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.
Find a collection of antique Chinese Export tables, beds, cupboards, table lamps and more furniture on 1stDibs.
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Style: Chinese Export
Recognized Seller Listings
East Asian Porcelain Warming Bowl
Located in Queens, NY
East Asian porcelain warming bowl with two spouts, decorated with figures, showing an antique repair to the bottom
Category
20th Century Asian Chinese Export Furniture
Materials
Porcelain
Chinese Ceramic Cream, Orange, and Green Fish Motif Porcelain Table Lamp
Located in Queens, NY
"Antique Chinese (Early 20th Century) table lamp made from a porcelain vase intricately painted with orange fish swimming amidst green plant life framed by colorful geometric bands a...
Category
20th Century Chinese Chinese Export Furniture
Materials
Metal, Brass
Chinese Export Silver Bowl
Located in London, GB
Round Chinese Silver Bowl, of segmented form, variously decorated with chrysanthemum, prunus, dragons and birds, all beautifully detailed. Retailed by the firm of Wang Hing which was...
Category
19th Century Chinese Antique Chinese Export Furniture
Materials
Silver
$12,262
Chinese Han Dynasty Style Patinated Bronze Lidded and Footed Pot
Located in Queens, NY
Antique Chinese Han Dynasty-style copy of a patinated bronze pot etched with raised geometric patterned bands wrapping its form, sitting atop three feet, fitted with two handles and ...
Category
20th Century Chinese Chinese Export Furniture
Materials
Bronze
Chinese Blue and White Porcelain Charger
Located in Queens, NY
Asian Chinese-style (19/20th Century) blue and white porcelain charger decorated with a bird and floral design and a brown scalloped edge.
Category
19th 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 Floral and Butterfly Patterned Porcelain Vases
Located in Queens, NY
3 Chinese white porcelain vases with pear-shaped forms decorated in butterflies above pink and orange florals growing from green leaves on one side with characters on the reverse. (P...
Category
20th Century Chinese Chinese Export Furniture
Materials
Porcelain
Pair of Antique Chinese Botanical
Bird Patterned Porcelain Lidded Ginger Jars
Located in Queens, NY
PAIR of Antique Chinese (late 19th-early 20th Century) porcelain lidded ginger jars with a pattern featuring sprawling tree branches and foliage in greens, oranges, and browns, and ...
Category
19th Century Chinese Antique Chinese Export Furniture
Materials
Porcelain
Chinese Bogu Pattern Tiger-Handled Porcelain Vase
Located in Queens, NY
Antique Chinese (Late 19th Century) white porcelain vase painted with a pink and green bogu pattern featuring bonsai, art objects, and calligraphy, green tiger ornamentation on each ...
Category
19th Century Chinese Antique Chinese Export Furniture
Materials
Porcelain
Pair of Vintage Chinese Yellow and Green Tole Palm Tree Table Lamps
Located in Queens, NY
Pair of Vintage Chinese tole table lamps in the shape of palm trees, painted yellow and green, resting on octagonal bases and mounted with brass hardware. (PRICED AS Pair)
Ships wit...
Category
20th Century Chinese Chinese Export Furniture
Materials
Brass
Pair of Chinese Yellow Gourd Shaped Double Handled Porcelain Vases
Located in Queens, NY
PAIR of Antique Chinese (Late 19th Century) yellow porcelain vases with gourd forms and handles (mark on bottom, see photos) (PRICED AS PAIR).
Condition: Good; Wear consistent with ...
Category
19th Century Chinese Antique Chinese Export Furniture
Materials
Porcelain
Pair of Yellow Pear Shaped Ceramic Vases
Located in Queens, NY
PAIR of Antique Chinese (early 20th Century) yellow, pear-shaped porcelain vases with crackled finishes, gold rims, and teal interiors (mark on bottom, see photos) (PRICED AS PAIR).
...
Category
Early 20th Century Chinese Chinese Export Furniture
Materials
Porcelain
$14,000 / set
Chinese Blue and Purple Glazing Porcelain Vase
Located in Queens, NY
Antique Chinese (early 20th Century) blue vase with purple and pink glazing that creates an ethereal effect across its pear-shaped form.
