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.
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 Yellow Pear Shaped Ceramic Vases
Located in Queens, NY
PAIR of Antique Chinese (early 20th Century) yellow, pear-shaped porcelain vases with crackled finishes, gold rims, and teal interiors (mark on bottom, see photos) (PRICED AS PAIR).
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Category
Early 20th Century Chinese Chinese Export Furniture
Materials
Porcelain
$14,000 / set
Pair of Chinese Plique-à-Jour Enamel Double Gourd Vases
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A pair of Chinese Plique-à-Jour enamel (translucent enamel) double gourd vases, each one with removable lid, exquisite all-over enamel decoration, each one signed with lotus flower.
Category
Late 20th Century Chinese Chinese Export Furniture
Materials
Enamel, Metal
$897 Sale Price / set
28% Off
Exquiste Hand Painted Oriental Chinese Linen Trunk or Chest Very Decorative
Located in West Sussex, Pulborough
We are delighted to offer for sale this lovely vintage beautifully decorated hand painted and lacquered Oriental trunk
A very good looking and well m...
Category
20th Century Chinese Chinese Export Furniture
Materials
Wood
$3,115 Sale Price
25% Off
Chinese Navy Blue Ginger Jar
Located in Queens, NY
Antique Chinese (Early 20th Century) ceramic ginger jar vase in navy blue with a brown earthenware opening.
Category
20th Century Chinese Chinese Export Furniture
Materials
Ceramic
1900s Antique Chinese Rug - 11'8'' X 9'2''
Located in Los Angeles, US
Antique Chinese Rugs, as opposed to most of the antique rug productions, were woven almost exclusively for internal consumption. Since they were mostly sheltered from European and We...
Category
1910s Chinese Vintage Chinese Export Furniture
Materials
Wool
Antique Chinese Export Porcelain Famille Rose Small Oval Serving Tray
Located in Philadelphia, PA
A fine antique Chinese Export porcelain tray.
In the Rose Medallion (Famille Rose) style.
The plate with a painted scene of 4 people and a horse/donkey outside at the corner of a b...
Category
20th Century Chinese Chinese Export Furniture
Materials
Porcelain
Important Enameled Stoneware Baluster Vase, Bien Hoa, Indochina / Vietnam
Located in VÉZELAY, FR
Important Enameled Stoneware Baluster Vase, Bien Hoa, Indochina / Vietnam, Early 20th Century
Features:
Origin: Bien Hoa, Indochina (Vietnam), early 20th cen...
Category
Early 20th Century Vietnamese Chinese Export Furniture
Materials
Ceramic, Stoneware
Chinese Export Silver Dragon Motif Knife or Letter Opener
Located in Stamford, CT
Chinese Export silver dinner knife. Overall motif on the handle of dragons with clouds. Single knife could also be used as a letter opener. Stamped markings on the blade.
Category
1880s Chinese Antique Chinese Export Furniture
Materials
Sterling Silver
Chinese Export Silver Vinaigrette by Canton Retailer Cutshing
By Cutshing
Located in New York, NY
Chinese export silver vinaigrette. Rectangular with hinged cover. Scenes of indigenous life in low relief. Interior gilt with hinged grill; engraved presentation on cover: “E. E. W. ...
Category
Mid-19th Century Chinese Antique Chinese Export Furniture
Materials
Silver
Antique Bronze Teapot with Phoenix Lid Asian Art Collectible, China 1900s
Located in Bochum, NRW
Bronze pitcher designed as a phoenix,
China, late 19th-beginning 20th century.
Apocryphal mark Xuande.
Measures: Height 12.5 cm (5 in).
Antique Bronze Teapot with Mythical Motif – Ex...
Category
Early 20th Century Chinese Chinese Export Furniture
Materials
Bronze
19th Century Chinese Rose Medallion Lidded Vase
Located in Brighton, Sussex
A wonderful late 19th century Chinese Cantonese (Rose Medallion) lidded vase, having bold classical colors, figural handles on either side and to the lids, inset hand painted panels ...
Category
Late 19th Century Chinese Antique Chinese Export Furniture
Materials
Porcelain
Early 20th C Chinese Seven Drawer Console with Black Paint
Located in Troy, MI
This seven drawer Chinese console cabinet dates from the 1920s. We believe this is made of elm wood. The original black painted finish has significant honest wear / patina and has b...
