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Technique: Cloissoné
Antique Pair of Early Meiji Japanese Cloisonne Vases in the Style of Namikawa
Located in New York, NY
A pair of antique Japanese early Meiji period cloisonne vases, in the style of Namikawa Yasuyuki. The vases epitomize Namikawas refined craftsmanship and the finesse of early Meiji J...
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Late 19th Century Japanese Meiji Antique Cloissoné Furniture
Materials
Enamel
Antique Japanese Cloisonne Enamel Goldstone Pink Geometric Patterns Charger Plat
Located in New York, NY
An antique Japanese enamel over copper plate or charger. The interior of the plate is adorned with a polychrome enamel medallion with blossoming Chrysanthemum flowers on the light pi...
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Late 19th Century Japanese Meiji Antique Cloissoné Furniture
Materials
Copper, Enamel
Antique Chinese Dragon Cloisonné Enamel Round Lidded Box 19th Century CO#02
Located in Norton, MA
Antique Chinese cloisonné enamel round box with lid depicting flying dragons chasing fireballs. Yellow base and dark dragon color are applied, and 3 compartments are inside. From the...
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Late 19th Century Chinese Chinese Export Antique Cloissoné Furniture
Materials
Copper
Antique Early Meiji Japanese Cloisonne Enamel Bowl with Rabbits In Waves
Located in New York, NY
An antique Japanese, Meiji period, footed enamel over copper bowl. The interior of the bowl is adorned with polychrome enamel panels depicting blossoming flowers surrounded by a swir...
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19th Century Japanese Meiji Antique Cloissoné Furniture
Materials
Enamel, Copper
A Large Pair Of Narrow Neck Antique Japanese Cloisonne Enamel Meiji Vases
Located in New York, NY
A pair of antique Japanese Meiji period cloisonne vases boasting elongated necks. Showcase meticulous enamel workmanship, with vibrant floral designs crafted along their elongated fo...
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Late 19th Century Japanese Meiji Antique Cloissoné Furniture
Materials
Enamel
Antique Early Meiji Japanese Cloisonne Vase in the Style of Namikawa
Located in New York, NY
An antique Japanese early Meiji period cloisonne vase, attributed to the master artisan Namikawa Yasuyuki. Fashioned in a ball-shaped design, this vase is adorned with intricate flor...
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Late 19th Century Japanese Meiji Antique Cloissoné Furniture
Materials
Enamel
Antique Chinese Cloisonné Enamel Round Lidded Box 19th Century CO#08
Located in Norton, MA
Antique Chinese cloisonné enamel round box with lid depicting floral patterns. A white base tone and colorful floral all around, from the 19th century.
Category
Late 19th Century Chinese Chinese Export Antique Cloissoné Furniture
Materials
Copper
Large Antique 18 inch Japanese Cloisonne Enamel Charger with Fans
Located in New York, NY
An antique Japanese, late Meiji era, enamel over gilt copper plate. The interior of the plate is adorned with polychrome enamel figural medallions depicting fans with birds, blossomi...
Category
19th Century Japanese Meiji Antique Cloissoné Furniture
Materials
Enamel, Copper
Pair Chinese Cloisonné Fu Dogs
Located in Houston, TX
Copper base cloisonné Fu Dogs made for Chinese export with gilded, mane, ears and accents. This pair from 1910s or earlier.
Category
Early 1900s Chinese Chinese Export Antique Cloissoné Furniture
Materials
Copper
Antique Japanese Meiji Cloisonne Enamel Brush Pot
Located in New York, NY
An antique Japanese Meiji Era cylindrical shaped enamel brush pot. Circa: 19th century. The cylindrical form pot is enameled with polychrome medallions with cranes in blossoming flow...
Category
19th Century Japanese Meiji Antique Cloissoné Furniture
Materials
Enamel
Large Antique Japanese Meiji Cloisonne Enamel Vases
Located in New York, NY
A pair of large antique Japanese copper vase with polychrome cloisonne enamel decor. Late Meiji period, before 1912. Baluster shape, with pronounced base and neck. Multi-figure genre...
Category
Late 19th Century Japanese Meiji Antique Cloissoné Furniture
Materials
Copper, Enamel
Antique Japanese Cloisonné Enamel Round Lidded Box 19th Century CO#07
Located in Norton, MA
Quality work, amazing workmanship with absolutely fine details bronze cloisonné enameled lidded box depicting lots of intricated patterns all around the body with vivid colors of cya...
Category
19th Century Japanese Antique Cloissoné Furniture
Materials
Copper, Bronze
Antique Japanese Meiji Era Cloisonne Enamel Plate
Located in New York, NY
An antique Japanese early Meiji era enamel over copper charger plate. The exterior of the plate is adorned with a polychrome scene with birds in a river landscape with blossoming flo...
