-made and highly collectable Chinese Export Soapstone room divider folding screen depicting court beauties A truly stunning and...
Soapstone
Vintage Chinese Cloisonné Enamel Trinket Box, Floral Blossom Motif, Mid-Century
Located in San Diego, CA
Elegant vintage Chinese cloisonné enamel trinket box crafted in brass with finely detailed polychrome enamel decoration. The domed lid features flowering branches in shades of cobalt...
Metal
Paintings of Chinese Ancestral Portraits Reverse Glass, 1940s, Pair
By James Mont, Marshall Fields, Maitland Smith, Gumps, Kutani Studio
Located in Miami, FL
Pair of reverse hand painted on glass of Chinese Emperor and Empress portrait paintings, circa 1940s. These detailed and well executed paintings still...
Wood, Paint, Glass
$38,000 / set
Pair of Chinese Cloisonné Tigers
Located in Houston, TX
A stunning pair of late 20th century life-size Chinese cloisonné tigers from the Baron Estate. In Chinese symbolism, these tigers represents the ma...
Brass
Blanc de Chine Chinese Export Style Chinoiserie Ancestral Wall Brackets - Pair
Located in Kennesaw, GA
This is a pair of Blanc de Chines style ancestral form wall brackets. They are cast plaster and most likely date to the 1970s. They are in very good condition.
Plaster
MId-20th Century Chinese Carved Rosewood Siver Chest Cabinet
Located in Germantown, MD
An exceptional Mid-20th Century Chinese Carved Rosewood Siver Chest and Cabinet in great vintage condition. Features a flip top that open to reveal two flatware storage trays all fel...
Felt, Rosewood
Japanese 19th Century Scalloped Imari Porcelain vase Mejii Period
Located in Auribeau sur Siagne, FR
Japanese Vase, made in Japan at the beginning of the 19th century. Mejii Period With beautiful colors in red blue and white. The vase is in good condition.
Porcelain
Chinese Export Porcelain Soup Tureen
Located in Essex, MA
With domed cover with gilt lemon finial on a conforming base with two handles.
Porcelain
Antique Hand-Painted Chinese Export Porcelain Cricket Boxes, 1960s
Located in Haddonfield, NJ
Wonderful collection of Chinese porcelain cricket boxes or cricket cage. These boxes were used to house and care for crickets, a popular pet in Chinese culture. The box is all featu...
Porcelain, Paint
Rare Spectacular Hand-Embroidered Silk Japanese Kimono
Located in Brea, CA
This highly collectable spectacular rare kimono has detailed hand-embroidery throughout accented . This ceremonial Japanese kimono is hand sewn and hand-quilted throughout.
Silk
$1,160Sale Price|20% Off
Late Qing Dynasty Rosewood Export Side Table Carved With Floral Bamboo Theme
Located in Vancouver, British Columbia
Elegant hand carved late Qing Dynasty Chinese Rosewood table with delicate carving and slender bamboo theme legs. Some chips in relief carving as seen otherwise in good original cond...
Rosewood
Chinese Export Silver Cigarette Case Depicting the Bund and the Angel of Peace
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
Chinese Export Silver Cigarette Case Depicting the Bund and the Angel of Peace, Shanghai, c. 1930–1940 129 grams, 4.5" W × 3.5" H × 0.33" D (8.75" W open) A rare and historically s...
Sterling Silver
Chinese Export Porcelain Canton Jar decorated with Panels of Chinese Figures
Located in Downingtown, PA
Chinese Export Porcelain Large Canton Temple Jar, American Market, Daoguang, First Quarter 19th Century A handsome Chinese Export Canton Large Temple Jar, produced for the American ...
Porcelain
Antique circa 1900 Chinese Very Large Earthenware Dragon Planter Plant Egg Pot
By Satsuma
Located in Autonomous City Buenos Aires, CABA
Antique Chinese glazed ceramic egg cup. This brown glazed stoneware urn displays vibrant turquoise tones within. Large egg planter currently being used as ...
Earthenware
$2,800Sale Price / set|56% Off
Set Of Six Chinese Export Paintings on Pith Paper
Located in Bradenton, FL
Set of six Chinese Export paintings on pith (rice) paper. The paintings depict Chinese processionals that include men in different settings such as playing instruments, carrying temp...
Paper
$950Sale Price|34% Off
Painted Chinese Trunk
Located in Fulton, CA
Beautifully painted Chinese trunk. Circa. 1900. Very attractive as a coffee, side or end table. Old world patina with age appropriate wear. Sturdy. 31 inches wide. 22 inches high. 2...
