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 Tang Dynasty-Style Terra Cotta Woman and Horse Tomb Figure
Located in New York, NY
Antique Chinese Tang Dynasty-style terra cotta tomb figure of a woman dressed in gray and red robes sitting atop a blue and green saddle, on a horse that is standing on a square base...
Category
20th Century Chinese Export Furniture
Materials
Terracotta
Pair of 19th Century Chinese Export Famille Verte Yellow Dragon Motif Mugs
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
Pair of 19th century Chinese Export Famille Verte yellow Dragon motif mugs, Each one decorated with a four toed dragon within a yellow floral background....
Category
19th Century Chinese Antique Chinese Export Furniture
Materials
Porcelain
Antique Chinese Red Glazed Porcelain Vase with Porcelain Stand
Located in Brea, CA
Qing dynasty an antique important Chinese red glazed porcelain vase with porcelain stand, GuangXu Mark and of the period. Measures: 6.5” height 2.15 '' di...
Category
Early 20th Century Chinese Chinese Export Furniture
Materials
Porcelain
Chinese Mustard Colored and Tonal Patterned Meiping Porcelain Vase
Located in New York, NY
Chinese, mustard-colored porcelain Meiping form vase carved in raised, tonal florals, with patterned bands around the top and base.
Category
20th Century Chinese Chinese Export Furniture
Materials
Porcelain
Chinese White and Blue Character and Floral Urn
Located in New York, 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
19th Century Chinese Famille Noire Porcelain Vase / Lamp
Located in Brighton, Sussex
A good quality 19th century Chinese Famille Noire porcelain vase / lamp, having wonderful exotic flowers hand painted to a Black ground, a tapering form mounted on bronze claw feet. ...
Category
19th Century Chinese Antique Chinese Export Furniture
Materials
Porcelain
Cizhou Jar, Terracotta and Brown Slip, XIVth Century, China
Located in Nice, Cote d' Azur
Cizhou jar,
Terracotta decorated with brown slip of stylized patterns on a cream background,
XIVth Century, China.
Measures : Diameter 43 cm, Height 6...
Category
15th Century and Earlier Chinese Antique Chinese Export Furniture
Materials
Terracotta
Pair of 19th Century Cloisonné Lamps
Located in WEST PALM BEACH, FL
This is a lovely pair of cloisonné turquoise lamps painted overall with colorful figures and images, situated on pierced rosewood bases, 19th century.
Category
Late 19th Century Chinese Antique Chinese Export Furniture
Materials
Metal
Chinese Tang Dynasty-Style Terra Cotta Rider and Horse Tomb Figure
Located in New York, NY
Antique Chinese Tang Dynasty-style terracotta tomb figure of a girl in a red garment holding an object riding a dark brown horse, standing on a textured base.
Category
20th Century Chinese Export Furniture
Materials
Terracotta
Chinese White Porcelain Peacock and Floral Design Fluted Vase
Located in New York, NY
Chinese white porcelain fluted vase with a tall, cylindrical form decorated in large scale dark blue leaves outlined in gold, amid green, yellow a...
Category
20th Century Chinese Chinese Export Furniture
Materials
Porcelain
Chinese Tang Dynasty-Style Sancai Glazed Camels with Musicians Tomb Figure
Located in New York, NY
Antique Chinese Tang Dynasty-style terra cotta tomb figure of two camels carrying a band of five musicians - four seated with instruments, and one central figure standing to sing. Th...
Category
20th Century Chinese Export Furniture
Materials
Terracotta
Late 18th Century Framed Chinese Glass Back Painted Scene of a Family
Located in New York, NY
Chinese (18th/19th century) framed glass back painting depicting a family beneath two flowering trees surrounded by birds and butterflies in a wooden frame with decorative metal top ...
Category
Late 18th Century Chinese Antique Chinese Export Furniture
Materials
Glass
Chinese White and Multicolor Floral Round Porcelain Vase
Located in New York, NY
Chinese white, round porcelain vase decorated in a pink, green, orange and blue floral designs, accented in gold detailing.
Category
20th Century Chinese Chinese Export Furniture
Materials
Porcelain
Chinese White and Figurative Scene Porcelain Winter Melon Vase
Located in New York, NY
Antique Chinese (early 20th century) winter melon form white porcelain vase decorated with a gathering of women and children in a pastoral setting and characters on the reverse side....
Category
20th Century Chinese Chinese Export Furniture
Materials
Porcelain
Set of Chinese Export Silver Overlay Bottle with Five Cordials Tianjin Wuhua
Located in Atlanta, GA
A set of Chinese Export silver drinking set consists of a pinch bottle and five cordials circa 1910s-1920s. Featuring matching elaborate chased relief dra...
