Qing Furniture
QING STYLE
The last imperial dynasty from 1644 to 1912 was a time of change in China, beginning with the invasion by Manchurian forces that ended the Ming dynasty and established the Shunzhi Emperor. The expansion of exportation and trade that had bolstered the arts during the Ming era continued, as Qing dynasty furniture involved the same attention to craftsmanship with expert construction techniques in hardwood pieces that were assembled with mortise and tenon joints rather than nails or glue. Together, these eras comprise a golden age of Chinese furniture design.
Ming-style furniture is simple and elegant with clean lines. Chairs of the period and other Ming furniture made an impression on Scandinavian modernist Hans Wegner and his streamlined seating, for example. Whereas Qing-style furniture is elaborate, with an increasing influence from the West leading to lavish carving inspired by the European Baroque and Rococo styles. And while many of the forms that define examples of the latter are common within classical Chinese furniture, such as curving and folding chairs as well as large screens, Qing designs are laden with ornamentation. Frequently, the carved motifs and inlaid designs in mother-of-pearl were auspicious, such as peonies for wealth or dragons for luck. Bats were symbols of happiness in the design of Qing furniture, with one of the characters in the word for bat, bianfu, being a homophone for fu, or “fortune.”
While several types of wood were used in the construction of Qing beds, tables, storage pieces and seating, today’s collectors know that the most prized were the rare rosewoods zitan and huanghuali. They were both sourced from Hainan, China’s largest island, and are marked by a rich luster that occurs naturally, without the application of lacquer or other decorative materials. Many of the most popular woods were imported from southeast Asia, adding to their value. Red sandalwood was also sought after for its durability and connection with Chinese medicine, with some chairs being made for health benefits.
Find a collection of antique Qing tea tables, stools, benches, decorative objects and more furniture on 1stDibs.
Style: Qing
Color: Gold
Chinese Bronze Tripod Censer with Strap Handles, c. 1900
Located in Chicago, IL
For many centuries, people in China have burned incense in shallow censers such as this, placed within a shrine or atop a home altar. An essential element o...
Category
Early 20th Century Chinese Qing Furniture
Materials
Bronze
Qing Dynasty Cast-Bronze Table Lamps with Green Grass Cloth Shades
By Tu Qing Yun
Located in Austin, TX
This is an exceptional pair of 19th century Qing Dynasty table or desk lamps! They are cast-bronze -- a teal blue-green color with black undertones ...
Category
Mid-19th Century Chinese Antique Qing Furniture
Materials
Bronze
18th Century Chinese Qing Bronze Duck Incense Burner Sculpture
Located in Haddonfield, NJ
18th century Chinese bronze duck incense burner, Qing period
Please note that one foot is missing, broken off, see detailed image.
Category
Early 18th Century Chinese Antique Qing Furniture
Materials
Bronze
Large Late Qing Dynasty Chinese Cast Bronze Buddhistic Foo Lion Censer
Located in Austin, TX
A large and powerfully cast Chinese bronze censer in the form of two Buddhistic lions, Qing dynasty, late 19th century. The censer is well cast with a strong sense of movement, featuring a pair of fierce Buddhistic lions playfully antagonizing each other. Locked in a mock battle, the smaller lion...
Category
Late 19th Century Chinese Antique Qing Furniture
Materials
Bronze
18th Century Qianlong Spinach Green Jade Bowl On 19th Century Gilt Bronze
By Henri Picard
Located in London, by appointment only
Magnificent Grand Scale Late 18th Century Qianlong Period Spinach Green Jade Bowl On 19th Century Gilt Bronze Stand By Henri Picard. To have created a sculptural bowl of this excepti...
Category
18th Century Chinese Antique Qing Furniture
Materials
Jade, Bronze
Large Chinese Qing Dynasty Enamel Bronze Cloisonne Charger
Located in Norwood, NJ
Large Chinese Qing Dynasty enamel bronze cloisonne charger. Unusual and rare bronze Chinese Qing Dynasty Cloisonne charger. The brightly multicolored...
Category
Early 20th Century Chinese Qing Furniture
Materials
Bronze, Enamel
Oriental Pair Bronze Vases Applied with Birds
Located in Bishop's Stortford, Hertfordshire
A very fine and stylish pair Oriental bronze vases, acquired as Chinese, applied with birds and dating from the latter 19th century. The vases st...