Category
Late 18th Century Japanese Meiji Antique Cloissoné Furniture
Materials
Enamel
Antique Pair Thick & Heavy Chinese Cloisonné Enamel Bawls 19th Century CO#10
Located in Norton, MA
Antique pair of Thick and Heavy Chinese cloisonné enamel Bowls depicting floral patterns. A white base tone and colorful floral all around, from the 19th century.
Category
Late 19th Century Chinese Chinese Export Antique Cloissoné Furniture
Materials
Copper
Antique Japanese Kyoto Goldstone Cloisonne Enamel Large Bowl
Located in New York, NY
An antique Japanese Meiji era Kyoto School enamel over brass bowl. Circa: late 19th century to early 20th century. The bowl is enameled with polychrome medallions depicting blossomin...
Category
Late 19th Century Japanese Antique Cloissoné Furniture
Materials
Enamel, Brass
Antique Japanese Meiji Cloisonne Enamel Vase
Located in New York, NY
An antique Japanese copper vase with polychrome cloisonne enamel decor. Late Meiji period, before 1912. Baluster shape, flower brunches and birds decor against turquoise background. ...
Category
Late 19th Century Japanese Meiji Antique Cloissoné Furniture
Materials
Copper, Enamel
Antique Japanese Meiji Era Cloisonne Enamel Plate
Located in New York, NY
An antique Japanese Meiji era enamel over copper charger plate. The exterior of the plate is adorned with a polychrome scene with an eagle standing on a rock and cranes flying over w...
Category
Late 19th Century Japanese Meiji Antique Cloissoné Furniture
Materials
Copper, Enamel
1880 Longwy Aesthetic Movement, Eastlake Converted Gas Newel Post Table Lamp
Located in Mississauga, CA
Stunning original 1880s converted gas newel post. This is the largest we have ever had in over 40 years as an antique lighting dealer. Original porcelain inserts are attributed to Lo...
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1880s American Aesthetic Movement Antique Cloissoné Furniture
Materials
Brass
Antique Japanese Cloisonne Enamel Koro with TAKARA-MONO SYMBOLS Precious Things
Located in New York, NY
An antique Japanese copper tripod incense burner of Koro type with cloisonne enamel design. Late Meiji period, before 1912. Black body with polychrome decorative motif, daily life ob...
Category
Late 19th Century Japanese Meiji Antique Cloissoné Furniture
Materials
Enamel, Copper
Antique Japanese Meiji Cloisonne Enamel Napkin Rings
Located in New York, NY
A pair of antique Japanese copper napkin rings with cloisonne enamel design. Late Meiji era, before 1912. Kyoto school. The items are decorated wit...
Category
Late 19th Century Japanese Antique Cloissoné Furniture
Materials
Copper, Enamel
Cloisonné Enamel Vase, Early Ming Dynasty(15th century)
Located in seoul, KR
This exquisite vase is a fine example of Ming Dynasty cloisonné, an era renowned for revolutionizing the cloisonné technique with intricate design and vibrant enamel work. The cylind...
Category
15th Century and Earlier Chinese Ming Antique Cloissoné Furniture
Materials
Bronze, Enamel
Antique Meiji Japanese Cloisonne Enamel Vase with Flying Cranes Hayashi School
Located in New York, NY
Antique Meiji Japanese Cloisonne Enamel Vase with Flying Cranes Hayashi School
An antique Japanese, late Meiji period, enamel . The vase has a sphere shaped body and a wide fluted n...
Category
Late 19th Century Japanese Meiji Antique Cloissoné Furniture
Materials
Brass, Enamel
Antique 16k Gold Chinese Qianlong Cloisonne Enamel Snuff Bottle Mark & Period
Located in Portland, OR
A fine & rare antique Imperial Chinese Qing dynasty solid gold & cloisonne enamel snuff bottle, Qianlong mark & period, 1736-1795, tests as 16k gold.
It is rare to find a cloisonné e...
Category
18th Century Chinese Qing Antique Cloissoné Furniture
Materials
Gold, Enamel
Antique Japanese Meiji Era Cloisonne Enamel Plate Goto
Located in New York, NY
An antique Japanese, probably Goto school, enamel over copper charger plate. The exterior of the plate is adorned with a polychrome image of ducks flying over a pond with blossoming ...
Category
Late 19th Century Japanese Antique Cloissoné Furniture
Materials
Copper, Enamel
Vintage Mirrored Pair of Chinese Cloisonné Rooster Sculptures
Located in San Diego, CA
A nice vintage mirrored pair of Chinese cloisonné rooster sculptures, circa early 20th century. The sculptures are in very good condition with no d...