Category
Early 20th Century Chinese Chinese Export Furniture
Materials
Sterling Silver
19th Century Chinese Bronze Urn as Lamp
Located in Norwood, NJ
19th century Chinese bronze urn as lamp. Decorated with florals and dragon in high relief. Surmounted by two handles depicting phoenix...
Category
Late 19th Century Chinese Antique Chinese Export Furniture
Materials
Bronze
Chinese Ming Dynasty Style Paper and Silk King and Queen Portrait Hanging Scroll
Located in New York, NY
Set of 3 Ming King and Queen scroll wall hangings, shown seated with a paneled wall behind them and a brown rug with dragons underneath against a pale gold silk shantung background w...
Category
20th Century Chinese Chinese Export Furniture
Materials
Wood, Silk, Paper
Set of 3 Small Chinese Carved Soapstone Sculptures
Located in Dallas, TX
Presenting a lovely set of 3 small Chinese carved soapstone sculptures.
Made in China in the early 20th Century circa 1930.
This set comprises of:
1. A Medium/Tall mottled b...
Category
Early 20th Century Chinese Chinese Export Furniture
Materials
Soapstone
Chinese Green and Red Faded Floral Porcelain Urn
Located in New York, NY
Antique Chinese (Late 19th Century) white porcelain urn decorated with a faded green and red floral pattern and accented with pale pink scrolled handles along the neck.
Category
19th Century Chinese Antique Chinese Export Furniture
Materials
Porcelain
Chinese White and Blue Vine Design Porcelain Urn
Located in New York, NY
Antique Chinese (Early 20th Century) white porcelain urn decorated with an all-over blue vine and flower patterned ground, surrounding spaced bold, blue characters.
Category
20th Century Chinese Chinese Export Furniture
Materials
Porcelain
Chinese Famille Rose Baluster Jar with Ancient Censers, c. 1900
Located in Chicago, IL
Beautifully commemorated on this lidded baluster jar, censers have been used for thousands of years in Chinese culture as a part of funeral rites or prayer offerings. Filled with dried aromatic plants and essential oils, the censer issued fragrant smoke that forged a connection to the spiritual realm. This late Qing-dynasty jar...
Category
Early 20th Century Chinese Chinese Export Furniture
Materials
Porcelain
Chinese Porcelain Hand Painted Porcelain Lamp
Located in Lambertville, NJ
A hand painted Chinese porcelain lamps with an imperial yellow background. The white porcelain with cartouches of aristocratic women in a floral background with intricately detailed ...
Category
Mid-20th Century Chinese Chinese Export Furniture
Materials
Brass
Large Pair of 19th Chinese Yellow and Green Ground Vases/ lamps
Located in Brighton, Sussex
A large, good quality pair of 19th century Chinese green and yellow ground vases, each with classical motif decoration, scrolling flowers, leaves an...
Category
Late 19th Century Chinese Antique Chinese Export Furniture
Materials
Porcelain
Chinese Green and Botanical Hand-Made Tole Lidded Urn
Located in New York, 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
Pair of Chinese White and Blue Fish Decorative Plates
Located in New York, NY
Pair of Chinese blue and white porcelain decorative plates painted with thin blue patterned bands along the rims, opening to wider floral motifs on the interiors that surround centra...
Category
20th Century Chinese Chinese Export Furniture
Materials
Porcelain
Chinese Black and Green Leaf Glazed Porcelain Globular Vase
Located in New York, NY
Antique Chinese (17th Century-style) black glazed porcelain globular vase decorated with a green leaf on the front and back.
Category
17th Century Antique Chinese Export Furniture
Materials
Porcelain
Chinese White and Blue Peacock Motif Porcelain Urn
Located in New York, NY
Antique Chinese (late 19th century) large white, ceramic urn with blue peacocks amid florals and two light blue scrolled handles along the neck.
Category
19th Century Chinese Antique Chinese Export Furniture
Materials
Porcelain
Vintage Pair of Chinese Abacus Lamps
By ABCO
Located in San Francisco, CA
Wonderful pair of mid century Chinese Abacus Lamps made in Honk Kong.
Category
1970s Hong Kong Vintage Chinese Export Furniture
Materials
Wood
Carved Wood Panel, China, 20th Century, Interior Decoration
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
Carved wood panel, China, 20th century, Interior Decoration
Measures: H 48cm, W 66cm, W 3cm.
Category
Early 20th Century Chinese Chinese Export Furniture
Materials
Wood
Asian Chinese Style Wooden Rectangular Coffee Table
Located in New York, NY
Asian Chinese export (mid-20th Century) hong (black) wood low rectangular coffee table with cabriole legs.
Category
Mid-20th Century Chinese Chinese Export Furniture
Chinese Tang Dynasty-Style Sancai Glazed Terra Cotta Tomb Guardian
Located in New York, NY
Antique Chinese Tang Dynasty-style terra cotta tomb guardian figure seen in its typical stance of one foot higher than the other as it rests on an anima...
