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Style: Chinese Export
Early 20th Century Chinese Cloisonne Smoking Pipe
Located in Pomona, CA
This Chinese Cloisonne smoking pipe features a long, slender stem decorated with colorful cloisonné enamel, a technique involving colored-glass paste placed within metal enclosures. ...
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Early 20th Century Chinese Chinese Export Folk Art

Materials

Copper

Vintage Gianni Versace Silk Rug: Mandarin s Garden Collection by Atelier Versace
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
This vintage Gianni Versace collection rug, titled "Mandarin's Garden Silk", was designed and manufactured by Atelier Versace circa 1980. Measuring 200 x 200, this luxurious silk rug...
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1980s Italian Vintage Chinese Export Folk Art

Materials

Silk

Mid-19th Century Carved and Painted Wooden Tang Dynasty Horse
Located in Godshill, Isle of Wight
Mid-19th century carved and painted wooden Tang dynasty horse This is a superb piece of Chinese Folk Art, superbly carved in wood, in the classic statue...
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Mid-19th Century Antique Chinese Export Folk Art

Early 20th-Century Antique Chinese Erotic Porcelain Figurine
Located in Pomona, CA
These "spring palace paintings" (春宫畫), Chinese erotic porcelain figurine were historically given to brides and young couples, sometimes as a form of "sex education" in a culture wher...
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Early 20th Century Chinese Chinese Export Folk Art

Materials

Porcelain

Finely Carved Old Chinese Bamboo Censer with Lid
Located in Pomona, CA
Up for sell is a magnificent Chinese Carved Bamboo incense burner. It has very detailed hand carved Chinese traditional folks art of clouds and dragons on the censer. It was made f...
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Mid-20th Century Chinese Chinese Export Folk Art

Materials

Bamboo

Early 20th Century Antique Chinese Gilt Carved Camphor Wood Toys
Located in Pomona, CA
Rare find antique Chinese gilt wooden carved adult toys. It is 100 percent hand made hand carved from Camphor wood with gilt painting on it. They are the couple of a man and a women....
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Early 20th Century Chinese Chinese Export Folk Art

Materials

Wood

Three Chinese Ancient Warriors Panels
Located in Bradenton, FL
Three Hand-Painted Panels of Chinese Warriors. The paintings feature Chinese warriors in full costume of the era in vivid colors of red, green, yellow, and orange on a beige backgro...
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Early 20th Century Chinese Chinese Export Folk Art

Materials

Paper

Early 20 Century Chinese Hand Made Porcelain Pillow
Located in Pomona, CA
Look at this magnificent Chinese porcelain pillow. It was hand made and hand paint from China and has hand painted Chinese traditional folks a...
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Early 20th Century Chinese Chinese Export Folk Art

Materials

Porcelain

Pair of Chinese Lacquered Carved Wall Plaques
Located in Queens, NY
PAIR of Asian Chinese style (19th Century) red lacquered and gilt trimmed wall plaques with carved & filigree scenes with figures and 2 glass jewels (PRICED AS PAIR).
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19th Century Chinese Antique Chinese Export Folk Art

Materials

Glass

Early 20th-Century Antique Chinese Erotic Porcelain Figurine
Located in Pomona, CA
These "spring palace paintings" (春宫畫), Chinese erotic porcelain figurine were historically given to brides and young couples, sometimes as a form of "sex education" in a culture wher...
Category

Early 20th Century Chinese Chinese Export Folk Art

Materials

Porcelain

Pair of Chinese Mahogany Wall Plaques
Located in Queens, NY
PAIR of Asian Chinese style (19th Century) mahogany wall plaques with carved and filigree birds (PRICED AS PAIR).
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19th Century Chinese Antique Chinese Export Folk Art

Materials

Mahogany

Pair of Chinese Lacquered Wall Plaques
Located in Queens, NY
PAIR of Asian Chinese style (19/20th Century) red lacquered vertical wall plaques with gold lettering and lattice top and bottom (PRICED AS PAIR).
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19th Century Chinese Antique Chinese Export Folk Art

Materials

Gold

Early 20th Century Antique Japanese Huge Kutani Hotei Laughing Buddha
Located in Pomona, CA
This is an authentic antique Japanese Buddha, Hotei from early 1900's. It is from Kutani which a famous kiln region in the village of Kutani, now part of the city of Kaga. This porce...
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Early 20th Century Japanese Chinese Export Folk Art

Materials

Porcelain

Pair of Chinese Lacquered Carved Wall Plaques
Located in Queens, NY
PAIR of Asian Chinese style (19th Century) red lacquered and gilt trimmed wall plaques with filigree border surrounding carved scenes with figures (PRICED AS PAIR).
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19th Century Chinese Antique Chinese Export Folk Art

Materials

Lacquer

Two Polychrome Roosters
Located in Greenwich, CT
A pair of Chinese export glazed ceramic roosters with polychrome plumage in pinks, greens and orange with and striking red crowns and wattles, perched on weathered green striated tre...
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Early 1900s English Antique Chinese Export Folk Art

