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
Recognized Seller Listings
Chinese Export Porcelain Hexagonal Garden Seats, A Pair
Located in Downingtown, PA
Chinese Export Porcelain Hexagonal Garden Seats,
A Pair,
Circa 1850-60
The Chinese Export porcelain Rose Medallion Garden Seats are of a hexagonal barrel form with gilded studs repr...
Category
Mid-19th Century Chinese Antique Chinese Export Furniture
Materials
Porcelain
Large Antique Chinese Cloisonne Bowl on Custom Period Hardwood Stand
Located in San Francisco, CA
Fine and large Qing dynasty cloisonne bowl on an antique custom hardwood stand.
Category
Mid-19th Century Chinese Antique Chinese Export Furniture
Materials
Brass, Enamel
Chinese Export Porcelain Famille Rose-Verte Plates Painted with A Flower Basket
Located in Downingtown, PA
Chinese Export Porcelain Famille Rose Plates Painted with Flower Baskets,
Yongzheng (1723-1735)
The pair of Chinese Export Yongzheng period "Rose-Verte" porcelain plates depict an o...
Category
1720s Chinese Antique Chinese Export Furniture
Materials
Porcelain
China Trade Watercolor Paintings of Chinese Sampans and Junks- A Set of Twelve
Located in Downingtown, PA
China Trade Watercolor Paintings of Chinese Sampans and Junks,
A Set of Twelve,
Circa 1850.
A superb set of twelve China Trade watercolors on pith paper mounted in contemporary egl...
Category
Mid-19th Century Chinese Antique Chinese Export Furniture
Materials
Paper
Chinese Export Porcelain Canton Famille Rose Medallion Garden Seat, ca. 1880
Located in Banner Elk, NC
A Chinese export porcelain canton famille rose garden seat, of circular form, the polychrome enameled surface with alternating scrolled medall...
Category
Late 19th Century Chinese Antique Chinese Export Furniture
Materials
Porcelain
Chinese Export Porcelain Famille Rose Botanical Soup Tureen & Cover
Located in Downingtown, PA
Chinese Export Porcelain European Flower Botanical Soup Tureen & Cover,
Circa 1780
The Chinese Export porcelain tureen and cover are well painted with large European bouquets of ...
Category
18th Century Chinese Antique Chinese Export Furniture
Materials
Porcelain
Chinese Export Large Underglaze Blue & White Porcelain Dish
Located in Downingtown, PA
Chinese Export Large Underglaze Blue & White Porcelain Dish,
Circa 1770
The large attractive Chinese Export Blue and White Porcelain dish is unusually painted with a rare design. T...
Category
1770s Chinese Antique Chinese Export Furniture
Materials
Porcelain
Chinese Export Porcelain Rose Canton Cache Pot & Stand
Located in Downingtown, PA
Chinese Export Porcelain Rose Canton Cache Pot & Stand,
1820-1840
The large hexagonal-shaped Chinese Export porcelain cache pot has six panels with different scenes from Chinese ...
Category
Early 19th Century Chinese Antique Chinese Export Furniture
Materials
Porcelain
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
Canton Famille Rose Large Baluster Vase, Qing Dynasty, Ca. 1840
Located in Banner Elk, NC
A large Canton Famille rose baluster vase, of baluster form, with a tall waisted neck, an everted scalloped rim, the neck and shoulders with applied paired confronting Foo lions and ...
Category
19th Century Chinese Antique Chinese Export Furniture
Materials
Porcelain
Pair of Antique Chinese Rouleau Shaped Green Foliage Design Porcelain Vases
Located in Queens, NY
PAIR of Antique Chinese (late 19th-early 20th Century) porcelain vases with rouleau forms and a design depicting branches growing across a verdant green leafy background with pink fl...
Category
19th Century Chinese Antique Chinese Export Furniture
Materials
Porcelain
Chinese Export Watercolor Exotic Bird Paintings on Paper
Located in Downingtown, PA
China Trade watercolor paintings of exotic birds on branches are in watercolor and gouache on Chinese paper.