Category
Late 19th Century Japanese Antique Qing Furniture
Materials
Bronze
Pair Giant Bronze Foo Dogs Lions 63 Lb
Located in Somis, CA
A pair of extraordinary 26" wide, 63 lb, heavy cast bronze Foo Dog lions. Each modeled on its side with large turned head with open jaw, bulging eyes and curly eyebrows, framed by a tightly curled mane. One lion...
Category
20th Century Chinese Qing Furniture
Materials
Bronze
Small Chinese Cloisonné Lidded Box Two Dragons Chasing Flaming Pearl Circa 1930s
Located in Lincoln, Lincolnshire
This is a very decorative Chinese cloisonné lidded box which we date to the mid 20th century.
The box has a cylindrical shape, with its original lid and is all beautifully made with colored enamels set into a black ground.
The main decoration to the body shows two 4-toed dragons chasing a flaming pearl. The lid shows another dragon set amongst clouds. The dragons have a gold colouring and other colours are used to give the detailed scene including red, green, blues, yellow and white. The lid also has lappet border patterns in blue to its edges. The insides of the lid, the box and the base of the box are finished in a turquoise blue, typical of Chinese cloisonné.
Overall a very beautiful small Chinese cloisonne box...
Category
Mid-20th Century Chinese Qing Furniture
Materials
Bronze
Pair Gu Cloisonné Vases
Located in Houston, TX
Pair of Imperial yellow Gu form cloisonné vases.
Category
Early 20th Century Chinese Qing Furniture
Materials
Bronze
Antique Chinese Qing Dynasty Bronze Cloisonne Enamel Censer Insence Burner 1900
Located in Portland, OR
A good, large, antique Chinese Qing dynasty bronze and cloisonne censer, circa 1900.
The lidded censer having a Chinese lion (Shi) to the lid, the...
Category
Early 1900s Chinese Antique Qing Furniture
Materials
Bronze, Enamel
Blue Gilt Bronze Cloisonné Dish
Located in Dallas, TX
Bronze gilt cloisonné bowl with 3 legs and chinese signature on the bottom. Slight scuffing on the side and chipped enamel section in the interior. Gilt bronze in excellent condition...
Category
Late 19th Century Chinese Antique Qing Furniture
Materials
Bronze
3-Tier Cloisonne Chinese Box with Handle
Located in Dallas, TX
3-tiers of removable compartments create a large and unique cloisonne piece. Could have been used for storing tea or jewelry and features an elaborate colorful design with Chinese lo...
Category
Early 19th Century Chinese Antique Qing Furniture
Materials
Bronze
Antique Chinese Cloisonné Enamel Gu Form Vase, 17th/18th Century, Kangxi Period
Located in New York, NY
A Fantastic, rare, and antique Chinese Cloisonné Enamel Gu Form vase, 17th/18th century, Kangxi Period. This cloisonne vase is extremely rare to find in this quality, condition, age,...
Category
Late 17th Century Chinese Antique Qing Furniture
Materials
Bronze
Chinese Antique Casting Handbell Made of Copper Alloy / Temple Bell
Located in Sammu-shi, Chiba
A Chinese antique handbell made of copper alloy.
I think it is from the late Qing dynasty to the end of the Qing dynasty.
Although it is a casting, ...
Category
19th Century Chinese Antique Qing Furniture
Materials
Brass, Bronze
Large Chinese Qing Dynasty Polychrome Enamel Bronze Cloisonne Charger
Located in Vero Beach, FL
Large Chinese Qing Dynasty polychrome enamel bronze cloisonne charger.
Unusual and rare bronze Chinese Qing Dynasty Cloisonne charger. The brightly ...
Category
Early 20th Century Chinese Qing Furniture
Materials
Bronze, Enamel
Chinese Qing Dynasty Bronze Statue of Seated Happy Maitreya Buddha
Located in Vero Beach, FL
Chinese Qing Dynasty Bronze Statue of Seated Happy Maitreya Buddha.
A Chinese bronze statue from the late 18th century Qing Dynasty period is ca...
Category
18th Century Chinese Antique Qing Furniture
Materials
Bronze
Antique Qianlong 18th Ennamelled Bronze Cantonese Bowl Bajixiang Chinese China
Located in Amsterdam, Noord Holland
Description
A very nicely made piece of 18th century enamel on bronze. Canton Qianlong. Very colorfull and with Bajixiang and flowers.
