Skip to main content

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.

to
565
2,960
855
3,943
44
40
199,007
115,044
44,390
33,522
16,595
12,337
10,907
10,840
10,033
8,892
7,386
6,726
6,587
6,457
6,287
6,146
4,952
3,747
223
1,308
2,412
84
864
553
204
81
16
89
34
33
45
24
22
23
5
1,719
1,357
1,212
936
382
3,653
3,523
3,441
110
54
4,027
4,021
4,021
29
14
12
6
6
Style: Chinese Export
Early 20th Century Framed Antique Chinese Textile Embroideries
Located in Miami, FL
Set of 3 Chinese antique silk embroideries in gilt frames. Purchased in an antique shop in Hong Kong in 1973. The subject is depiction of Courtesans in daily routine with floral bac...
Category

1890s Chinese Antique Chinese Export Furniture

Materials

Silk

Chinoiserie Horseshoe Yoke Back Black Lacquer Chair Ming Style Legs Made China
Located in Topeka, KS
Stunning vintage Chinoiserie style horseshoe Yoke back black chair with Ming style legs and champaign colored Damask fabric with floral pattern on the seat cushion. Beautiful conditi...
Category

Late 20th Century Chinese Chinese Export Furniture

Materials

Stone

Midcentury Chinese Table and Eight Chairs in Traditional Taste
Located in Hele, Devon, GB
This is a superior quality dining suite from the midcentury of Classic Chinese design, comprising of a table and eight chairs in the traditional taste. Mellow in color with good g...
Category

Mid-20th Century Chinese Chinese Export Furniture

Materials

Rosewood

Porcelain Ginger Jar Form Floral / Botanical Table Lamps Att. Chelsea House-Pair
Located in Kennesaw, GA
This is a lovely pair of porcelain ginger jar form hand painted table lamps attributed to Chelsea House. The vase portion is 12 inches in height. They rest on gilt Asian footed...
Category

Late 20th Century American Chinese Export Furniture

Materials

Porcelain, Giltwood

Pair of Blue and White Porcelain Lotus Ginger Jars
Located in Palm Beach, FL
Delightful pair of Chinese blue and white porcelain lidded ginger jars hand decorated with lotus leaves and flowers.
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Chinese Chinese Export Furniture

Materials

Porcelain

Chinese White and Blue Figurative Porcelain Ginger Jar
Located in Queens, NY
Chinese white porcelain jar decorated with blue figures amid scroll detailing with a finial topped lid. Condition: Good; Wear consistent with age and use
Category

20th Century Chinese Chinese Export Furniture

Materials

Porcelain

Pair Chinese Famille Rose Porcelain and Patinated Bronze Table Lamps
Located in New York, NY
Pair of antique (early 20th century) table lamps crafted from Chinese porcelain urns in the Famille Rose style Pair of Chinese famillie rose table lamps. Al...
Category

20th Century Chinese Chinese Export Furniture

Materials

Bronze

Early 20th Century Antique Chinese Bone Carved Elephant Sculpture
Located in Pomona, CA
This magnificent antique Chinese bone carved elephant was 100% hand made and hand carved from OX bone. It has very detailed carving works on it. T...
Category

Early 20th Century Chinese Chinese Export Furniture

Materials

Copper

Early 20th Century Antique Chinese Huge Colored Glaze Ceramic Foo Dog
Located in Pomona, CA
This magnificent Chinese antique colored glaze ceramic lion statuary are hand made and hand carved in Museum quality. According to historical books, lion...
Category

Early 20th Century Chinese Chinese Export Furniture

Materials

Ceramic

20th Century Chinese Ceramic Tang San Cai (Tri Color)Horse
Located in Pomona, CA
A large vintage Tang style Sancai glazed terracotta horse. This exquisite piece features a striking green and brown color glazed finish, infusing it with ...
Category