Materials

Ceramic

Kyonoshiki Hand Embroidered Folding Desktop Screen
Located in Pasadena, TX
This Kyonoshiki Folding screen is hand woven. It's done in the traditional style of the famous looms of Kyoto, Japan. It's embroidered using gold and silver thread on silk. It depict...
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20th Century Japanese Chinese Export Folk Art

Materials

Silk

Vintage Chinese 6 pieces Wooden Buddhist Offering Set
Located in Pomona, CA
There wooden offerings set are in rituals such as worshiping the altar, practicing alchemy, and giving food. The method is to offer of sacrifices, namely incense, flowers, lamps, wat...
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Early 20th Century Chinese Chinese Export Folk Art

Materials

Wood

19th Century Pair of Chinese Hardwood Buffalo Boys with Bone Flutes
Located in Dublin 8, IE
19th Century pair of dark hardwood water buffalo with inset glass eyes. These finely carved and highly detailed figures have carved boy figures sitting on their backs holding bone flutes...
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Late 19th Century Chinese Antique Chinese Export Folk Art

Materials

Hardwood

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Handheld Chinese Mooncake Mold with Lotus Pods, c. 1900
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This late 19th century hand-held wood press is carved with a large mold used for shaping festive mooncakes. Packed with lotus root, red bean, or other regional fillings, mooncakes ar...
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Early 20th Century Chinese Chinese Export Folk Art

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Wood

Early 20th C Cast Iron Toy Sedan by A C Williams Original Red with Nickel Wheels
By A. C. Williams Company
Located in Port Jervis, NY
Fabulous and classic cast iron toy from the early thirties. In what looks like to the original Red with Nickel Wheels and the right amount of wear to th...
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1930s American Vintage Chinese Export Folk Art

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Iron, Nickel

Circa 1920 English Bamboo Walking Stick
Located in High Point, NC
Circa 1920's English walking stick made from bamboo. These look wonderful in a hall stand or for actual use if needed!
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1920s English Vintage Chinese Export Folk Art

Materials

Bamboo

Circa 1920 English Bamboo Walking Stick
Circa 1920 English Bamboo Walking Stick
$275
H 35.63 in W 5 in D 0.88 in
19th Century Pipe Head
Located in Vosselaar, BE
You just got to love this guy! A wacky looking bearded Indian pipe head. Probably 19th century France. Beautifully carved by a artisan with a sense of humor.
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Late 19th Century French Antique Chinese Export Folk Art

Materials

Wood

19th Century Pipe Head
19th Century Pipe Head
$296
H 3.55 in W 1.97 in D 3.94 in
Zabihi Collection Red Dragon Vintage Tibetan Rug
Located in New York, NY
A colorful one-of-a-kind Tibetan rug from the 3rd quarter of the 20th century with a dragon motif on red ground Measures: 3' x 5'7''.
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Late 20th Century Chinese Export Folk Art

Materials

Wool

Early 20th Century Toy Noah s Ark, German
Located in Incline Village, NV
Toy Noah’s Arks for children to play with were very popular in the late 19th and early 20th century, and Germany was very prolific in their production. This particular ark is all ori...
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Early 20th Century German Chinese Export Folk Art

Materials

Wood

Early 20th Century Toy Noah
s Ark, German
Early 20th Century Toy Noah
s Ark, German
$1,650 / set
H 10 in W 18 in D 6 in
Antique Blue Chinese Pictorial Throw Rug
Located in New York, NY
An early 20th century Chinese pictorial throw-size rug Measures: 2'8' x 5'.
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Early 20th Century Chinese Chinese Export Folk Art

Materials

Wool

Vintage Toy, Marx Toys Wind Up Chariot and Horses, Mid-20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
This Marx Toys Wind up Chariot and Horses is a vintage mechanical toy representing a red chariot dragged by two painted tin horses. Original...
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Mid-20th Century American Chinese Export Folk Art

Materials

Metal

Early 20th Century Large Noah’s Ark
Located in London, GB
Early 20th Century Large Noah’s Ark A larger than usual example of an early 20th Century hand carved / painted pine Noah’s ark. With lifting roof and sectioned lifting central hul...
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1920s British Vintage Chinese Export Folk Art

Materials

Wood

Early 20th Century Large Noah’s Ark
Early 20th Century Large Noah’s Ark
$1,128
H 16 in W 7.5 in D 27 in
19th Century German Carved Wooden Deers Head
Located in London, GB
19th century carved wooden deer’s head We are proud to offer a delightful example of a 19th century hand carved German deer’s head. This ite...
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1880s German Antique Chinese Export Folk Art

Materials

Pine, Paint

Zabihi Collection Orange Dragon Vintage Tibetan Rug
Located in New York, NY
Colorful one-of-a-kind Tibetan rug from the 2nd quarter of the 20th century with a dragon motif on a bright orange field Measures: 3'1'' x 5'9''.
Category

Mid-20th Century Chinese Export Folk Art

Materials

Wool

Chinese Painted Bamboo Walking Stick, c. 1850
Located in Chicago, IL
This 19th-century walking stick from northern China is comprised of a length of thin bamboo that has been steamed and bent into a hook shape. The bamboo segments are painted in alter...
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Mid-19th Century Chinese Antique Chinese Export Folk Art

