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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
Antique Chinese Hand Painted Panel Screens, A Pair
Located in Bradenton, FL
Pair Antique Chinese Hand Painted Wall Panels. Each panel depicts elegant white egrets among blooming peonies and chrysanthemums. The paintings are in rich mineral pigments on paper...
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Late 19th Century Chinese Antique Chinese Export More Furniture and Collectibles

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Giltwood, Paper

Chinese 8 Panel Black Coromandel Folding Screen w/Gilded Hand Painted Intaglio
Located in Topeka, KS
Magnificent vintage Chinese 8 panel coromandel folding screen or room divider with gilded & hand painted intaglio designs & patinated brass hinges &...
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19th Century Chinese Antique Chinese Export More Furniture and Collectibles

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Brass

Chinese Teak 3-Fold Screen with Carved Filigree and Velvet Upholstery
Located in Queens, NY
Asian Chinese style (19th Century) teak 3 fold screen with filigree carved top and bottom and blue velvet center.
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19th Century Chinese Antique Chinese Export More Furniture and Collectibles

Chinese Export Silver Cigarette Case Depicting the Bund and the Angel of Peace
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
Chinese Export Silver Cigarette Case Depicting the Bund and the Angel of Peace, Shanghai, c. 1930–1940 129 grams, 4.5" W × 3.5" H × 0.33" D (8.75" W open) A rare and historically s...
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Early 20th Century Chinese Chinese Export More Furniture and Collectibles

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Sterling Silver

Hand-Carved Bone Chinese Asian Travel Chess Set
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Early 20th century carved bone Chinese/Asian chest set with its complete storage compartments and traveling chessboard. Fabric Liner shows discoloration but pieces are in very nice ...
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Early 20th Century Chinese Chinese Export More Furniture and Collectibles

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Bone

Antique Chinese Export Silver Belt Buckle with Samurais, Woshing Shanghai
Located in Esbjerg, DK
Two-piece belt buckle in sterling silver. Made in Woshing Shanghai circa 1910. It depicts samurais riding on Foo Dogs/Lions on a matte textured background. Very fine details and clea...
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Early 20th Century Chinese Chinese Export More Furniture and Collectibles

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Silver

Pair of Chinese Tiered Teak Carved Side Tables Cabinets
Located in Germantown, MD
An absolutely gorgeous pair of Chinese tiered teak carved side tables cabinets. Versatile use. May be used as side table s in the living room, family room ...
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Late 20th Century Hong Kong Chinese Export More Furniture and Collectibles

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Teak

Late 19th Century Antique Chinese Water Pipe
Located in Pomona, CA
This antique Chinese water pipe, from the late 19th century and originating from Canton, China. This water pipe designed for smoking tobacco, often mistaken for an opium pipe due to ...
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Late 19th Century Chinese Antique Chinese Export More Furniture and Collectibles

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Copper

Chinese Export Four Panel Lacquered Coromandel Screen
Located in Rio Vista, CA
Celestial Chinese export coromandel four-panel screen depicting figures in colorful robes in a heavenly landscape among the white clouds. Eac...
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20th Century Chinese Chinese Export More Furniture and Collectibles

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Brass

Table Top Chinese Folding Screen Hand Painted
Located in Fulton, CA
Unusual table top folding screen. Four hand painted panels featuring birds, fruit and flowers. Partial hand carving to wood frame. Appears to be rosewood but not confirmed. Beautiful...
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20th Century Chinese Chinese Export More Furniture and Collectibles

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Wood

Chinese Export Four Panel Coromandel Screen Cranes on Gold Leaf
Located in Rio Vista, CA
Dazzling Chinese export lacquered four-panel coromandel screen featuring a flora and fauna waterscape with stylized cranes. The carved lacquer panels...
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20th Century Chinese Chinese Export More Furniture and Collectibles

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Brass, Gold Leaf

Chinese Export Four Panel Coromandel Screen Pastel Beauties
Located in Rio Vista, CA
Gorgeous Chinese export four-panel coromandel screen featuring a courtyard scene of beauties engaged in leisurely activities. The lacquered panels are incised and painted in soft pas...
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20th Century Chinese Chinese Export More Furniture and Collectibles

