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
RARE CHINESE OPIUM BED 19th Century
Located in Madrid, ES
RARE CHINESE OPIUM BED 19th Century
in lacquered, painted and gilded wood decorated with oriental landscapes and plant elements.
With two drawers simulati...
Category
19th Century Chinese Antique Chinese Export Furniture
Materials
Wood
19th Century Chinese Side Table - Carved Hongmu
Located in Casteren, Noord-Brabant
A beautiful antique Chinese Side table.
Made of Hongmu, with beautiful traditional wood carving, reminiscent of Faux Bamboo.
The table is el...
Category
1890s Chinese Antique Chinese Export Furniture
Materials
Wood
Chinese Export Porcelain Large Rose Medallion Vases
Located in Downingtown, PA
Chinese export porcelain large rose medallion vases,
Circa 1850-65
The early rose medallion/rose mandarin porce...
Category
Mid-19th Century Chinese Antique Chinese Export Furniture
Materials
Porcelain
Chinese Kraak period Plate or Dish Porcelain Blue and White, Ming Wanli, Ca 1610
Located in Lincoln, Lincolnshire
This is a hand-painted Chinese Export Kraak porcelain blue and white Side Plate or Dish, which we date to the Ming, Wanli period,( 1573-1620 ), datin...
Category
Early 17th Century Chinese Antique Chinese Export Furniture
Materials
Porcelain
19th Century Chinese Export Lacquer Decorated Tea Caddy Box
Located in Atlanta, GA
Chinese for the English market, 19th century.
A fine quality antique Chinese export tea caddy decorated with beautiful gilding surfaces, a hinged lid which opens to reveal a tooled ...
Category
19th Century English Antique Chinese Export Furniture
Materials
Pewter
$1,196 Sale Price
20% Off
Early 20th Century Chinese Compound Wedding Armoire/Wardrobe Description
Located in Pomona, CA
Of rectangular form, the well-figured, matched door panels fitted flush within the solidly constructed frame, simple flat door panels with natural wood grain on the front. This weddi...
Category
Early 20th Century Chinese Chinese Export Furniture
Materials
Wood
$5,625 Sale Price
25% Off
EXQUISITE COMPLETE FOUR PERSON MAHJONG SUITE CIRCA 1920's CHINESE EXPORT PERIOD
Located in West Sussex, Pulborough
Royal House Antiques
Royal House Antiques is delighted to offer for sale this highly collectable Chinese export Circa 1920's Mahjong set with the original box and additional dice & ...
Category
1920s Chinese Vintage Chinese Export Furniture
Materials
Bamboo
Pair of Antique Blue & White Canton Chinese Export Porcelain Covered Tureens
Located in Philadelphia, PA
A fine pair of antique Chinese export porcelain covered tureens.
Each decorated in underglaze blue.
Both the body and the lid with a mountainous landscape scene with pagodas, trees...
Category
19th Century Antique Chinese Export Furniture
Materials
Porcelain
Vintage Needlepoint Pug Pillow
Located in New York, NY
- Dimensions: 13.5" x 15"
- Stitched by hand, this vintage needlepoint pillow offers unexpected flair courtesy of its chic chartreuse groun...
Category
Late 20th Century American Chinese Export Furniture
Materials
Textile
Large Asian Oil on Silk Paintings by Chelsea House, Floral, Bird, Botanical S/2
Located in Kennesaw, GA
I love the vibrant colors! This is a set of large scale oil paintings hand done on silk by Chelsea House. They are Asian inspired with their birds on branches surrounded by fruit and...
Category
Late 20th Century American Chinese Export Furniture
Materials
Silk, Giltwood, Paint
18th-century Chinese Export Porcelain Pair of Court Maiden Candlesticks
Located in Downingtown, PA
Chinese Export Porcelain pair of maiden candlesticks,
circa 1760-1775
A pair of large Chinese Export figures of standing maidens holding ...
