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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
19th Century Chinese Porcelain Dish
Located in Brea, CA
19th century Chinese porcelain dish with beautiful hand painted. Diameter 12.4 inch, with a mark.
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Late 19th Century Chinese Antique Chinese Export Furniture

Materials

Porcelain

Chinese Export Silver Card Case
Located in London, GB
A Chinese Export Silver Card Case embossed and chased with figural scenes on a matte background, including playing Go and horse-riding....
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1830s Chinese Antique Chinese Export Furniture

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Silver

Antique Chinese Export Rose Mandarin Porcelain Coffee Cup & Saucer
Located in Philadelphia, PA
A fine antique Chinese Export porcelain coffee cup & saucer. In a puce or purple Rose Mandarin variant. Decorated in polychrome enamels with puce colored cells and embellishments throughout. Depicting a scene with a woman and two children in a courtyard setting. (Perhaps a mother and her children...) Simply a wonderful Chinese porcelain cup and...
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Early 19th Century Chinese Antique Chinese Export Furniture

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Porcelain

Asian Apothecary Side Tables or End Tables, 20th Century
Located in Hamburg, PA
A unique pair of Chinese Apothecary Sidetables or Bedside Tables with multi-drawers made of Elmwood, Chinese paper, and brass medallion hardware or drawer pulls. The Asian cabinets o...
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Late 20th Century Chinese Chinese Export Furniture

Materials

Brass

Chinese set of four cloisonne plates depicting birds and blossom, circa 1930
Located in Central England, GB
This beautiful and vibrant set of four Chinese cloisonne wall or cabinet plates is most eyecatching. The design of exotic birds amongst branches with a flowering blossom is very well done with fine wires forming the design over a brass base which is then filled and fired with rich coloured glass enamels which are then ground and polished smooth to show the intricate design. Each plate is completely different but made to be a set of four which will display well as a wall hanging group or in a cabinet. Chinese, circa 1930 Height 2.5cm x width 18cm x depth 18cm We hope you enjoyed looking at this wonderful set of Chinese enamel cloisonne plates...
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Mid-20th Century Chinese Chinese Export Furniture

Materials

Enamel

Ceramic Han Dynasty Lamp
Located in New York, NY
Ceramic Han Dynasty Lamp. Please note certificate of authenticity is available. The Height to top of bulb fitting is 16". The Height of the Vase itsel...
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18th Century Chinese Antique Chinese Export Furniture

Materials

Brass

Mid Century Chinese Export Four Panel Coromandel Folding Screen Room Divider
Located in Charlotte, NC
A hand painted Chinese Export Asian style four-panel folding screen room divider, artisan unknown. Solid wood with Coromandel black lacquer, front and reverse sides both having hand ...
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Mid-20th Century Chinese Chinese Export Furniture

Materials

Brass

Chinese Export Blanc De Chine Porcelain Cylindrical Vases Mounted as Lamps
Located in Bradenton, FL
Chinese Export Blanc De Chine Porcelain Cylindrical Vases Mounted as Lamps. These are decorated with garden florals and foliage. Lamps have double sockets with hanging pull chains. T...
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19th Century Chinese Antique Chinese Export Furniture

Materials

Porcelain

Hammered Brass Singing Bowl with Dragons Nepal 1940s
Located in North Hollywood, CA
Hammered Brass Singing Bowl with Dragons Nepal 1950s. Asian Chinese Bronze Vessel Dragon Bowl. Featuring magnificent pictorials of 2 dragons in raised low relief around the vessel. A...
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Mid-20th Century Nepalese Chinese Export Furniture

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Bronze

Chinese Cloisonné Charger or Large Plate fine detail, Mid-19th Century
Located in Lincoln, Lincolnshire
This is a very good Chinese Cloisonné Charger or Large Plate / Dish that we date to the mid-19th century of the Qing dynasty, Circa 1970. The Charger is circular on a low foot. The decoration shows a large central 12-lobed flower head with further flowers and leaves off it, leading to a three section pattern with three mythical phoenix, all in many different coloured enamels against a deep red ground. The outer rim has a detailed plantain leaf border decoration. The reverse has an unmarked green base with three roundel designs on the rim, all against a blue ground. Overall a very decorative 19th C Qing period Chinese Plate.
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Mid-19th Century Chinese Antique Chinese Export Furniture