Condition
Overall Condition crackled on ...
Category
18th Century Chinese Antique Qing Furniture
Materials
Bronze
Famille Noire Chinese Porcelain Ormolu Bronze Mounted Table Lamp
Located in New York, US
Our Qing period Chinese famille noire porcelain vase with rouleau shape featuring lovely plum blossoms on a black ground has been mounted as a lamp with ormolu bronze mounts in the Louis XV style. With fine brass hardware including two sockets and cloth-sheath wiring dating from no later than the 1920s. Provenance: Alan Hartman.
An admired collector and dealer of Chinese artwork...
Category
Late 19th Century Chinese Antique Qing Furniture
Materials
Bronze
Fine Pair of Antique Chinese Cast Bronze Foo Lion Incense Burners
Located in Bridgeport, CT
Fabulous Antique Chinese Foo Lion incense burners originally purchased in Bangkok, Thailand. Patinated bronze with cloud-like tails and fierce open...
Category
19th Century Asian Antique Qing Furniture
Materials
Bronze
Rare Shape Chinese Cloisonne Triangular Snuff Bottle Hand Enameled, 19thC Qing
Located in Lincoln, Lincolnshire
This is a very good example of a small rare shaped triangular Chinese snuff bottle, made from cloisonne´ with hand enamelled decoration depicting various floral designs and complete ...
Category
19th Century Chinese Antique Qing Furniture
Materials
Bronze
Antique Chinese Qing Dynasty Archaic Style Bronze Enamel Champlevé Censer 1900
Located in Portland, OR
Antique Chinese archaic style bronze enamel Champlevé Censer / Incense Burner, circa 1900.
The lidded censer having a male Foo dog finial, below the ...
Category
Late 19th Century Chinese Antique Qing Furniture
Materials
Bronze, Enamel
A Finely Cast & Patinated Standing Bronze Figure of Guanyin, 18th / 19th Century
Located in Ottawa, Ontario
The finely cast bronze figure of Guanyin - Bodhisattva Goddess of Compassion, Kindness & Mercy.
Shown standing atop a naturalistic mound on a scrolled rectangular base, wearing an o...
Category
1790s Chinese Antique Qing Furniture
Materials
Bronze
Large Chinese Cloisonné Vase with Floral Decoration
Located in Rio Vista, CA
Dramatic large Chinese cloisonné vase featuring a flower vase decoration on one side and a gourd on the back. The decoration stands out against a black ground with cloud patterns cov...
Category
20th Century Chinese Qing Furniture
Materials
Enamel, Bronze
19th Century Oriental Bronze Bottle Bud Vase, Circa 1890
Located in Ottawa, Ontario
The bottle shaped body decorated with foliate & geometric motifs within petal shaped panels, rising to a slender tapering neck to a flaring rim, raised overall upon a circular foot.
Category
Late 19th Century Asian Antique Qing Furniture
Materials
Bronze
Antique Qing Dynasty Chinese Twin Handled Bronze Censer with Elephants Handles
Located in Brea, CA
Qing dynasty 18th/19th century Chinese twin handled bronze censer with elephants handles, inlaid with fine silver work, 15cm x 11cm.
Category
Late 18th Century Chinese Antique Qing Furniture
Materials
Bronze
Qing Style Cloisonné Center Table
Located in Houston, TX
Early large 20th century bronze Qing style cloisonné center table. Thisl large form table features extraordinary workmanship with stunningly rare Impe...
Category
Early 20th Century Chinese Qing Furniture
Materials
Bronze
Antique Qing Dynasty Chinese Twin Handled Bronze Censer Xuande Marks to Base
Located in Brea, CA
Qing dynasty 18th century Chinese twin handled bronze censer bearing XuanDe marks to base , 990 grams , 17cm wide, internal width 10cm , 7cm high.
Category
Late 18th Century Chinese Antique Qing Furniture
Materials
Bronze
Antique Chinese Bronze Cloisonné Lidded Kamcheng SE Asia market B
Located in Amsterdam, Noord Holland
Very colorful in the taste of South East Asia, Bencharong porcelain style, 18th-19th century.
Condition:
? Overall condition; very good condit...
