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
Chinese Blue and White Peacock Motif Porcelain Urn
Located in New York, NY
Antique Chinese (late 19th century) large off-white, porcelain urn with a blue peacock amid florals and two blue scrolled handles along the neck.
Category
19th Century Chinese Antique Chinese Export Furniture
Materials
Porcelain
19th Century Chinese Side Table
Located in London, GB
An elegant Chinese side table with ornate open carving flanking two front drawers, 19th century.
Dimensions: H90 x W101.5 x D62.5 cm.
Category
19th Century Chinese Antique Chinese Export Furniture
Materials
Wood
Late 19th Century Chinese Red and Black End Tables
Located in London, GB
Red and black polychrome, solid wood.
Category
Late 19th Century Chinese Antique Chinese Export Furniture
Materials
Wood
Chinese Export Silver Bowl
By Luen Wo
Located in London, GB
A Chinese export silver bowl, profusely decorated with dragons among clouds on a matte background. The bowl has a vacant cartouche, and is fro...
Category
Late 19th Century Chinese Antique Chinese Export Furniture
Materials
Silver
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 Furniture
Materials
Porcelain, Giltwood
Fantastic 19th Century Chinese Blanc De Chine Model of a Water Buffalo or Ox
Located in New York, NY
A Fantastic 19th Century Chinese Blanc De Chine Model of a Water Buffalo. Beautifully hand-carved and enameled with a bright white body and black enamel eyes. This piece is really superb and in fabulous condition for its age. In Chinese culture, the water buffalo symbolizes the coming of spring. Throughout China the spring season began with a ceremonial plowing by the imperial capital through the use of a water buffalo, symbolizing its importance to the imperial heritage. Water buffalo were created in China for centuries, with terracotta pieces found in Han dynasty tombs...
Category
19th Century Chinese Antique Chinese Export Furniture
Materials
Porcelain
Vintage Chinese Tray in Ceramic Hand Painted
Located in Milano, IT
Beautiful vintage Chinese ceramic tray dating from the early 1900s, also useful as a pocket emptier or centerpiece.
The vintage Chinese tray is entirely ha...
Category
20th Century Chinese Chinese Export Furniture
Materials
Ceramic
Chinoiserie Faux Bamboo Wall Mirror Black & Gold Finish Chinese Export, 1970
Located in Miami, FL
Chinoiserie faux bamboo wall mirror black & gold finish of the period Chinese Export 1970.
Mirror size: 23.25 x 44.25 inches.
Category
Late 20th Century American Chinese Export Furniture
Materials
Gold Leaf
Chinese White, Green, and Pink Floral and Rooster Design Porcelain Urn
Located in New York, NY
Antique Chinese (early 20th century) white porcelain urn incised and painted with decorations of roosters amid blooming floral branches mixed with geometric patterned bands at the bo...
Category
20th Century Chinese Chinese Export Furniture
Materials
Porcelain
Pair of Chinese Mid-Century White Porcelain Chickens
Located in New York, NY
Pair of antique Chinese (mid 20th century) white porcelain chickens, detailed with tonal feathers and red features and sculpted perched on rocks (pr...
Category
20th Century Chinese Chinese Export Furniture
Materials
Porcelain
Chinese Blanc-de-Chine Seated Guanyin Altar Piece, 19th/20th Century
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
Chinese Blanc-de-Chine Seated Guanyin Altar Piece , 19th/20th Century
A large and impressive work, in two parts bearing seal/reign mark on the back o...
Category
Early 20th Century Chinese Chinese Export Furniture
Materials
Porcelain
Chinese 19th-20th Century Gilt Bronze Mounted Cloisonné Jardinière 'Planter'
Located in Los Angeles, CA
A fine Chinese 19th-20th century gilt bronze mounted cloisonné jardinière (planter). The beautifully and finely executed late Qing dynasty ovoid body cloisonné enamel jardiniere with a blue-Celeste background and colorful enameled depictions of flowers, birds and butterflies, as well as wire scroll work in a geometric pattern, supported by a figural gilt-bronze (ormolu) base raised with four Chinese Imperial lions...
