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
Recognized Seller Listings
Chinese Han Amber Glazed Porcelain Jar
Located in Queens, 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
Chinese Export Porcelain Blue Enamel Plate Made for the American Market
Located in Downingtown, PA
Chinese export Porcelain blue enamel plate made for the American Market,
circa 1785.
The small Chinese Export American-market plate has a central roundel in brown depicting an, ...
Category
1780s Chinese Antique Chinese Export Furniture
Materials
Porcelain
Chinese Olive Green Handled Porcelain Jug
Located in Queens, NY
Chinese olive green ceramic jug formed with a handle stretching over the mouth, and an opening for contents within a chicken head emerging from the side.
Category
20th Century Chinese Chinese Export Furniture
Materials
Porcelain
Chinese Han Dynasty Style Patinated Bronze Footed and Lidded Pot
Located in Queens, NY
Antique Chinese Han Dynasty-style copy of a patinated bronze lidded pot etched with a subtle, all-over geometric pattern, sitting atop three feet, fitted with two handles and topped ...
Category
20th Century Chinese Chinese Export Furniture
Materials
Bronze
Chinese Han Dynasty-Style Patinated Bronze Urn
Located in Queens, NY
Antique Chinese Han Dynasty-style copy of a patinated bronze vase with a bulbous body decorated in raised geometric pattern bands, sitting atop a circular base, and accented with two...
Category
20th Century Chinese Chinese Export Furniture
Materials
Bronze
Chinese Export Porcelain American Market Chocolate Pot and Cover
Located in Downingtown, PA
Chinese Export Porcelain Chocolate Pot and Cover,
American Market,
Circa 17 85-95
The Chinese Export porcelain chocolate pot and domed cover is painted to each side with an en grisa...
Category
Late 18th Century Chinese Antique Chinese Export Furniture
Materials
Porcelain
Chinese Export Porcelain Famille Rose Botanical Teapot Stand
Located in Downingtown, PA
Chinese Export Porcelain Famille Rose Botanical teapot stand,
circa 1775
The Chinese Export porcelain famille rose hexagonal teapot stand is centered...
Category
1770s Chinese Antique Chinese Export Furniture
Materials
Porcelain
Large Chinese Canton Famille Verte Ormolu Mounted Porcelain Vase
Located in London, GB
Large Chinese Canton famille verte ormolu mounted porcelain vase
Chinese, 19th Century
Height 107cm, diameter 37cm
This magnificent Chinese vase from Canton is decorated in the so-c...
Category
19th Century Chinese Antique Chinese Export Furniture
Materials
Ormolu
Chinese Yellow and Blue Floral Meiping Porcelain Vase
Located in Queens, NY
Antique Chinese (19th Century) yellow porcelain Meiping vase decorated with blue florals and geometric bands around the top and the base (mark on bottom, see photos).
Condition: Goo...
Category
19th Century Chinese Antique Chinese Export Furniture
Materials
Porcelain
Chinese Blue and White Porcelain Charger
Located in Queens, NY
Asian Chinese-style (19/20th Century) blue and white porcelain charger decorated with a bird and floral design and a brown scalloped edge.
Category
19th Century Chinese Antique Chinese Export Furniture
Materials
Porcelain
Vintage Lidded and Footed Woven Wicker Basket with Handles
Located in Queens, NY
Vintage woven wicker octagonal basket with fluted opening with inset circular lid above a wooden framed wicker body with two woven handles and embossed brass banding bearing a geomet...
Category
20th Century Unknown Chinese Export Furniture
Materials
Metal
Chinese Tang Dynasty-Style Sancai Glazed Terra Cotta Tomb Guardian
Located in Queens, 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
Yongzheng Chinese Export Porcelain Armorial Plate with Arms of Gresley
Located in Downingtown, PA
Chinese Export Armorial Porcelain Plate,
Arms of Gresley Quarterly with Bowyer in Pretence,
Yongzheng Period,
1735
This u...
