Chinese export porcelain refers to porcelain made in China specifically for export to other countries, beginning in the 16th century and continuing through the 19th century. The Chinese had been producing high-quality porcelain for centuries before this, but it was primarily for domestic use and the imperial court. With the opening of trade with the West, there was a growing demand for Chinese porcelain in Europe and the Americas.

During the reign of the Kangxi Emperor (1662-1722) in the Qing Dynasty, the Chinese government began to actively encourage the export of porcelain. Porcelain production centers were established in the city of Jingdezhen in southern China, which became known as the "porcelain capital" of China.

Chinese export porcelain was highly prized for its fine quality and intricate designs, and was often decorated with Western-style patterns and motifs such as landscapes, portraits, and armorial designs. The porcelain was shipped more...

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Chinese export Imari deep bowl, 19th century, decorated with…

19th Century Chinese Export Imari Blossom Bowl

Chinese export Imari deep bowl, 19th century, decorated with blossoming sprays. Width 25 cm

Pair of Chinese export famille rose dish, 19th century, with…

Famille Rose Deer Dish, 19th Century

Pair of Chinese export famille rose dish, 19th century, with gilt decoration of two deer to the centre. Diameter 22.5 cm

Small Chinese export famille rose meat dish, 18th century.…

18th Century Chinese Export Famille Rose Meat Dish

Small Chinese export famille rose meat dish, 18th century. Width 25.5 cm

A group of six blue and white Chinese export dishes, Qing…

Chinese Export Blue and White Dishes with Garden Scenes

A group of six blue and white Chinese export dishes, Qing Dynasty, 19th century, five plates in the manner of Wanli kraak ware with partitioned borders to the everted rims with floral designs and patterns, each decorated to the centre with a garden scene…

A late 18th century Chinese export ware porcelain bowl, the…

18th Century Chinese Export Porcelain Bowl with Garden Scene

A late 18th century Chinese export ware porcelain bowl, the exterior decorated with four scroll outlined panels depicting figures playing with rabbits in a garden scene; the interior with a small motif of two boys wrestling. Diameter 20 cm

A Chinese blue and white porcelain tea bowl with wax export…

Chinese Blue & White Porcelain Tea Bowl with Export Seals

A Chinese blue and white porcelain tea bowl with wax export seals to base. Diameter 10.5 cm

A Chinese export blue & white bowl with an painted blue…

Blue & White Willow Pattern Bowl with Gilded Edge

A Chinese export blue & white bowl with an painted blue underglaze willow style pattern and gilded edge. Together with a Chinese painted dragon bowl, faulted. Diameter 21 cm

Chinese export ware bowl, decorated with auspicious symbols,…

Chinese Export Bowl and Teapot with Restorations

Chinese export ware bowl, decorated with auspicious symbols, restored cracks (staples), 7 cm high and a Chinese export ware teapot, no lid, 11 cm high

An 18th century Chinese export ware bowl

18th Century Chinese Export Ware Bowl

An 18th century Chinese export ware bowl

A rare 19th century Chinese export saucer dish, with central…

19th Century Canton Famille Rose Saucer Dish

A rare 19th century Chinese export saucer dish, with central armorial Canton famille rose decoration with birds, butterflies and flowers, diameter 17 cm

A Chinese export famille rose bowl on hard wood stand, 12 cm…

Famille Rose Bowl on Hardwood Stand

A Chinese export famille rose bowl on hard wood stand, 12 cm high, 26 cm diameter

A Chinese export porcelain bowl, Qianlong, 18th century, 18 cm…

Qianlong Bowl and Chinese Porcelain Collection

A Chinese export porcelain bowl, Qianlong, 18th century, 18 cm diameter, and various Chinese porcelain

A Chinese export ware iron red and gilt tea-bowl, 18th century,…

Chinese Tea Bowls: Iron Red and Famille-Rose Enamel

A Chinese export ware iron red and gilt tea-bowl, 18th century, 11 cm diameter, a famille-rose enamelled bowl, 16.2 cm diameter and an 18th century iron-red and gilt tea bowl and saucer, the saucer 11 cm diameter

A Chinese export ware part dinner service c.1820, commissioned…

Chinese Export Ware Dinner Service for Nizam of Hyderabad

A Chinese export ware part dinner service c.1820, commissioned for Nizam of Hyderabad the service is decorated with blue rim gilded border with central oval medallion with Arabic script writing the service comprises of various dinner wares, soup and…