Condition: Good; Wear consistent with age an...
Category
Early 20th Century Chinese Chinese Export Furniture
Materials
Porcelain
Antique Chinese Famille Rose Procession Scene Design Porcelain Vase Table Lamp
Located in Queens, NY
Antique Chinese table lamp made from an 18th century porcelain vase mounted with wood and brass hardware as a lamp, a multi-colored famille rose and genre scene depicting a processio...
Category
18th Century Chinese Antique Chinese Export Furniture
Materials
Brass
Chinese Han Dynasty-Style Patinated Bronze Lidded and Footed Pot
Located in Queens, NY
Antique Chinese Han Dynasty-style copy of a patinated bronze pot carved with raised geometric patterned bands wrapping its form, sitting atop three feet, fitted with two handles and ...
Category
20th Century Chinese Chinese Export Furniture
Materials
Metal
Pair of Chinese Fluted and Scalloped Celadon Porcelain Vases
Located in Queens, NY
PAIR of Chinese celadon porcelain vases with tall fluted necks and scalloped openings (PRICED AS PAIR).
Condition: Good; Wear consistent with age and use
Category
20th Century Chinese Chinese Export Furniture
Materials
Porcelain
Chinese Orange and Gold Botanical Porcelain Pitcher
Located in Queens, NY
Chinese small orange porcelain pitcher decorated with gold botanicals and characters with a white interior.
Several small chips, wear to finish.
Category
20th Century Chinese Chinese Export Furniture
Materials
Porcelain
Chinese Pale Yellow and Colorful Floral Porcelain Table Lamp
Located in Queens, NY
"Chinese porcelain table lamp made from a pale yellow, rounded vase decorated with a brightly colored floral design mounted on a wooden base with wooden top and brass hardware.
Ship...
Category
20th Century Chinese Chinese Export Furniture
Materials
Metal, Brass
Antique Chinese Porcelain and Eglomise Gold Scenic Lidded and Footed Box
Located in Queens, NY
Chinese (19/20th Century-possibly Satsuma) porcelain oval shaped centerpiece with a footed base and decorated exterior having genre scenes and botanical designs in beige, brown, oran...
Category
19th Century Chinese Antique Chinese Export Furniture
Materials
Porcelain
Pair of Chinese Wooden Civil Officer Statues
Located in Queens, NY
2 Chinese carved wooden statues of civil officers wearing white robes detailed with red trim and a tassel belt at the waist (Priced each).
Category
20th Century Chinese Chinese Export Furniture
Materials
Wood
$3,750 / item
Chinese Porcelain Foo Dog Split Vase Wooden Wall Plaque
Located in Queens, NY
Antique Chinese (Late 19th Century) wall plaque framing a bisected porcelain lidded jar painted with orange foo dogs and characters in wood with a decorative faux bamboo edge.
Category
19th Century Chinese Antique Chinese Export Furniture
Materials
Porcelain, Wood
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.
Category
20th Century Chinese Chinese Export Furniture
Materials
Bamboo, Wood
A 19th Century French Samson Famille Rose Porcelain Lamp
By Samson
Cie
Located in New York, NY
Conceived in the Chinese export style; the base of urn form on a sole base and with lions' masks applied to the side; profusely decorated with polychrome sprays and bearing an apocryphal armorial; fitted with a brass light socket...
Category
19th Century French Antique Chinese Export Furniture
Materials
Brass
Pair of Chinese Off-White Floral and Bamboo Design Table Lamps
Located in Queens, NY
Pair of Chinese porcelain table lamps made from off-white, urn-shaped vases decorated with a winding natural scene of flowers and bamboo growing from behind a decorative gate mounted...
Category
20th Century Chinese Chinese Export Furniture
Materials
Metal, Brass
Chinese Reticulated White Porcelain Table Lamp
Located in Queens, NY
Asian Chinese-style white filigree porcelain table lamp with floral design and black round base.