Mid-20th Century Chinese Chinese Export Furniture

Materials

Ceramic

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...
Category

20th Century Chinese Chinese Export Furniture

Materials

Brass

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...
Category

Early 20th Century Chinese Chinese Export Furniture

Materials

Silk

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. ha...
Category

1920s Hong Kong Vintage Chinese Export Furniture

Materials

Wood, Lacquer

19th Century Chinese Hand Painted Blue White Porcelain Vase
Located in North Salem, NY
19th century Chinese hand painted Blue & White porcelain vase with interesting symmetrical pattern.
Category

19th Century Chinese Antique Chinese Export Furniture

Materials

Porcelain

Vintage Famille Rose Porcelain Vase - Six Character Mark - China - 20th Century
Located in Chatham, ON
Vintage Qing Republic period hand painted famille rose and gilt decorated porcelain vase - calligraphy panel to the back side - over-all floral decoration on a gilt ground - yellow a...
Category

Mid-20th Century Chinese Chinese Export Furniture

Materials

Ceramic

Pair Of Samson Porcelain Table Lamps
Located in Essex, MA
Baluster form finely painted in the Chinese style. Bronze bases. Two light sockets. From the A.B Dick Estate. Bellevue Avenue, Newport. Converted from vases to lamps.
Category

1750s French Antique Chinese Export Furniture

Materials

Brass

Antique Chinese Shiwan/Shekwan Mud Man Figurine Scholar c.1900
Located in Richmond, CA
Antique Chinese hand made mud man figurine, finely crafted and hand painted, of a standing elderly scholar dressed in a blue robe, holding a large lo...
Category

Late 19th Century Chinese Antique Chinese Export Furniture

Materials

Clay

Antique Bronze Teapot with Phoenix Lid Asian Art Collectible, China 1900s
Located in Bochum, NRW
Bronze pitcher designed as a phoenix, China, late 19th-beginning 20th century. Apocryphal mark Xuande. Measures: Height 12.5 cm (5 in). Antique Bronze Teapot with Mythical Motif – Ex...
Category

Early 20th Century Chinese Chinese Export Furniture

Materials

Bronze

Chinese Export Porcelain Famille Rose Botanical Soup Tureen Cover
Located in Downingtown, PA
Chinese Export Porcelain European Flower Botanical Soup Tureen & Cover, Circa 1780 The Chinese Export porcelain tureen and cover are well painted with large European bouquets of ...
Category

18th Century Chinese Antique Chinese Export Furniture

Materials

Porcelain

Antique circa 1900 Chinese Very Large Earthenware Dragon Planter Plant Egg Pot
Located in Autonomous City Buenos Aires, CABA
Antique Chinese glazed ceramic egg cup. This brown glazed stoneware urn displays vibrant turquoise tones within. Large egg planter currently being used as ...
Category

Early 1900s Chinese Antique Chinese Export Furniture

Materials

Earthenware

18th-century Chinese Export Porcelain Large Famille Rose Cachepot
Located in Downingtown, PA
Monumental Chinese Export Porcelain Famille Rose Cachepot or Wine Cooler This magnificent Chinese Export porcelain cachepot or wine cooler, dati...
Category

Mid-18th Century Chinese Antique Chinese Export Furniture

Materials

Porcelain

Vintage Chinese Gold Blue Porcelain Dragon Plate
Located in Pomona, CA
This vintage Gold Blue Dragon Porcelain Plate is 100 % hand made with Dragon Painting on it. On the back of the plate there are seal/mark on it says "Da Qing Qian Long Nian Zhi" mean...
Category

Mid-20th Century Chinese Chinese Export Furniture

Materials

Porcelain

Circa 1890 Set of 4 Chinese Export Nesting Tables
Located in Chapel Hill, NC
Circa 1890 set of 4 nesting tables, Chinese export. Exceptional hardwood set with extensive bamboo motif carvings, including the bamboo frond aprons. Shaped stretchers. Gallery edge ...
Category

Late 19th Century Chinese Antique Chinese Export Furniture

Materials

Hardwood

Fine Chinese Famille Verte Fishbowl
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
Fine Chinese Famille Verte fishbowl, with rich plum enameled background, two finely painted court scenes, the interior painted with goldfish and ...
Category

