Chinese Export Furniture
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
Recognized Seller Listings
Pair of Chinese Imari-Style Monumental Lidded Porcelain Urns
Located in Queens, NY
PAIR of Chinese monumental lidded porcelain floor vases celebrating Japanese Imari ware in both palette and decoration, featuring central medallions of birds perched on flowering tre...
Category
20th Century Chinese Chinese Export Furniture
Materials
Porcelain
Pair Chinese Carved Hardwood Metal Pedestals Stands Tables
Located in London, GB
Pair Chinese Carved Hardwood Metal Pedestals Stands Tables
Chinese, 20th Century
Height 97cm, width 40cm, depth 49cm
This distinctive pair of Chinese pedestals, dating to the 20th...
Category
20th Century Chinese Chinese Export Furniture
Materials
Wood
Four Chinese Rosewood Nested Tables
Located in London, GB
These beautiful tables were created in China in the early 20th century. They have been carved from rosewood. These ‘nested tables’ vary in their size, so th...
Category
Early 20th Century Chinese Chinese Export Furniture
Materials
Rosewood
$6,096 / set
Chinese Porcelain Altar Fruit Box in the form of a Peach
Located in Downingtown, PA
Chinese Porcelain Altar Fruit Box in the form of a Peach,
19th Century.
The Chinese porcelain oval box in two parts is molded in the form of a large peach. It is naturalistically c...
Category
Mid-19th Century Chinese Antique Chinese Export Furniture
Materials
Porcelain
Chinese Export Silver Goblet
Located in London, GB
A rare Chinese Export Silver Goblet depicting the story of the Three Kingdoms. The goblet embossed and chased with characters of army of General Dian Wei (典韦) and General Lü Bu (吕布)....
Category
1870s Chinese Antique Chinese Export Furniture
Materials
Silver
$10,161
Chinese Han Dynasty-Style Patinated Bronze Footed Pot
Located in Queens, NY
Antique Chinese Han Dynasty-style copy of a patinated bronze pot carved with raised geometric patterned bands wrapping its form, sitting atop three lion paws, and fitted with two squ...
Category
20th Century Chinese Chinese Export Furniture
Materials
Metal
Chinese Style Monumental Porcelain Floor Vase
Located in Queens, NY
Asian Chinese style (19/20th Cent) monumental porcelain floor vase with orange, blue & white colors and floral decoration with scalloped top.
Condition: Good; Wear consistent with a...
Category
19th Century Chinese Antique Chinese Export Furniture
Materials
Porcelain
Chinese Han Dynasty-Style Patinated Bronze Canister with Animal Figurine Lid
Located in Queens, NY
Antique Chinese Han Dynasty-style copy of a patinated bronze canister with a slight concave form etched in subtle patterns, sitting atop three paw-like...
Category
20th Century Chinese Chinese Export Furniture
Materials
Bronze
Chinese White and Blue Character and Floral Urn
Located in Queens, NY
Antique Chinese (Late 19th Century) ceramic urn with blue floral designs surrounding bold, centered characters on 4 sides.
Category
19th Century Chinese Antique Chinese Export Furniture
Materials
Porcelain
Chinese Export Canton Famille Rose Plate with Rare Central Peacock, ca. 1865
Located in Banner Elk, NC
Canton Famille Rose Plate, Qing Dynasty, Tongzhi Era, ca. 1865.
The Central Roundel with a Polychrome Enameled Full Displaying Peacock, with an inner border to the cavetto of an al...
Category
Mid-19th Century Chinese Antique Chinese Export Furniture
Materials
Enamel
Chinese Porcelain Traditional Figures
Located in Queens, NY
7 Asian Chinese (20th Cent) porcelain figures in blue and white patterns in traditional dress (PRICED EACH).
Category
20th Century Chinese Chinese Export Furniture
Materials
Porcelain
$375 / item
"TaoBao" Large White Porcelain Vase by Luce Raggi Italy / China Contemporary
Located in London, GB
Luce Raggi, TaoBao (online shopping), 2017 glazed porcelain 55 x 35 cm
Hand painted vase depicting packages and prices related to online shopping on Taobao, the Chinese Amazon. On ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Chinese Chinese Export Furniture
Materials
Porcelain
Chinese Rust Agate Incense Burner
Located in Queens, NY
Asian Chinese rust colored agate urn (incense burner) with pierced round cover with rings and carved monkey and dragon handles resting on a base of 4 fish. (modern base 1¬O" high).