A fine Chinese export porcelain leaf shaped dish, C. 1870. Made…

Chinese Export Porcelain Leaf Dish, Islamic Market, 1870

A fine Chinese export porcelain leaf shaped dish, C. 1870. Made for the Persian (Islamic) market Canton famille rose enamel 'C' scroll medallions containing birds, butterflies and flowers surrounding a central gilded medallion containing an untranslated…

A suite of four Chinese export ware dishes. Qing Dynasty (19th…

Chinese export ware polychrome stoneware dishes, Qing Dynasty

A suite of four Chinese export ware dishes. Qing Dynasty (19th century). The polychrome stoneware dishes in underglaze blue, overpainted in yellow, green and iron red, each of conforming design and depicting an animated harlequin type figure flanked by…

A large Chinese blue and white export charger, late Qing…

Qing Dynasty Blue and White Charger

A large Chinese blue and white export charger, late Qing Dynasty (19th century), of low bowl form with a shaped rim, decorated internally with a water garden and pavilion scene in underglaze blue within patterned and arabesque bands, the rim with flora,…

A fine Chinese export famille rose punch bowl with well…

Chinese Export Famille Rose Punch Bowl

A fine Chinese export famille rose punch bowl with well detailed all over polychrome enamel decoration of courting couples and repeating chrysanthemum and bird decorations on both sides. Minor paint losses, probably Qing period. Height 15 cm. Diameter 37…

A Sampson famille rose punch bowl in the Chinese export style,…

Sampson Famille Rose Punch Bowl - Chinese Export Style

A Sampson famille rose punch bowl in the Chinese export style, 20th century, 33 cm diameter

Six Chinese blue and white export ware plates, Qianlong 18th…

Qianlong Blue and White Plates with Deer and Bats

Six Chinese blue and white export ware plates, Qianlong 18th century, and a saucer dish painted with deer and bats, 23 cm diameter and 20 cm diameter

Chinese export blue and white dish, 19th century, painted in…

19th Century Canton Pattern Blue and White Export Dish

Chinese export blue and white dish, 19th century, painted in the Canton pattern. Diameter 23.5 cm

Chinese Export ware bowl approx 1 cm high, 25.5 cm diameter

Chinese Export Ware Bowl: 25.5 cm Diameter

Chinese Export ware bowl approx 1 cm high, 25.5 cm diameter

A Chinese export ware famille rose dish, Qing Dynasty, 18th…

18th Century Qing Dynasty Famille Rose Dish

A Chinese export ware famille rose dish, Qing Dynasty, 18th century, of low bowl form with a shaped rim and finely decorated with reserves of birds and scrolls in puce and emerald interspersed with bamboo sprigs and other birds, and with figures and…

A Chinese export ware blue and white dish and a bowl, probably…

Qing Dynasty Blue and White Dish and Bowl

A Chinese export ware blue and white dish and a bowl, probably late Qing Dynasty, the low form dish with a pavilion and water landscape scene to the centre, the rim with dragons and flames, two circular rings underside; the flared shaped bowl with floral…

18th century Chinese export blue and white floral circular flat…

Blue and White Floral Chinese Export Dish

18th century Chinese export blue and white floral circular flat dish, with floral sprays. Metal wall hanger. Diameter 23 cm

A superbly decorated Chinese export saucer dish. Decorated with…

Gilded Nanking Pattern Saucer Dish

A superbly decorated Chinese export saucer dish. Decorated with the Nanking pattern with gilded sawtooth border probably added later in England. A myriad of fine lines and crazing on the underside, some extending to the inner. Diameter 12.6 cm

Top quality Chinese export saucer dish. Decorated in underglaze…

Chinese Nanking Pattern Saucer Dish

Top quality Chinese export saucer dish. Decorated in underglaze blue with the Nanking pattern, a pagoda in a mountain, river scene. Gilded sawtooth pattern border probably added later in England. Note: this is probably the best quality underglaze blue…

18th century Chinese export blue and white shallow bowl.…

Blue and White Chinese Export Floral Bowl

18th century Chinese export blue and white shallow bowl. Decorated with floral vines within a panelled border. The underside plain but for two floral sprigs. Brown rim. Firing spots only. Diameter 16 cm

18th century export deep dish. Decorated in famille rose…

Famille Rose Deep Dish with Mountain Lake Scene

18th century export deep dish. Decorated in famille rose enamels with a mountain lake scene. Diameter 26 cm