20th Century Chinese Chinese Export Furniture

Materials

Porcelain

Fine Chinese Famille Verte Fishbowl
Fine Chinese Famille Verte Fishbowl
$1,560 Sale Price
20% Off
Pair of Chinese Bronze Deity Figures, 20th Century
Located in Belmont, MA
Pair of Chinese bronze figures of deities standing on dragons. The two sculptures were made in the 20th century. They represent the Tao gods Lu Xing and Fu Xin...
Category

1980s Chinese Vintage Chinese Export Furniture

Materials

Bronze

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

Mid-20th Century Chinese Huge 3 Tiers Carved Serpentine/Jade Dragon Tower
Located in Pomona, CA
This huge Chinese Serpentine/Jade tower was Intricately and elaborately open carved dragons with a lot of free rings and chains works and details. I...
Category

Mid-20th Century Chinese Chinese Export Furniture

Materials

Jade

Chinese Kangxi Large Rare Porcelain Blue White Aster Pattern Dish, 17th Century
Located in Lisbon, PT
A huge, rare, and authentic Chinese Kangxi porcelain plate or shallow dish from the early Kangxi period of the 17th century, hand-decorated with flowers on the underside of the rim a...
Category

17th Century Chinese Antique Chinese Export Furniture

Materials

Porcelain

Antique Chinese Martaban Jar Olive Glaze and Hand Painted, 19th century
Located in Delray Beach, FL
Beautiful example of an antique Chinese Martaban style jar from the 19th century. Terracotta with an olive hand applied glaze. In the glaze is also ha...
Category

19th Century Chinese Antique Chinese Export Furniture

Materials

Terracotta

Chinese Export Rose Medallion Punch Bowl
Located in Solebury, PA
A large Chinese export punch bowl decorated in the rose medallion pattern, featuring vivid cobalt blue borders, delicate pink rose motifs and subtle gilt highlights. Rose Medallion is a popular, brightly colored Chinese export porcelain pattern...
Category

Mid-19th Century Chinese Antique Chinese Export Furniture

Materials

Porcelain

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 ...
Category

Mid-20th Century Chinese Chinese Export Furniture

Materials

Copper

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...
Category

Early 20th Century Chinese Chinese Export Furniture

Materials

Metal

Pair Chinese 19th Century Blue and White lidded vases.
Located in Brighton, Sussex
A good quality pair of late 19th Century Chinese Blue and White lidded vases, Foo dog finials to the lids, wonderful hand painted scenes of mountains, lakes and pagoda buildings, boa...
Category

19th Century Chinese Antique Chinese Export Furniture

Materials

Porcelain

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,...
Category

20th Century Chinese Chinese Export Furniture

Materials

Soapstone, Brass

Blanc de Chine Chinese Export Style Chinoiserie Ancestral Wall Brackets - Pair
Located in Kennesaw, GA
This is a pair of Blanc de Chines style ancestral form wall brackets. They are cast plaster and most likely date to the 1970s. They are in very good condition.
Category

1970s American Vintage Chinese Export Furniture

Materials

Plaster

Vintage Chinese Glass Perfume Bottle Inside Painting
Located in Boca Raton, FL
Vintage Chinese handpainted from inside blown glass perfume bottle.
Category

1950s Chinese Vintage Chinese Export Furniture

Materials

Blown Glass

19th Century Exceptional Sang de Boeuf Ox Blood Table Lamp, Decorative Handles
Located in Lomita, CA
The intricately carved handles, or ears of this oxblood lamp cause it to stand out from the field of other lamps of this type. This piece is a 19th century sang de boeuf "Oxblood", r...
Category

Late 19th Century Chinese Antique Chinese Export Furniture

Materials

Copper

Gracie Six panel Handpainted Wallpaper Screen with Floral Design
Located in New York, NY
Six panel screen made by Gracie. The wallpaper and screen date to the 1990's. The wallpaper is handpainted, with a detailed design of flowering trees, birds and butterlies, with a ...
Category