Category
Late 18th Century Antique Chinese Export Furniture
Materials
Porcelain
Pair of Blanc-de-Chine Dehua Figures of Guanyin
Located in Ottawa, Ontario
A Pair Of Blanc - De - Chine Dehua
Figures Of Guanyin
Early 20th century
Each figure is modelled standing in flowing robes
upon a lotus leaf decorated stand,
holding a fl...
Category
Early 20th Century Chinese Chinese Export Furniture
Materials
Porcelain
Large Carved Oriental Camphor Wood Chest
Located in Godshill, Isle of Wight
Large carved Oriental Camphor wood chest
This carved chest is made from Camphor Wood, for those of you who do not know camphor wood it i...
Category
Mid-20th Century Chinese Export Furniture
Materials
Wood
Chinese Chinoiserie Dining Table Rosewood & Mother of Pearl Round to Oval
Located in Topeka, KS
Wonderful vintage Chinese Chinoiserie dining table comprised of Rosewood & Mother of Pearl (m-o-p) round top with 2 leaves, converting it to a small oval with one leaf and large oval with 2 leaves. Beautiful condition, keeping in mind that this is vintage and not new so will have signs of use and wear. This Asian style table is in excellent vintage condition with the exception of a small missing piece of m-o-p on the top which we have repaired by filling with wood filler and painting with a pearlized paint. You can still see the spot when looking for it but doesn’t show overall. There was also a nick on the inside edge of one of the leaves that has been filled. The whole top and leaves have been scuffed and given a coat of poly for durability. Please see photos and zoom in for details. We attempt to portray any imperfections. Circa, Mid-Late 20th Century.
Mother of Pearl comes predominantly from the shell of the pearl oyster, freshwater pearl mussel, and abalone… making this table a true GEM!! This is a GORGEOUS Chinese rosewood dining table...
Category
20th Century Chinese Chinese Export Furniture
Materials
Mother-of-Pearl, Rosewood
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...
Category
Late 20th Century Chinese Chinese Export Furniture
Materials
Marble
Chinese White and Blue Character and Floral Lidded Ginger Jar
Located in Queens, NY
Antique Chinese (late 19th century) lidded ceramic ginger jar urn with blue floral designs surrounding bold, centered characters on 4 sides.
Category
19th Century Chinese Antique Chinese Export Furniture
Materials
Porcelain
Chinese Famille Rose Soup Tureen, c. 1870
Located in Chicago, IL
This late 19th century covered jar takes its rounded shape from serving tureens used to serve soups and stews. Contrasted by a crisp white field, the lid and sides are decorated with a lively scene of children at play in a courtyard garden. Accompanied by a man and woman, the children are each playing with a different toy, including a kite, a reed organ...
Category
Late 19th Century Chinese Antique Chinese Export Furniture
Materials
Porcelain
$624 Sale Price
20% Off
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
$1,196 Sale Price
20% Off
Asia Modern Mandarin Lacquer Sideboard in the Chinese Style by Willett
Located in New York, NY
Large and impressive sideboard made by the Willett Furniture Company in the Chinese style, circa 1950/1960’s. The credenza is in an intriguing mandarin orange color lacquer finish and has ( later ) faux bamboo drawer pulls...
Category
Mid-20th Century American Chinese Export Furniture
Materials
Wood
18thC. Chinese Export Porcelain Bottle Vase Hand Painted Imari, Qing Ca 1740
Located in Lincoln, Lincolnshire
This is a beautiful Chinese Export porcelain Bottle Vase with good Imari hand painted decoration, which we date to the first half of the 18th century, circa 1740 or possibly earlier....
Category
Early 18th Century Chinese Antique Chinese Export Furniture
Materials
Porcelain
Vintage Chinese Willow Woven Fisherman Basket Asian Storage Container
Located in North Hollywood, CA
Vintage Chinese Willow Woven Fish or Grain Basket.
Vintage Chinese fisherman basket hand woven from natural willow wood with removable lid.
This woven reed fisherman’s basket was use...