Category
Early 1900s Chinese Antique Chinese Export Furniture
Materials
Bronze, Enamel
Pair of Chinese Export Hardstone Horses and Stands
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
Pair of Chinese export hardstone horses and stands, each one finely carved of a standing horse with one leg up, facing left and right. Removable from the associated lacquered stands....
Category
20th Century Chinese Chinese Export Furniture
Materials
Precious Stone, Lacquer
Chinese Porcelain Peach Altar Tribute Sculpture
Located in New York, NY
Chinese porcelain sculpture of ripe, red peaches - symbolizing immortality - each crafted with great detail, stacked high in a green dish as an abundant tri...
Category
20th Century Chinese Chinese Export Furniture
Materials
Porcelain
A Fine Pair of Antique Chinese Cloisonné Gord Form Vases, circa 1900
Located in Lambertville, NJ
A pair of Chinese Cloisonne vases in cinnabar and white color. The gord form with slim taper neck and bulbous body. The pattern is cherry b...
Category
Early 1900s Chinese Antique Chinese Export Furniture
Materials
Copper, Enamel
Chinese White and Navy Egret Design Porcelain Urn
Located in New York, NY
Antique Chinese (Late 19th Century) white, porcelain urn with a navy egret amid florals and two blue scrolled handles along the neck.
Category
19th Century Chinese Antique Chinese Export Furniture
Materials
Porcelain
Antique Chinese Painted Clay Buddha Statue with Green and Brown Robes
Located in New York, NY
Antique Chinese (early 20th Century, Republic of China) clay Buddha sculpture with painted details in green, brown, and blue.
Category
20th Century Chinese Chinese Export Furniture
Materials
Clay
Chinese Export Six Panel Cloisonné Soapstone Coromandel Screen
Located in Rio Vista, CA
Charming Chinese export six-panel lacquer coromandel screen featuring a blue and white cloisonné style border decorated with scholars objects,...
Category
20th Century Chinese Chinese Export Furniture
Materials
Soapstone, Brass
Mid 19th Century Chinese Hardwood Low Table
Located in London, GB
A mid 19th century Chinese hardwood low table of attractive golden colour, having fielded panelled top, supported on scrolled legs with “roundel” feet.
Category
Mid-19th Century Chinese Antique Chinese Export Furniture
Materials
Hardwood
Set of Eight Chinese Watercolors of Working Women
Located in Palm Beach, FL
Rare antique set of eight Chinese watercolors depicting women in various occupations executed in a traditional delicate style on pith. Presented in a gilt carved wood Asian style fra...
Category
Early 20th Century Chinese Chinese Export Furniture
Materials
Paint
Pair of Chinese Orange Lidded Porcelain Jars
Located in New York, NY
Pair of antique Chinese (Early 20th Century) orange porcelain jars depicting white medallions with imagery of fish, seaweed and pastoral scenes and topped with wooden lids (date mark...
Category
20th Century Chinese Chinese Export Furniture
Materials
Porcelain, Wood
Two Chinese Kangxi '18th C.' Porcelain Fruit Stands, Buddhas Hand & Pomegranates
Located in New York, NY
Two fantastic and rare Chinese Kangxi Period porcelain fruit stands, Representing Buddhas Hand & Pomegranates. Each of these is beautifully hand-carved and hand-painted with the fine...
Category
1710s Chinese Antique Chinese Export Furniture
Materials
Porcelain
Early English William Whiteley Ltd of London Ironstone Imari Plates, S/10
Located in Kennesaw, GA
This is a lovely set of early 20th century English ironstone Imari plates by William Whitely Ltd. of London. There are no chips or cracks, and ...