Superb 18th century Chinese export punch bowl. Decorated with…

18th Century Chinese Export Punch Bowl

Superb 18th century Chinese export punch bowl. Decorated with underglaze blue borders containing famille rose scenes of figures near a harbor. A second scene shows other figures inside and adjacent to a gazebo. Lavish diaper border, underglaze blue inside…

Late 18th century Chinese export saucer dish, with foliate rim…

18th Century Chinese Export Saucer Dish

Late 18th century Chinese export saucer dish, with foliate rim decorated, three figures in a courtyard within a floral panelled border. Underside undecorated but scalloped some wear to enamels. Diameter 13.5 cm

Chinese export bowl with condiment rim. Decorated with famille…

Famille Rose Export Bowl with Gilded Flowers

Chinese export bowl with condiment rim. Decorated with famille rose and gilded flowers above a fenced rockery. Underside undecorated. Small frits to rim and a short hairline (7 cm) within the foot rim (not extending to the outer rim). Diameter 23 cm

Early 18th century (Kangxi period) Chinese export dish.…

Kangxi Export Dish with Kraak Design

Early 18th century (Kangxi period) Chinese export dish. Decorated in a variant of Kraak design with paneled floral borders. The underside with underglaze blue vines and a double circular ring containing a small cross encased mark. Several small rim chips…

Early 18th century Chinese export shallow bowl. Underglaze blue…

18th Century Chinese Export Blue Floral Bowl

Early 18th century Chinese export shallow bowl. Underglaze blue decorated in a variant of the Kraak design of flowers within panels. The underside with a floral chain. Minor firing faults. Diameter 16 cm

An underglaze blue exportware porcelain bowl, twin-handled,…

Blue and White Porcelain Bowl with Rosewood Cover

An underglaze blue exportware porcelain bowl, twin-handled, painted foliate reserves on a lattice ground; rosewood cover. Width across handles 23 cm.

A Chinese 18th century export ware style porcelain bowl,…

18th Century Chinese Export Porcelain Bowl with Equestrian Hunt Scene

A Chinese 18th century export ware style porcelain bowl, decorated to the exterior with European equestrian huntsmen and hounds, the interior with a medallion depicting a huntsman with rifle and hounds. Diameter 20.5 cm

A Chinese export ware tureen and dish, early to mid 20th…

Chinese Export Tureen and Dish with European Scenes

A Chinese export ware tureen and dish, early to mid 20th century, of typical oval tureen form with pierced bracket handles, the stepped dome lid with a gilt finial, decorated to reserves with European scenes of rural pursuits, and further embellished with…

A Chinese export porcelain bowl. Decorated with painted enamels,…

Chinese Export Porcelain Bowl with Guangxu Mark

A Chinese export porcelain bowl. Decorated with painted enamels, Chinese motifs, with six character Guangxu mark (1875-1908). Diameter 14.8 cm

Large Antique Chinese export ware bowl with village scene.…

Antique Chinese Export Bowl with Village Scene

Large Antique Chinese export ware bowl with village scene. Approx 26 cm diameter. Antique Porcelain Gallery sticker to base.

A 19th century Chinese two handled export porcelain lidded…

Green Dragon Sauce Tureen with Dish

A 19th century Chinese two handled export porcelain lidded sauce tureen on dish. All painted in green enamel with dragons amongst bands of clouds. Width 19 cm

A magnificent Chinese export porcelain punch bowl, dating to…

18th Century Chinese Export Porcelain Punch Bowl

A magnificent Chinese export porcelain punch bowl, dating to the 18th century, decorated with figures within a lustrous gilded border. Central flower to cavetto and diaper pattern and spear inner border. Qianlong reign period (1736 to 1795 AD). Minor…

A Chinese export famille rose dish, decorated with a river…

Famille Rose River Landscape Dish

A Chinese export famille rose dish, decorated with a river landscape. 'Orange peel? glaze. Diameter 23 cm

A Chinese export famille rose dish, decorated with a deer in…

Famille Rose Deer Dish

A Chinese export famille rose dish, decorated with a deer in floral landscape. 'Orange peel? glaze. Diameter 23 cm

Chinese export porcelain tea bowl, decorated on the inside with…

Famille Rose Tea Bowl with Batavian Glaze

Chinese export porcelain tea bowl, decorated on the inside with bright famille rose enamel flowers, the outside in a Batavian cafe-au-lait glaze with panels of further flowers, good condition. Some expected small firing defects. Diameter 7 cm