Category
20th Century Chinese Chinese Export Furniture
Materials
Stone, Marble
Chinese Green Glazed Porcelain Parrot Statue
Located in Queens, NY
Vintage Chinese glazed porcelain statue of a green parrot with a gray beak and talons perched atop matching green grasses.
Category
20th Century Chinese Chinese Export Furniture
Materials
Porcelain
Chinese Off-White and Light Blue Vine Pattern Lidded Porcelain Ginger Jars
Located in Queens, NY
"4 Antique Chinese (Early 20th Century) lidded porcelain ginger jars with a swirling light blue dense vines and spaced floral motifs against off-white back...
Category
20th Century Chinese Chinese Export Furniture
Materials
Porcelain
Pair of Chinese Celadon Revolving Pattern Porcelain Urns
Located in Queens, NY
PAIR of Chinese celadon porcelain urns with continuous raised swirling motifs flowing up the slender, fluted necks. (PRICED AS PAIR).
Condition: Good; Wear consistent with age and use
Category
20th Century Chinese Chinese Export Furniture
Materials
Porcelain
Chinese Export Silver Tea and Coffee Service
By Yu Chang
Located in New Orleans, LA
This stunning and complete seven-piece Chinese export silver tea and coffee service was crafted by Yu Chang of Shanghai and Hong Kong, a firm re...
Category
Late 19th Century Chinese Antique Chinese Export Furniture
Materials
Sterling Silver
Antique Chinese Ormolu Bowl Produced for Export to Islamic Market
Located in London, GB
Antique Chinese ormolu bowl produced for export to Islamic Market
Chinese, early 20th century
Measures: Height 13cm, width 31cm, depth 22cm
This ch...
Category
Early 20th Century Chinese Chinese Export Furniture
Materials
Ormolu
Antique Vietnamese Silver Treasure Box with Guardian Dragons
Located in New York, NY
Vietnamese silver box, late 19th century. Rectangular with straight sides. Cover flat and hinged. Box sides have embossed blossoming branches, bamboo...
Category
Late 19th Century Vietnamese Antique Chinese Export Furniture
Materials
Silver
Chinese Export Silver Cocktail Shaker
Located in London, GB
Chinese Export Silver Cocktail Shaker, circa 1925, embossed and chased with dragon decoration Retailed by Hung Chong, and made by Sheng (声).
There is a bold single dragon, with prot...
Category
1920s Chinese Vintage Chinese Export Furniture
Materials
Silver
Chinese Export Porcelain Tobacco Leaf Shaped Dish with Puce Scroll
Located in Downingtown, PA
Chinese Export Porcelain Pseudo Tobacco Leaf Shaped Dish,
Circa 1765
The Chinese Export porcelain shaped dish. The leaf-shaped dish is in a rare ...
Category
Mid-18th Century Chinese Antique Chinese Export Furniture
Materials
Porcelain
Chinese Porcelain Framed Famille Rose Plaque of Birds with Prunus and Cherry
Located in Downingtown, PA
Chinese Porcelain Framed Famille Rose Pair of Plaques of Birds with Prunus and Cherry Trees,
20th Century
The beautiful large plaque, in a horizontal format, depicts a pair of birds...
Category
Mid-20th Century Chinese Chinese Export Furniture
Materials
Porcelain
Chinese Celadon Glazed Porcelain Vase
Located in Queens, NY
Chinese glazed porcelain vase in a celadon color with a bulbous form (date mark on bottom, see photos).