Category
20th Century Chinese Export Furniture
Materials
Terracotta
Five Antique Carved Asian Style Wall Plaques Birds, Flowers
Located in Toledo, OH
Five antique carved Asian style wall plaques depicting floral designs with birds. A couple edge chunks as shown in photo. Overall general light we...
Category
20th Century Unknown Chinese Export Furniture
Materials
Wood
Pair of 19th Century Rose Medallion Ormolu Mounted Vases / Lamps
Located in Brighton, Sussex
A good quality pair of Chinese Cantonese / rose medallion bellied vases / lamps. Each with wonderful gilded ormolu scrolling foliate mounts top and bottom. ...
Category
Late 19th Century Chinese Antique Chinese Export Furniture
Materials
Porcelain
Chinese White and Navy Blue Botanical Design Porcelain Urn
Located in New York, NY
Antique Chinese (Late 19th Century) white, porcelain urn decorated with a blue botanical scene of an oversized peony emerging from a marsh under a bird ...
Category
19th Century Chinese Antique Chinese Export Furniture
Materials
Porcelain
Chinese Export Silver Tea Strainer with Bone Handle
Located in Austin, TX
A fine Chinese export silver tea strainer for the Southeast Asian market, featuring a bone handle, late 19th century, China.
The tea strainer crafted of repoussé silver with a des...
Category
Late 19th Century Chinese Antique Chinese Export Furniture
Materials
Silver
Chinese Han Amber Glazed Porcelain Jar
Located in New York, NY
Asian Chinese (Han Dynasty 206BC-220AD) amber glazed pottery vase (jar) with a band of animals in relief raised on a modern 2¬O" high base.
Category
20th Century Chinese Chinese Export Furniture
Materials
Porcelain
Framed Antique Chinese Textile Groups Qing Dynasty Provenance
Located in Atlanta, GA
A group of three antique Chinese textiles, arranged and professionally matted and framed. The museum quality display includes two similar pouches symmetrically flanking a fan case...
Category
19th Century Chinese Antique Chinese Export Furniture
Materials
Silk, Wood
Large Chinese Export Monochrome Vase, in Iron Red
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
Large Chinese Export monochrome vase, in iron red
Measure: Opening is 6.5"x 4".
Category
20th Century Chinese Chinese Export Furniture
Materials
Porcelain
Chinese Black Lacquered Elm Cabinet
Located in New York, NY
Asian Chinese black lacquered over elm cabinet with two fold-back doors with Chinese character decoration covering front.
Category
20th Century Chinese Chinese Export Furniture
Materials
Elm
19th Chinese Carved Hardwood Figure of an Immortal Holding a Bat
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
19th Chinese carved hardwood figure of an immortal holding a bat, well carved with inlaid bone eyes and teeth.
Category
Late 19th Century Chinese Antique Chinese Export Furniture
Materials
Bone, Hardwood
Late 19th Century Bamboo & Cane Victorian Bedroom Chair, C.1890
Located in San Francisco, CA
Late 19th century bamboo & cane Victorian bedroom chair, C.1890
Outstanding English Victorian bamboo chair with woven cane seat
Hand painted deta...
Category
Late 19th Century English Antique Chinese Export Furniture
Materials
Bamboo, Cane
Chinese White and Floral Column Porcelain Table Lamp
Located in New York, NY
Chinese white porcelain table lamp made from a column-shaped vase painted with a crane alongside a blooming pink peony, a wooden base, and brass hardware.
Category
20th Century Chinese Chinese Export Furniture
Materials
Metal, Brass
Chinese Export Porcelain Early Armorial Plates, Arms of Van Gellicum, Kangxi
Located in Downingtown, PA
Chinese export porcelain early armorial plates,
Arms of Van Gellicum, Dutch Market,
Kangxi period, 1710-1730.
The Imari armorial plates were made for the Dutch family...
Category
Early 18th Century Chinese Antique Chinese Export Furniture
Materials
Porcelain
Pair of Chinese Blue and Orange Fish Design Lidded Porcelain Jars
Located in New York, NY
Pair of Chinese (Mid 20th Century) lidded porcelain jars with orange fish swimming on blue, sponged backgrounds, inspired by patterns from the Ming Dynasty...
Category
20th Century Chinese Chinese Export Furniture
Materials
Porcelain
Chinese Export Reverse Glass Paintings, Set of Four, circa 1825
Located in Kinderhook, NY
A set of four circa 1825 Chinese Export polychrome reverse glass paintings comprised of figural court views and battle scenes in original 'Chinese Chippendale' parcel-gilt aubergine lacquer frames and reverse backboards. A remarkable and exceptionally rare set of good size and condition.