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Ceramic

Antique Oriental Porcelain Vase Lamp Off White and Blue Perched Bird
Located in New Orleans, LA
This charming Chinese export crackled porcelain vase dates to 1905 but was been newly rewired. In good condition, with some wear to the vase itself, consistent with age and use. Vase...
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Early 1900s Chinese Antique Chinese Export Furniture

Materials

Porcelain, Fabric, Wood

A 1970s Traditional Blue and White Ceramic Chinese Vase
Located in Catania, Sicilia
A blue and white ceramic vase hand-crafted and painted in China in the second part of 20th century, it's in original condition with normal signs of age. Blue and white ceramics have ...
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Mid-20th Century Chinese Chinese Export Furniture

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Ceramic

Early 20th Century Antique Tibetan Silver Turquoise Ghau Prayer Box
Located in Pomona, CA
Ghau is a small prayer box worn as pendant by Buddhists as portable shrines which can be pray by prayer during their travel. This Ghau prayer box (travel Buddha shrine) made from Tib...
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Early 20th Century Chinese Chinese Export Furniture

Materials

Silver

STUNNING ANTIQUE MEIJI PERIOD SHIGA SHIGEAKI FAMILY ESTATE WOODBLOCK PRiNT
Located in GB
Royal House Antiques Royal House Antiques is delighted to offer for sale this stunning original Meiji period circa 1880 Japanese print of Shiga Shigeaki’s family estate in the origi...
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1880s Chinese Antique Chinese Export Furniture

Materials

Paper

Chinese Porcelain Framed Famille Rose Plaque of Long Tailed Hawk on a Rose Tree
Located in Downingtown, PA
20th Century Chinese Porcelain Plaque This 20th-century Chinese porcelain plaque features a long-tailed hawk perched on a flowering rose branch. The scene is rendered in the Famille...
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20th Century Chinese Chinese Export Furniture

Materials

Porcelain

1960s Chinese Cloisonné Vase Turquoise Enamel Inlay Chrysanthemum & Butterflies
Located in Andernach, DE
Expressive and intricately detailed Cloisonné bowl of medium size in turquoise, lapis blue, yellow & green. The metal filigree in brass beautifully detailed with butterflies, chrysan...
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Mid-20th Century Chinese Chinese Export Furniture

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Brass, Enamel, Copper

Early 20th Century Chinese Carved Dragon Camphor wood Hope Chest
Located in Pomona, CA
This is a traditional style of Chinese antique massive carved Camphor chest/trunk from China. It was sailor's hope chest with all the sailor's best wishes and hopes in it. This chest has detailed carving works of Dragons on the front corner and intricate carving on front and top. It is opened on top and has a antique latch...
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Early 20th Century Chinese Chinese Export Furniture

Materials

Wood

Vintage solid brass and jade Chinese export trinket box
Located in Allentown, PA
This is a solid brass ornately decorated Chinese made trinket box. This trinket box has four medallions on each corner of the top with a center medallion that has a carved jade inset...
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1970s Chinese Vintage Chinese Export Furniture

Materials

Brass

Chinese Export Porcelain Underglaze Blue Botanical Circular Dish
Located in Downingtown, PA
Chinese Export Porcelain Underglaze Blue Botanical Circular Dish, Circa 1775 This Chinese Export circular dish exemplifies the underglaze blue and whit...
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1770s Chinese Antique Chinese Export Furniture

Materials

Porcelain

Late Qing Dynasty Rosewood Export Side Table Carved With Floral Bamboo Theme
Located in Vancouver, British Columbia
Elegant hand carved late Qing Dynasty Chinese Rosewood table with delicate carving and slender bamboo theme legs. Some chips in relief carving as seen otherwise in good original cond...
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Late 19th Century Chinese Antique Chinese Export Furniture

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Rosewood

Mid-Century Chinese Export Style Elephant Form Garden Seats / Stools / Tables -2
Located in Kennesaw, GA
This is a pair of mid-century Chinese Export style elephant form garden seats or side tables. They have a vibrant majolica glaze in blue, green and gold and are ceramic/ pottery. The...
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Mid-20th Century Asian Chinese Export Furniture