Category
Mid-20th Century Chinese Chinese Export Furniture
Materials
Rattan, Wood
Antique Chinese Export Porcelain Blue & White Miniature Cabinet Sized Ginger Jar
Located in Philadelphia, PA
A fine antique-cabinet sized Chinese porcelain ginger jar.
With a creamy blue-white ground and blue painted decoration.
With a landscape scene to the body and a blue stylized diape...
Category
19th Century Chinese Antique Chinese Export Furniture
Materials
Porcelain
Antique Chinese Export Porcelain Rose Mandarin Tea Cup & Saucer
Located in Philadelphia, PA
A fine antique Chinese Export Rose Mandarin porcelain cup & saucer.
Each with enamel painted decoration on a white porcelain ground.
Both cup & saucer decorated with painted scene...
Category
Early 20th Century Chinese Chinese Export Furniture
Materials
Porcelain
Mid-20th Century Chinese Rosewood Open Carved Screen/Room Divider
Located in Pomona, CA
This is a set of 4 panels of Chinese antique open carved wooden screen which can be used as the room section panels in ancient China that are put together to make into a screen. Scre...
Category
Mid-20th Century Chinese Chinese Export Furniture
Materials
Rosewood
$17,625 Sale Price
25% Off
Rose Medallion Canton Baluster Vase circa 1800 Mounted as a Table Lamp
Located in Atlanta, GA
A Rose Medallion Chinese Export Canton baluster vase circa 1800 mounted as a table lamp wired for the USA. This exquisite Rose Medallion Chinese Export baluster vase from circa 1800 ...
Category
Early 19th Century Chinese Antique Chinese Export Furniture
Materials
Brass
Early-Mid 20th Century Chinese Red & Gilt Coffee Table Trunk
Located in Chapel Hill, NC
Early-mid 20th century Chinese red & gilt coffee table trunk on custom iron stand. Parchment leather applied to wood - various losses & scuffs commen...
Category
Early 20th Century Chinese Chinese Export Furniture
Materials
Iron
Antique Chinese Ningxia Rug. Size: 6 ft 2 in x 12 ft
Located in New York, NY
Late 17th Century Chinese Ningxia Rug, Country of Origin / Rug Type: China Rugs, Circa Date: Late 17th Century – Size: 6 ft 2 in x 12 ft (1.88 m x 3.66 m)
Unlike many traditional Chinese rugs...
Category
Late 17th Century Chinese Antique Chinese Export Furniture
Materials
Wool
1970s Asian Chinese Export Fierce Facing Drip Glaze Pottery Foo Dogs, Pair
Located in Kennesaw, GA
These are a personal favorite! This is a killer pair of 1970s large scale Chinese Export style foo dogs. I love the coloration with the brown and gold drip g...
Category
Late 20th Century Chinese Chinese Export Furniture
Materials
Ceramic, Pottery
Camphorwood Campaign Chest - Late 19th Century Chinese Export Case (Medium)
Located in Soquel, CA
Camphorwood Campaign Chest - Late 19th Century Chinese Export Case (Medium)
This hardwood chest has brass hardware, including handles. It has a plaque on the top that would have bee...
Category
Late 19th Century Chinese Antique Chinese Export Furniture
Materials
Brass
$1,447 Sale Price
25% Off
Chinese Kraak Period Plate or Dish-B Porcelain Blue & White, Ming Wanli Ca 1610
Located in Lincoln, Lincolnshire
This is a hand-painted Chinese Export Kraak porcelain blue and white Side Plate or Dish, which we date to the Ming, Wanli period,( 1573-1620 ), datin...
Category
Early 17th Century Chinese Antique Chinese Export Furniture
Materials
Porcelain
Early 20th Century Chinese Lacquered Ebonized Six-Panel Decorative Screen
Located in Dallas, TX
Divide a room or decorate a living room wall with this elegant antique folding screen. Crafted in China circa 1920, the free standing screen stands on bracket feet dressed with brass...