Category
Early 20th Century Chinese Chinese Export Furniture
Materials
Iron
Vintage Oriental Ceramic Table Lamp
Located in London, GB
A wonderful vintage Oriental ceramic table lamp, dating from the 1960’s.
It is of excellent quality and depicts a lovely subject of a boy riding a bull. It is full of character and ...
Category
1960s Chinese Vintage Chinese Export Furniture
Materials
Brass
Pair of Vase rose medaillon Canton Porcelain with Ormolu Bronze
Located in Los Angeles, CA
A stunning pair of vase rose medaillon canton porcelain with ormolu bronze in the base and the top of the vases, probably the ormolu bronze is later than the porcelain around 1890 ...
Category
1890s Antique Chinese Export Furniture
Materials
Bronze
Petite Famille Verte Canton Vase, c. 1920
Located in Chicago, IL
Dated to the 1920s during China's Republic Period, this petite vase is decorated in a style known as Canton enamel, so named for the long-standing industry of export enamels based in...
Category
1920s Chinese Vintage Chinese Export Furniture
Materials
Copper
Early 20th Century Antique Tibetan Carved Bronze Buddha Statuary
Located in Pomona, CA
Look at this magnificent Tibetan Antique Bronze Buddha Statuary. It was hand made from Tibetan Bronze bronze and shows the Buddha seat on a lotus seat with very detailed hand carving...
Category
Early 20th Century Chinese Chinese Export Furniture
Materials
Bronze
$318 Sale Price
25% Off
Chinese Export Oval Porcelain Tureen with Tray, 1900s
Located in Lisbon, PT
Early 20th-century Chinese Export porcelain tureen with matching tray, richly enameled and gilded with traditional embossed floral and courtly motifs - vibrant color palette.
This s...
Category
Early 20th Century Chinese Chinese Export Furniture
Materials
Ceramic
$3,124 Sale Price
20% Off
Chinese Attributed Miniature Hand Painted Streak Glazed Pottery Vase
Located in Bishop's Stortford, Hertfordshire
A stylish miniature Chinese attributed art pottery vase hand painted in blue and green streaked glazes and probably dating from the early 20th Century. The lightly potted vase stands...
Category
Early 20th Century Chinese Chinese Export Furniture
Materials
Pottery
Vintage Chinese Export Eggshell Porcelain Vase
Located in Philadelphia, PA
A fine Chinese Export porcelain vase.
In a baluster form.
Decorated with a painted scene of two men and two women in traditional Chinese garb. In the background are trees and a roc...
Category
20th Century Chinese Chinese Export Furniture
Materials
Porcelain
Vintage Pair of Chinese Blue and White Garden Seats
Located in Palm Beach, FL
Pair of mid century Chinese garden seats crafted in terra cotta in classic form and hand decorated with charming blue floral designs on a white glazed background.
Category
Mid-20th Century Chinese Chinese Export Furniture
Materials
Terracotta
20th Century Tibetan Leather, Brass Ghau Prayer Bag
Located in Pomona, CA
Ghau is a small prayer box/bag worn as pendant by Buddhists as portable shrines which can be pray by prayer during their travel. This Ghau prayer bag (travel Buddha...
Category
Mid-20th Century Chinese Chinese Export Furniture
Materials
Brass
$288 Sale Price
25% Off
Carved Brass Vase with Elephant Handles, Early 20th Century
Located in New York, NY
An elegant brass vase, hand-crafted in Japan, Early to Mid 20th Century. Finished in dark brown with a mottled patina, probably achieved through a technique like Murashido.
The bod...
Category
1920s Japanese Vintage Chinese Export Furniture
Materials
Brass
Large Chinese Han Dynasty Style Pottery Stylized Foo Dog Joss/ Candlestick
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
Large Chinese Han Dynasty Style Pottery Stylized Foo Dog Joss/ Candlestick
China, 20th Century
An impressive piece of Chinese artistry—a large, 20th-century copy of the Han Dynast...
Category
20th Century Chinese Chinese Export Furniture
Materials
Pottery
$1,516 Sale Price
20% Off
Chinese Export Blue and White Porcelain Covered Tureen and Platter, 19th Cenutry
Located in Austin, TX
A traditional and timeless Chinese Export "Canton" pattern blue and white porcelain tureen and cover with associated large platter, late 19th ce...