Category
Early 20th Century Chinese Chinese Export Cloissoné Furniture
Materials
Brass, Enamel
Antique Japanese Meiji Cloisonne Enamel Brush Pot
Located in New York, NY
An antique Japanese Meiji Era cylindrical shaped enamel over brass brush pot. Circa: 19th century. The cylindrical form pot is enameled with polychrome medallions with butterflies in...
Category
19th Century Japanese Meiji Antique Cloissoné Furniture
Materials
Enamel, Brass
19th Century Chinese Cloisonné Fu Dogs
Located in Houston, TX
An exceptional palatial quality pair of 19th century Chinese cloisonné Fu dogs featuring gold gilding over copper.
Chinese cloisonné o...
Category
1890s Chinese Chinese Export Antique Cloissoné Furniture
Materials
Copper, Enamel
Antique Imperial Russian Solid Silver Gilt Cloisonne Enamel Kovsh Moscow 1908
Located in Portland, OR
A very good antique Imperial Russian silver-gilt cloisonne enamel kovsh, Moscow, circa 1908.
The kovsh of traditional shape with all over muti-color cloisonne enamel decoration, the ...
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Early 1900s Russian Art Nouveau Antique Cloissoné Furniture
Materials
Silver, Enamel
Antique Japanese Meiji Cloisonne Enamel Brush Pot
Located in New York, NY
An antique Japanese Meiji Era enamel over copper brush pot. Circa: late 19th century to early 20th century. The cylindrical form pot is enameled with polychrome images of butterflies...
Category
Late 19th Century Japanese Meiji Antique Cloissoné Furniture
Materials
Copper, Enamel
Japanese Ginbari Perfume Vase in Cloisonné Enamel, 1920s
Located in Esbjerg, DK
A stunning example of a Japanese foiled cloisonne miniature brass perfume bottle or incense vase hand-painted with decorative flowers. The shimmer from this piece is derived from a t...
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20th Century Japanese Arts and Crafts Cloissoné Furniture
Materials
Brass, Enamel
Antique Imperial Russian Silver Gilt Cloisonne Kovsh Nikolay Strulev Moscow 1908
Located in Portland, OR
A fine antique Imperial Russian silver-gilt & cloisonne kovsh, Nikolay Strulev, Moscow, circa 1908.
The kovsh with all over floral cloisonne enamel decoration to the bowl and the top...
Category
Early 1900s Russian Art Nouveau Antique Cloissoné Furniture
Materials
Silver, Enamel
Rare Antique Meiji Japanese Cloisonne Charger Plate
Located in New York, NY
A rare antique Japanese Meiji era, enamel over copper charger plate. The exterior of the plate is adorned with a polychrome scene with an eagle and nestlings on black ground made in ...
Category
Late 19th Century Japanese Meiji Antique Cloissoné Furniture
Materials
Enamel, Copper
Large Japanese Cloisonne Stripe Vase with Chrysanthemums Namikawa Yasuyuki Meiji
Located in New York, NY
A large high quality Japanese enamel over brass vase attributed to Namikawa Yasuyuki, 1845 to 1927. The amphora shaped vase is made in a lobular desi...
Category
Late 19th Century Japanese Meiji Antique Cloissoné Furniture
Materials
Brass, Enamel
Enamel cloissoné and gilt bronze inkwell. France, late 19th century.
Located in Buenos Aires, Buenos Aires
Enamel cloissoné and gilt bronze inkwell. France, late 19th century.
Category
Late 19th Century French Belle Époque Antique Cloissoné Furniture
Materials
Bronze, Enamel
Pair of Trumpet-Shaped Byzantines Vases, L.C. Sevin&F. Barbedienne, France, 1880
Located in PARIS, FR
Signed F. Barbedienne
A pair of charming trumpet-shaped vases in gilt bronze with a polychrome cloisonné enamel decoration, one blue and the other green and red. They feature two annular handles and stand on four feet surmounted by a stylized palm. The vases are ornated with a Byzantine decoration.
The high quality of the enamel is typical of Barbedienne’s production. It enhances this pair of vases especially with the wide range of colours used to create the decoration. The enamel is smooth and shiny and shows many shades to form the Byzantine decoration. The partitioned cloisonné is finely engraved and contributes to the decoration by adopting vegetal and foliage shapes.
The Model
These two vases can be linked to a vase presented by Ferdinand Barbedienne at the 1862 London Universal Exhibition and purchased at this time by the South Kensington Museum (now the Victoria and Albert Museum, London, Inv. 8026-1862). This vase has on its belly a polychrome cloisonné enamel decoration standing out against a turquoise background as show these vases. This decoration, called Byzantine, covers all the vase with coloured arabesques and scrolls. It rests on four claw feet with lion heads from a design near of our vases.