One picture depicts a pigeon perched on a tree branch with a landscape background. Chinese calligraphy can be seen in the top right corner. The second picture depicts two courting birds in shades of brown, both perched on a branch, also in a landscape background.
Both paintings framed with a green silk mat and contemporary gilt and dark wood frame.
Reference: Chinese Export...
Category
Early 18th Century Chinese Antique Chinese Export Furniture
Materials
Paper
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
18th Century, Chinese Export Coral and Puce Porcelain Tea Service
Located in Downingtown, PA
Chinese export porcelain service spectacularly decorated with a smart coral scale ground with panels of puce flowers.
The service com...
Category
Mid-18th Century Chinese Antique Chinese Export Furniture
Materials
Porcelain
Chinese Export Porcelain Lotus Leaf-Shaped Dish
Located in Downingtown, PA
Chinese Export Porcelain Lotus Leaf Shaped Dish,
Circa 1765
The large Chinese Export “famille rose” porcelain saucer dish is made in the form of a lotus leaf with the rim and border...
Category
Mid-18th Century Chinese Antique Chinese Export Furniture
Materials
Porcelain
Chinese Mid-Century Inlaid Metal 4-Drawer Jewelry Box / Cabinet
Located in Queens, NY
Chinese Mid-Century small rectangular hardwood box / cabinet features 2 hinged swing doors both carved and inlaid with faux white jade above a bottom drawer with incised metal scroll...
Category
Mid-20th Century Chinese Chinese Export Furniture
Materials
Fabric
Antique Chinese Export Silver Bird and Cattail Bowl
By Luen Wo
Located in New York, NY
Chinese export silver bowl, ca 1900. Round and curved with molded mouth rim and raised foot. On exterior cattails in rippling and eddying water populated with wading geese, while oth...
Category
Early 20th Century Chinese Chinese Export Furniture
Materials
Silver
Chinese Stone Bi Discs on Wooden Stands
Located in Queens, NY
Set of Chinese Jade discs on later wooden stands, of varying sizes, can be sold individually or in groups.
Measurement represents the largest disc
Category
20th Century Chinese Chinese Export Furniture
Materials
Wood
Antique Chinese Export Silver Cheroot Case
By Khe Cheong
Located in New York, NY
Chinese export silver cheroot case, ca 1860. Oval with hinged push-button cover. Allover repousse. On front are scenes of daily life with indigenous spear...
Category
Mid-19th Century Chinese Antique Chinese Export Furniture
Materials
Silver
Chinese Export Porcelain Armorial Tankard, Mosey with Pulleyne in Prentice Arms
Located in Downingtown, PA
Chinese export porcelain armorial tankard,
Mosey with Pulleyne in Prentice,
circa 1755.
The Chinese Export Tankard unusually painted with both a large armorial and a large crest below a gilt chain band around the rim. Large Famille Rose sprays of flowers are painted to each side.
Dimensions: 5 inches high x 5 3/4 inches wide x 3 1/2 inch diameter.
Reference: Chinese export porcelain, Volume I, David Sanctuary Howard, Page 549, (Q4). The arms are discussed as follows.The arms are of Mosley, Sable a chevron between three pick axes...
Category
Mid-18th Century Chinese Antique Chinese Export Furniture
Materials
Ceramic, Porcelain
Chinese Export Porcelain Large Famille Rose Punch Bowl
Located in Downingtown, PA
Chinese Export Porcelain Large Famille Rose Punch Bowl,
Circa 1765-75
A large Chinese export porcelain punch bowl, distinguished by its vibrant famille rose enamel decoration. The e...
Category
1770s Chinese Antique Chinese Export Furniture
Materials
Porcelain
Chinese Floral Porcelain Planter with Wooden Stand
Located in Queens, NY
Chinese porcelain planter painted with florals and greenery over a black ground on the exterior and fish amidst seaweed along the interior. The pot sits atop a 5-footed wooden stand ...