Materials

Ceramic

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 Furniture

Materials

Brass

ANTIQUE CIRCA 1900 ORNATELY CARVED AND HEAViLY INLAID CHINESE OCCASIONAL TABLE
Located in GB
Royal House Antiques Royal House Antiques is delighted to offer for sale this absolutely exquisite hand carved and ornately inlaid centre occasional table made in China Circa 1900-1...
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Early 1900s Chinese Antique Chinese Export Furniture

Materials

Wood

Two Small Vintage Chinese Famille Rose Buddha & God of Longevity Figures 5/6/7
Located in Richmond, CA
Two small vintage Chinese famille rose porcelain figures of (1) a sitting Budai (or Hotai) Buddha and (2) a standing God of Longevity presenting a large peach Size H: 3.25" (tallest...
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20th Century Chinese Chinese Export Furniture

Materials

Porcelain

Chinese Export Eight Panel Coromandel Screen Lotus Blossoms
Located in Rio Vista, CA
Grand Chinese export post republic period eight panel coromandel screen featuring a waterscape decorated with blossoming lotus and birds....
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20th Century Chinese Chinese Export Furniture

Materials

Brass

Stunning Antique Chinese Gold Gilt Painted Paper Mache Large Serving Dinner Tray
Located in GB
We are delighted to offer for sale this absolutely exquisite circa 1880 Chinese Dragon Paper Mache dinner serving tray A lovely decorative piece, base...
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1880s Chinese Antique Chinese Export Furniture

Materials

Paper

Chinese Crackle Glazed Vase Mounted as a Table Lamp, 19th Century
Located in London, by appointment only
Chinese Crackle Glazed Vase Mounted as a Table Lamp. Chinese monochrome crackle-glazed vase with opposing black lion masks, now mounted a...
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19th Century Chinese Antique Chinese Export Furniture

Materials

Porcelain

Chinese Export Silver Box
Located in London, GB
A Chinese Export Silver Box, c1890. Two dragon on the hinged lid. Embossed and chased with fish and crustaceans. Marked with LH, for 'Luen Hing' ’联兴‘, a retailer based in Shanghai, b...
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1890s Chinese Antique Chinese Export Furniture

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Silver

Vintage leather clad hand painted Chinese dresser box.
Located in Allentown, PA
This is a vintage hand painted leather clad dresser box. This dresser box was handmade in Canton China. This box has two small drawers at the front and a lid that opens up and presen...
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1990s Chinese Chinese Export Furniture

Materials

Leather

Bohemian Handwoven Reed Caning Bamboo Breakfast Bed Tray Table Cup Book Holder
Located in Miami, FL
Add some Boho Chic vintage charm to your breakfast in bed with this amazing Tiger bamboo, caning and rattan bed tray table. Handwoven and hand-crafted ...
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Late 20th Century Hong Kong Chinese Export Furniture

Materials

Bamboo, Cane, Reed

Chinese Export Chest of Drawers
Located in Westwood, NJ
Meticulously crafted with a distressed stone grey finish, this chest exudes an authentic vintage Chinese export feel that resonates with the warmth of a cozy country cottage. The ch...
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21st Century and Contemporary Asian Chinese Export Furniture

Materials

Wood

Vintage Chinese Fencai Porcelain Figure Playful Sitting Child/Boy c.1926 ROC
Located in Richmond, CA
Near antique Chinese famille rose porcelain figurine of a playful, smiling child in a sitting pose, hands holding a golden object likely a instrument, bottom with impressed markings:...
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Early 20th Century Chinese Chinese Export Furniture

Materials

Porcelain

Chinese Export Immortal Figures Mounted on the Back of Animals
Located in Downingtown, PA
Chinese Export Porcelain Immortal Figures Mounted on the Back of Animals, Circa 1780 The rare Chinese Export porcelain figures depict two immortals riding on the backs of a mythical...
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1770s Chinese Antique Chinese Export Furniture

Materials

Porcelain

18th French Walnut Console Table in Chinese Style
Located in Houston, TX
18th century French walnut console table in Chinese style, constructed circa 1780. Hand-carved in walnut wood with mortise and teno...
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Late 18th Century French Antique Chinese Export Furniture