1990s Chinese Chinese Export Furniture

Materials

Wood, Paint, Paper

Old Chinese stone carved lion typeB /Early 20th century/Garden ornament
Located in Sammu-shi, Chiba
This is a stone lion statue made in China, presumably in the 20th century or later, during the Republic of China period. The material used is sandstone, which has a fine and rough te...
Category

Early 20th Century Japanese Chinese Export Furniture

Materials

Sandstone

Chinese Hand-Cut Tessellated Bone Veneered Geese, A Pair
Located in Bradenton, FL
A Pair of Chinese Tessellated Bone Veneered Geese Sculptures with hand-cut bone veneer arranged in overlapping feather-like scales. Each goose features a gracefully elongated neck an...
Category

Mid-20th Century Chinese Chinese Export Furniture

Materials

Bone

Chinese Carved Lapis Lazuli Duck and Lotus Flower Figure
Located in Bishop s Stortford, Hertfordshire
A well carved Chinese Lapis Lazuli figure of a duck with a Lotus flower probably dating from the latter 19th or early 20th century. The figure is h...
Category

Early 20th Century Chinese Chinese Export Furniture

Materials

Lapis Lazuli

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.
Category

20th Century Chinese Chinese Export Furniture

Materials

Copper

Chinese Blue White Qilin Brush Pot
Located in Chicago, IL
Set alongside the four treasures of the study - the calligraphy brush, ink, paper, and inkstone - a brush pot, or bitong, was an essential fixture of the scholars' desk. This porcela...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Chinese Chinese Export Furniture

Materials

Porcelain

Oriental Hardwood Two Tier Lamp Table
Located in Bedfordshire, GB
An Extremely Attractive And Relatively Unusual 19th Century Chinese Export, Oriental Hardwood, Two Tier Lamp Table Retaining Good Colour Throughout With Attractive Carved Decoration ...
Category

Mid-19th Century Chinese Antique Chinese Export Furniture

Materials

Hardwood

Vintage Chinese Porcelain Vase Hand Painted
Located in Milano, IT
Vintage Chinese porcelain ornamental oriental vase dating from the early 1900s. The vase is entirely hand painted, depicting flowers and birds. The vintage Chinese porcelain vase...
Category

20th Century Chinese Chinese Export Furniture

Materials

Porcelain

Pair Of Antique Chinese Export Blue And White Porcelain Squared Jars
Located in Bridgeport, CT
Each moulded with sloping shoulders, squared in form with arched tops with circular mouth. The sides decorated with different antiquities and flowering branches on each side framed b...
Category

19th Century Chinese Antique Chinese Export Furniture

Materials

Porcelain

19th Century Chinese Hardwood Pedestal Stand with Carved Bat Motifs
Located in Stamford, CT
19th century hand carved hardwood stand or pedestal with beautifully carved 'bat' motifs on two sides and floral on the opposite sides. Also lovely geometric openwork on the interior...
Category

19th Century Chinese Antique Chinese Export Furniture

Materials

Hardwood

Frederick Cooper Bronze Chinese Warrior Horse Table Lamp
Located in Kennesaw, GA
This is a 1970s cast bronze Chinese warrior on horseback table lamp by Frederick Cooper. It is such a handsome piece! The lamp is in working order...
Category

Late 20th Century American Chinese Export Furniture

Materials

Bronze

Chinese Porcelain Snuff Bottle Blue White Hand Painted, Circa 1940
Located in Lincoln, Lincolnshire
This is a good Chinese Export snuff bottle, made from porcelain and hand painted in cobalt blue, dating to the mid 20th century, circa 1940. This piece is well potted with a balus...
Category