Category
20th Century Chinese Chinese Export Furniture
Materials
Porcelain
Pair of Chinese Porcelain Foo Dogs
Located in Queens, NY
PAIR of Asian Chinese (19/20th Cent) green and yellow small porcelain reclining foo dog figures
Category
19th Century Chinese Antique Chinese Export Furniture
Materials
Porcelain
$3,500 / set
Chinese Mauve Glazed Porcelain Vase
Located in Queens, NY
Chinese tall glazed porcelain vase in an elegant mauve shade (date mark on bottom, see photos).
Category
20th Century Chinese Chinese Export Furniture
Materials
Porcelain
Chinese Green and Botanical Hand-Made Tole Lidded Urn
Located in Queens, NY
Chinese hand-made, light green tole urn painted with branches, fruit, and a dark green band at the base and finished with a finial atop its lid.
Category
20th Century Chinese Chinese Export Furniture
Materials
Metal
A superb Chinese export famille rose porcelain VOC teapot and pattipan saucer
Located in Amsterdam, NL
China, circa 1730
Porcelain decorated in rose-pink, yellow and soft blue- green enamels, on a shield a lion rampant crowned, holding in his left paw a bunch of seven arrows symbolis...
Category
1730s Chinese Antique Chinese Export Furniture
Materials
Enamel
Chinese Bone and Metal Dagger
Located in Queens, NY
Asian Chinese-style (19th Century) dagger with a bone and silver-plate handle and sheath.
Condition: Good; Wear consistent with age and use
Category
19th Century Chinese Antique Chinese Export Furniture
Materials
Bone
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 Furniture
Materials
Porcelain
Pair of Antique Chinese Floral and Bird Patterned Porcelain Lidded Ginger Jars
Located in Queens, NY
PAIR of Antique Chinese (late 19th-early 20th Century) porcelain lidded ginger jars with a pattern featuring sprawling tree branches and foliage in greens, oranges, and browns, and ...
Category
19th Century Chinese Antique Chinese Export Furniture
Materials
Porcelain
Pair of Asian Chinese (19th Cent) Red & Gilt Side Chairs
Located in Queens, NY
Pair of Asian Chinese (19th Cent) red and gilt lacquered side chairs with filigree sides and back (PRICED PER Pair) (matching table #032840)
ONLY 3 available
Category
19th Century Chinese Antique Chinese Export Furniture
Materials
Lacquer
Chinese Porcelain Bird Motif Table Lamp
Located in Queens, NY
Asian Chinese style (20th Century) yellow and turquoise porcelain table lamp with bird design.
Condition: (Ships without a shade)
Category
20th Century Chinese Chinese Export Furniture
Materials
Porcelain
Carved Hardstone Eagle in Smoky Quartz
Located in Palm Desert, CA
This majestic eagle is hand carved from quality smoky quartz. The eagle is standing on a decorative geometric base that has been custom made for this purpose. With faux glass eyes, t...
Category
1930s Chinese Vintage Chinese Export Furniture
Materials
Quartz
Chinese White and Blue Vine Motif Lidded Porcelain Ginger Jars
Located in Queens, NY
3 similar antique Chinese (Early 20th Century) lidded porcelain ginger jars with dark blue vine and floral motifs against white backgrounds, Greek key patterns around the necks, and ...
Category
20th Century Chinese Chinese Export Furniture
Materials
Porcelain
Pair of Chinese Gilt Foo Dogs
Located in Queens, NY
PAIR of Asian Chinese style gilt carved foo dog figures holding a open design ball
Category
20th Century Chinese Chinese Export Furniture
Materials
Giltwood
$1,500 / set
Pair of Chinese White and Pink Cherry Blossom Motif Lidded Porcelain Urns
Located in Queens, NY
"Pair of Chinese white porcelain urns decorated with dark pink and green-leafed cherry blossoms growing up the rounded forms, finished with red-finial topped lids and made with holes...