Materials

Steel, Iron

Chinese Sang De Boeuf Vase Mounted as a Table Lamp, 20th Century
Located in London, by appointment only
Chinese Sang de Boeuf Vase mounted as a table lamp. An attractive Chinese sang de boeuf vase with a flared rim, the neck gradually transfo...
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20th Century Chinese Chinese Export Furniture

Materials

Porcelain

A Pair of Vintage Chinese Buffalo Horn Carved Eagle Sculptures
Located in Pomona, CA
This pair of vintage Chinese Buffalo horn carved eagle sculptures are 100 percent hand made and hand carved from Buffalo horn. In ancient China, The ea...
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Mid-20th Century Chinese Chinese Export Furniture

Materials

Horn

Pair Antique 19c Chinese Gilt Cloisonne Covered Prunus Ginger Jar Table Lamps
Located in Richmond, CA
A matching pair of antique Chinese 19c azure blue ground cloisonne covered ginger jars, on gilt bronze body finely decorated with prunus blossoms in a rocky garden scene, with ruyi h...
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Mid-20th Century Chinese Chinese Export Furniture

Materials

Bronze, Copper, Enamel

Antique Large Chinese Woven Wicker Wedding Basket
Located in West Hartford, CT
Three tiered Asian Chinese wedding basket was certainly make a statement! Woven reeds split bamboo throughout. Dragon head metal brass handles...
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Mid-20th Century Chinese Chinese Export Furniture

Materials

Brass

Antique Tibetan Painted Leather And Iron Chest or Trunk
Located in Bradenton, FL
AntiqueTibetan chest, beautifully aged painted leather with original iron hardware. Chest has a spacious wooden interior, offering a large amount of storage. Outside features polychrome painted dragons and Asian...
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18th Century Tibetan Antique Chinese Export Furniture

Materials

Wood

Chinese Antique De Hua Porcelain Kwan Yin Statuary
Located in Pomona, CA
This is a Chinese hand carved De Huang Porcelain Kwan Yin Bodhisattva statuary in off-white ivory color. It is all hand made and hand carved Kwan Yin seating on the lotus Seat with t...
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Mid-20th Century Chinese Chinese Export Furniture

Materials

Porcelain

Chinese Export Porcelain Armorial Hexagonal Plates
Located in Dallas, TX
A pair of Chinese export armorial octagonal plates, Qianlong period, Ca. 1765 18th century Diameter: 9 Inches Condition: very good with glazing slips and very minor flea bites to e...
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1770s Chinese Antique Chinese Export Furniture

Materials

Porcelain

Chinese Polychrome Lucky Fish
Located in Chicago, IL
Hand-crafted from reclaimed wood, this artisanal koi sculpture is a traditional symbol of harmony and luck. For Buddhists, such a fish represents a freedom from all restraints. And b...
Category

20th Century Chinese Chinese Export Furniture

Materials

Wood, Pine

Qingbai Bowl with carving of crane, Song Dynasty
Located in seoul, KR
The crane, a traditional symbol of longevity and auspiciousness, is prominently placed at the center, creating a harmonious and aesthetically balanced effect. The border of the dish ...
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15th Century and Earlier Chinese Antique Chinese Export Furniture

Materials

Porcelain

Chinese Export Porcelain Famille Rose-Verte Plates Painted with A Flower Basket
Located in Downingtown, PA
Chinese Export Porcelain Famille Rose Plates Painted with Flower Baskets, Yongzheng (1723-1735) The pair of Chinese Export Yongzheng period "Rose-Verte" porcelain plates depict an o...
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1720s Chinese Antique Chinese Export Furniture

Materials

Porcelain

Amazing Red Background Antique Chinese Tiger Rug 6'4" x 5'4"
Located in New York, NY
Amazing Red Background Antique Chinese Tiger Rug, Country of origin: China, Circa date: 1920
Category

Early 20th Century Chinese Chinese Export Furniture

Materials

Wool

Vintage solid brass and enamel Chinese export trinket box.
Located in Allentown, PA
This is a vintage Chinese export solid brass and enamel trinket box. This solid brass box has four medallions on the top and medallions on each side of the box. The top of the box fe...
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1970s Chinese Vintage Chinese Export Furniture

Materials

Brass

Traditional Chinese Painting on Silk, 2 Women. Unusual Carved and Gilt Frame
Located in Buffalo, NY
Traditional Chinese Painting on Silk, depicting 2 Women. Unusual oversized shell motif to carved and gilt frame.
Category

