Chinese Export Vases and Vessels
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
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 Vases and Vessels
Materials
Porcelain
$4,500 / set
Chinese White, Blue and Orange Floral Moon Flask Vase
Located in Queens, NY
Antique Chinese (early 20th Century) white moon flask vase decorated with a central botanical design surrounded by blue and orange flowers, and topped with two blue handles.
Conditi...
Category
19th Century Chinese Antique Chinese Export Vases and Vessels
Materials
Porcelain
Pair of, Vintage Decorative Vases, Oriental, Ceramic, Baluster Urn, 20th Century
Located in Hele, Devon, GB
This is a pair of vintage decorative vases. An Oriental, ceramic baluster urn with painted detail, dating to the late 20th century, circa 1990.
Attractive vases with good detail
...
Category
Late 20th Century Asian Chinese Export Vases and Vessels
Materials
Ceramic
Chinese Imari-Style Orange and Gold Monumental Urn
Located in Queens, NY
Chinese monumental floor floor vase celebrating Japanese Imari ware in both palette and design, featuring medallions of natural scenes against an orange ground intricately decorated ...
Category
20th Century Chinese Chinese Export Vases and Vessels
Materials
Porcelain
19th Century Chinese Archaic Style Cloisonné
Lacquer Elephant Motif Censor
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
19th century Chinese Archaic style Cloisonné & Lacquer Elephant Motif Censor
With Associated later lacquer & bronze pagoda lid, resting on a gilt bronze Cloisonné elephant motif th...
Category
19th Century Chinese Antique Chinese Export Vases and Vessels
Materials
Bronze
$2,360 Sale Price
20% Off
Pair of Chinese Famille Rose Porcelain Square Form Vases
Located in Bradenton, FL
Fine Pair of Chinese Porcelain Famille Rose "Wu Shuang Pu" Rectangular Vases, each with an inscription. Rectangular vases were less common and were considered an elegant variation fr...
Category
Early 20th Century Chinese Chinese Export Vases and Vessels
Materials
Porcelain
20th Century Chinese Hand-Woven Bamboo Vase
Located in Pomona, CA
This rare and magnificent Vintage Chinese bamboo vase was 100% hand woven with bamboo strips. It has very exquisite bamboo weave honesty with detailed dragon carving on the side ears. It is truly an antique and collectible...
Category
Mid-20th Century Chinese Chinese Export Vases and Vessels
Materials
Bamboo
$800 Sale Price
56% Off
Early 20th century Champlevé Enamel and Bronze Large Vase
Located in Savannah, GA
Large 24" tall antique Chinese Champlevé enamel and bronze vase. Fine cloisonne floral decoration with stylized rooster head handles dating to the late 19th-early 20th century. Lovel...
Category
Early 20th Century Chinese Chinese Export Vases and Vessels
Materials
Bronze
$1,196 Sale Price
20% Off
Chinese White and Multicolor Floral and Vine Motif Meiping Porcelain Urn
Located in Queens, NY
Chinese white porcelain vase with a Meiping form decorated in swirling green vines interspersed with colorful florals.
Condition: Good; Wear consistent with age and use
Category
20th Century Chinese Chinese Export Vases and Vessels
Materials
Porcelain
Chinese Blue and White Jar with Scholars
Objects
Located in Chicago, IL
This porcelain storage jar has a rounded, tapered form and is brightly glazed in the classic blue-and-white manner. The jar is decorated on three sides with cartouches enclosing stil...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Chinese Chinese Export Vases and Vessels
Materials
Porcelain
Chinese Celadon Vase
Located in Bradenton, FL
Chinese Celadon Porcelain Vase. Vase features a ceramic glaze of pale green color with a white floral and fauna motif embossed throughout. Vase has slightly elongated neck with wide ...
Category
18th Century Chinese Antique Chinese Export Vases and Vessels
Materials
Porcelain
$1,700
Chinese White and Orange Foo Dog Design Winter Melon Porcelain Jar
Located in Queens, NY
Antique Chinese (Early 20th Century) white porcelain vase with an elongated, rounded winter melon form decorated in an orange foo dog on one side and ch...
Category
20th Century Chinese Chinese Export Vases and Vessels
Materials
Porcelain
Chinese Light Gray and Red Cherry Blossom Tree Porcelain Vase
Located in Queens, NY
Chinese light gray porcelain vase with a flowering red and gray cherry blossom tree stretching up its urn-shaped form.
Category
20th Century Chinese Chinese Export Vases and Vessels
Materials
Porcelain
Pair 19th Century Hand-Painted Chinese Vases
Located in Dallas, TX
Pair 19th Century Hand-Painted Chinese Vases are stunning works of art, rendered on fine Kaolin clay and illustrative of the mastery of the art attained by master artisans with hundr...