Provenance: Legendary fine English antiques...
Category
Early 19th Century Chinese Antique Chinese Export Furniture
Materials
Glass, Wood, Giltwood, Lacquer, Paint
Pair of Early 20th Century Chinese Glazed Terra Cotta Pedestals or Stands
Located in Houston, TX
Pair of early 20th century Chinese glazed terra cotta pedestals or stands. These stunning antique Chinese pedestals are executed in an interestin...
Category
Early 20th Century Chinese Chinese Export Furniture
Materials
Terracotta
Pair of Chinese Export Famille Rose Urn & Garden Motif Plates
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
Pair of Chinese Export Famille Rose Urn & Garden Motif Plates, Each plate profusely decorated with two urns amongst a garden with scholars objects.
Category
19th Century Chinese Antique Chinese Export Furniture
Materials
Porcelain
Large Antique 20th Century Chinese Oriental Silk Rug Cream Green Lotus Flowers
Located in Sherborne, Dorset
A very attractive and large Chinese silk rug with central floral motif and stylised linked chain lattice in subtle colours depicting lotus flowers, symbols of wealth and foliage on a...
Category
Mid-20th Century Chinese Chinese Export Furniture
Materials
Silk
Chinese Tang Dynasty-Style Terra Cotta Huren Tomb Figure
Located in New York, NY
Antique Chinese Tang Dynasty-style terra cotta tomb figure of a Huren (northern tribesmen) man dressed in red robes and a prominent hat, with one fist raised in the air.
Category
20th Century Chinese Export Furniture
Materials
Terracotta
Pair of Antique Chinese Multi-Colored Cloisonne Rooster Sculptures
Located in New York, NY
Pair of early 20th century Chinese cloisonne rooster sculptures with red, white, blue, green, and yellow enamels standing on circular cloisonne bases...
Category
Early 20th Century Chinese Chinese Export Furniture
Materials
Metal, Enamel
Chinese White and Green Vegetal Winter Melon Porcelain Vase
Located in New York, NY
Antique Chinese (Early 20th Century) winter melon-form porcelain vase decorated with an incised, white bottom half that grows into verdant abstracted vegetal and peacock shapes on th...
Category
20th Century Chinese Chinese Export Furniture
Materials
Porcelain
Chinese White Floral Patterned Porcelain Table Lamp
Located in New York, NY
Chinese white ceramic table lamp made from a bulbous vase decorated with colorful florals, mounted on a wooden base and fitted with brass hardwar...
Category
20th Century Chinese Chinese Export Furniture
Materials
Metal, Brass
Large Chinese Qing Dynasty / Tongzhi Porcelain Vase
Located in Darmstadt, DE
Diese sehr großen, exquisit verzierten antiken chinesischen Bodenvasen sind beeindruckend. Die Höhe beträgt 108 cm! Die Vasen haben eine rote Markierung auf der Unterseite, die auf d...
Category
20th Century Chinese Chinese Export Furniture
Materials
Porcelain
Large Pair of Canton / Rose Medallion Vases or Lamps, 19th Century
Located in Brighton, Sussex
A very impressive pair of 19th century Chinese Cantonese or rose medallion vases or lamps. Each with wonderful bold colors, with classical oriental scenes of courtiers walking around...
Category
Late 19th Century Chinese Antique Chinese Export Furniture
Materials
Ormolu
Chinese Export Silver Dragon Spoon by Wang Hing & Co., Late 19th Century
Located in Austin, TX
A very fine and charming Chinese export silver spoon in the form of a dragon, by Wang Hing & Co., Qing Dynasty, late 19th century, China.
...
Category
1890s Chinese Antique Chinese Export Furniture
Materials
Silver
China Trade Watercolor Pictures of Junks & Sampans, Set of Five
Located in Downingtown, PA
China trade watercolor pictures of junks & sampans,
Set of Five,
Circa 1850
The Chinese watercolor paintings on pith paper each depict a diffe...
Category
Mid-19th Century Chinese Antique Chinese Export Furniture
Materials
Paper
Vintage Chinese Oval Tole Black and Gold Pastoral Scene Tray
Located in New York, NY
Vintage Chinese oval tole serving tray with a painted gold design of a children playing outside, supervised by a parent on a black background surrounded b...
Category
20th Century Chinese Chinese Export Furniture
Materials
Metal
Antique Painted Chinese Coffee Table Shanxi
Located in Paddock Wood Tonbridge, GB
Age: 19th century
Style: Chinese Antiques
Material: elm
Origin : Shanxi provence China
Condition: Very good
Restoration: wax polish
Dimensions: 52 H X 203 W X 59 D ...
Category
19th Century Chinese Antique Chinese Export Furniture
Materials
Elm
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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