Category
18th Century Chinese Antique Qing Furniture
Materials
Bronze
Chinese Export Porcelain Fitzhugh Pattern Tureen, Cover and Underplate
Located in New York, NY
Chinese export porcelain Fitzhugh pattern tureen, cover and underplate, 18th century. Very Unusual and rare pattern, beautifully hand painted in green enamels and 24-karat gold, havi...
Category
Late 18th Century Chinese Antique Qing Furniture
Materials
Gold Leaf
Qing Dynasty Chinese Bronze Oversized Planter with Calligraphy and Handles
Located in Yonkers, NY
An antique Chinese bronze oversized planter from the 19th century, with mythical animal handles. Crafted in China during the Qing Dynasty, this overs...
Category
19th Century Chinese Antique Qing Furniture
Materials
Bronze
Large Pair Chinese Famille Noir Canton Enamel Vases Painted W/ Flowers & Fruit
Located in New York, NY
A pair of monumental Louis XVI style Chinese gilt bronze mounted Famille noir canton enamel vases hand-painted with flowers and fruits. Each is bea...
Category
1920s Chinese Vintage Qing Furniture
Materials
Bronze
Qing Dinasty Mid-20th Century Fine Enameled Vase China Export
Located in Brescia, IT
This Qing vase is very decorative for its colorful enamel and very trendy in an elegant room.
It’s handmade with the antique technique called ‘cloisonné ‘, when the enameled drawings...
Category
Mid-20th Century Chinese Qing Furniture
Materials
Bronze, Enamel
Pair of Chinese Bronze Shih So Vases, circa 1800
Located in Chicago, IL
With a flaring lip and striking profile, connoisseurs often refer to these exquisite vases as “turnip-shaped”. Each was crafted out of bronze over two centuries ago, and is decorated...
Category
Early 19th Century Chinese Antique Qing Furniture
Materials
Silver, Bronze
Chinese Bronze God of Wealth Altar Figure, c. 1800
Located in Chicago, IL
No idol in China is more widely worshiped than Caishen, the God of Wealth. His shrine can be found in nearly every home, his image set beside ancestors a...
Category
Early 19th Century Chinese Antique Qing Furniture
Materials
Bronze
Chinese Fine Large Antique Bronze Year Of The Dragon , Qing Dynasty
Located in South Burlington, VT
A Chinese huge antique bronze "4-clawed" dragon- fine quality, late Qing dynasty, 1900
Quality: finely cast details head, flame, eyes, tail, scales, and four (4) claws, and scales....
Category
Early 20th Century Chinese Qing Furniture
Materials
Bronze
Pair of 19th Century Chinese Bronze Vases
Located in Atlanta, GA
19th century exceptional pair of bronze Chinese Qing dynasty vases with detailed dragon motifs. Marked on the underside.
Category
19th Century Chinese Antique Qing Furniture
Materials
Bronze
Pair of 19th Century Chinese Bronze Foo Dog Lamps
Located in Kilmarnock, VA
A wonderful set of mid-19th century polished bronze foo dog lamps which I used to be incense burners. Bronze was originally gilded and traces of the red bole are visible on the bases...
Category
Mid-19th Century Chinese Antique Qing Furniture
Materials
Bronze
Pair of Two Chinese Antique Cloisonné Enamel Tea Cups, Qing Period
Located in Chuo-ku, Tokyo
Colorful lotus patterns are expressed with the wire cloisonné.
Small and lovely ears with cloud patterns on both sides.
This pair of cups are coming with original box.
Condition...
Category
18th Century Chinese Antique Qing Furniture
Materials
Bronze, Enamel
Chinese Cast Bronze Censer of Shoulao Seated on a Deer, Mid Qing Dynasty
Located in Austin, TX
A gorgeous and elegant Chinese bronze incense burner cast as of Shoulao, the God of Longevity, portrayed seated on a deer. The Taoist dei...
Category
Late 18th Century Chinese Antique Qing Furniture
Materials
Bronze
Qing furniture for sale on 1stDibs.
Find a broad range of unique Qing 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, tables and other home furnishings, frequently crafted with wood, ceramic and other materials. If you’re shopping for used Qing 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 Wang Hing & Co., Satsuma, Copeland Spode, and Cornelis Pronk. 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 $38 and tops out at $188,800 while the average work can sell for $2,474.
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