Ships without a shade
Category
20th Century Unknown Chinese Export Furniture
Materials
Porcelain
Chinese Guangzhou Dog Hunt Scene Conjoined Vase
Located in Queens, NY
Antique Chinese (Early 20th Century) Guangzhou painted export porcelain vase with a conjoined form depicting a richly colored dog hunt scene between gold-patterned bands.
Category
20th Century Chinese Chinese Export Furniture
Materials
Porcelain
Chinese White and Blue 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 Beige and Green Botanical Motif Rounded Porcelain Vase
Located in Queens, NY
Antique Chinese (Early 20th Century) bulbous porcelain vase with pink florals and a yellow-chested bird amid green leaves on one side and characters on the reverse. There is speckled...
Category
20th Century Chinese Chinese Export Furniture
Materials
Porcelain
Pair Antique Chinese Bronze Brown Vases Relief Bird Floral Motifs Animal
Located in London, GB
Pair Antique Chinese Bronze Brown Vases Relief Bird Floral Motifs Animal
Chinese, c. 1900
Height 45cm, diameter 18cm
This fine pair of Chinese bronze vases is distinguished by their...
Category
Early 1900s Chinese Antique Chinese Export Furniture
Materials
Bronze
Chinese Rust Agate Decorate Carved Fish Plate
Located in Queens, NY
Asian Chinese rust agate round plate with a carved fish in relief.
Category
20th Century Chinese Chinese Export Furniture
Materials
Agate
Chinese White and Blue Character and Floral Ginger Jar Vases
Located in Queens, NY
3 Antique Chinese (Early 20th Century) similar porcelain ginger jars with blue floral designs around bold, centered characters and geometric bands leading to unglazed rims (jars vary...
Category
20th Century Chinese Chinese Export Furniture
Materials
Porcelain
Chinese Off-White Gourd-Shaped Double Ear Porcelain Vase
Located in Queens, NY
Chinese off-white porcelain, gourd-shaped double ear vase decorated in highly subtle tonal lemons, swirling clouds and writing, and accented with two shoulde...
Category
20th Century Chinese Chinese Export Furniture
Materials
Porcelain
Pair of Chinese Olive Porcelain Beaker Vases
Located in Queens, NY
PAIR of Antique Chinese (late 19th Century) ceramic vases with a deep green teadust glaze and beaker-shaped forms (mark on bottom, see photos) (PRICED AS PAIR).
Condition: Good; Wea...
Category
19th Century Chinese Antique Chinese Export Furniture
Materials
Porcelain
$18,000 / set
Chinese Gray Incised Meiping Porcelain Vase
Located in Queens, NY
Antique Chinese (Late 19th Century) gray porcelain vase in a Meiping form carved with tonal floral medallions and accented with diminutive handles at the opening.
Condition: Good; W...
Category
19th Century Chinese Antique Chinese Export Furniture
Materials
Porcelain
Chinese Blue and White Porcelain Charger
Located in Queens, NY
Asian Chinese-style (19/20th Century) blue and white porcelain charger with a floral scene and a scalloped edge.
Category
19th Century Chinese Antique Chinese Export Furniture
Materials
Porcelain
Chinese Blue and White Porcelain Charger
Located in Queens, NY
Asian Chinese-style (19/20th Century) blue and white porcelain charger with scene by water with 2 boats and finished with flowers on underside edge.
Category
19th Century Chinese Antique Chinese Export Furniture
Materials
Porcelain
Pair of Chinese White and Floral Patterned Porcelain Mallet Vases
Located in Queens, NY
PAIR of Antique Chinese (Late 19th Century) white vases with mallet forms decorated in raised designs of floral arrangements in wicker baskets (mark on bottom, see photos) (PRICED AS...
Category
19th Century Chinese Antique Chinese Export Furniture
Materials
Porcelain
Chinese Olive Green Handled Porcelain Jug
Located in Queens, NY
Chinese olive green ceramic jug formed with a handle stretching over the mouth, and an opening for contents within a chicken head emerging from the side.