Category
20th Century Chinese Chinese Export Furniture
Materials
Porcelain
19th Century Cloisonné Vase
Located in Dublin 8, IE
19th century Cloisonné vase richly decorated with bright Oriental patterning, chrysanthemum flowers, and birds. Topped with a gold rim, and featuring a bright blue interior, two sides are flanked with golden lion...
Category
19th Century Chinese Antique Chinese Export Furniture
Materials
Enamel
Chinese White and Blue Octagonal Porcelain Pot
Located in Queens, NY
Chinese white and blue porcelain octagonal pot painted with a unique figurative vignette in each panel beneath a floral design leading up to the opening.
Condition: Good; Wear consi...
Category
20th Century Chinese Chinese Export Furniture
Materials
Porcelain
2 Chinese Coromandel 4-Fold Screens
Located in Queens, NY
2 Asian Chinese style (20th Century) black coromandel 4 fold screens with scene with people on one side and floral & bird design on back. (PRICED EACH)
Category
20th Century Chinese Export Furniture
$5,800 / item
Chinese Yuan Style White and Blue Dragon Motif Porcelain Pot
Located in Queens, NY
Chinese bulbous, white porcelain pot crafted in the Yuan Dynasty style, wrapped in a large scaled blue dragon on the body and decorative symbols ar...
Category
20th Century Chinese Export Furniture
Materials
Porcelain
Chinese Han Dynasty-Style Patinated Bronze Lidded Pot
Located in Queens, NY
Chinese Han Dynasty-style copy of a bronze footed pot with three shaped legs, two bracket-shaped handles, a circular lid with a centered circular embellishment, a raised geometric pa...
Category
20th Century Chinese Chinese Export Furniture
Materials
Metal
Chinese Celadon and Blue Dragon Motif Porcelain Vase
Located in Queens, NY
"Chinese celadon porcelain vase painted with a blue dragon amid the clouds and made with a small mouth opening.
Some wear to finish."
Category
20th Century Chinese Chinese Export Furniture
Materials
Porcelain
Chinese Wooden Lacquered Rectangular Chest with Hand Painted Figural Scenes
Located in Queens, NY
Chinese Mid-Century rectangular hinged chest with black metal latch and two side ring handles, lacquered and hand painted featuring three women and one girl in two outdoor courtyard ...
Category
Mid-20th Century Chinese Chinese Export Furniture
Materials
Wood
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 Furniture
Materials
Metal, Brass
Vintage Chinese Red and Gold Carved Handled Box
Located in Queens, NY
"Vintage Chinese red and gold painted decorative wooden box with a metal latch and band around the base and an ornately carved handle featuring a ...
Category
20th Century Chinese Chinese Export Furniture
Materials
Wood
Chinese White and Blue Chrysanthemum and Bird Porcelain Urn
Located in Queens, NY
"Antique Chinese (Late 19th Century) white and blue porcelain urn decorated with a bird amid flowering chrysanthemums, and accented with two navy scrolled handles along the neck.
Sl...
Category
19th Century Chinese Antique Chinese Export Furniture
Materials
Porcelain
Antique Chinese Han Dynasty-Style Lidded Bronze Ritual Wine Vessel
Located in Queens, NY
Antique Chinese Han Dynasty-style bulbous form verdigis bronze ritual wine vessel with an archaistic raised banded pattern, a domed lid with four zoomorphic-shaped loops, two decorat...
Category
20th Century Chinese Chinese Export Furniture
Materials
Bronze
Chinese White and Blue Figurative Scene Porcelain Table Lamp
Located in Queens, 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 Furniture
Materials
Metal, Brass
Vintage Chinese Oval Black and Gold Tole Floral Walkway Design Tray
Located in Queens, NY
Vintage Chinese oval tole serving tray with a painted gold design of a figures climbing a staircase to a walkway surrounded by flowering plants on a black background with a shallow l...