Category
20th Century Chinese Export Furniture
Materials
Porcelain
Chinese White and Figurative Scene Porcelain Winter Melon Vase
Located in Queens, 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
Monumental Chinese Export Gilt and Painted Low Coffee Table
Located in Queens, NY
Monumental Chinese Export low coffee table with a raised scalloped gallery surrounding a gold texture painted tabletop, surrounded by a dark brown apron with gold painted floral deta...
Category
20th Century Chinese Chinese Export Furniture
Materials
Wood
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
Chinese Sancai Glazed Tang Dynasty-Style Horse Figure
Located in Queens, NY
Antique Chinese Tang Dynasty-style terra cotta figure of a horse commonly used as a tomb figure for wealthy burials in the 7-8th centuries, and crafted with its traditional tri-color...
Category
20th Century Chinese Export Furniture
Materials
Terracotta
Large Antique Chinese Export Porcelain Bowl Famille Rose Hand Painted C-1770
Located in Katonah, NY
This exquisite 18th-century Chinese export porcelain bowl was hand-painted during the Qianlong era, circa 1770, using colored enamels in the Famille Rose palette.
Pink peonies in ful...
Category
1770s Chinese Antique Chinese Export Furniture
Materials
Porcelain
Chinese Celadon Porcelain Umbrella Stand
Located in Queens, NY
Asian Chinese-style (19/20th century) celadon porcelain 6 sided umbrella stand with landscape scene.
Category
20th Century Chinese Export Furniture
Materials
Porcelain
Chinese Red Lacquered and Gilt Altar Console Table
Located in Queens, NY
Asian Chinese (Possibly Vietnamese 19th Century) red lacquered and gilt carved console (alter) table with scroll top sides and 3 front panels with carved floral and bird design.
Category
19th Century Chinese Antique Chinese Export Furniture
Materials
Gold Leaf
Chinese Qin Dynasty Style Life-Size Terracotta Soldier Statue
Located in Queens, NY
"Chinese Qin Dynasty-style (20th Century) life-size terracotta soldier statue standing with hands clasped on a rectangular base. (Head is removable)...
Category
20th Century Chinese Chinese Export Furniture
Materials
Terracotta
Chinese Export Porcelain Maiden Lotus Candlesticks, A Pair
Located in Downingtown, PA
Chinese Export Porcelain Maiden Lotus Candlesticks,
A Pair,
Circa 1765
The pair of Chinese maiden candlesticks are each in the form of a Chinese m...
Category
1770s Chinese Antique Chinese Export Furniture
Materials
Porcelain
Chinese Blue and White Character Lidded Ginger Jar Vases
Located in Queens, 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 Export Porcelain Famille Rose Teapot and Cover
Located in Downingtown, PA
Chinese Export Porcelain Famille Rose Teapot and Cover,
Circa 1740-50
The circular globular teapot is unusually painted to either side of the spou...
Category
Mid-18th Century Antique Chinese Export Furniture
Materials
Porcelain
Canton Famille Rose Mandarin Pattern Charger, Qing Dynasty, ca. 1890
Located in Banner Elk, NC
A Canton Famille Rose 12.75-inch charger, the polychrome enameled surface depicting an active palace scene with a distinguished warrior and attendants being presented to the Emporer, the border with an arrangement of butterflies, flowers, and fruit on a gilded ground with four floral reserves with an alternating butterfly and bird (illustrated in J. Feller, p. 42, #2).*
Book references
Dr. John Quentin Feller, Chinese Export Porcelain in the 19th century: The Canton Famille Rose Porcelains. Salem...
Category
Late 19th Century Chinese Antique Chinese Export Furniture
Materials
Porcelain
18th-century Chinese Export Pseudo Tobacco Leaf Oval Dish
Located in Downingtown, PA
Chinese Export Pseudo Tobacco Leaf Oval Dish,
Circa 1765
The oval Chinese Export porcelain dish is painted in a variation of the Tobacco Le...
