20th Century Polychrome Charger Plate
$1,440Sale Price|20% Off
20th Century Polychrome Charger Plate
Located in Miami, FL
20th century polychrome charger plate.
20th Century Chinese Chinese Export Furniture
Porcelain
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.
$1,440Sale Price|20% Off
20th Century Polychrome Charger Plate
Located in Miami, FL
20th century polychrome charger plate.
Porcelain
$1,875 / set
Pair of Chinese Rose Medallion Lamps
Located in Bradenton, FL
Pair of 19th century Chinese Rose Medallion Lamps. Beautiful painted florals, butterflies and birds on sides with Chinese figures in blue, red, gre...
Porcelain, Wood
Vintage Architectural Bronze Door Knocker with Studs
Located in Lomita, CA
Framed Chinese Bronze Door Knocker Architectural Fragment Description: This striking framed Chinese bronze architectural fragment features a traditional door knocker with a sculptur...
Bronze
Vintage Chinese Cloisonne' Incense Burner - Censor - with Cover
Located in Bradenton, FL
Vintage Chinese cloisonné' enamel tripod incense burner and cover. Item is raised on three legs, each covered with lion mask. Beautiful lotus scroll in colors of rich blues, pinks, whites, and greens. Inside is solid turquoise...
Enamel
A pair of palatial carved white marble Chinese Lions
Located in Dallas, TX
A large and impressive pair of palatial Chinese hand carved large and heavy Chinese lions. These lions were used as a symbol of good fortune and to keep away evil spirits . Very heav...
Marble
Antique 18th Century Chinese Export Porcelain Tea Bowl & Saucer
Located in Philadelphia, PA
A fine antique Chinese porcelain tea cup and saucer. With orange floral painted decoration on a cream porcelain ground. Simply a wonderful ...
Porcelain
Mid Century Rose Medallion Decorated Bowl
Located in Germantown, MD
A Mid Cenrury Rose Medaillion Decorated Serving Bowl, punch etc... Measures 14.5 " in width, 14.5 " in depth and 6" height and 8" " in height on carved wooden base
Enamel
$4,500 / item
Chinese Coromandel 4-Fold Screens
Located in Queens, NY
Asian Chinese style (20th Century) black coromandel 4 fold (16\" each panel) screens with scene of people on one side and flowers & birds on reverse. (PRICED EACH).
Splendid Impressively Large Life Size Chinese Guan Yin Marble Figure
Located in Hopewell, NJ
Amazing life size beautiful white marble Guan Yin sculpture having meticulous detail and beautiful peaceful expression. Appropriate for display indoors or in the garden. In Chinese ...
Marble
Vintage Famille Rose Porcelain Dancing Court Lady - China - Circa 1930
Located in Chatham, ON
Vintage famille rose porcelain dancing court lady - hand painted - indistinct impressed marks to the interior of the base - China - circa 1930. Excel...
Porcelain
Antique Chinese Painted Clay Buddha Statue with Green and Brown Robes
Located in Queens, NY
"Antique Chinese (early 20th Century, Republic of China) clay Buddha sculpture with painted details in green, brown, and blue. (Similar sculptures: NWL2497...
Clay
$956Sale Price / set|20% Off
Pair of Chinese Export Enamel Gourd Cachepots
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
Pair of Chinese Export enamel gourd cachepots, Each one realistically cast and modeled. Gold plated copper base. Shown with jade plants, not included. 2.5" ...
Copper, Enamel
Large Chinese Export Qing Famille Rose Porcelain Charger
Located in Bradenton, FL
Large Chinese Export Qing Famille Rose Porcelain Platter. White porcelain with birds, flowers, trees and landscape in beautiful reds, pink, green and...
Porcelain
Pair of Vintage Chinese Fish Scale Porcelain Table Lamps with Wood Bases
Located in Southampton, NJ
Elegant pair of vintage porcelain table lamps featuring a classic Chinese fish scale relief pattern across the ceramic bodies. The raised scale texture creates depth and visual inter...
Porcelain, Wood
Antique Samson Porcelain Chinese Export Style Bianco Sopra Bianco Jardiniere
By Manufacture Nationale de Sèvres, Meissen Porcelain, Samson & Cie
Located in Philadelphia, PA
A fine signed antique French porcelain planter. By Samson et Cie. In the Famille Rose style. With fishscale decoration throughout, white ca...