Category
Early 20th Century English Chinese Export Furniture
Materials
Ironstone
Chinese Export Silver Three Piece Tea Service, circa 1900
By Luen Wo
Located in Jesmond, Newcastle Upon Tyne
An exceptional, fine and impressive antique Chinese export silver three piece tea service; an addition to our diverse silver teaware collection
This exceptional antique Chinese silver tea service...
Category
Early 1900s Chinese Antique Chinese Export Furniture
Materials
Silver
Antique Chinese Export Silver Vases
By Heng Li
Located in Jesmond, Newcastle Upon Tyne
An exceptional, fine and impressive pair of antique Chinese export silver vases; an addition to our ornamental silverware collection.
These impress...
Category
1920s Chinese Vintage Chinese Export Furniture
Materials
Silver
Chinese Blue and White Deer and Floral Motif Porcelain Urn
Located in New York, NY
Antique Chinese (late 19th century) large porcelain urn with blue spotted deer amid florals on an off-white background and two navy scrolled handl...
Category
19th Century Chinese Antique Chinese Export Furniture
Materials
Porcelain
Chinese Carved Wood and Red Accented Bogu Etagere Shelf
Located in New York, NY
Chinese Bogu wooden etagere featuring open display shelving connecting ornately carved, red framed doors, two red drawers with golden foliage ornamentat...
Category
20th Century Chinese Chinese Export Furniture
Materials
Wood
Pair of Chinese Famile Verte and Coral Tall Table Lamps
Located in Dallas, TX
Presenting a gorgeous pair of Chinese Famile verte and coral tall table lamps.
Mid 20th century circa 1960-80.
These are Chinese export in the Famile Verte pattern famous in Canton Region of China.
Beautiful detail with Courtesan’s in landscape/garden scenes. Green, white, yellow and unusual purples.
The top sections and the bases plinths are coral in color and we believe are a type of cinnabar.
Each has a slightly different polished coral finial.
Fully working and in very good condition with no chips or cracks.
These are a very desirable and imposing pair of lamps !
Provenance: From a Quality Dallas Private Collection.
Condition: Very Good.
Dimensions: 37 inches Tall with a shade diameter of 20 inches.
Famille jaune, noire, rose, verte are terms used in the West to classify Chinese porcelain of the Qing dynasty by the dominant colour of its enamel palette. These wares were initially grouped under the French names of famille verte (“green family”), and famille rose (pink family) by Albert Jacquemart in 1862. The other terms famille jaune (yellow) and famille noire (black) may have been introduced later by dealers or collectors and they are generally considered subcategories of famille verte.[1][2]Famille verte porcelain was produced mainly during the Kangxi era, while famille rose porcelain was popular in the 18th and 19th century. Much of the Chinese production was Jingdezhen porcelain, and a large proportion were made for export to the West, but some of the finest were made for the Imperial court.
Famille verte (????, Kangxi wucai...
Category
Mid-20th Century Chinese Chinese Export Furniture
Materials
Ceramic
Chinese Export Famille Verte & Blanc de Chine Elephant Joss Stick
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
Chinese Export Famille Verte & Blanc de Chine Elephant Joss Stick, of typical form, good size, nicely decorated. Unmarked.
Category
20th Century Chinese Chinese Export Furniture
Materials
Porcelain
Pair of Chinese Famille Rose Baluster Jars with Ancient Censers, c. 1850
Located in Chicago, IL
Beautifully commemorated on this pair of baluster jars, censers have been used for thousands of years as a part of funeral rites or prayer offerings. Filled with dried aromatic plant...
Category
Mid-19th Century Chinese Antique Chinese Export Furniture
Materials
Porcelain
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 Furniture
Materials
Porcelain, Wood
Set of Chinese Red & Black Boxes, 20th Century
Located in London, GB
Set of Chinese red & black boxes, 20th century.
Set of three Chinese red and black boxes, decorated with scenes of figures amongst landscapes with temples and pavilions.
Wood,...
Category
20th Century Chinese Chinese Export Furniture
Materials
Wood
Pair of Blue and White Porcelain Lidded Urns
Located in Palm Beach, FL
Pair of Chinese blue and white porcelain urns with a round fluid form and hand decorated with lovely floral designs.