Large Chinese export porcelain fruit bowl, decorated in famille…

Famille Rose Porcelain Fruit Bowl, Chinese Export

Large Chinese export porcelain fruit bowl, decorated in famille rose enamels on the outside with figures in a courtyard, internally with a rose. No mark, hairline crack (approx. 5.2 cm). Some expected firing spots and defects. Diameter 20 cm

A Chinese export porcelain vegetable dish & cover, decorated…

Nanking Pattern Vegetable Dish & Cover

A Chinese export porcelain vegetable dish & cover, decorated with the Nanking pattern of a figure on a bridge in a mountain river landscape. Short firing crack to the underside of the lid. Length 25 cm. Width 20 cm

Chinese export porcelain sauce dish, decorated in underglaze…

Blue Fish Sauce Dish with Batavian Glaze

Chinese export porcelain sauce dish, decorated in underglaze blue internally with four fish, the outside with Batavian cafe-au-lait glaze and a two character mark. Good condition. Diameter 10 cm

An 18th century Chinese export porcelain octagonal bowl with…

18th C. Chinese Export Porcelain Octagonal Bowl with Pagodas

An 18th century Chinese export porcelain octagonal bowl with underglaze blue pagodas in mountain lake scene. Faint hairline crack. Width 23.5 cm

A mid 18th century Chinese export porcelain octagonal serving…

Chinese export porcelain serving dish with duck scene

A mid 18th century Chinese export porcelain octagonal serving dish with underglaze blue 'Ducks in lake scene' and floral borders. Length 35 cm

A fine 18th century Chinese export Amorial punch bowl with…

18th Century Chinese Export Punch Bowl with Armorial Decoration

A fine 18th century Chinese export Amorial punch bowl with cobalt blue and gold rim and love bind crest decoration. Initialled J.C. Rim chip. Width 36 cm

A pair of 18th century Chinese export octagonal dishes with…

18th Century Chinese Export Blue Dishes

A pair of 18th century Chinese export octagonal dishes with underglaze blue pavillions in mountain landscape scenes and floral border. Qianlong period. Width 23 cm

A pair of 18th century Chinese export porcelain octagonal…

18th Century Chinese Export Porcelain Octagonal Dishes

A pair of 18th century Chinese export porcelain octagonal dishes with underglaze blue painted pagoda in landscape pattern, both with minor crack. Qianlong period. Width 23 cm

Three small Chinese export porcelain bowls with underglaze blue…

Blue Floral Chinese Export Porcelain Bowls (Set of 3)

Three small Chinese export porcelain bowls with underglaze blue floral painting. Width 16 cm

A pair 18th century Chinese export blue & white porcelain dishes

18th C. Chinese Blue & White Porcelain Dishes

A pair 18th century Chinese export blue & white porcelain dishes

A pair of 18th century Chinese export blue & white porcelain…

18th Century Chinese Blue & White Floral Dishes

A pair of 18th century Chinese export blue & white porcelain dishes with underglaze floral design with minor edge fritting

Two Chinese export porcelain footed dishes, each with scalloped…

Pair of Qing Dynasty Chinese Export Porcelain Footed Dishes

Two Chinese export porcelain footed dishes, each with scalloped rim and brightly enamelled, Qing Dynasty, 16 cm diameter

A group of four Chinese porcelain dishes, each decorated in…

Blue & White Chinese Porcelain Dishes Collection

A group of four Chinese porcelain dishes, each decorated in blue & white including 18th century style export plate, and other Qing dishes

Four Chinese export porcelain bowls, each with scalloped rim…

Scalloped Rim Chinese Porcelain Bowls, Qing Dynasty

Four Chinese export porcelain bowls, each with scalloped rim and brightly enamelled, Qing Dynasty, 13 cm diameter

Six Chinese export porcelain bowls, each with scalloped rim and…

Colorful Qing Dynasty Porcelain Bowls

Six Chinese export porcelain bowls, each with scalloped rim and brightly enamelled, Qing Dynasty, 17 cm diameter

A small, Chinese blue and white export bowl, 14 cm diameter

Chinese Blue and White Export Bowl - 14cm Diameter

A small, Chinese blue and white export bowl, 14 cm diameter

Small antique Chinese export saucer dish profusely decorated in…

Cantonese Butterfly Saucer Dish

Small antique Chinese export saucer dish profusely decorated in Canton famille rose enamels with the 100 butterfly design. Late Qing or early Republic period. Some minor spots of wear. Diameter 13.5 cm