Category
Late 19th Century Chinese Antique Chinese Export Vases and Vessels
Materials
Porcelain
$2,480 / set
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 Vases and Vessels
Materials
Porcelain
Pair of Petite Chinese Famille Rose Longevity Vases, c. 1900
Located in Chicago, IL
Unusual for the petite size, this pair of vases is a beautiful example of famille rose enamelware, also known as fencai ware, meaning "powdery color." Manufactured in the Qing court’s imperial workshops, this technique of overglazing porcelain with enamel gets its name from the white, opaque enamels used to create color gradients and a soft, pastel effect.
Each vase depicts a meeting of Shoulao, the God of Longevity...
Category
Early 20th Century Chinese Chinese Export Vases and Vessels
Materials
Porcelain
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 Vases and Vessels
Materials
Porcelain
Chinese Off-White and Blue Vine Character Porcelain Urn Vases
Located in Queens, NY
"4 Similar antique Chinese (Early 20th Century) off-white ceramic vases with urn forms decorated in light blue, delicate vine and floral motifs and bold characters on 4 sides (jars v...
Category
20th Century Chinese Chinese Export Vases and Vessels
Materials
Porcelain
Pair of Antique Chinese Court Genre Scene Design Porcelain Rouleau-Form Vases
Located in Queens, NY
PAIR of Antique Chinese (late 19th-early 20th Century) porcelain rouleau-form vases with central designs of a court scene with figures in conversation surrounded by colorful geometri...
Category
19th Century Chinese Antique Chinese Export Vases and Vessels
Materials
Porcelain
Chinese Off-White and Light Blue Vine Motif Porcelain Urn Vase
Located in Queens, NY
Antique Chinese (Early 20th Century) off-white porcelain vase with an urn form decorated in a light blue, delicate vine and floral motifs and bold characters on 4 sides.
Category
20th Century Chinese Chinese Export Vases and Vessels
Materials
Porcelain
Large Vintage Decorative Chinese Cloissone Vase with Imperial Dragon Handles
Located in Hamilton, Ontario
This large vintage cloissone vase is signed by an unknown maker, and originated from China dating to approximately 1980 and done in a Chinese Export st...
Category
Late 20th Century Chinese Chinese Export Vases and Vessels
Materials
Brass
Chinese Light Blue Crackled Finish Porcelain Beaker Vase
Located in Queens, NY
Chinese (20th Century) light blue porcelain vase with a beaker shape and crackled finish.
Category
20th Century Chinese Chinese Export Vases and Vessels
Materials
Porcelain
Chinese Sage and Tonal Botanical Motif Porcelain Jar
Located in Queens, NY
Chinese sage-colored, lidded porcelain jar crafted in the style of the Song Dynasty with a round form decorated in a raised, tonal botanical pattern.
Condition: Good; Wear consisten...
Category
20th Century Chinese Chinese Export Vases and Vessels
Materials
Porcelain
Pair of Chinese Guangcai Gilt Floral Porcelain Sleeve Vases
Located in Queens, NY
PAIR of Chinese Guangcai porcelain sleeve vases decorated with ornate floral and figurative scenes in palettes of pink, green and yellow with top...
Category
20th Century Chinese Chinese Export Vases and Vessels
Materials
Giltwood
Chinese White and Blue Natural Design Porcelain Urn
Located in Queens, NY
Antique Chinese (Late 19th Century) white, porcelain urn decorated in a blue scene of a bird perched on a flowering branch above water, and accented with two light blue scrolled hand...
Category
19th Century Chinese Antique Chinese Export Vases and Vessels
Materials
Porcelain
Tall Asian Vases with Oriental Enamel
Located in Palm Beach, FL
Pair of tall tapered cylindrical vases presented on carved hardwood bases. Enamel decorated with dragons in a floral field of a deep red background.
Category
19th Century Chinese Antique Chinese Export Vases and Vessels
Materials
Enamel
$2,650 / set
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 Vases and Vessels
Materials
Porcelain
Pair of Chinese Cobalt Blue and Incised Dragon Motif Vases
Located in Queens, NY
PAIR of Chinese cobalt blue vases in ginger jar shapes, covered with incised patterns of dragons and curvilinear designs, and bearing small white rectangles featuring blue characters...
Category
20th Century Chinese Chinese Export Vases and Vessels
Materials
Porcelain
Chinese Orange and Gold Decorative Motif Porcelain Vase
Located in Queens, NY
Chinese small, round orange porcelain vase with gold detailing surrounding white circular shapes and a brown band around the mouth opening.