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Brass

Chinese Export Four Panel Lacquered Coromandel Dressing Screen Room Divider
Located in Doylestown, PA
Chinese export smaller scale four-panel lacquered dressing screen room divider with hand-painted decoration on both sides. One side depicts a charming continuous pavilion scene with...
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Early 20th Century Chinese Chinese Export More Furniture and Collectibles

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Metal

Chinese Export Sterling Silver Walking Stick Handle, circa 1900
Located in Chapel Hill, NC
Chinese Export sterling silver walking stick handle, circa 1900. Monogram of the famous ichthyologist Dr. Hugh McCormick Smith, "H...
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Early 20th Century Chinese Chinese Export More Furniture and Collectibles

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Silver

Antique circa 1900 Hand Carved Chinese Camphor Wood Travelling Trunk
Located in Miami, FL
1900’s Chinese export Camphor wood travelling chest which has been ornately carved throughout A good looking and well made piece, this is a med...
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Early 20th Century Chinese Chinese Export More Furniture and Collectibles

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Wood

Chinese Export Wallpaper Six Panel Screen
Located in Bradenton, FL
Chinese export wallpaper six panel screen, each panel depicting Chinese decor. Screen includes blue and white painted vases, urns and furnishings in colors that include blue, burgund...
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Early 20th Century Chinese Chinese Export More Furniture and Collectibles

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Wood, Paint, Paper

Chinese Export Four Panel Carved Soapstone Coromandel Screen
Located in Rio Vista, CA
Impressive Chinese export four panel lacquered coromandel screen featuring hand-carved soapstone beauties in a floral landscape with gilt clo...
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20th Century Chinese Chinese Export More Furniture and Collectibles

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Soapstone, Brass

Early 20th Century Tibetan Handcrafted Buddhist Festival Trumpet
Located in Pomona, CA
This is a beautiful antique Handcrafted Tibetan Buddhist trumpet with traditional Tibetan tassel. The trumpet is used for religious ceremonies where it is blown along with other big ...
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Early 20th Century Chinese Chinese Export More Furniture and Collectibles

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Copper

Six-Panel Double Sided Coromandel Asian Screen on Stand
Located in Germantown, MD
Six-panel double sided Coromandel Asian Screen on stand. Each panel seats in a removable custom wood stand / shoe. Brownish gold color on one side and nature on the other. The subje...
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Mid-20th Century Hong Kong Chinese Export More Furniture and Collectibles

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Brass

Mid-20th Century Tibetan Hand-crafted Bronze Incense Burner
Located in Pomona, CA
Handcrafted Tibetan Buddhist Incense Burner/Holder, made of bronze, often used in spiritual practices like meditation and rituals. This burner...
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Mid-20th Century Chinese Chinese Export More Furniture and Collectibles

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Bronze

Chinese Cloisonné Enamel Egg with Wood Stand, Early 20 Century
Located in Auribeau sur Siagne, FR
Presenting a cute Chinese cloisonné enamel egg with wood Stand, early 20 century. The Height is including the Height Stand.
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20th Century Chinese Chinese Export More Furniture and Collectibles

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Copper

Chinese Export Style Gilt Black Lacquer Decorated Table or Fire Screen
Located in Atlanta, GA
This Chinese export style lacquered table or fire screen exemplifies the refined artistry of Chinese craftsmanship, featuring an intricate gilt-painted scene set against a deep black...
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20th Century Chinese Chinese Export More Furniture and Collectibles

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Giltwood, Lacquer

Chinese Export Six Panel Cloisonné Soapstone Coromandel Screen
Located in Rio Vista, CA
Charming Chinese export six-panel lacquer coromandel screen featuring a blue and white cloisonné style border decorated with scholars objects,...
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20th Century Chinese Chinese Export More Furniture and Collectibles