Antique Chinese export porcelain deep bowl the outside…

Qianlong Export Porcelain Bowl with Mountain Scene

Antique Chinese export porcelain deep bowl the outside decorated in underglaze blue with a mountain lake and pagoda scene. Gilding probably added later in England. Late 18th century, Qianlong reign period. Minor expected wear and signs of use. Diameter 14…

Large Chinese export porcelain bowl decorated in green/iron red…

Swatow Ware Porcelain Bowl, 39cm Diameter

Large Chinese export porcelain bowl decorated in green/iron red and turquoise. Commonly known as Swatow ware. Extensive wear. A/f. Diameter 39 cm

19th century Chinese export Canton pattern blue and white dish.…

Chinese Canton Blue & White Dish, 19th Century

19th century Chinese export Canton pattern blue and white dish. Diameter 23 cm

Pair of small 19th century Chinese export blue and white Canton…

19th Century Chinese Blue and White Canton Dishes (9 words)

Pair of small 19th century Chinese export blue and white Canton pattern dishes. Diameter 15.3 cm

Early 19th century Chinese export blue and white Canton pattern…

Chinese Blue and White Canton Pattern Serving Dish

Early 19th century Chinese export blue and white Canton pattern serving dish. Width 23.5 cm

Four various 18th century Chinese export blue and white dishes.…

18th Century Chinese Export Blue and White Dishes

Four various 18th century Chinese export blue and white dishes. Diameter 23 cm max

18th century Chinese export blue and white dish, painted with a…

18th C. Chinese blue & white dish, river landscape

18th century Chinese export blue and white dish, painted with a river landscape. Diameter 21 cm

18th century Chinese export blue and white octagonal deep dish,…

Blue and White Octagonal Dish with Rockery Design

18th century Chinese export blue and white octagonal deep dish, with rockery design. Diameter 22 cm

Unusual early 18th century Chinese export Imari dish, painted…

18th Century Chinese Imari Deer and Bamboo Dish

Unusual early 18th century Chinese export Imari dish, painted and gilt with deer amongst bamboo and peony sprays. Diameter 23 cm

Large Qianlong period (1736-1795), Chinese export Mandarin…

Qianlong Mandarin Punch Bowl

Large Qianlong period (1736-1795), Chinese export Mandarin pattern punch bowl, painted in underglaze blue and famille rose enamels with various panels of figures at leisure in palace settings. Provenance: Rex Jennings Collection. Diameter 36 cm

Large 18th century Chinese export underglaze blue and famille…

18th Century Chinese Export Bowl with Palace Scenes

Large 18th century Chinese export underglaze blue and famille rose bowl, painted with panels of figures at leisure in palace settings. Diameter 26 cm

18th century Chinese export famille rose Mandarin pattern…

18th C. Chinese Export Famille Rose Mandarin Saucer Dish

18th century Chinese export famille rose Mandarin pattern saucer dish. Diameter 13.5 cm

18th century Chinese export octagonal dish, painted in…

Octagonal Peony Garden Dish

18th century Chinese export octagonal dish, painted in underglaze blue and famille rose enamels with peony sprays and rockwork in a fenced garden. Diameter 23 cm

Jiaqing period (1796 - 1820), Chinese export famille rose…

Jiaqing Export Famille Rose Saucer Dish

Jiaqing period (1796 - 1820), Chinese export famille rose saucer dish, finely painted to the centre with figures in a palace garden. Diameter 17 cm

Very good pair of 18th century Chinese export blue and white…

18th Century Chinese Willow Pattern Saucer Dishes

Very good pair of 18th century Chinese export blue and white willow pattern saucer dishes. Diameter 12.5 cm

An antique Chinese export polychrome-decorated bowl, late…

Chinese Polychrome Decorated Bowl

An antique Chinese export polychrome-decorated bowl, late 19th/early 20th century, the exterior with opposed cartouches painted with a scene of figures in a garden reserved against the blue and white foliate-decorated ground. Height 6.5 cm. Diameter 14 cm

Two Chinese export blue and white dishes, first half 19th…

Pair of 19th Century Chinese Blue & White Dishes

Two Chinese export blue and white dishes, first half 19th century, one decorated with flowers and plants, the other with stylized decoration, the same two-character mark underside, diameter: 18.5 cm