Category
Late 19th Century Chinese Antique Chinese Export Furniture
Materials
Porcelain
Antique Chinese Silver Blossoming Branch 4-Part Glass Decanter
Located in New York, NY
Chinese silver-mounted glass decanter, ca 1900. Ovoid bowl and cylindrical neck; interior partitioned forming four compartments. Blossoming branch cage. Neck rings and collar with fl...
Category
Early 20th Century Chinese Chinese Export Furniture
Materials
Silver
Mason’s Ironstone Chinese Ceramic Vase with Top and Flower Print
Located in BILBAO, ES
Mason’s Ironstone Chinese Ceramic Vase with Top and Flower
Measures 25cm x20cm / 9,83 x 7,87 inches.
PRADERA is a second generation of a family run bus...
Category
Mid-19th Century Chinese Antique Chinese Export Furniture
Materials
Ceramic
FULL SIZED ViNTAGE CHINESE RED DRAGONS PAINTED PAGODA TOP WARDROBE WITH DRAWERS
Located in West Sussex, Pulborough
Royal House Antiques
Royal House Antiques is delighted to offer for sale this stunning Pagoda topped hand painted Chinese Wardrobe with drawers to the base
Please note the delivery...
Category
20th Century Chinese Chinese Export Furniture
Materials
Wood
Antique Shanxi Province Cabinet with Hand Carving on Lower Apron
Located in Chicago, IL
Antique Shanxi province cabinet with hand carving on lower apron.
This cabinet has 4 shelves, 2 drawers, and 2 doors. With original patina and hand carved design on lower apon.
Category
Early 20th Century Chinese Chinese Export Furniture
Materials
Brass
Pair of Chinese Blue and White Crackle Ware Vases/Lamps
Located in Brighton, Sussex
A good quality pair of Chinese blue and white crackle ware vases / lamps, each with oriental figures looking up at bats flying around the sky.
...
Category
Early 20th Century Chinese Chinese Export Furniture
Materials
Porcelain
Early 20th Century Red Lacquered Chinese Trunk with Brass Hardware
Located in Winnetka, IL
A richly colored red lacquered Chinese storage trunk, dating to the early 20th century, featuring original brass hardware and hand-painted naturalistic decorations. The lid showcases...
Category
20th Century Chinese Chinese Export Furniture
Materials
Brass
Vintage Chinese Cloisonné Lapis Blue Round Lidded Box or Bowl
Located in Doylestown, PA
A striking Chinese lapis blue cloisonné round lidded box or bowl, early 1980s. Vibrantly decorated with a green border, ombre cherry blossoms, a single butterfly, gilded accents and ...
Category
Late 20th Century Chinese Chinese Export Furniture
Materials
Metal, Enamel
Chinese Famille Rose Vases
Located in Dallas, TX
Chinese Famille Rose vases, very similar / near pair, note different foo lion mask handles (one gilt, one orange) and slight height difference, orange, pink, and green color palette ...
Category
Late 19th Century Chinese Antique Chinese Export Furniture
Materials
Porcelain
$3,300 / set
Antique Shanxi Province Elmwood Lacquered Cabinet with Painting on Doors
Located in Chicago, IL
Antique Shanxi Province Elmwood Lacquered cabinet with painting on doors
This cabinet has 2 drawers and 2 shelves with hand painted doors.
Category
Late 19th Century Chinese Antique Chinese Export Furniture
Materials
Elm, Lacquer, Paint
Amazing Full Size Hardstone Burial Suit
Located in Peekskill, NY
This is a full size hardstone burial suit. It was created from 1000s of small tiles made from real jade. Each piece has four holes and is tied together wit...
Category
Late 20th Century Chinese Chinese Export Furniture
Oustanding Late 19th Century Chinese Peking Rug
Located in Chicago, IL
An outstanding late 19th century Chinese Peking rug with a central medallion with a cream and champagne colored phoenix resting on scholar's rocks amidst flowering chrysanthemums and...
Category
1890s Chinese Antique Chinese Export Furniture
Materials
Wool
19th Century Flow Blue Gravy Sauce Boat with Two Handles
Located in Port Jervis, NY
Fabulous double handled double spout fliw blue gravy boat. In excellent antique condition with a minor chip at the base.
Category
1860s Chinese Antique Chinese Export Furniture
Materials
Clay, Porcelain
Circa 1880 Chinese Export Porcelain Thousand Butterfly Creamer
Located in Chapel Hill, NC
Circa 1880 Chinese export porcelain thousand butterfly creamer. Scroll handle with gilding; finely enamelled decoration overall. Popular motif. Minor rubbing typical for age & use.