Category
1730s Antique Chinese Export Furniture
Materials
Porcelain
Pair of Antique Chinese Multi-Colored Cloisonne Rooster Sculptures
Located in Queens, 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
20th Century Chinese Carved Wooden Pedestal / Table Stand
Located in Queens, NY
Chinese (20th Century) carved wooden pedestal / table stand featuring a waisted circular top followed by a molded openwork apron in a geometric scroll pattern, standing on five curle...
Category
20th Century Chinese Chinese Export Furniture
Materials
Wood
Pair of Chinese Black and Floral Motif Table Lamps
Located in Queens, NY
Pair of Chinese black ceramic table lamps made from baluster-shaped vases decorated with birds amid blooming florals in pinks, yellows, and blues, and wooden bases with brass hardwar...
Category
20th Century Chinese Export Furniture
Materials
Ceramic
Pair of Chinese Fluted and Scalloped Celadon Porcelain Vases
Located in Queens, NY
PAIR of Chinese celadon porcelain vases with tall fluted necks and scalloped openings (PRICED AS PAIR).
Condition: Good; Wear consistent with age and use
Category
20th Century Chinese Chinese Export Furniture
Materials
Porcelain
Chinese Export Style Porcelain Oval Basin
Located in New York, NY
With applied handles to the sides, painted in blue monochrome with band of swags under the rim, over crown, shield motifs and sparse stylized flowers; the interior with three leaves ...
Category
20th Century Chinese Export Furniture
Materials
Porcelain
Pair of Chinese Off-White Floral Porcelain Urn Table Lamps Mounted on Wood Base
Located in Queens, NY
Pair of Chinese porcelain table lamps made from off-white, urn-shaped vases decorated with a winding natural scene of flowers and...
Category
Mid-20th Century Chinese Export Furniture
Materials
Porcelain
Chinese Ginger Jar Table Lamp
Located in Queens, NY
Asian Chinese style (20th Cent) ginger jar shaped table lamp with a black, green & blue background with figures on a wood base.
Ships without a shade
Category
20th Century Chinese Chinese Export Furniture
Materials
Porcelain
Chinese Reticulated White Porcelain Table Lamp
Located in Queens, NY
Asian Chinese-style white filigree porcelain table lamp with floral design and black round base.
Ships without a shade
Category
20th Century Unknown Chinese Export Furniture
Materials
Porcelain
Chinese White and Blue Raised Rose Bush Design Porcelain Vase
Located in Queens, NY
Chinese white porcelain vase with a bulbous body decorated in blue koi, cranes, clouds and vegetation, surrounding a central raised, pierced rose bush on each side. The thin neck fea...
Category
20th Century Chinese Chinese Export Furniture
Materials
Porcelain
Chinese Cream and Botanical Design Round Porcelain Vase
Located in Queens, NY
Chinese round, cream porcelain vase painted with a bird above softly rendered green leaves and pink florals on one side, and characters on the reverse.
Category
20th Century Chinese Chinese Export Furniture
Materials
Porcelain
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 Blue and White Porcelain Charger
Located in Queens, NY
Asian Chinese-style (19/20th Century) blue and white porcelain charger with a floral scene and a scalloped edge.
Category
19th Century Chinese Antique Chinese Export Furniture
Materials
Porcelain
Chinese Blue and White Porcelain Charger
Located in Queens, NY
Asian Chinese-style (19/20th Century) blue and white porcelain charger with scene by water with 2 boats and finished with flowers on underside edge.
Category
19th Century Chinese Antique Chinese Export Furniture
Materials
Porcelain
Chinese Famille Rose Thousand Flower Pattern Shallow Porcelain Bowl Centerpiece
Located in Queens, NY
Chinese shallow porcelain bowl with a "thousand flower"" pattern that covers the bowl in such an abundant array of brightly colored florals that neither the branches, nor the porcela...