Category
Early 20th Century Chinese Chinese Export Furniture
Materials
Brass
18th Century Chinese Kitchen Cabinet
Located in San Marino, CA
An 18th century Chinese export kitchen cabinet with six cabinet doors, two of them featuring beautifully intricate carved designs, and four drawers.
Category
18th Century Chinese Antique Chinese Export Furniture
Materials
Wood
Chinese Porcelain Qing Emperor Decorative Figure
Located in Tarry Town, NY
Elevate your collection with this exquisite Chinese porcelain figurine inspired by the illustrious Qing dynasty. Crafted in a stunning wucai style, the figurine depicts a distinguish...
Category
20th Century Chinese Chinese Export Furniture
Materials
Porcelain, Paint
Pair of 18th Century Chinese & Meissen Famille Verte Porcelain Plates
Located in Fort Lauderdale, FL
A pair of famille verte porcelain plates, the left made in China during the Kangxi period (r. 1662–1722) and the right a copy by Meissen made circa 1740.
Chinese porcelain has alw...
Category
Early 18th Century Chinese Antique Chinese Export Furniture
Materials
Porcelain
Chinese Export Famille Rose Porcelain Punch Bowl
Located in Astoria, NY
Chinese Export Famille Rose Porcelain Large Punch Bowl, with hand-painted floral motif and carved wood stand. Bowl: 6.25" H x 14.5" Diameter. Provenance: Lynda Willauer Antiques, Nan...
Category
Early 20th Century Chinese Chinese Export Furniture
Materials
Porcelain
Antique Blue & White Canton Chinese Export Porcelain Miniature Sauce Tureen
Located in Philadelphia, PA
A fine antique Chinese export porcelain sauce tureen or miniature tureen.
In the Canton pattern.
Decorated in underglaze blue depicting a mountai...
Category
Early 19th Century Chinese Antique Chinese Export Furniture
Materials
Porcelain
Vintage Chinese Watercolor and Ink Landscape of Senjojiki Cirque, Near Nagoya
Located in Lomita, CA
The detail of this mountainous landscape of an area that is akin to the Alps in Japan is stunning. It is a watercolor and ink depiction of Senjojiki Cirque which is at the top of the...
Category
Mid-20th Century Chinese Chinese Export Furniture
Materials
Paper
$1,503 Sale Price
20% Off
Art Deco Oriental Carved Camphor Wood Chest
Located in Godshill, Isle of Wight
Art Deco Oriental Carved camphor wood chest
This Beautiful Carved Chest is made from Camphor Wood, for those of you who do not ...
Category
Early 20th Century Chinese Export Furniture
Materials
Fruitwood
Antique Japanese Meiji Period Satsuma Incense Burner Censer
Located in Pomona, CA
UP for you consideration is a beautiful antique Meiji period Japanese gold gilt satsuma incense burner marked/signed by Kinkozan. Very fine hand...
Category
Early 20th Century Japanese Chinese Export Furniture
Materials
Porcelain
$971 Sale Price
25% Off
Antique Chinese Hand Carved Wood Gilt Dragon in Shadow Box.
Located in Vero Beach, FL
Antique Chinese Hand Carved Wood Gilt Dragon in Shadow Box.
Chinese shadow box features a hand carved wood and gilded Dragon from the Qing Dynasty. It is mounted in a massive and de...
Category
Late 19th Century Chinese Antique Chinese Export Furniture
Materials
Glass, Wood
19th Century, Chinese Export Porcelain Famille Rose Medallion Chestnut Basket
Located in Atlanta, GA
Chinese, 19th century.
An antique Chinese export porcelain chestnut basket. The basket features traditional famille rose medallion decoration with figural window to the central wind...
Category
19th Century Chinese Antique Chinese Export Furniture
Materials
Porcelain
$476 Sale Price
20% Off
Antique Chinese Massive Carved Rusty Style Country Bench, Love seat
Located in Pomona, CA
Look at this gorgeous Chinese Antique Massive Carved Country Style Love-seat. It has about 150 years history and still has its original condition, very smooth to touch, full of patin...