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Chinese Chinese Export Furniture
Materials
Porcelain
Fine Pair of French 19th C Famille Verte Porcelain Large Decorated Vases
Located in Dallas, TX
A fine pair of 19th century Chinese Famille Verte porcelain hand painted large vases.
Category
Late 19th Century French Antique Chinese Export Furniture
Materials
Porcelain
Chinese Celadon-Glazed Molded 'Fish' Brush Pot
Located in New York, NY
The cylindrical body molded with overlapping waves and applied with leaping carp; the underside bearing a molded apocryphal Daoguang seal mark.
Category
20th Century Chinese Chinese Export Furniture
Materials
Porcelain, Celadon
Pair of Antique Samson Porcelain Chinese Export Style Bottle Vases
By Samson & Cie
Located in Philadelphia, PA
A fine pair of Chinese export style bottle vases.
By the Samson et Cie Porcelain Manufactory.
With chinoiserie decorated cartouches to all sides, a light brown (almost cafe au...
Category
Early 20th Century French Chinese Export Furniture
Materials
Porcelain
18th Century Chinese Export Famille Rose Vases, circa 1750
Located in London, GB
A pair of 18th century famille rose vases painted and applied decoration of squirrels flowers and leaves.
Category
18th Century Chinese Antique Chinese Export Furniture
Materials
Porcelain
Very Rare 19th Century Rko Ningxia 'Ninghsia' Rug from West China
Located in Vienna, AT
A very rare 19th century RKO Ningxia (Ninghsia) rug from West China
A very rare and typical Ningxia RKO rug of the last quarter of 19th century with full ...
Category
Late 19th Century Chinese Antique Chinese Export Furniture
Materials
Wool
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 Furniture
Materials
Hardwood, Ceramic
Asian Modern Far East Collection Round Table Michael Taylor Baker Furniture Pair
Located in Miami, FL
Pair of Asian Modern round Baker Far East Collection walnut coffee tables.
Fully restored and ready for use.
One table is without foot glides and the height is 0.25 inches lower.
...
Category
1960s American Vintage Chinese Export Furniture
Materials
Walnut
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 Furniture
Materials
Metal, Brass
Antique Early Chinese Republic Era Stacking Lacquered Box Set with Dragon Motif
Located in Hamilton, Ontario
This antique lacquered stacking box set is unsigned, but presumed to have originated from China during the Early Republic period of approximately 1920 and done in a period Chinese Ex...
Category
Early 20th Century Chinese Chinese Export Furniture
Materials
Softwood
19th Century Pair of Chinese Hardwood Buffalo & Boys with Bone Flutes
Located in Dublin 8, IE
19th Century pair of dark hardwood water buffalo with inset glass eyes. These finely carved and highly detailed figures have carved boy figures sitting on their backs holding bone flutes...
Category
Late 19th Century Chinese Antique Chinese Export Furniture
Materials
Hardwood
Large Chinese Export Famille Verte Peach Motif Box, Republic Period
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
Large Chinese Export Famille Verte peach motif box, Republic period, exquisite all over decoration with peaches, trees and flowers. Unmarked.
Category
20th Century Chinese Chinese Export Furniture
Materials
Porcelain
Chinese White and Blue Character Lidded Ginger Jar Vases
Located in New York, NY
3 antique Chinese (Late 19th Century) similar ceramic ginger jars with blue floral designs surrounding bold, centered characters and geometric patterned bands leading to brown rustic...
Category
19th Century Chinese Antique Chinese Export Furniture
Materials
Porcelain
Chinese Famille Rose Four Seasons Plate, c. 1900
Located in Chicago, IL
During the 18th century, Europeans provided an eager market for Chinese export porcelain, especially the colorful and fanciful ware known as “famille rose.” Named for a palette of op...