Category
1760s Chinese Antique Chinese Export Furniture
Materials
Porcelain
Chinese Taoist Han Elder Man Longevity God Porcelain Figurine
Located in Queens, NY
Chinese porcelain figurine with a long beard and raised forehead, clad in yellow and blue robes and holding a staff that symbolizes health ...
Category
20th Century Chinese Chinese Export Furniture
Materials
Porcelain
Pair of 20th Century Chinese Black and Gold Lacquered Three-Tiered Cabinets
Located in Queens, NY
Pair of Chinese black lacquered three-tiered glass and wooden cabinets decorated with landscape scenes and carved borders with brass hardware and detailed interior ( Early 20th Centu...
Category
Early 20th Century Chinese Chinese Export Furniture
Materials
Glass, Wood
Pair of Chinese Decorated Lacquered Cabinets
Located in Queens, NY
PAIR of Asian Chinese (19th Century) decorated lacquered small 2 door cabinets with scenes and figures on rectangular stands with filigree corners and shelf (PRICED AS PAIR).
Category
19th Century Chinese Antique Chinese Export Furniture
Materials
Lacquer
Chinese Coromandel 4-Fold Screen with Graduated Tiered Panels
Located in Queens, NY
Asian Chinese style (20th Century) black coromandel 4 fold screen with heron design and 4 graduated tier panels.
Category
20th Century Chinese Chinese Export Furniture
Materials
Wood
Chinese White and Multicolor Floral Round Porcelain Vase
Located in Queens, 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
Pair of Unusual Chinese Porcelain Vases with Molded One Hundred Boys Decoration
Located in San Francisco, CA
An amusing and charming pair of Chinese porcelain vases with molded One Hundred Boys decoration with original custom hardwood stands. The vases depict 3 young children climbing an a...
Category
Late 19th Century Chinese Antique Chinese Export Furniture
Materials
Porcelain, Hardwood
Chinese Rose Porcelain Mandarin Saucer Dish, Early 19th Centuy
Located in Downingtown, PA
The sauce dish finely painted with Mandarin figures in the central well and flowers and butterflies on the border.
Category
Early 19th Century Chinese Antique Chinese Export Furniture
Materials
Porcelain
Pair of Chinese Blue and White Floral Lidded Ginger Jar Vases
Located in Queens, NY
Pair of antique Chinese (late 19th century) similar ceramic ginger jars with blue floral designs surrounding bold, centered characters and geometric patterned bands leading to brown ...
Category
19th Century Chinese Antique Chinese Export Furniture
Materials
Porcelain
Pair of Chinese Celadon Balluster Vases
Located in Queens, NY
PAIR of Chinese celadon colored vases with baluster shapes, accented at the necks with scrolled ears, each sitting atop a round foot (PRICED AS PAIR).
Category
20th Century Chinese Chinese Export Furniture
Materials
Porcelain
Chinese Export Porcelain Deep Dish with "JA" Cypher
Located in Downingtown, PA
Chinese Export Porcelain Deep Dish with "JA" Cypher,
American Market,
Circa 1785
The Chinese Export porcelain dish is of an unusual shaped oval deep small basin. The rim has a gree...
Category
Late 18th Century Chinese Antique Chinese Export Furniture
Materials
Porcelain
Chinese Export Porcelain Blue and White Porcelain After Maria Sybille Merian
Located in Downingtown, PA
Chinese export porcelain blue and white porcelain plates,
After Maria Sybille Merian,
Pronk Workshop Design,
Dutch Market,
Circa 1740-45
A pair of blue and white plates with a design after Maria Sybille Merian, probably from the Pronk workshop. The Chinese export underglaze blue porcelain...
Category
Mid-18th Century Antique Chinese Export Furniture
Materials
Porcelain
Chinese Export Porcelain Covered Rose Mandarin Cider Jug
Located in Downingtown, PA
Chinese Export Porcelain Rose Mandarin Cider Jug and Cover
Circa 1810-25
The large Chinese Export porcelain cider jug and cover have two different circular scenes to each side borde...