Wood, Paint
$19,104 / item
Pair Chinoiserie lacquer cabinets on stand. circa 1900
Located in Brighton, Sussex
This exquisite pair of Chinese export Coromandel lacquer cabinets, dating from circa 1900, showcases the artistry and craftsmanship of the period. Each cabinet features a rich, black...
Lacquer
Antique Chinese Ching Dynasty Seated Famille Rose Figurine Designer Table Lamp
Located in LOS ANGELES, CA
Antique Chinese Ching Dynasty seated famille rose figurine now designer table lamp. This lovely figures lamp sits freely on the lamp stand and have not b...
Pottery
Pair of Chinese Thousand Flowers Porcelain Figural Vases
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
Pair of Chinese Thousand Flowers Porcelain Figural Vases Late Qing Dynasty (1644-1911) A stunning pair of Chinese Thousand Flowers Porcelain Figural Vases from the Late Qing Dynast...
Porcelain, Hardwood
Vintage Tobacco Leaf Porcelain Garniture of Five Vases
Located in Downingtown, PA
A Phoenix in Bloom: The Enduring Charm of the "Tobacco Leaf" Garniture Title: Large Tobacco Leaf Porcelain Garniture of Five Vases Culture/Orig...
Porcelain
Mid Century Chinese Black Lacquer Mother of Pearl Decorative Wall Fan
Located in San Diego, CA
Beautiful decorative Wall Hanging Fan , circa 1950's, Black Lacquer Mother of Pearl
Mother-of-Pearl, Wood
Antique Tibetan Buddhist Handcrafted handheld Spinning Prayer wheel
Located in Pomona, CA
This is handcrafted Tibetan handheld spinning Prayer Wheel. This spinning prayer wheel was made from Sky Iron and has detailed handcrafted Tibetan traditional design with Copper wire...
Metal
$1,140Sale Price|20% Off
Antique Cleric's Swing Out Case, Chinese, Travelling Box, Qing, Victorian, 1890
Located in Hele, Devon, GB
This is an antique cleric's swing-out case. A Chinese, hardwood travelling box, dating to the late Victorian period, circa 1890. Charmingly provincial box, presented in original tim...
Hardwood
$780Sale Price|25% Off
Vintage Bronze Asian Horse Sculpture
Located in Pasadena, TX
Elevate your home decoration with this this Stunning of vintage Dynasty style horse. Standing as a testament to intricate craftsmanship, A superb piece of folk art, featuring elegant...
Bronze
Large Antique Qing Dynasty Famille Rose Elaborately Hand-Painted Bowl or Basin
Located in Hamilton, Ontario
This very large and substantial bowl or basin is signed by and unknown artist and originates from China, dating to approximately 1920 and done in the period Chinese Export style. The...
Pottery
Chinese Porcelain Framed Famille Rose Plaque of Long Tailed Hawk on a Rose Tree
Located in Downingtown, PA
Feathered Elegance: Famille Rose Hawk on a Rose Branch This exquisite Chinese Porcelain Plaque, dating to the Mid-20th Century, is a vibrant example of traditional Chinese panel pai...
Porcelain
Chinese Export Four Panel Carved Soapstone Lacquered Screen
Located in Rio Vista, CA
Distinctive Chinese export four-panel coromandel screen featuring carved hardstone and soapstone decoration. The screen depicts a group of beauties in colorful flowing robes. The parcel-gilt landscape is decorated with two large carved stone trees...
Soapstone, Brass
Antique Blue & White Canton Chinese Export Porcelain Butter Dish with Lid
Located in Philadelphia, PA
A fine antique Chinese export porcelain lidded butter dish. In the Canton pattern. With a figural strawberry finial to the lid. Decorated in underglaze blue depicting a mountainou...
Porcelain
18th Century Chinese Export Porcelain Bowl with Chinese Domestic Furniture
Located in Downingtown, PA
Scholar's Interior: A Chinese Export Porcelain Famille Rose 'Antiques' Bowl 1735-40 This extraordinary Chinese Export Porcelain bowl is a masterful and early example of the Famille Rose palette, dating to the transition from the Yongzheng to the early Qianlong period (circa 1735–1740). Its decoration serves as a sophisticated visual catalog of Chinese domestic...
Porcelain
Vintage Chinese Oriental Fretwork Carved Hardwood Altar Console Hall Table
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Vintage Chinese Oriental Fretwork Carved Hardwood Altar Console Table. Item Circa Mid to Late 20th Century. Measurements: 34" H x 32" H (to surface) x 53" W x 15" D.
Hardwood
$1,440Sale Price|30% Off
Vintage Chinese Large Hand Carved and Gilded Wood Panel
Located in Vero Beach, FL
Vintage Chinese Large Hand Carved and Gilded Wood Panel Elaborate and deeply carved wood panel dates from the end of the 19th century. The d...
Wood