Category
20th Century Chinese Chinese Export Furniture
Materials
Porcelain
China Trade Set of Six Sunqua Still Life of Fruit & Flowers Paintings
By Sunqua
Located in Downingtown, PA
China Trade set of six Gouache Still Life Paintings of Fruit & Flowers on Pith Paper,
Each Signed Sunqua,
mid-19th century
The fine China Trade pith paper painting...
Category
Mid-19th Century Chinese Antique Chinese Export Furniture
Materials
Paper
Chinese Tang Dynasty-Style Sancai Glazed Terra Cotta Woman Figure
Located in Queens, NY
Antique Chinese Tang Dynasty-style terra cotta figure of a woman wearing robes bearing the Tang Dynasty's traditional tri-color glaze, or Sancai, utilizing brown, green and off-white...
Category
20th Century Chinese Export Furniture
Materials
Terracotta
Chinese Export Silver Candelabrum & Dish
Located in London, GB
Chinese Centrepiece circa 1895, formed as a 2-light candelabrum with a central dish supported by two flying dragons.
The underside of the candle holders and the dish are fluted, and...
Category
1890s Chinese Antique Chinese Export Furniture
Materials
Silver
Chinese Export Silver Cocktail Shaker
Located in London, GB
Chinese Export Silver Cocktail Shaker, c1925, embossed and chased with bamboo decoration against a matte background, with a single round vacant cartouche.
Marked with TC, for Tuck C...
Category
1920s Chinese Vintage Chinese Export Furniture
Materials
Silver
Chinese Oxblood and White Natural Motif Meiping Porcelain Vase
Located in Queens, NY
Chinese porcelain Meiping vase in a red oxblood hue decorated with a white natural motif capturing the silhouettes of birds, vines and leaves.
Category
20th Century Chinese Chinese Export Furniture
Materials
Porcelain
Chinese Tang Dynasty-Style Terra Cotta Kneeling Camel and Woman Tomb Figure
Located in Queens, NY
Antique Chinese Tang Dynasty-style terra cotta tomb figure of a woman in a green dress sitting on a kneeling yellow and red Bactrian camel with ...
Category
20th Century Chinese Export Furniture
Materials
Terracotta
Chinese Export Porcelain Armorial Dish with European Coat of Arms
Located in Downingtown, PA
Chinese Export Porcelain Armorial Dish,
Pseudo Continental Arms,
Motto- "His Ornari Aut Mori",
After a Meissen Porcelain Original Service,
Circa 1760
The Chinese Export armorial porcelain oval dish with overall Bianco Supra Bianco has a central Rococo armorial coat of arms centered with three garlands with the motto "His Ornari Aut Mori" below. The armorial surrounded by scattered flowers and four shaped gilt bordered panels on the shoulder with two bouquets of famille rose flowers and two of fruit.
The motto translates as To be adorned with these, or to die, referring to the three wreaths in the coat of arms, woven of olive, laurel and oak leaves. The three leaves representing sapientia, doctrina ac rei militaris peritia, "wisdom, learning and military expertise."
The reverse with a bamboo band with fruit and flowers with scattered flowers to the top, bottom, and each side.
The gilt rim on the border now rubbed.
Dimensions: 16 1/2-inch-wide x 13 3/4 inches deep x 1 1/4 inches high
Reference: The Choice of the Private Trader: The Private Market in Chinese Export Porcelain illustrated from the Hodroff Collection, David. S. Howard, 132-133, for a strainer & Dish from the same service. Howard says this is from a Chinese Export service that is a direct copy of an original Meissen porcelain service...
Category
Mid-18th Century Antique Chinese Export Furniture
Materials
Porcelain
Antique Chinese Silver Battle Mug with Dramatic Dragon Handle
Located in New York, NY
Chinese silver mug, ca 1865. Straight and upward tapering sides with dense low-relief frieze: Spearmen and swordsmen on foot and horse thrust and lu...
Category
Mid-19th Century Chinese Antique Chinese Export Furniture
Materials
Silver
Chinese Export Silver Cup
Located in London, GB
A Chinese Export Silver Cup with dragon handles, and with birds and bamboo chased and embossed around the body. The cup is supported by a furth...
