Museum Piece 18c Kangxi Chinese Porcelain Kakiemon Bowl Dragon Birds Flower
Located in Amsterdam, Noord Holland
A Japanese Kakiemon-style bird-and-flower painting has been used here by a Dutch painter to decorate a Chinese porcelain bowl. The grouping of a pair of magpies, plum blossoms, and b...
Porcelain
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H 7.5 in Dm 11.25 in
Antique Chinese Qing Dynasty Wucai Kangxi Period Porcelain Dragon Censer Bowl
Located in Portland, OR
A good antique Chinese transitional porcelain Wucai (five colors) censer from the great kilns of Jingdezhen and dating from the reign of the Kangxi Emperor, (1662-1722). The censer i...
Porcelain
Museum Piece 18c Kangxi Chinese Porcelain Kakiemon Bowl Dragon Birds Flo
Located in Amsterdam, Noord Holland
A Japanese Kakiemon-style bird-and-flower painting has been used here by a Dutch painter to decorate a Chinese porcelain bowl. The grouping of a pair of magpies, plum blossoms, and b...
Porcelain
A Massive Blue and White Chinese Porcelain Dragon Bowl
Located in Katonah, NY
A dragon bowl with wide, rounded sides rising from a shallow foot ring. Well painted in underglaze blue, the exterior with two sinuous flying dragons pursuing the flaming pearl of wi...
Porcelain
Chinese Porcelain Bowl Western Tribute Bearers Camel Marked, 18 Century
Located in Amsterdam, Noord Holland
Fantastic and rare piece of very high quality. Dark cobalt blue colors. 'Shop' type mark to base within a double ring. Pictures in natural light have been added. The exterior is dec...
Porcelain
Antique Sugar Box Made by Chamberlains Worcester Bengal Tiger Pattern
By Chamberlains Worcester
Located in Katonah, NY
This antique sugar box made by Chamberlains Worcester in the Bengal tiger pattern is painted with lappet-shaped panels on each side showing a mythical beast. At each end of the sugar...
Porcelain
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H 16.93 in Dm 0.04 in
Antique Large Kangxi Marked Bejing Palace Marked Cantonese Bowl Chinese Dragon
Located in Amsterdam, Noord Holland
A very nice and well made bowl. Marked Kangxi but in our opinion 19th century. 10-8-19-25-1 Condition Overall Condition; Many crackled and ware to decoration. Size 376mm &...
Porcelain
Annamese 19th Century Green Glazed Water Jar with Raised Dragon Motifs
Located in Yonkers, NY
An antique Vietnamese Annamese green water jar from the 19th century, with raised dragon motifs, blue, brown and yellow accents and petite loop handles. Created in Vietnam during the...
Ceramic
$1,200
H 9.5 in Dm 4.5 in
19th Century Chinese Famille Verte Porcelain Garlic Mouth Vase, Kangxi Marks
Located in Ottawa, Ontario
The globular body finely decorated with hand applied enamels depicting nobles taking tea surrounded by attendants and small children. The slender neck rising to a bulbous mouth (seem...
Porcelain
19th Century Famille Rose Chinese Export Punch Bowl, Koi Decorated
Located in Stamford, CT
Fine Ch'ing dynasty export Famille Rose large punch bowl, hand-painted porcelain, in very colorful everyday scenes of the upper socioeconomic level of Chinese society during the peri...
Porcelain
$12,000
H 2.25 in Dm 15 in
A Chinese Famille Verte Enameled Porcelain Charger, Kangxi Period (1662-1722)
Located in Ottawa, Ontario
The central field depicting two mythological feng-huang (phoenix's) encircling chrysanthemum blossoms & scrolling vines within a band of ruyi-heads, the cavetto rising to an iron...
Porcelain
$68,000
H 27 in W 34 in D 10 in
Large Early Tang Dynasty Painted Pottery Model of a Prancing Horse, TL Tested
Located in Austin, TX
A magnificent and large early Tang dynasty (618-906 AD) model of a prancing or dancing horse, circa 7th century. The majestic animal is caught mid-motion, one leg raised, head grace...
Pottery
$420Sale Price|20% Off
H 0.79 in Dm 9.06 in
Chinese Porcelain Plate "Famille Rose" Butterfly Decorations 19th Century China
Located in Beuzevillette, FR
This beautiful porcelain plate is produced from the Qing period, called "Famille rose" porcelain. With a white background, it is decorated with polychrome butterflies, plants and flo...
Porcelain
$667Sale Price / set|20% Off
H 2.63 in Dm 6.4 in
Chinese Kangxi Porcelain Imari Bowl with Wood Stand, Qing Circa 1700
Located in Lincoln, Lincolnshire
This is a beautiful Chinese Export porcelain footed Bowl with fine Imari hand painted decoration, dating to the Qing, Kangxi period, circa 1700. The bowl comes with a Chinese hardwoo...