Category
20th Century Chinese Chinese Export Furniture
Materials
Porcelain
Chinese Rust Agate Carved Bowl
Located in Queens, NY
Asian Chinese rust agate bowl with 2 carved crabs and a scalloped top edge.
Category
20th Century Chinese Chinese Export Furniture
Materials
Marble
Pair of Chinese Carved Whitewashed Wooden Dog Statues
Located in Queens, NY
PAIR of Chinese carved wooden reclining dogs painted with whitewash finishes (PRICED AS PAIR)(Similar statues: NWL2458, NWL2459)
Category
20th Century Chinese Chinese Export Furniture
Materials
Wood
Framed Chinese Pen and Ink Ancestor Portrait in Navy
Located in Queens, NY
Vintage (20th Century) Chinese pen and ink ancestor portrait capturing the honoree seated and wearing an elaborate hat and navy dress, on a beige b...
Category
20th Century Chinese Chinese Export Furniture
Materials
Glass, Wood, Walnut, Paper
Pair of Antique Chinese Multi-Colored Cloisonne Rooster Sculptures
Located in Queens, NY
Pair of early 20th century Chinese cloisonne rooster sculptures with red, white, blue, green, and yellow enamels standing on circular cloisonne bases...
Category
Early 20th Century Chinese Chinese Export Furniture
Materials
Metal, Enamel
Chinese Han Dynasty Style Patinated Bronze Fluted Wine Goblet
Located in Queens, NY
Antique Chinese Han Dynasty-style copy of a patinated bronze wine goblet with a fluted, conical form carved in intricate designs running up the surface, intercepted by two indented b...
Category
20th Century Chinese Chinese Export Furniture
Materials
Bronze
Chinese White and Orange Botantical Motif Porcelain Urn
Located in Queens, NY
"Antique Chinese (Early 20th Century) white porcelain urn decorated with green and blooming orange florals with two birds perched on a nearby branch, and accented with orange dog...
Category
20th Century Chinese Chinese Export Furniture
Materials
Porcelain
Chinese White and Navy Egret Design Porcelain Urn
Located in Queens, NY
"Antique Chinese (Late 19th Century) white, porcelain urn with a navy egret amid florals and two blue scrolled handles along the neck.
Dimpling and crazing."
Category
19th Century Chinese Antique Chinese Export Furniture
Materials
Porcelain
Antique Chinese Export Silver Wine Goblet By Tuck Chang
Co.
Located in Jesmond, Newcastle Upon Tyne
An exceptional, fine and impressive antique Chinese Export Silver wine goblet; an addition to our wine and drinks related silverware collection.
This exceptional antique Chinese Export Silver (CES) goblet has a circular bell shaped form, to a shaped stem and plain circular stepped foot.
The drinking vessel of this antique silver goblet is embellished with chased iconic Chinese dragon designs accented with stylised flame and cloud decoration, all on a matte background.
The decoration to the body incorporates a vacant flame shaped cartouche.
The upper rim of this 19th century Chinese silver wine goblet is encompassed with an applied moulded border.
The impressive embossed shaped pedestal is realistically modelled in the form of three rooted and intertwined bamboo stalks.
The impressive domed circular foot is embellished with further chased decoration replicating the details of the bamboo's terrain and environment.
This impressive Chinese silver goblet...
Category
19th Century Chinese Antique Chinese Export Furniture
Materials
Silver
Chinese Teal Cylindrical Patterned Cloisonne Table Lamp
Located in Queens, NY
"Chinese cylindrical table lamp made from a teal and gold-patterned cloisonne vase painted with floral arrangements and fruit bowls with a brown woode...
Category
20th Century Chinese Chinese Export Furniture
Materials
Metal, Brass, Enamel
Pair of Chinese Off-White Cherry Blossom Tree and Bird Motif Porcelain Vases
Located in Queens, NY
Pair of Chinese off-white urn-shaped porcelain vases depicting groups of birds perched on flowering branches of cherry blossom trees and one bird flying above, positioned between two...