Category
1890s Chinese Antique Chinese Export Furniture
Materials
Silver
Chinese Off-White and Navy Blue Bird Motif Porcelain Urn
Located in Queens, NY
"Antique Chinese (Late 19th Century) off-white, porcelain urn with a navy blue bird amid florals and two blue scrolled handles along the neck.
Light wear, hairline cracks."
Category
19th Century Chinese Antique Chinese Export Furniture
Materials
Porcelain
Chinese Off-White and Figurative Scene Porcelain Urn Table Lamp
Located in Queens, NY
"Antique Chinese (Late 19th Century) table lamp made from an off-white, urn-shaped, porcelain vase depicting a joyful scene of gift-bearing children greeting elders in a pastoral Set...
Category
19th Century Chinese Antique Chinese Export Furniture
Materials
Metal, Brass
Antique Chinese Export Silver Christening Mug
Located in Jesmond, Newcastle Upon Tyne
An exceptional, fine and impressive antique Chinese export silver christening mug; an addition to our silver christening gifts collection.
This exceptional antique Chinese export silver mug has a tapering cylindrical form.
The surface of this impressive christening mug is embellished with embossed and chased decoration depicting Asian figures in a grass terrain village setting performing chores and meditating in prayer.
The scene incorporates a multitude of indigenous plants in addition to a stylized peony tree encasing a shield shaped vacant cartouche.
The upper rim and base of the mug are encompassed with applied moulded borders.
This Chinese export mug...
Category
Early 1800s Chinese Antique Chinese Export Furniture
Materials
Silver
Vintage Chinese Black and Gold Tole Lake Scene Oval Tray
Located in Queens, NY
Vintage Chinese tole serving tray with a painted gold design of a lake scene on a black background with a shallow lip with two cut out handles.
Category
20th Century Chinese Chinese Export Furniture
Materials
Metal
China, 18th Century, Blue-and-White Decorated Dish, circa 1760
Located in PARIS, FR
This porcelain plate, dated around 1760, features an exquisite design showcasing a basket adorned with delicately rendered flowers. Its smooth surface and refined brushwork attest to...
Category
1760s Chinese Antique Chinese Export Furniture
Materials
Porcelain
Chinese Export Powder/Talc Shaker
Located in New York, NY
Chinese Export, sterling silver powder/talc holder/shaker, China, Ca. 1900. Decorated with an etched, full dragon that wraps itself around the holder/shaker. Holder is also lightly h...
Category
Early 1900s Chinese Antique Chinese Export Furniture
Materials
Sterling Silver
Antique Chinese Porcelain and Eglomise Gold Scenic Lidded and Footed Box
Located in Queens, NY
Chinese (19/20th Century-possibly Satsuma) porcelain oval shaped centerpiece with a footed base and decorated exterior having genre scenes and botanical designs in beige, brown, oran...
Category
19th Century Chinese Antique Chinese Export Furniture
Materials
Porcelain
20th Century Chinese Celadon Lidded Porcelain Vase
Located in Queens, NY
"Chinese celadon ceramic vase with a gourd-shaped form wrapped in a tonal vine pattern and fitted with a ball finial-topped lid. (Similar vase in blue: NWL2041)
Chip near vase openi...
Category
20th Century Chinese Chinese Export Furniture
Materials
Porcelain
Pair of Chinese Imari Porcelain Vases
Located in Queens, NY
Pair of Asian Chinese Imari (18th cent) porcelain small vases with a scalloped top and scenes of figures and flowers. (small chip to 1 top) (priced as pa...
Category
18th Century Chinese Antique Chinese Export Furniture
Materials
Porcelain
Chinese Qing Dynasty Style Blue Double-Gourd Porcelain Vase with Gold Rim
Located in Queens, NY
Chinese Qing Dynasty Style (20th Century) blue porcelain double-gourd vase with a raised vine and pear pattern that symbolizes a traditional blessing for longevity and abundance, and...