4...
Category
1880s Chinese Antique Chinese Export Furniture
Materials
Porcelain
Chinese Qing Hand-Painted Porcelain Teapot and Cover with Shou Emblem
Located in Bishop's Stortford, Hertfordshire
A fine antique Chinese Qing porcelain teapot hand decorated in bright colored enamels and dating from the Early 20th century. The teapot of rounded cylindrical shape is incised and h...
Category
1920s Chinese Vintage Chinese Export Furniture
Materials
Porcelain
Unglazed Antique Chinese Vessel
Located in Sheffield, MA
The antique Chinese clay vessel is handcrafted from clay and fired. Shallow enrelief bands encircle the upper part of the vessel.
Category
Late 19th Century Chinese Antique Chinese Export Furniture
Materials
Clay
Hand-Painted Red Elm Wood Coffee Table with Chinese Open Framework
By Asian Modern
Located in Jimbaran, Bali
This hand-painted red elm wood coffee table is a striking blend of traditional craftsmanship and artistic flair. The table features a vibrant red polished hue that highlights the nat...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Chinese Chinese Export Furniture
Materials
Wood, Elm, Paint
Pair of Antique Chinese Table Top Vanity Jewellery Box Cabinets Folding Mirrors
Located in West Sussex, Pulborough
We are delighted to offer for sale this stunning pair of antique Chinese Export table top vanity mirror cabinets circa 1900
A good looking and well made pairing, most likely used ...
Category
Early 1900s Chinese Antique Chinese Export Furniture
Materials
Brass
Chinese Export Silver Cocktail Shaker
By Tu Mao Xing
Located in London, GB
Chinese Export Silver Cocktail Shaker, made by Tu Mao Xing (涂茂興) in Jiujiang (九江), circa 1930. Finely embossed and chased in high relief with two opposing dragons chasing a pearl on ...
Category
1930s Chinese Vintage Chinese Export Furniture
Materials
Silver
Antique Blue Chinese Rug. Size: 11 ft 1 in x 24 ft 6 in
Located in New York, NY
Beautiful Oversized Antique Blue Chinese Rug, Country of Origin / Rug Type: China Rug, Circa Date: 1920 – Size: 11 ft 1 in x 24 ft 6 in (3.38 m x 7.47 m).
Category
Early 20th Century Chinese Chinese Export Furniture
Materials
Wool
Chinese Lacquered Carved Wall Plaques
Located in Queens, NY
4 Asian Chinese style (19th century) red lacquered and gilt trimmed wall plaques with carved scenes with figures.
Category
19th Century Antique Chinese Export Furniture
Materials
Wood
$650 / set
19th Century Assembled set of 6 Blue Canton Small Rice or Soup Bowls, Chinese
Located in Chapel Hill, NC
19th century assembled set of 6 Blue Canton small rice or soup bowls, Chinese export. Porcelain. 3 hairlines; minute chips & firing flaws.
3 3/4" dia., 2" h.
Whitehall Antiques is a...
Category
19th Century Chinese Antique Chinese Export Furniture
Materials
Ceramic, Porcelain
$192 Sale Price / set
20% Off
Antique Chinese Famille Rose & Bird Design Porcelain Vase Table Lamp
Located in Queens, NY
Antique Chinese table lamp made from an 18th century porcelain vase mounted with wood and brass hardware as a lamp, with a multi-colored fam...
Category
18th Century Chinese Antique Chinese Export Furniture
Materials
Brass
Large Blue and White Jardinière Planter with Dragon and Phoenix Bird
Located in Lambertville, NJ
Classic Chinese blue and white porcelain jardinière with hand painted cobalt decoration. The white porcelain with painted Dragon a...
Category
Early 20th Century Chinese Chinese Export Furniture
Materials
Porcelain
19th Century Chinese Urn Lamp
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Originally, a ginger jar converted to a lamp. Fine French dore bronze mounts. Custom parchment shade is 14" in diameter by 9.5" high. The overall body width is 9.5".
Category
19th Century Chinese Antique Chinese Export Furniture
Materials
Bronze
Antique Blue Peking Chinese Wool Rug
Located in Norwalk, CT
A beautiful antique Destressed Peking Chinese hand knotted wool rug with a blue field and multi-color accents all-over traditional Chinese design.