Porcelain
Table lamp Rosewood - Shoulao - God of Longevity Prosperety - China
Located in Den Haag, NL
Beautiful large antique Chinese sculpture of the god of luck Shou Lao/Shouxing Lao the immortal, with crane. Silver inlay . God of Longevity cut from heavy rosewood. Dates back to t...
Rosewood
Chinese Meiping Porcelain Vase, White with Colorful Floral Design
Located in Queens, NY
Chinese white porcelain vase with a Meiping form decorated in swirling green vines interspersed with colorful florals. Condition: Good; Wear consistent with age and use
Porcelain
A Pair of Antique Chinese Rosewood Tables with turned legs
Located in Dallas, TX
This pair of antique Chinese rosewood tables were probably made for the Europeans residing in China at the time, they are Chinese made b...
Rosewood
Pair of Antique Samson "Chinese Export" Armorial Porcelain Covered Vases
By Edmé Samson
Located in Chapel Hill, NC
Highly decorative pair of Famille Rose vases that are painted in typical palette with leaves, flowers with blue "cracked ice" at top and bottom and with a coat of arms. They are hard...
Porcelain
Early 20th Century China Export Elmwood Console with Carrara Marble
Located in Brescia, IT
It is not easy to find this elegant console, that has very useful dimensions and has the top made in the precious Carrara marble. This is a piece that find its origin in China, in th...
Carrara Marble
Chinese Parcel Gilt, Ebonized and Decorated Wood Wall Hanging Plaque
Located in Germantown, MD
Chinese Parcel Gilt, Ebonized and Decorated Wood Wall Hanging Plaque. Measures 15" in width and 35" in height.
Hardwood, Giltwood, Paint
Chinese Hand-Cut Tessellated Bone Veneered Geese, A Pair
Located in Bradenton, FL
A Pair of Chinese Tessellated Bone Veneered Geese Sculptures with hand-cut bone veneer arranged in overlapping feather-like scales. Each goose features a gracefully elongated neck an...
Bone
Chinese Carved Bamboo Root Face Wall Hanging
Located in Queens, NY
Chinese wall plaque made from a bamboo root carved in the shape of a smiling face with a bamboo root fiber beard. (Companion pieces: NWL2543A-G).
Bamboo, Wood
Antique Carved Chinese Boxwood Plaque or Insert
Located in Philadelphia, PA
A fine antique Chinese carved boxwood plaque or insert. Depicting a Chinese monastery scene. The border is decorated with small repeating ...
Boxwood
Antique Chinese Embroidered Textile Custom Pillow
Located in Stamford, CT
Antique Chinese embroidered textile made into a custom pillow. Antique pillow is made of Claremont champagne silk with bronze colored flat trim. Sewn sh...
Silk
$1,196Sale Price|20% Off
Antique Chinese Blue & White Warrior Scene Giltwood & Lacquer Table Screen
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
Antique Chinese Blue and White Warrior Scene Giltwood and Lacquer Table Screen An exquisite antique Chinese blue and white warrior scene table screen, mounted on a giltwood and lacqu...
Porcelain, Wood, Giltwood
$1,020Sale Price|35% Off
Early 20th-Century Hand-crafted Chinese Wooden Tang Horse
Located in Pomona, CA
This gorgeous item in the image is the famous Chinese Tang Horse sculpture. Many Chinese artists reached the pinnacle of their careers during the Tang Dynasty. Horse figurines from t...
Wood
Antique Chinese Export Blue & White Canton Porcelain Leaf Dish or Vide Poche
Located in Philadelphia, PA
A fine antique Chinese Export porcelain bowl or vide poche. In the Canton pattern. In a leaf-shaped form. Decorated in underglaze blue with a mountainous Chinese village with hous...
Porcelain
$368Sale Price|35% Off
Pair of Famille Rose Antique Cylindrical Brush Pots with Two-Verse Poem
Located in Lomita, CA
One of the pieces in this famille rose pair of brush pots bears an iron red square hallmark, as well as four columns of Chinese characters in a poem. The design that encircles the po...
Ceramic
Antique Chinese Export Blue & White Canton Porcelain Tankard or Coffee Cup
Located in Philadelphia, PA
A fine antique Chinese Export porcelain tankard or handled mug. In the Canton pattern. Decorated in underglaze blue with a mountainous Chinese village with houses, mountains, folia...
Porcelain
$895Sale Price|20% Off
Vintage Chinese Floral Kilim Rug with English Country Cottage Style
Located in Dallas, TX
77809 vintage Chinese Floral Kilim rug with English Country cottage style 04'02 x 06'03. Cleverly composed and distinctively well-balanced, this hand-woven wool vintage Chinse floral...