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Soapstone, Brass

Mid 20th Century Tibetan Handcrafted Bronze Incense Burner
Located in Pomona, CA
Handcrafted Tibetan Buddhist Incense Burner/Holder, made of brass, often used in spiritual practices like meditation and rituals. This burner ...
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Mid-20th Century Chinese Chinese Export More Furniture and Collectibles

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Copper

Chinese Export Four Panel Carved Soapstone Lacquered Screen
Located in Rio Vista, CA
Distinctive Chinese export four-panel coromandel screen featuring carved hardstone and soapstone decoration. The screen depicts a group of beauties in colorful flowing robes. The parcel-gilt landscape is decorated with two large carved stone trees...
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20th Century Chinese Chinese Export More Furniture and Collectibles

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Soapstone, Brass

Chinese Export Six-Panel Silver Leaf Coromandel Screen
Located in Rio Vista, CA
Impressive Chinese export six-panel folding coromandel screen depicting flora and fauna. Constructed from lacquered wooden panels hand carved and painted. Features a rare silver leaf...
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20th Century Chinese Chinese Export More Furniture and Collectibles

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Brass, Silver Leaf

Antique Chinese Carved Jade Necklace, Ring Earring Set in 14 Karat Yellow Gold
Located in Hamilton, Ontario
This necklace, ring and earring set is signed by an unknown maker, and presumed to have originated from China and date to approximately 1920 and done in a period Chinese Export style...
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Early 20th Century Chinese Chinese Export More Furniture and Collectibles

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Jade, Gold

1930s Early Chinese Wood Screen Asian Wall Art
Located in Chula Vista, CA
AMBIANIC presents early Chinese Large Screen Asian Wall Art architectural wood window screen divider intricate pattern 39.25 h x 45.75 w x 1.13 unsigned Original vintage condition Re...
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Early 20th Century Chinese Chinese Export More Furniture and Collectibles

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Wood

Mid Century Chinese Style Teak Bird Cage
Located in Germantown, MD
Mid Century Chinese Style Teak Bird Cage Measures 18" in width x 18" in depth x 34" in height.
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Mid-20th Century American Chinese Export More Furniture and Collectibles

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Hardwood, Teak

EXQUISITE ANTIQUE 4 PERSON MAHJONG SUITE CIRCA 1920 s CHINESE EXPORT WITH DICE
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, instructions and smal...
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1920s Chinese Vintage Chinese Export More Furniture and Collectibles

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Bamboo

Chinese Export Four Panel Coromandel Screen Pearlescent Landscape
Located in Rio Vista, CA
Captivating Chinese export four-panel coromandel screen featuring an idyllic seascape with beauties. The background is comprised of pearlescent crystal sand that shines like glitter ...
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20th Century Chinese Chinese Export More Furniture and Collectibles

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Brass

19th Century Chinese Cloisonné Fu Dogs
Located in Houston, TX
An exceptional palatial quality pair of 19th century Chinese cloisonné Fu dogs featuring gold gilding over copper. Chinese cloisonné o...
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1890s Chinese Antique Chinese Export More Furniture and Collectibles

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Copper, Enamel

Vintage Asian Low Chess Table
Located in Denton, TX
Mid century Asian style Chess board with carved wood chess pieces and drawer for storage. This would be great on the floor with two big pillows.
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Mid-20th Century Chinese Export More Furniture and Collectibles

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Beech, Mahogany, Walnut

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...
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19th Century Chinese Antique Chinese Export More Furniture and Collectibles

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Wood

Chinoiserie Red Gold Painted Lacquer 4 Panel Screen With Black Gold Border
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
just in this very good looking vintage Chinese painted screen. made in Hong Kong, early 20th C. This Chinoiserie Red & Gold Painted LacquerScreen With Black & Gold Border. has four p...
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1920s Hong Kong Vintage Chinese Export More Furniture and Collectibles

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Wood, Lacquer

pair Chinese Black Night stands 1970s
Located in Den Haag, NL
Very nice great looking Cabinets . Black color ,comes with chrome armature . Ideal Night stands .or beside your sofa .
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1970s Chinese Vintage Chinese Export More Furniture and Collectibles