This rug measures: 7'4" x 9'10".
Category
1920s Chinese Vintage Chinese Export Furniture
Materials
Wool
Pair of Old Chinese Pagoda Candlesticks in Brass
Located in Esbjerg, DK
A pair of pagoda shaped candleholders in brass. Made in China before 1969 where the previous owner bought them. They can be installed with regular sized candles. Measurements: H: 23 ...
Category
1960s Chinese Vintage Chinese Export Furniture
Materials
Brass
$404 Sale Price / set
20% Off
Very Decorative Chinese Champlevé Enamel Plate in a Japanese Style
Located in Ottawa, Ontario
A very decorative Chinese champlevé enamel plate in a Japanese style, vividly enameled with a peacock amidst flowering prunus branches and endless kno...
Category
Mid-20th Century Chinese Chinese Export Furniture
Materials
Enamel
Chinese Export Silver Card Case
Located in London, GB
Chinese Export Silver Card Case, circa 1890, embossed and chased with a dragon among clouds on one side, featuring a single vacant shield-shaped cartouche; the reverse decorated with...
Category
1890s Chinese Antique Chinese Export Furniture
Materials
Silver
Large 18th Century Chinese Imari Porcelain Plate, Kangxi Period
Located in Bilzen, BE
18th century Chinese porcelain plate, Kangxi period with Imari decoration in good condition.
Apocryphal Kangxi mark, 18th century period.
Perfect condition
Diameter 35.3 cm, height 4...
Category
Early 18th Century Chinese Antique Chinese Export Furniture
Materials
Porcelain
Chinese Ancestral Portrait, Gouache on Paper
Located in Bradenton, FL
Chinese Ancestral Portrait of a man and woman. Portrait shows a man and a woman, each in patterned and richly colored robes. This Chinese portraitur...
Category
20th Century Chinese Chinese Export Furniture
Materials
Paper
Incense Burner, Bronze Chinese, 20th Century, Gold Color
Located in Auribeau sur Siagne, FR
Incense burner, bronze. It was made in China in the 20th century. One can notice elephants, bats and pine trees as decoration. It comes apart in three parts, and can of course be use...
Category
20th Century Chinese Chinese Export Furniture
Materials
Bronze
$333 Sale Price
20% Off
Chinese Cloisonné Enamel Egg "Blue Bords" with Wood Stand, Early 20th Century #1
Located in Norton, MA
Presenting a cute Chinese cloisonné enamel egg depicting two Blue Birds with a wood stand, early 20 century.
Category
Early 20th Century Chinese Chinese Export Furniture
Materials
Copper
Pair Of Chinese 'Famille Rose' Plaques Depicting Immortals In Rosewood Frames
Located in Germantown, MD
Beautiful Pair Of Chinese Famille Rose hand painted porcelain Plaques Depicting Immortals In Rosewood Frames. Measure 14.5" in width and 14.5" in height.
Category
Mid-20th Century Chinese Chinese Export Furniture
Materials
Porcelain, Rosewood, Paint
Circa 1880 Chinese Export Porcelain Famille Rose Compote or Sweetmeats Stand
Located in Chapel Hill, NC
Circa 1880 Chinese Export Porcelain Famille Rose Compote or Sweetmeats Stand. Decorated with central foo dog & bird in a landscape. Rings of classic Rose Canton borders; the outer wi...
Category
Late 19th Century Chinese Antique Chinese Export Furniture
Materials
Porcelain
Large Jewellery Box, with a Mirror Inside, Vietnam from the End of 19th Century
Located in Auribeau sur Siagne, FR
Large box from Vietnam. Manufactured at the end of the 19th century. Red in color slightly pinkish, with magnificent fish decorations in white and yellow colors. This box locks, the ...
Category
Late 19th Century Vietnamese Antique Chinese Export Furniture
Materials
Mirror, Wood
$428 Sale Price
20% Off
Antique Chinese Official Wooden Rice Grain Bucket
Located in Pomona, CA
Look at this primitive Antique Chinese Official Wooden Rice Measurement Bucket "Dou". It is 100 percent hand made and has about 140 years history. You can see that all the joints are...
Category
Late 19th Century Chinese Antique Chinese Export Furniture
Materials
Wood
$251 Sale Price
25% Off
Chinese Export furniture for sale on 1stDibs.
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