Category
Late 19th Century Chinese Antique Chinese Export Furniture
Materials
Porcelain
Set of Chinese Side Tables With Drawers Made In Polished Dark Wood From 1880s
Located in Lejre, DK
The set of Chinese side tables with drawers, crafted from polished dark wood and dating back to the 1880s, is a captivating blend of e...
Category
1880s Unknown Antique Chinese Export Furniture
Materials
Wood
Chinese Rust Agate Carved Teapot with Stand
Located in New York, NY
Asian Chinese rust agate tea pot with filigree handle and carved relief with a floral and scroll design. Damages to ring top-all pieces accounted.(modern base 1¬O" high).
Category
20th Century Chinese Chinese Export Furniture
Materials
Stone, Marble
Asian Style Leather Box on Stand
Located in Westwood, NJ
An Asian style leather box on stand table. The rectangular box with a removable lid is covered in leather with nailhead trim. It sits on a reclaime...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Asian Chinese Export Furniture
Materials
Wood
Chinese White and Blue Floral and Feather Motif Porcelain Urn
Located in New York, NY
Chinese porcelain urn painted with a blue and white floral background surrounding a center square with a floral arrangement, feathers along the neck in varying shades of blue, and ge...
Category
20th Century Chinese Chinese Export Furniture
Materials
Porcelain
Chinese White, Brown, and Red Floral Design Porcelain Vase
Located in New York, NY
Chinese white porcelain vase decorated with incised and painted brown foliage and stems growing blooming red florals, and wrapped in geometric bands of blue, pink and yellow at the o...
Category
20th Century Chinese Chinese Export Furniture
Materials
Porcelain
Pair of Mid 20th Century Enameled Copper Vases with Floral & Geisha Decoration
Located in Hamilton, Ontario
This pair of vases on stands are unsigned, but presumed to have originated from China and dating to approximately 1960 and done in a period Chinese Export style. The vases are compos...
Category
Mid-20th Century Chinese Chinese Export Furniture
Materials
Brass, Copper
Vintage Oriental Ginger Jar, Large, Polychrome Ceramic, Mid-Late 20th Century
Located in Hele, Devon, GB
This is a vintage oriental ginger jar, a large, brightly decorated polychrome ceramic with lid, dating to the mid-late 20th century.
Of Classic ...
Category
Late 20th Century Chinese Chinese Export Furniture
Materials
Ceramic
Pair of Chinese Porcelain Famille Verte Jars
Located in New York, NY
Pair of Chinese porcelain famille verte lidded jars, depicting court officials at leisure, decorated with handles in forms of bats, unmarked.
Category
Early 20th Century Chinese Export Furniture
Materials
Porcelain
Large Chinese-Tibetan Gilt Bronze 'Offering' Temple Vase & Stand
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
Large Chinese-Tibetan Gilt Bronze 'Offering' temple vase & stand
Impressive, well cast with numerous examples of geometric engraving, applied cast medallions and flowerheads. A uniq...
Category
20th Century Tibetan Chinese Export Furniture
Materials
Bronze
Mid 19th Century Geometric Chinese Rug
Located in New York, NY
A mid 19th Century Geometric Chinese Accent Size Rug
Measures: 3'7'' x 5'11''.
Category
Mid-19th Century Antique Chinese Export Furniture
Materials
Wool
Antique Chinese Carved Wooden Stand with 8 Sides Marble Top
Located in Brea, CA
Antique Chinese hardwood carved flowers stands with 8 sides octagonal marble top insert, 19th century. Measures: H 18.625”, D 16.5”.
Category
Late 19th Century Chinese Antique Chinese Export Furniture
Materials
Hardwood
Chinese Export Silver Dragon Bowls, Set of 3
Located in Stamford, CT
Set of three Chinese export silver bowls.
Tripod bowl has stylized bamboo legs and center medallion (no monogram). Featuring two repoussè dragons. T...
Category
1860s Chinese Antique Chinese Export Furniture
Materials
Sterling Silver
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.
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