Category
Early 20th Century Chinese Chinese Export Furniture
Materials
Wood
$2,212 Sale Price
25% Off
Vintage Famille Rose Enamel Hand-Painted Plate
Located in Lomita, CA
The turquoise and green touches in this famille rose plate with strokes of white and yellow make it irresistible. This fits into the Famille Rose Mandarin...
Category
Mid-20th Century Chinese Chinese Export Furniture
Materials
Enamel
$159 Sale Price
20% Off
Old Japanese Kutani Hotei Colorful Laughing Buddha Porcelain
Located in Chula Vista, CA
AMBIANIC presents
Old Japanese Kutani Moriage Hotei Porcelain Statue
Charming and Colorful Laughing Buddha figurine
Hand embellished
Stamped Japan
5.25 w x 6.75 h x 5 d
Preowned orig...
Category
Early 20th Century Japanese Chinese Export Furniture
Materials
Porcelain
Canton Chinese Porcelain Box
Located in Buenos Aires, Argentina
Canton Chinese porcelain box.
Chinese export.
Circa 1920 origin China.
Rectangular format.
With internal divisions.
Family Rosse style.
Box...
Category
Early 1900s Chinese Antique Chinese Export Furniture
Materials
Porcelain
$360 Sale Price
20% Off
Mid Century Monumental Chinese Calligraphy Vases, A Pair
Located in Waxahachie, TX
Mid-20th century Monumental brown, white and red glazed ceramic hand painted calligraphy floor vase.
Interior finished in white.
Signed in red by artist on body, no base marks. Pie...
Category
Mid-20th Century Chinese Chinese Export Furniture
Materials
Ceramic
Quartz Rock Crystal of a Chinese Goddess
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This is a very rare Carving of a Goddess seated inside of a large Quartz Rock Crystal . Hard to see any details in the photos . No signature found . The stone is appox 9" across an...
Category
Late 19th Century Central Asian Antique Chinese Export Furniture
Materials
Quartz
Pair of Chinese Modernist Red Cloisonné Ginger Jars and Stands, Circa 1960s
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
Pair of Chinese Modernist Red Cloisonné Ginger Jars and Stands, Circa 1960s
China, 20th Century
A stunning pair of Chinese Modernist red cloi...
Category
20th Century Chinese Chinese Export Furniture
Materials
Brass, Copper
$2,366 Sale Price / set
20% Off
Chinese Cloisonné Charger or Large Plate fine detail, Mid-19th Century
Located in Lincoln, Lincolnshire
This is a very good Chinese Cloisonné Charger or Large Plate / Dish that we date to the mid-19th century of the Qing dynasty, Circa 1970.
The Charger is circular on a low foot.
The decoration shows a large central 12-lobed flower head with further flowers and leaves off it, leading to a three section pattern with three mythical phoenix, all in many different coloured enamels against a deep red ground. The outer rim has a detailed plantain leaf border decoration.
The reverse has an unmarked green base with three roundel designs on the rim, all against a blue ground.
Overall a very decorative 19th C Qing period Chinese Plate.
Category
Mid-19th Century Chinese Antique Chinese Export Furniture
Materials
Ceramic
Chinese Export Porcelain Canton Famille Jeune Footed Dish, ca. 1870
Located in Banner Elk, NC
Chinese Export Porcelain Famille Jeune (Yellow-Ground) Footed Dish, Qing Dynasty, Tongzhi Era (1862-1874). The five-lobed dish decorated with a male foo lion glazed in rose among a s...
Category
1870s Chinese Antique Chinese Export Furniture
Materials
Porcelain
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...
Category
Early 20th Century Chinese Chinese Export Furniture
Materials
Silk
Early 20th-C. Asian Bronze Food Dogs or Lions Figurines, Pair
Located in Kennesaw, GA
These are a pair of early 20th century Chinese bronze foo dogs. They are a heavy casting and in very good condition.
Category
Early 20th Century Chinese Chinese Export Furniture
Materials
Bronze
Porcelain Plate with Two Dragons - Qianlong Mark - China - Early 20th Century
Located in Chatham, ON
Antique porcelain plate - hand painted with two dragons chasing a flaming pearl - floral and geometric border - canted corners - traces of original gilding - signed with a red four c...