Category
20th Century Chinese Chinese Export Vases and Vessels
Materials
Porcelain
Large 19thC Chinese Zinc Lined Brass Trough Planter
Located in Altrincham, GB
Large 19thC Chinese Zinc Lined Brass Trough Planter Jardiniere with relief "Eternal Dragon" decorations - 25"w x 15"d x 11"h
Category
1870s English Antique Chinese Export Vases and Vessels
Materials
Brass, Zinc
Pair of Chinese Famille Rose Flowering Branch Porcelain Urns
Located in Queens, NY
Pair of Antique Chinese (Late 19th Century) famille rose similar porcelain white urns depicting fowl nestled amid an abundance of flowering branches, accented with foo dog scrolled h...
Category
19th Century Chinese Antique Chinese Export Vases and Vessels
Materials
Porcelain
19th Century Pair Chinese Rose Medallion Vases / Lamps
Located in Brighton, Sussex
A wonderful quality and unusual colour pair of 19th Century Chinese Rose medallion porcelain vases / lamps. Having this rare yellow ground with the classical Cantonese floral decorat...
Category
19th Century Chinese Antique Chinese Export Vases and Vessels
Materials
Porcelain
Blue and White Scholar
s Joy Ginger Jar
Located in Chicago, IL
This contemporary ginger jar continues the tradition of Chinese blue-and-white ceramics with classic curves and auspicious, hand-painted decorations. Symbols that would surely give a...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Chinese Chinese Export Vases and Vessels
Materials
Porcelain
Antique Chinese Mahogany Flower Vase Base / Stand
Located in Queens, NY
Antique Chinese carved mahogany flower pot base / stand with a circular surface to hold a pot or vase, resting on four bowed and carved feet with a circular stretcher.
Category
20th Century Chinese Chinese Export Vases and Vessels
Materials
Wood
Chinese Mustard Colored and Tonal Patterned Meiping Porcelain Vase
Located in Queens, NY
Chinese, mustard-colored porcelain Meiping form vase carved in raised, tonal florals, with patterned bands around the top and base.
Crackling in glaze.
Category
20th Century Chinese Chinese Export Vases and Vessels
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 Vases and Vessels
Materials
Porcelain
Antique Chinese Celadon Blue And White Vase
Located in Norwood, NJ
A large antique 19th century Chinese floor vase having a celadon ground and blue and white underglaze decoration to the body. The underglaze decoration is of foliage, stems with ber...
Category
Late 19th Century Chinese Antique Chinese Export Vases and Vessels
Materials
Porcelain
Chinese Pink Floral and Blue Cartouche Porcelain Urn
Located in Queens, NY
Antique Chinese (late 19th century) pink porcelain urn decorated with a light blue floral design grounding multiple light blue cartouches, each bearing a bogu pattern that signifies ...
Category
19th Century Chinese Antique Chinese Export Vases and Vessels
Materials
Porcelain
Early 20th Century Chinese Dark Brown Glaze Pottery Urn/Vase
Located in Pomona, CA
Our wonderful collection of handmade old vintage Chinese hand made glazed pottery vase will make great accent pieces for any room of your house. It has some imperfection signs of age...
Category
Early 20th Century Chinese Chinese Export Vases and Vessels
Materials
Ceramic
$285 Sale Price
36% Off
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 Vases and Vessels
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 Vases and Vessels
Materials
Porcelain
Vase and Egg in Chinese Porcelain
Located in Milano, IT
Beautiful Chinese porcelain set in Chinese art from the early 1900s.
The set consists of a porcelain vase and egg and are beautifully hand painted, depi...
Category
20th Century Chinese Chinese Export Vases and Vessels
Materials
Porcelain
$237 Sale Price
20% Off
A Pair Of Hand-Painted Chinese Porcelain Vases
Located in Bradenton, FL
Lovely pair of early 20th Century Chinese Cylindrical Porcelain Vases with scenes from traditional Chinese motifs. Vases feature mirror images of two women in robes of the era sittin...
Category
Early 20th Century Chinese Chinese Export Vases and Vessels
Materials
Porcelain
Pair of Chinese Song Dynasty Style Beige Cong Vases
Located in Queens, NY
PAIR of Antique Chinese Song Dynasty-style (late 19th Century) vases with traditional cong forms, beige crackle finishes, and round mouths and bases (PRICED AS PAIR).
Condition: Goo...
Category
19th Century Chinese Antique Chinese Export Vases and Vessels
Materials
Porcelain
Petite Famille Rose Canton Vase, c. 1920
Located in Chicago, IL
Dated to the 1920s during China's Republic Period, this petite vase is decorated in a style known as Canton enamel, so named for the long-standing industry of export enamels based in...
Category
1920s Chinese Vintage Chinese Export Vases and Vessels
Materials
Copper
Pair of Chinese Cobalt Blue and Incised Motif Meiping Vases
Located in Queens, NY
PAIR of Chinese cobalt blue vases in Meiping shapes, covered with incised patterns of dragons and curvilinear designs, and bearing small white rectangles featuring blue characters (P...