Wool
Chinese Mustard Glazed Incised Slip Decoration Ceramic Vase Vessel
Located in Wichita, KS
A rounded ceramic vessel finished in a warm mustard glaze, decorated throughout with finely incised floral and scrolling vine motifs. The surface detailing is executed through a sgra...
Ceramic
$716Sale Price|20% Off
19th Century Chinese Export Diminutive Canton Quatrefoil Tureen Acorn Handle
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
19th Century Chinese Export Diminutive Canton Quatrefoil Tureen An exquisite 19th-century Chinese export diminutive Canton Quatrefoil Tureen is a testament to the masterful craftsmanship of the era. This fine example measures 9 inches wide by 8 inches deep, standing at 4 inches high. Decorated with deep, crisp blue decorations, it exudes elegance and sophistication. The removable lid is a work of art in itself, with beautiful decoration and featuring an acorn handle. Lift the lid to reveal the equally stunning interior, measuring 8 inches wide by 6 inches deep and standing 2 inches high, painted with the same intricate decoration as the exterior. This tureen encapsulates the rich history and artistic tradition of Canton Chinese export porcelain...
Porcelain
Japanese 19th Century Scalloped Imari Porcelain Dish or Charger
Located in Auribeau sur Siagne, FR
Japanese Dish or Charger, made in Japan at the beginning of the 19th century. With beautiful colors in red blue and white. The Item is in good condition.
Porcelain
Antique Chinese Cinnabar Lacquered Rectangular Box and Cover, China, circa 1880,
Located in Auribeau sur Siagne, FR
Red lacquer box with the lid representing a scholar and children playing in a mountainous garden, the outer sides covered with repeated geometric patterns. This box was made in China...
Wood, Lacquer
$1,760Sale Price|20% Off
Chinese Light Green-Black Jade Lidded Urn
Located in Guaynabo, PR
This is a lidded light green-black color jade urn adorned with multiples branches of kelp leaves that are attached to it. The urn stands over an asymmetrical ...
Jade
Chinese Quing Dynasty Red Lacquered 4-Fold Screen
Located in Queens, NY
Asian Chinese (Qing Dynasty 18/19th Century) 4 panel screen with a (restored) maroon lacquered background and finely decorated scene of figures and palace in a black lacquered frame.
Lacquer, Paint, Wood
Antique Pair of Chinese Porcelain Vases, Floral Motifs, Mid-Late 1900s
Located in Queens, NY
PAIR of Chinese vases decorated with all-over swirling floral motifs intercepted by yellow patterned bands at the bottom and top of the base and striking blue designs wrapping concav...
Porcelain
Chinese Vase in Porcelaine, Hand Painted, China, circa 1920
Located in Auribeau sur Siagne, FR
Vase, table in porcelain. It has been made in china, circa 1920. The decorative pattern are characters in orange and blue colors.
Porcelain
Pair Chinese Brass Floral & Bird Planters with Carved Wood Stands, Circa 1900s
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
Pair Chinese Brass Floral and Bird Planters with Carved Wood Stands, Circa 1900s This elegant pair of Chinese brass floral and bird planters, made circa ...
Brass
Pair of Antique Foo Dogs
By Francis Valdemar von Platen Hallermund
Located in San Francisco, CA
Pair of Chinese foo dogs, which I believe are book ends. I am not sure of the time period but they definitely have some age to them.. I am almost completely convinced that these are ...
Marble
Set of Small Porcelain Serving Dish, in Wooden Box, China, 19th Century
Located in Auribeau sur Siagne, FR
In a wood box, a set of serving Dish in porcelain. there are Hand painted, with a mark underneath. Some have a small chip, see detailed pictures. It has been made in China 19th centu...
Porcelain
Set of Four Diminutive Chinese Export Hardwood Nesting Tables
Located in Rio Vista, CA
Impressive miniature set of four diminutive stacking or nesting tables crafted from hardwood. The Chinese export tables feature gracefully carved aprons in an open geometric fretwork...
Hardwood
Chinese Ming Style Oriental Carved Hardwood Low Armchair
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Chinese Ming style oriental carved hardwood low armchair. Item features loose cushion, solid wood construction, beautiful wood grain, nicely carved details, great style and form, cir...