Porcelain
$25,935Sale Price|35% Off
H 1.19 in Dm 7.68 in
A Rare Dingyao Green-Glazed Dragon Dish, Liao-Song Dynasty
Located in seoul, KR
This dish is covered in a rich green glaze, with a central medallion depicting a sinuous dragon in high relief, surrounded by a continuous band of floral scrolls. The dragon’s scales...
Ceramic, Stoneware
$760Sale Price|79% Off
H 1.7 in Dm 9 in
Antique Chinese Blue and White Porcelain Plate, Kangxi Period, 1680
Located in Lincoln, Lincolnshire
This is a very beautifully hand painted Chinese porcelain blue and white Dish or Plate from the Qing, Kangxi period ( 1662-1722), dating to Circa 1680 or slightly earlier This is ...
Porcelain
A Molded Qingbai 'Flowers' Dish, Southern Song Dynasty
Located in seoul, KR
This dish is coated with a transparent bluish-white glaze over a thin white body. The center is incised with a design of lotus flowers and a bird, while the inner wall is encircled b...
Ceramic
$2,800Sale Price|25% Off
H 1.58 in Dm 10.63 in
High Quality 18 Century Kangxi Period Chinese Porcelain Kakiemon Plate Dutch
Located in Amsterdam, Noord Holland
A Japanese Kakiemon-style bird, quail and Three friends of winter dish. Painted by by a Dutch painter to decorate a Chinese porcelain blank. The scene and quality of paintting is ...
Porcelain
A Longquan Celadon-Glazed 'Dragon' Dish, Yuan Dynasty
Located in seoul, KR
The dish is decorated to the centre with a moulded appliqué dragon chasing the flaming pearl surrounded by a carved stylised foliage band at the cavetto. The moulded fluted exterior ...
Celadon
Chinese Famille Verte Plate, Hand Painted Porcelain, Kangxi Period C a 1690
Located in Lincoln, Lincolnshire
This is a very beautifully hand painted Chinese porcelain "Famille Verte" Plate, dating to the late 17th Century Qing Kangxi period ( 1662-1722). This is a well potted plate, fairly...
Porcelain
$38,870Sale Price|35% Off
H 3.15 in Dm 7.49 in
A Rare Moulded Dingyao 'Cranes And Fishes' Bowl, Northern Song - Jin Dynasty
Located in seoul, KR
This bowl stands out for its detailed depiction of two fish amid soft spiral waves, bordered by two cranes within the bowl. The design's depth and clarity, from the lifelike portraya...
Ceramic, Porcelain
Chinese Export Porcelain Imari & Rouge de Fer Large Punch Bowl
Located in Downingtown, PA
Chinese Export Porcelain Rouge de Fer Large Punch Bowl, Imari, circa 1735-50 This fabulous Chinese Export porcelain large Imari punch bowl is painted on the exterior with underglaze...
Porcelain
Sancai-Glazed Pottery Tripod Jar, Tang Dynasty
Located in seoul, KR
The globular body is supported on three claw feet and is covered in a splashed-glaze of amber, green and cream color, which stops short of the unglazed base. Date : Tang Dynasty(61...
Earthenware
The last imperial dynasty from 1644 to 1912 was a time of change in China, beginning with the invasion by Manchurian forces that ended the Ming dynasty and established the Shunzhi Emperor. The expansion of exportation and trade that had bolstered the arts during the Ming era continued, as Qing dynasty furniture involved the same attention to craftsmanship with expert construction techniques in hardwood pieces that were assembled with mortise and tenon joints rather than nails or glue. Together, these eras comprise a golden age of Chinese furniture design.
Ming-style furniture is simple and elegant with clean lines. Chairs of the period and other Ming furniture made an impression on Scandinavian modernist Hans Wegner and his streamlined seating, for example. Whereas Qing-style furniture is elaborate, with an increasing influence from the West leading to lavish carving inspired by the European Baroque and Rococo styles. And while many of the forms that define examples of the latter are common within classical Chinese furniture, such as curving and folding chairs as well as large screens, Qing designs are laden with ornamentation. Frequently, the carved motifs and inlaid designs in mother-of-pearl were auspicious, such as peonies for wealth or dragons for luck. Bats were symbols of happiness in the design of Qing furniture, with one of the characters in the word for bat, bianfu, being a homophone for fu, or “fortune.”
While several types of wood were used in the construction of Qing beds, tables, storage pieces and seating, today’s collectors know that the most prized were the rare rosewoods zitan and huanghuali. They were both sourced from Hainan, China’s largest island, and are marked by a rich luster that occurs naturally, without the application of lacquer or other decorative materials. Many of the most popular woods were imported from southeast Asia, adding to their value. Red sandalwood was also sought after for its durability and connection with Chinese medicine, with some chairs being made for health benefits.
Find a collection of antique Qing tea tables, stools, benches, decorative objects and more furniture on 1stDibs.