Mid-20th Century Chinese Chinese Export Furniture

Materials

Porcelain

Antique Chinese Export Blue White Canton Porcelain Square Bowl
Located in Philadelphia, PA
A fine antique Chinese Export porcelain bowl. In the Canton pattern. Decorated in underglaze blue with a mountainous Chinese village with houses, mountains, foliage, and a river an...
Category

Early 20th Century Chinese Chinese Export Furniture

Materials

Porcelain

Pair of Vintage Chinese Style Blue and White Monkey Candlestick Holder
Located in Queens, NY
PAIR of Vintage Chinese style blue and white monkey with two candlestick holders (PRICED AS PAIR)
Category

20th Century Chinese Chinese Export Furniture

19th C. Narrative Mandarin Palette Porcelain Vases Depicting Imperial Cycle
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
Narrative Mandarin Palette Porcelain Vases Depicting an Imperial Cycle of Duty and Ceremony Jingdezhen kilns, Qing Dynasty, mid-19th century Porcelain with overglaze famille rose en...
Category

19th Century Chinese Antique Chinese Export Furniture

Materials

Porcelain

Blue White Shan Shui Ginger Jar
Located in Chicago, IL
This round, porcelain ginger jar is brightly glazed in the blue-and-white manner. A combination of stenciled linework and hand-brushed shading, the jar is decorated with mountain-and...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Chinese Chinese Export Furniture

Materials

Porcelain

Dragon Rug Wool Silk Style Chinese Imperial Carpet Blue Beige, Djoharian Design
Located in Lohr, Bavaria, DE
Dragon design rug wool and silk in style of Chinese Kansu carpets 5 x 3.3 ft. A beautiful contemporary dragon design rug, hand knotted using finest Chinese mulberry silk (80%) and...
Category

2010s Nepalese Chinese Export Furniture

Materials

Wool, Silk

Chinese blue and white jardiniere, 19th Century
Located in Brighton, Sussex
An impressive 19th Century Chinese Blue and White porcelain jardiniere, have bold colouring with classical motif decoration to the boarders, and chrysanthemum and leaf decoration wit...
Category

19th Century Chinese Antique Chinese Export Furniture

Materials

Porcelain

A 20th Century Chinese Porcelain Table Lantern (SINGLE ITEM)
Located in San Francisco, CA
THIS IS FOR ONE LANTERN ONLY<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<< In the tradition of marriage lanterns. Composed of four parts each. Finely enameled decorated borders with butterflies on a pr...
Category

Mid-20th Century Chinese Chinese Export Furniture

Materials

Enamel

Chinese Export Porcelain Rose Canton Cache Pot Stand
Located in Downingtown, PA
A Gilded Age of Trade: Chinese Export Porcelain Rose Canton Cache Pot & Stand This striking Chinese Export porcelain ensemble, dating from the 1820s to 1840s, comprises a large hexa...
Category

Early 19th Century Chinese Antique Chinese Export Furniture

Materials

Porcelain

Chinese Kraak period Plate or Dish Porcelain Blue and White, Ming Wanli, Ca 1610
Located in Lincoln, Lincolnshire
This is a hand-painted Chinese Export Kraak porcelain blue and white Side Plate or Dish, which we date to the Ming, Wanli period,( 1573-1620 ), datin...
Category

Early 17th Century Chinese Antique Chinese Export Furniture

Materials

Porcelain

Early 20th Century Chinese Famille Rose Hand Painted Porcelain Vase
Located in Dallas, TX
Crafted in China circa 1920, the tall vase is round in shaped with an elegant long neck. The colorful antique urn is decorated with hand painted figural motifs including a mother playing with children. The large Famille Rose...
Category

Early 20th Century Chinese Chinese Export Furniture

Materials

Porcelain

Chinese Tang Dynasty-Style Sancai Glazed Terra Cotta Horse Tomb Figure
Located in Queens, NY
Antique Chinese Tang Dynasty-style terra cotta figure of a horse commonly used as a tomb figure for wealthy burials in the 7-8th centuries, and crafted with traditional tri-color gla...
Category

20th Century Chinese Export Furniture

Materials

Terracotta

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.