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Fruitwood

Chinese Twelve-Panel Red Lacquer Coromandel Screen of Xiwangmu
Located in Rio Vista, CA
Monumental Chinese export twelve-panel red lacquered Coromandel screen of Chinese mythological Daoist character Xiwangmu (Queen mother of the West). Remarkable large scale screen full of vibrant color on incised lacquer...
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20th Century Chinese Chinese Export More Furniture and Collectibles

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Brass

Chinese Silver Leather Theatre Opera / Wedding Tiered Phoenix Headdress, 1920s
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
Chinese Silver & Leather Theatre Opera / Wedding Tiered Phoenix Headdress, 1920s Silvered Metal & leather and embroidered Mandarin hat This Chinese silv...
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Early 20th Century Chinese Chinese Export More Furniture and Collectibles

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Metal

20th Century Chinese Export Six Panel Gold Leaf Coromandel Screen
Located in Rio Vista, CA
Late Qing, early republic period style Chinese export six-panel coromandel screen featuring a pavillion with figures engaged in leisurely activities on a dramatic gilt gold leaf back...
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20th Century Chinese Chinese Export More Furniture and Collectibles

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Brass, Gold Leaf

20th C. Century Furniture Chin Hua Collection Ebonized Mahogany Bedside Table
Located in Germantown, MD
A late 20th Century Century Furniture Chin Hua Collection Ebonized Mahogany Bedside Table in great vintage condition. Measures 25...
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Late 20th Century Chinese Export More Furniture and Collectibles

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Brass

Chinese Black Leather Brass Camphor Wood Trunk, 1820-50
Located in Kenilworth, IL
China trade brass bound black leather covered camphor wood trunk. The top and case are framed by brass corner mounts and brass tacking with a reserve of brass tacking on the center o...
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Early 19th Century Chinese Antique Chinese Export More Furniture and Collectibles

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Brass

Chinese four part wood folding screen, c. 1800-50
Located in Kenilworth, IL
Four hardwood panel & lattice-work passage screens. The surface retains its original, though distressed, finish. Panels have been hinged together at a later date. China, first half ...
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Early 19th Century Chinese Antique Chinese Export More Furniture and Collectibles

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Wood

Chinese Quing Dynasty Red Lacquered 4-Fold Screen
Located in Queens, NY
Asian Chinese (Qing Dynasty 18/19th Century) 4 panel screen with a (restored) maroon lacquered background and finely decorated scene of figures and palace in a black lacquered frame.
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18th Century Chinese Antique Chinese Export More Furniture and Collectibles

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Lacquer, Paint, Wood

Red Painted Leather Camphor Wood Trunk, Chinese Export, 19th Century
Located in San Francisco, CA
Red painted leather trunk with brass trim and nailhead decoration along with painted flowers and vining leaves. Chinese Export, circa 1850.   
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Mid-19th Century Chinese Antique Chinese Export More Furniture and Collectibles

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Brass

Pair of Chinese Painted Lacquered Parcel Gilt Chinoiserie Pedestals
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
Just in this wonderful Pair of Chinese Painted & Lacquered Parcel Gilt Chinoiserie Large Pedestals. Unusual by the shape, the color and the fact that there is a drawer that opens t...
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Early 20th Century Chinese Chinese Export More Furniture and Collectibles

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Wood, Lacquer

Early 20th C. Chinese Six-Panel Lacquered Folding Screen with Inlaid Horse Scene
Located in Dallas, TX
Divide a room or accent a living room wall with this elegant antique Chinese folding screen. Crafted in China circa 1920, the six-panel...
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Early 20th Century Chinese Chinese Export More Furniture and Collectibles

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Brass

Chinese Export Six Panels Lacquered Screen
Located in Madrid, ES
Chinese screen for export with 6 panels decorated on both sides. The front side with various scenes of daily palatial life with relief figures, buildings and landscapes made of pain...
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Early 20th Century Chinese Chinese Export More Furniture and Collectibles

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Brass

Navy border Chinese Rug Pillow
Located in New York, NY
Pillow made from a 20th-century Chinese rug with zipper closure and poly-fill. Measures: 15'' x 15''.
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20th Century Chinese Export More Furniture and Collectibles