Category
Early 20th Century Chinese Chinese Export Furniture
Materials
Ceramic
Huge Pair 1960s Japanese Kutani Porcelain Table Lamps with Chinese style Peacock
Located in Miami, FL
Pair of monumental Japanese "Kutani Ware"" hand painted porcelain table lamps with Cerulean blue peacocks and flowers, circa Mid 20th Century. These amazing huge lamps are forty inch...
Category
1960s Japanese Vintage Chinese Export Furniture
Materials
Brass, Gold Leaf
$5,625 Sale Price / set
25% Off
Chinese Porcelain Framed Famille Rose Plaque of Long Tailed Hawk on a Rose Tree
Located in Downingtown, PA
20th Century Chinese Porcelain Plaque
This 20th-century Chinese porcelain plaque features a long-tailed hawk perched on a flowering rose branch. The scene is rendered in the Famille...
Category
20th Century Chinese Chinese Export Furniture
Materials
Porcelain
Chinese Marble Foo Dog Resting on Squared Decorative Plinth, 20th Century
Located in Charleston, SC
Chinese marble foo dog resting on squared decorative floral plinth with egg and dart motif, 20th Century
Category
20th Century Chinese Chinese Export Furniture
Materials
Marble
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 ...
Category
Early 20th Century Chinese Chinese Export Furniture
Materials
Brass
Exquisite Rosewood Hand-Carved Oriental breakfront– Late 19th /Early20th Century
Located in Tarry Town, NY
This magnificent two-part Oriental China cabinet is a true testament to masterful craftsmanship, designed to serve as a grand curio or china dis...
Category
Late 19th Century Singaporean Antique Chinese Export Furniture
Materials
Wood, Rosewood, Paint
20th Century Asian Sculpture Guan Yu Chinese Warrior Hand Carved Rosewood
Located in Topeka, KS
Handsome vintage Asian Chinoiserie rosewood Guan Yu or Chinese warrior hand carved larger scale sculpture. Beautiful condition, keeping in mind that this is vintage and not new so will have signs of use and wear. Please see photos and zoom in for details. We attempt to portray any imperfections. Circa, 20th Century.
A warrior is one who sacrifices himself for the good of others. His task is to take care of the elderly, the defenseless, those who cannot provide for themselves, and above all, children- the future of humanity. This is a magnificent vintage Chinese warrior or Guan Yu sculpture comprised of stunning rosewood with intricately hand carved details and a removeable guandao (Chinese pole weapon). In Chinese culture, General Guan Yu represents loyalty and valor. People believe that by having his image in art or sculpture in their home will protect their family from harm. And while we don’t believe he is going to break out with any actual martial arts moves; his fearless presence commands the room and demands attention! You may notice that in some of the photos our warrior friend is holding his guandao upside-down, don’t judge! Even the best of warriors tend to get exhausted from a long day of defending humanity and protecting mankind. A guy can get a little turned around! Just look at his expression… he is OVER it!! His hand is even up gesturing as if to say, “Talk to the hand!” LOL!! He is handsomely dressed from head to toe in full body armor and his long beard or Fu Manchu is flowing in the breeze. He stands proud upon a rounded square base at about 24 inches tall, so he is definitely larger scale, he will be fabulous in ANY room of your home, and he is the EPITOME of Chinoiserie excellence! Don’t let this incredible hand carved rosewood Chinese warrior sculpture...
Category
20th Century Chinese Chinese Export Furniture
Materials
Rosewood
Chinese Canton covered porcelain entree dish, c. 1820-40
Located in Kenilworth, IL
A square Canton porcelain covered entree dish with dimpled corners. The decoration is in cobalt underglaze blue with a willow tea house pattern. The dish has a flaring rim with an in...
Category
Mid-19th Century Chinese Antique Chinese Export Furniture
Materials
Porcelain
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.