Category
20th Century Chinese Chinese Export Furniture
Materials
Porcelain
Chinese Tang Dynasty-Style Terra Cotta Horse with Rider Tomb Figure
Located in Queens, NY
Antique Chinese Tang Dynasty-style terra cotta tomb figure of a girl wearing a red hat riding a brown horse, standing on a textured base.
Category
20th Century Chinese Export Furniture
Materials
Terracotta
Chinese Langyao Emerald Green Glazed Footed Porcelain Vase
Located in Queens, NY
Chinese bulbous footed porcelain vase crafted in the Lang kiln (Langyao) in a dazzling and uniform emerald green glaze with a strong glass-like luster, shift...
Category
20th Century Chinese Chinese Export Furniture
Materials
Porcelain
Chinese Tang Dynasty-Style Terra Cotta Woman and Kneeling Camel Tomb Figure
Located in Queens, NY
Antique Chinese Tang Dynasty-style terracotta tomb figure of a woman in a gray dress sitting on a kneeling Bactrian camel with its head tilted back and mout...
Category
20th Century Chinese Export Furniture
Materials
Terracotta
Late 18th Century Chinese Glass Painted Scene of a Family Gathering Fruit
Located in Queens, NY
Chinese (18th/19th century) framed glass back painting depicting a family gathering fruit beneath two trees surrounded by birds and butterflies in a wood...
Category
Late 18th Century Chinese Antique Chinese Export Furniture
Materials
Glass
Vintage Chinese Red and Gold Carved Handled Box
Located in Queens, NY
"Vintage Chinese red and gold painted decorative wooden box with a metal latch and band around the base and an ornately carved handle featuring a ...
Category
20th Century Chinese Chinese Export Furniture
Materials
Wood
Antique Chinese Low Rosewood Table
Located in Queens, NY
Antique Chinese (Early 19th Century) low narrow hardwood table or bench with a smooth, top slanting upward at each end, supported by two legs with subtly-scalloped cutouts.
Category
19th Century Chinese Antique Chinese Export Furniture
Materials
Rosewood, Wood
Chinese White and Blue Floral and Character Ginger Jar Vases
Located in Queens, NY
5 Antique Chinese (Early 20th Century) similar porcelain ginger jars with blue floral designs around bold, centered characters and geometric bands leading to unglazed rims (jars vary...
Category
20th Century Chinese Chinese Export Furniture
Materials
Porcelain
Chinese Export Silver Bowl
Located in London, GB
Chinese Export Silver Bowl, circa 1890, round and sitting on a plain collet foot. The bowl is applied with bamboo and prunus emerging from r...
Category
1890s Chinese Antique Chinese Export Furniture
Materials
Silver
Antique Chinese Export Silver Walking Stick Handle
Located in Jesmond, Newcastle Upon Tyne
A fine and impressive antique Chinese Export silver walking stick handle; an addition to our diverse range of Chinese dragon ornamented s...
Category
1890s Chinese Antique Chinese Export Furniture
Materials
Silver
Antique Chinese Export Silver Bamboo Mug
By Khe Cheong
Located in New York, NY
Chinese export silver mug, ca 1850. Straight and upward tapering sides applied with leafing bamboo on stippled ground. Branch-form handle and rims. Applied rondel engraved with single-letter monogram in buckled belt. On underside is engraved “H. J. T. / 1855”. Interior gilt washed. Chinese mark...
Category
Mid-19th Century Chinese Antique Chinese Export Furniture
Materials
Silver
Chinese Green and Red Faded Floral Porcelain Urn
Located in Queens, NY
"Antique Chinese (Late 19th Century) white porcelain urn decorated with a faded green and red floral pattern and accented with pale pink scrolled handles along the neck.
Signs of we...
Category
19th Century Chinese Antique Chinese Export Furniture
Materials
Porcelain
Chinese Rust Agate Carved Teapot with Stand
Located in Queens, NY
Asian Chinese rust agate tea pot with filigree handle and carved relief with a floral and scroll design. Damages to ring top-all pieces accounted.(modern base 1¬O" high).
Category
20th Century Chinese Chinese Export Furniture
Materials
Stone, Marble
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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