1930s Chinese Vintage Chinese Export Furniture

Materials

Silk, Giltwood

Mid 20th Century Chrysanthemum Cloisonne Table Lamps - a Pair
Located in Canton, MA
Mid 20th Century chrysanthemum cloisonne table lamps, a pair. Brick red background with orange and pink chrysanthemums, an orange and black butterfly, and magnolia blossoms on the ba...
Category

Mid-20th Century Chinese Chinese Export Furniture

Materials

Brass, Enamel

Late 19th Century Chinese Blue & White Ginger Jar Lamp
Located in Chapel Hill, NC
Late 19th century Chinese blue & white ginger jar lamp. Qing Dynasty, made into a lamp in the 20th century. Blue & white - water scene decoration. Nice carved wood base. 11" h. to to...
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Late 19th Century Chinese Antique Chinese Export Furniture

Materials

Ceramic

Vintage Watercolor Painting on Paper - Signed - Unframed - China - 20th Century
Located in Chatham, ON
Vintage watercolor painting on paper - good quality and composition - signed with a multi character stamp in red - mounted with adhesive tape to a two color/double bevel edged matte ...
Category

Late 20th Century Chinese Chinese Export Furniture

Materials

Paint, Paper

Chinese Silver Filagree Gold Washed & Enamel Bird Motif & Coral Pagoda Box
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
Chinese Silver Filagree Gold Washed and Enamel Bird Motif and Coral Pagoda Box China, circa 1900s, stamped 'Silver' An exquisite Chinese Silver Filigree Gold Washed and Enamel Bird ...
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Early 20th Century Chinese Chinese Export Furniture

Materials

Multi-gemstone, Sterling Silver

Antique Canton 'Famille Rose' Porcelain Vase, Unsigned, China, 19th Century
Located in Auribeau sur Siagne, FR
Antique 'famille rose' (also referred to as 'rose medallion') porcelain vase - hand painted with enamels of a courtyard scene - floral and foliate borders - gilt decorated applied fi...
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1880s Chinese Antique Chinese Export Furniture

Materials

Porcelain

Pair of Vintage Chinese Blue Glazed Garden Seats
Located in Palm Beach, FL
Striking pair of mid century Chinese garden seats handcrafted in terracotta in a hexagon form with a bamboo and floral motif under an alluring cobalt blue glaze.
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Mid-20th Century Chinese Chinese Export Furniture

Materials

Porcelain

Mid-19th Century Chinese Blue & White Vase Lamp
Located in Chapel Hill, NC
Mid 19th century Chinese blue & white vase lamp. Top of baluster form porcelain vase with minor chips and restored area, likely the reason it was made into a lamp. Decorated with clo...
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Mid-19th Century Chinese Antique Chinese Export Furniture

Materials

Ceramic

China Trade Framed Pith Paper Set of Pictures of Butterflies and Plants
Located in Downingtown, PA
Chinese Watercolours of Flowers and Butterflies on Pith Paper, Set of Eight, Circa 1840-60. The superb set of Chinese watercolours of flowers and insects are painted on pith paper a...
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Mid-19th Century Chinese Antique Chinese Export Furniture

Materials

Paper

19th or 20th Century Antique Asian Mirror Frame
Located in Stockholm, SE
A large 19th or 20th century Asian, possibly Chinese, carved mirror frame. Heavy Asian wood. The top with carving similar to a crest and two Foo dogs facing each other. Probably made...
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Early 20th Century Asian Chinese Export Furniture

Materials

Wood

Antique Chinese Official Wooden Rice Grain Bucket
Located in Pomona, CA
Look at this primitive Antique Chinese Official Wooden Rice Measurement Bucket "Dou". It is 100 percent hand made and has about 140 years history. You can see that all the joints are...
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Late 19th Century Chinese Antique Chinese Export Furniture

Materials

Wood

Chinese Export Silver Fruit Dish
Located in London, GB
A Chinese export silver fruit dish of shaped oval form. The dish has applied chrysanthemum on engraved basket weave piercing, and the base is a skirt of...
Category

Early 1900s Chinese Antique Chinese Export Furniture

Materials

Silver

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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