Category
Early 19th Century Chinese Antique Chinese Export Furniture
Materials
Porcelain
Chinese Peach, White and Blue Dragon Motif Porcelain Vase
Located in Queens, NY
Chinese porcelain vase crafted in the style of the Yuan Dynasty depicting a raised and glazed blue and white dragon against a matte, peach colored ground, and decorated with geometri...
Category
20th Century Chinese Chinese Export Furniture
Materials
Porcelain
Pair of Antique Chinese Export Famille Rose Dessert Plates Circa 1750
Located in Katonah, NY
We are pleased to offer this pair of Chinese export Famille Rose dessert plates with sprays of delicately painted flowers in purple and pink surrounding a bouquet of tulips and peoni...
Category
1750s Chinese Antique Chinese Export Furniture
Materials
Porcelain
Chinese Export Porcelain Armorial En Grisaille Soup Plates
Located in Downingtown, PA
Chinese Export Porcelain Armorial En Grisaille Soup Plates,
Pair,
Circa 1745
Chinese Export porcelain armorial en grisaille services are unusual to find. This striking pair of soup...
Category
1740s Chinese Antique Chinese Export Furniture
Materials
Porcelain
Antique Chinese Export Silver Firewater Dragon Cocktail Shaker
Located in New York, NY
Chinese export silver cocktail shaker, ca 1910. Tapering and girdled bowl with curved shoulder, high-looping handle, and stubby spout with chained cap. Cork-lined cover with scroll-b...
Category
Early 20th Century Chinese Chinese Export Furniture
Materials
Silver
Pair of Chinese Blue/White Porcelain Ginger Jars
Located in Queens, NY
PAIR of Asian Chinese (20th Century) blue and white porcelain temple / ginger jars with round lids, and hexagonal bases, featuring figures and a floral pattern (PRICED AS PAIR)
Category
20th Century Chinese Chinese Export Furniture
Materials
Porcelain
Chinese Red Lacquered 4-Fold Screen with Carved Floral Frame
Located in Queens, NY
Chinese style (19th/20th century ) red and gold lacquered 4 fold screen featuring a carved floral frame and a Chinoiserie design.
Antique Condition prior repairs
Category
19th Century Chinese Antique Chinese Export Furniture
Materials
Lacquer
Chinese Export Porcelain Turquoise Pair of Cats
Located in Downingtown, PA
Chinese Export Porcelain Turquoise Pair of Cats,
Early 20th Century
The porcelain Chinese porcelain cats are a facing pair with a turquoise color ground sitting in as recumbent posi...
Category
Early 20th Century Chinese Chinese Export Furniture
Materials
Porcelain
Chinese Export Silver Goblet
Located in London, GB
A rare Chinese Export Silver Goblet depicting the story of the Three Kingdoms. The goblet embossed and chased with characters of army of General Dian Wei (典韦) and General Lü Bu (吕布)....
Category
1870s Chinese Antique Chinese Export Furniture
Materials
Silver
Chinese Export Porcelain Oval Famille Rose Dish
Located in Downingtown, PA
The Chinese Export porcelain dish in the famille rose palette is painted on the border with meandering vines and flowers which surrounds a central panel decorated with vases and pots of flowers...
Category
Mid-18th Century Chinese Antique Chinese Export Furniture
Materials
Porcelain
Chinese Carved Bamboo Root Face Wall Hanging
Located in Queens, NY
Chinese wall plaque made from a bamboo root carved in the shape of a smiling face with a bamboo root fiber beard. (Companion pieces: NWL2543A-G).
Category
20th Century Chinese Chinese Export Furniture
Materials
Bamboo, Wood
Chinese White and Blue Figurative Porcelain Ginger Jar
Located in Queens, NY
Chinese white porcelain jar decorated with blue figures amid scroll detailing with a finial topped lid.
Condition: Good; Wear consistent with age and use
Category
20th Century Chinese 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.
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