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Wool

Antique Korean Tansu Bandaji Storage Chest
Located in Chicago, IL
Antique Korean Tansu Bandaji Storage Chest Featuring an antique Korean Tansu Bandaji Chest with iron hardware. Stunning piece of furniture that dates back to the early 1900s. Histor...
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Late 19th Century Unknown Antique Chinese Export More Furniture and Collectibles

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Wood

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...
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Early 20th Century Chinese Chinese Export More Furniture and Collectibles

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Silk

Chinese Export Soapstone Folding Screen Room Divider
Located in West Sussex, Pulborough
We are delighted to offer for sale this extremely well-made and highly collectable Chinese Export Soapstone room divider folding screen depicting court beauties A truly stunning and...
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20th Century Chinese Chinese Export More Furniture and Collectibles

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Soapstone

Sterling Silver Chinese Cigarette 420 Business Card Holder with Repoussé Dragon
Located in Los Angeles, CA
A beautiful hand crafted Sterling Silver Cigarette Box, that can also double as a 420 or business card holder. The silver is in great condition and is so brilliant it's difficult to...
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20th Century Chinese Chinese Export More Furniture and Collectibles

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Sterling Silver

Chinese Silver Plate Dragon Picture Frame
Located in Queens, NY
Asian Chinese-style silver plate rectangular easel picture frame with dragon and horse shoe embossed frame.
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20th Century Chinese Chinese Export More Furniture and Collectibles

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Silver

Six Panel Screen Ambush of Tigers Made in Hong Kong
Located in North Hollywood, CA
Amazing Six Panel Screen Ambush of Tigers made in Hong Kong, it has the label in the back, (check photo). From the 1960s Century. Hand painted and some beautiful bronze details. Very...
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1660s Hong Kong Antique Chinese Export More Furniture and Collectibles

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Bronze

Mid 20th Century Chinese Bamboo Bird Cage
Located in Pomona, CA
This beautiful bird cage is made from bamboo strip with wonderful carving works at bottom. The even distribution of each bar around the cage and the precise of each joining point sho...
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Mid-20th Century Chinese Chinese Export More Furniture and Collectibles

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Bamboo

Important and Rare Canopy Bed of the Guangxu Reign
Located in Madrid, ES
Important and rare canopy bed. In 19th century tamarind, of the Guangxu reign (1875-1908). Decoration with plant motifs. Dimentions.: 228 x 210 x 165 cm. Complete and in very g...
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19th Century Chinese Antique Chinese Export More Furniture and Collectibles

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Wood

Antique Chinese Red Leather Trunk on Stand
Located in Chapel Hill, NC
Antique Chinese red lacquered leather trunk mounted on a custom iron base. Trunk show evidence of were and there is color loss.
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Late 19th Century Chinese Antique Chinese Export More Furniture and Collectibles

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Iron

Chinese Camphor Wood Sailor s Large Brass-Bound Sea or Campaign Chest Lock
Located in Downingtown, PA
Chinese Export Sailor's Large Brass-bound Camphor Wood Sea or Campaign Chest, Mid-19th Century. A large rectangular dramatic campaign or sailor's trunk lined with Camphor wood and with interior inset drawer, the exterior with brass corners and clasp. There is the original Chinese lock...
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Mid-19th Century Chinese Antique Chinese Export More Furniture and Collectibles

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Wood

Antique circa 1900 Hand Carved Chinese Camphor Wood Travelling Trunk Nice Finish
Located in West Sussex, Pulborough
We are delighted to offer for sale this very nice circa 1900’s Chinese export Camphor wood travelling chest which has been ornately carved throug...
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Early 1900s Chinese Antique Chinese Export More Furniture and Collectibles

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Wood

Pair of Asian Night Stands
Located in Pasadena, TX
Pair of Asian Inspired end Tables
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Late 20th Century Chinese Chinese Export More Furniture and Collectibles

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Wood

Pair of Asian Night Stands
Pair of Asian Night Stands
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