Category
20th Century Chinese Chinese Export Furniture
Materials
Metal
Antique Chinese Han Dynasty Style Bronze Ritual Urn
Located in Queens, NY
Antique Chinese Han Dynasty-style verdigis bronze ritual urn with raised archaistic patterns wrapping its form and accented with small rings on two sides beneath the opening. Charact...
Category
20th Century Chinese Chinese Export Furniture
Materials
Bronze
Pair of Chinese Cobalt Blue and Incised Motif Meiping Vases
Located in Queens, NY
PAIR of Chinese cobalt blue vases in Meiping shapes, covered with incised patterns of dragons and curvilinear designs, and bearing small white rectangles featuring blue characters (P...
Category
20th Century Chinese Chinese Export Furniture
Materials
Porcelain
Pair of Chinese Off-White Orange and Pink Floral Motif Porcelain Table Lamps
Located in Queens, 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 Furniture
Materials
Metal, Brass
Chinese Han Dynasty Style Patinated Bronze Pot
Located in Queens, NY
Antique Chinese Han Dynasty-style copy of a patinated bronze pot carved with geometric patterns wrapping its form and adorned with decorative door knocker ornamentation.
Condition: ...
Category
20th Century Chinese Chinese Export Furniture
Materials
Bronze
Chinese Export Silver Card Case
By Luen Wo
Located in London, GB
Chinese Export Card Case, circa 1885, embossed and chased with figural scenes on one side with a single vacant shield-shaped cartouche, and bamboo on the other side, both set against...
Category
1890s Chinese Antique Chinese Export Furniture
Materials
Silver
Chinese Rose Porcelain Mandarin Saucer Dish, Early 19th Centuy
Located in Downingtown, PA
The sauce dish finely painted with Mandarin figures in the central well and flowers and butterflies on the border.
Category
Early 19th Century Chinese Antique Chinese Export Furniture
Materials
Porcelain
Chinese Porcelain Filigree Garden Seat
Located in Queens, NY
Asian Chinese style (19/20th Cent) beige and aqua porcelain filigree garden seat / pedestal.
Category
20th Century Chinese Export Furniture
Materials
Porcelain
Fine Near Pair of Georgian Padouk Fretwork Gallery Tables
Located in Greenwich, CT
Very fine near pair of George II period padouk fretwork gallery tea tables, the pierced laminated galleries with trellis designs over shaped single bo...
Category
1760s Chinese Antique Chinese Export Furniture
Materials
Padouk
Chinese Han Dynasty-Style Green Patinated Bronze Lidded Jar
Located in Queens, NY
Antique Chinese Han Dynasty-style copy of a bronze lidded jar decorated with the highs and lows of its green patina, carved with raised geometric patterns and topped with a domed, fi...
Category
20th Century Chinese Chinese Export Furniture
Materials
Bronze
Chinese Export Silver Card Case
Located in London, GB
Chinese Export Silver Card Case, circa 1835, embossed and chased with a scene of figures in battle, while the other side depicts scenes of farming, horse riding, and studying. The ed...
Category
1830s Chinese Antique Chinese Export Furniture
Materials
Silver
Two Polychrome Roosters
Located in Greenwich, CT
A pair of Chinese export glazed ceramic roosters with polychrome plumage in pinks, greens and orange with and striking red crowns and wattles, perched on weathered green striated tre...
Category
Early 1900s English Antique Chinese Export Furniture
Materials
Ceramic
$4,800
Chinese Export furniture for sale on 1stDibs.
Find a broad range of unique Chinese Export furniture 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 furniture created in this style to your space, the works available on 1stDibs include asian art and furniture, decorative objects, serveware, ceramics, silver and glass and other home furnishings, frequently crafted with ceramic, porcelain and other materials. If you’re shopping for used Chinese Export furniture 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 furniture, popular names associated with this style include Europa Antiques, Wang Hing & Co., Luen Wo, and Hung Chong & Co.. 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 furniture differ depending upon multiple factors, including designer, materials, construction methods, condition and provenance. On 1stDibs, the price for these items starts at $40 and tops out at $216,780 while the average work can sell for $1,998.