Category
20th Century Chinese Chinese Export Vases and Vessels
Materials
Porcelain
Chinese Blue and White Four Flowers Jar
Located in Chicago, IL
Loosely brushed with cobalt blue pigments, this round, blue-and-white storage jar is underglazed with lush garden scenery featuring the flowering plants of the four seasons. Tree peo...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Chinese Chinese Export Vases and Vessels
Materials
Porcelain
Pair of Chinese Porcelain Glazed Figural Ginger Jars with Lids, 20th Century
Located in Charleston, SC
Pair of Chinese blue and white porcelain glazed decorative figural and floral ginger jars with the original removable lids, 20th century.
Category
20th Century Chinese Chinese Export Vases and Vessels
Materials
Porcelain, Paint
Chinese Han Dynasty Style Patinated Bronze Carved Urn
Located in Queens, NY
Antique Chinese Han Dynasty-style copy patinaed bronze urn carved with raised geometric patterned bands wrapping its form and adorned with two small handles beneath the neck.
Category
20th Century Chinese Chinese Export Vases and Vessels
Materials
Metal
Pair of 20th Century Yongzheng style Chinese Porcelain Vases in High Gloss
Located in Essex, MA
Pair of Yongzheng style Chinese porcelain vases in a high gloss finish in the Gu shape. The vases are decorated with deer, flowers, and animal motifs. Lovely shades of aqua, turquois...
Category
20th Century Chinese Chinese Export Vases and Vessels
Materials
Porcelain
Large Pair of Canton / Rose Medallion Vases or Lamps, 19th Century
Located in Brighton, Sussex
A very impressive pair of 19th century Chinese Cantonese or rose medallion vases or lamps. Each with wonderful bold colors, with classical oriental scenes of courtiers walking around...
Category
Late 19th Century Chinese Antique Chinese Export Vases and Vessels
Materials
Ormolu
Chinese White and Blue Cherry Blossom Porcelain Moon Flask Vase
Located in Queens, NY
Antique Chinese (early 20th Century) white porcelain moon flask vase decorated with a bird perched on flowering cherry blossoms, and two handles.
Condition: Good; Wear consistent wi...
Category
Early 20th Century Chinese Chinese Export Vases and Vessels
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 Vases and Vessels
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 Vases and Vessels
Materials
Porcelain
Chinese Off-White Crackle Finish Teardrop Porcelain Vase
Located in Queens, NY
Chinese teardrop-shaped porcelain vase with an off-white crackle finish, a fluted opening and a hole in the base.
Category
20th Century Chinese Chinese Export Vases and Vessels
Materials
Porcelain
Antique Chinese Earthenware Jar with Blue Characters
Located in Queens, NY
Antique Chinese (early 20th century) small, earthenware jar with blue characters running down the center framed by thin stripes circling the top and base.
Category
20th Century Chinese Chinese Export Vases and Vessels
Materials
Ceramic
Chinese White and Blue Multi-Pattern Porcelain Urn
Located in Queens, NY
"Chinese white porcelain urn painted with a variety of blue, decorative patterns, including feathers and bold vertical markings, that are proportionally balanced to create a harmonio...
Category
20th Century Chinese Chinese Export Vases and Vessels
Materials
Porcelain
Pair of Chinese Burgundy and White Dragon Motif Vases
Located in Queens, NY
PAIR of Chinese ceramic burgundy vases decorated with the white silhouettes of dragons wrapping around their pear-shaped forms (PRICED AS PAIR).
Category
20th Century Chinese Chinese Export Vases and Vessels
Materials
Porcelain
Vintage Chinese Hand painted Red Porcelain Ginger Jar
Located in Pomona, CA
This vintage Chinese red porcelain Ginger Jar was 100% hand made and hand paint from China. It has beautiful hand painted happy playing kids on the jar and lid. You can see from the ...
Category
Mid-20th Century Chinese Chinese Export Vases and Vessels
Materials
Porcelain
$442 Sale Price
25% Off
Pair of Chinese Squared Fantail Vases with Egrets Beneath Lotus
Located in Chicago, IL
Defined by angular shoulders and a flared lip, this pair of tall porcelain vases offer a charming variation of the classic Chinese phoenix-tail vase form. Each vase is patterned with...
Category
Mid-20th Century Chinese Chinese Export Vases and Vessels
Materials
Porcelain
Chinese Export vases and vessels for sale on 1stDibs.
Find a broad range of unique Chinese Export vases and vessels 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 vases and vessels created in this style to your space, the works available on 1stDibs include decorative objects, asian art and furniture, 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 vases and vessels 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 vases and vessels, popular names associated with this style include Mottahedeh, Ben Owen III, CANTON FAMILLE ROSE, and Capo Di Monte. 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 vases and vessels differ depending upon multiple factors, including designer, materials, construction methods, condition and provenance. On 1stDibs, the price for these items starts at $68 and tops out at $216,780 while the average work can sell for $1,497.
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