Wood
Wood Asian Planter with Stand
Located in Pasadena, TX
Chinoiserie Style Black Lacquer Plant Stand
Wood
$1,000Sale Price|20% Off
Chinese Blue & White & Incised Porcelain 'Jiangnan Mountain' Cylinder Vase
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
Chinese Blue & White & Incised Porcelain 'Jiangnan Mountain' Cylinder Vase, China, 19th Century A rare and unique Chinese Blue and White Incised Porcelain 'Jiangnan Mountain' Cylin...
Porcelain
$16,500 / set
Pair of Chinese Lacquered Carved Wall Plaques
Located in Queens, NY
Pair of Asian Chinese style (19th century) red lacquered and decorated carved vertical wall plaques of ladies (Priced as pair).
Wood
c. 1770 Chinese Export Porcelain Octagonal Soup Plate
Located in Chapel Hill, NC
Circa 1770 Chinese Export porcelain octagonal soup plate. Ch'ien Lung period. From the service of Dacre impaling Weldon. See Howard,...
Porcelain
Antique Chinese Export Blue & White Canton Porcelain Reticulated Tray
Located in Philadelphia, PA
A fine antique Chinese Export reticulated porcelain tray or platter. In the Canton pattern. Decorated in underglaze blue with a mountainous Chinese village with houses, mountains, ...
Porcelain
Antique Blue & White Canton Pattern Chinese Export Porcelain Open Vegetable Dish
Located in Philadelphia, PA
A fine antique Chinese export porcelain open vegetable bowl or dish. In the Canton pattern. Decorated in underglaze blue depicting a mountainous Chinese village to the top of the l...
Porcelain
Large porcelain bowl – East India Company – 18th century
Located in Beuzevillette, FR
Elegant large Chinese porcelain bowl, made for the European market in the 18th century as part of the East India Company's maritime trade. This bowl features a hand-painted decorati...
Porcelain
Pair of Chinese Blue and White Porcelain Figural Candlesticks
Located in Queens, NY
PAIR of Asian Chinese-style (19/20th Century) blue and white porcelain reclining figures holding candlesticks (PRICED AS PAIR)
$896Sale Price / set|20% Off
Trio Of Vintage Bonsai Tree Planters, Chinese, Ceramic, Penjing, Jardiniere Pot
Located in Hele, Devon, GB
This is a trio of vintage Bonsai tree planters. A Chinese, ceramic decorative jardiniere pot, dating to the late 20th century, circa 1980. Charming decorative finish to this useful ...
Ceramic
Tang Dynasty Camel Sculpture, Unglazed Porcelain, 20th Century
Located in Queens, NY
Asian Chinese (Tang Dynasty) unglazed pottery camel with an open mouth and head turned with a double hump back.
Porcelain
Chinese Export Canton Blue & White Chestnut Basket & Stand
Located in Downingtown, PA
Chinese Export Canton Blue & White Chestnut Basket and Stand Circa 1810-1820 This is a two-piece Chinese Export porcelain set consisting of an oval basket and a matching stand. Both...
Porcelain
Vietnamese Seal, in Wood and Metal, Brown Color, from Vietnam Cirace 1880
Located in Auribeau sur Siagne, FR
Vietnamese wood seal, made of wood, and metal. It dates from the end of the 19th century around 1880 and is in good condition.
Metal
Pair Antique 20th Century Chinese Gilt Copper Elephant Form Censers w/ Jade
Located in New York, NY
A Pair of Antique 20th Century Chinese Gilt Copper Elephant Form Censers with Jade Rings and Inset with Coral, Lapis Lazuli, Sandstone, and Turquoise. These gilt-bronze/copper censer...
Coral, Jade, Lapis Lazuli, Sandstone, Bronze
$2,319
Kraak Porcelain Plate
Located in Camarate, PT
This white porcelain deep plate features a cobalt blue decoration covered with a glossy, faintly bluish glaze. The walls are rounded with a large, sharply flared rim that is decorate...
Porcelain
Chinese Export Rose Mandarin Lidded Bottle Vase, Early 19th Century
Located in Frankfurt am Main, DE
Early 19th century rose mandarin lidded bottle vase, typically decorated in the 'Rose Medallion' pattern. Two panels depicting Chinese garden and interior scenes and two panels with ...
Porcelain
Antique Chinese Blue and White Porcelain Vases with Dragon Design
Located in Queens, NY
PAIR of Chinese blue and white porcelain vases with jade pot spring bottle forms traditionally found in Chinese porcelain, a dragon design that is painted in the style of the Yuan D...
Porcelain