Category
20th Century Chinese Chinese Export Furniture
Materials
Porcelain
Pair of Antique Chinese Peacock and Floral Patterned Porcelain Rouleau Vases
Located in Queens, NY
PAIR of Antique Chinese (late 19th-early 20th Century) porcelain rouleau-form vases with a pattern featuring a large multi-colored peacock amidst branches and florals against a beige...
Category
19th Century Chinese Antique Chinese Export Furniture
Materials
Porcelain
Chinese Export Porcelain Rare Turquoise Fruit Baskets & Stands - a Pair
Located in Downingtown, PA
Chinese Export Porcelain Turquoise Openwork Fruit Baskets & Stands,
Circa 1785
The Chinese Export porcelain openwork fruit baskets and stands are painted with an allover turquoise e...
Category
Late 18th Century Chinese Antique Chinese Export Furniture
Materials
Porcelain
Antique Chinese Urn Shaped Orange Foo Dog Design Porcelain Vases
Located in Queens, NY
Chinese (late 19th-early 20th Century) porcelain vase with an urn-shaped form and swirling orange foo dog designs on a grayish-beige background.
Condition: Good; Wear consistent wit...
Category
19th Century Chinese Antique Chinese Export Furniture
Materials
Porcelain
Chinese Watercolor of a Sampan on Paper, circa 1800
Located in Downingtown, PA
The large Chinese watercolor on European paper depicts a starboard view of a two-master sailing ship with one man sailing the vessel while two passengers can clearly be seen inside t...
Category
19th Century Chinese Antique Chinese Export Furniture
Materials
Paper
Chinese Maroon and Umber Lidded Porcelain Ginger Jar
Located in Queens, NY
Chinese porcelain lidded ginger jar in a finish that shifts within a range of umber, red and maroon, adding dimension to its shape.
Category
20th Century Chinese Chinese Export Furniture
Materials
Porcelain
Chinese White Floral and Butterfly Patterned Porcelain Vases
Located in Queens, NY
3 Chinese white porcelain vases with pear-shaped forms decorated in butterflies above pink and orange florals growing from green leaves on one side with characters on the reverse. (P...
Category
20th Century Chinese Chinese Export Furniture
Materials
Porcelain
Chinese Export Porcelain En Grisaille Mythical Plate with Venus, Cupid @ Adonis
Located in Downingtown, PA
Chinese Export Porcelain En Grisaille Mythical Plate,
Venus, Cupid, Adonis and Minerva,
Circa 1745
The Chinese Export circular porcelain plate is painted en grisaille with a scene f...
Category
1740s Chinese Antique 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
Pair of Chinese Mid-Century White Porcelain Chickens
Located in Queens, NY
"Pair of Antique Chinese (Mid 20th Century) white porcelain chickens, detailed with tonal feathers and red features and sculpted perched on rocks (P...
Category
20th Century Chinese Chinese Export Furniture
Materials
Porcelain
Pair of Vintage Chinese Red and Gold Hand-Painted Tole Ginger Jar Table Lamps
Located in Queens, NY
Pair of Vintage Chinese tole table lamps made from lidded ginger jars mounted with brass hardware, hand painted with an outdoor garden / genre scene in gold, white, and black, agains...
Category
20th Century Chinese Chinese Export Furniture
Materials
Brass
Chinese White Globular Kylin Motif Porcelain Vase
Located in Queens, NY
Chinese (late 19th Century) white, globular porcelain vase with colorful kylin beasts, symbolizing good luck, amid geometric and floral designs.
Condition: Good; Wear consistent wit...
Category
19th Century Chinese Antique Chinese Export Furniture
Materials
Porcelain
Chinese Han Dynasty-Style Patinated Bronze Handled Pot
Located in Queens, NY
Antique Chinese Han Dynasty-style copy of a patinated bronze pot decorated with intricate raised pattern banding wrapping its form, two serpentine handles with hanging rings and a gr...
Category
20th Century Chinese Chinese Export Furniture
Materials
Brass
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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