Materials

Bamboo

Chinese Painted Bamboo Walking Stick, c. 1850
Chinese Painted Bamboo Walking Stick, c. 1850
$368
H 37.25 in W 6.75 in D 1 in
Previously Available Items
Early 20th Century Chinese Cloisonne Smoking Pipe
Located in Pomona, CA
This Chinese Cloisonne smoking pipe features a long, slender stem decorated with colorful cloisonné enamel, a technique involving colored-glass paste placed within metal enclosures. ...
Category

Early 20th Century Chinese Chinese Export Folk Art

Materials

Metal

Vintage Chinese Fu Lu Shou Feng Shui Trio Gods Figurines Statues
Located in Pomona, CA
This beautiful vintage set of three porcelain statues features the Chinese deities Fu, Lu, Shou, commonly known as the Fu Lu Shou gods in folks Chinese. Each statue represents a diff...
Category

Mid-20th Century Chinese Chinese Export Folk Art

Materials

Porcelain

Early 20th century oriental bamboo 2 seat child carriage
Located in Debenham, Suffolk
Unusual possibly chinese bamboo 2 seater children's carriage circa 1900. Made from shaped bamboo, bound in the traditional way with additional iron wo...
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Early 20th Century Chinese Chinese Export Folk Art

Materials

Bamboo, Cane

Petite Neolithic Chinese Terracotta Jar
Located in Chicago, IL
This petite ceramic jar is believed to be a later example of Neolithic Chinese redware pottery of the Yangshao culture. Although its exact age is unkn...
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15th Century and Earlier Chinese Antique Chinese Export Folk Art

Materials

Terracotta

Yao Ornamental Hair Comb, c. 1920
Located in Chicago, IL
This etched bone comb was crafted in the 19th century, exemplifying the professional artisanal work of the Yao people of Southern China. The comb features a ...
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20th Century Chinese Chinese Export Folk Art

Materials

Bone, Wool, Beads

Yao Ornamental Hair Comb, c. 1920
Yao Ornamental Hair Comb, c. 1920
H 12.25 in W 4 in D 3 in
Ningshia Chinese Export Hand Knotted Wool Antique Rug, circa 1900
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
Antique Ningshia from China made in 1900 Hand knotted wool Measures: 88 x 176 cm.
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Early 1900s Chinese Antique Chinese Export Folk Art

Materials

Wool

Pao Tou Tiger Chinese Export Hand Knotted Wool Antique Rug, circa 1930
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
Pao Tou tiger from China made in circa 1930 Hand knotted wool. Some repairs as we show on the photos. Measures: 131 x 198 cm.
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1930s Chinese Vintage Chinese Export Folk Art

Materials

Wool

Early 20th Century Antique Chinese Gilt Carved Camphor Wood Toys
Located in Pomona, CA
Rare find antique Chinese gilt wooden carved adult toys. It is 100 percent hand made hand carved from Camphor wood with gilt painting on it. They are the cou...
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Early 20th Century Chinese Chinese Export Folk Art

Materials

Wood

Pao Tou Crane Chinese Export Hand Knotted Wool Antique Rug, Early 20th Century
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
Antique Pao Tou Crane rug from China made in early 20th century. Some repairs as we show on the photos. Hand knotted wool. Measures: 90 x 175 cm.  
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Early 1900s Chinese Antique Chinese Export Folk Art

Materials

Wool

19th Century Chinoiserie Export Tole Tea Canister Table Lamp
Located in Nantucket, MA
19th Century Chinese export tole tea canister, mounted as a table lamp. A large general store tin tea caddy dating from the China Trade period, with late...
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Late 19th Century Chinese Antique Chinese Export Folk Art

Materials

Tin

Chinese Painting, Miniature, on a Bone Frame, Green and White, Republic Period
Located in Auribeau sur Siagne, FR
It's a little bone disk, painted. The decor is a decor of birds on branches in green and black color, bone is of course in white color. It is typically an object made in the republic...
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Early 19th Century Chinese Antique Chinese Export Folk Art

Materials

Bone

Chinese Hand Carved Wood Statue, 19th Century
Located in Malibu, CA
This one-of-a-kind hand-carved antique wood buddha is certified to be over 180 years old and sits 9" tall. Distressed paint emphasizes carved detai...
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1840s Chinese Antique Chinese Export Folk Art

Materials

Wood, Paint

Chinese Export folk art for sale on 1stDibs.

Find a broad range of unique Chinese Export folk art for sale on 1stDibs. Many of these items were first offered in the Late 20th Century, but contemporary artisans have continued to produce works inspired by this style. If you’re looking to add vintage folk art created in this style to your space, the works available on 1stDibs include folk art, decorative objects, lighting and other home furnishings, frequently crafted with fabric, wool and other materials. If you’re shopping for used Chinese Export folk art 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 folk art, popular names associated with this style include and Gianni Versace. 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 folk art differ depending upon multiple factors, including designer, materials, construction methods, condition and provenance. On 1stDibs, the price for these items starts at $476 and tops out at $39,610 while the average work can sell for $4,805.

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