Barbedienne and the Cloisonné Enamel
Ferdinand Barbedienne continously innovated and he revived the use of enamel on art works during the second half of the 19th century. The Sèvres Manufacture enamel workshop had ever tried it in 1854-1855, but Barbedienne was the one who succeeded to join enamel to an industrial decorative objects production. From 1858 “At Mr Barbedienne’s, enamels in copper ornaments have got their former prestige back” (Les bronzes de la Maison Barbedienne, C. Simon, in L’Art du XIXe siècle, 1858, n°21, p. 252). The Barbedienne Company had now an enamel workshop where objects ornamented with oriental style or medieval style enamels were made. Four years after, Barbedienne’s cloisonné...
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1880s French Other Antique Cloissoné Furniture
Materials
Bronze, Enamel
Antique Japanese Meiji Cloisonne Enamel Tazza Bowl
Located in New York, NY
An antique footed Japanese, Meiji era, enamel over copper tazza bowl. The exterior of the ware is covered with polychrome enamel panels with blossoming flowers surrounded by floral, ...
Category
Late 18th Century Japanese Meiji Antique Cloissoné Furniture
Materials
Copper, Enamel
Antique Imperial Russian Silver Gold Cloisonne Enamel Napkin Ring Moscow 1896
Located in Portland, OR
Antique Russian Imperial silver gilt cloisonne enamel napkin ring holder, silversmith; M.F. Sokolov, Moscow, 1896.
A very elegant Russian napkin holder, the top and base having a ban...
Category
1880s Russian Late Victorian Antique Cloissoné Furniture
Materials
Gold, Silver, Enamel
Rare 19th Century Japanese Cloisonné Enamel Dragon 3 Piece Set
Located in New York, NY
Three antique Japanese Meiji period vases, distinguished by their flared necks and decorative designs. Two of the vases feature high-shouldered forms, while the third is of a globula...
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Late 19th Century Japanese Meiji Antique Cloissoné Furniture
Materials
Enamel
Large Antique Russian Imperial Silver Cloisonne Bowl Pavel Ovchinnikov Moscow
Located in Portland, OR
A large antique Imlerial Russian twin handled silver cloisonne bowl, Pavel Ovchinnikov, Moscow, 1898. Silver weight 24.5 oz (695 grams).
Ovchinnikov is recognized as one of Russia's ...
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1890s Russian Late Victorian Antique Cloissoné Furniture
Materials
Enamel, Silver
Pair of Onyx, enamel Cloisinné and Gilt Bronze table lamps, France, circa 1890.
Located in Buenos Aires, Buenos Aires
Pair of Onyx, enamel Cloisinné and Gilt Bronze table lamps, France, circa 1890.
Doesn't include Lampshade.
Category
1890s French Belle Époque Antique Cloissoné Furniture
Materials
Onyx, Bronze
Antique Imperial Russian Silver Gold Enamel Kovsh Nikolai Antipov Moscow 1896
Located in Portland, OR
A good antique Imperial Russian silver & cloisonne enamel kovsh, silversmith Nikolai Lakovlev Antipov & assayer Anotoly Apollonovish Artsybashev, Moscow, 1896.
The kovsh of tradition...
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1890s Russian Late Victorian Antique Cloissoné Furniture
Materials
Gold, Silver, Enamel
Cloisonne’ Vases (pair)
By G. None
Located in Bronx, NY
This pair of early 20th century Japanese hand decorated cloisonné’ vases are uniquely designed with a four panel curved body accented by an extended skirte...
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Early 20th Century Japanese Cloissoné Furniture
Materials
Metal, Enamel
Antique Japanese Cloisonne Enamel Meiji Era Vase By Gonda Hirosuke
Located in New York, NY
An ancient Japanese vase with magnificent flower decoration made in a polychrome cloisonne enamel on a pale turquoise ground. Classic form for Ja...
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Late 19th Century Japanese Meiji Antique Cloissoné Furniture
Materials
Enamel
Chinese Enamel and French Gilt Bronze Chinoiserie Jardinière
Located in London, GB
Chinese enamel and French gilt bronze Chinoiserie jardinière
The enamel Chinese and the gilt bronze French, 19th century
Measures: Height 40cm, width 53cm, depth 30cm.
This Chin...
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19th Century French Chinoiserie Antique Cloissoné Furniture
Materials
Bronze, Enamel, Ormolu
Chinese Pink background Cloisonné "Hundred Antiques" Pattern vase & Stand
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
20th century Chinese export Pink background Cloisonné "Hundred Antiques" Pattern vase & carved hardwood Stand
Indulge in the allure of Chinese craftsmanship with this exquisite 2...
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20th Century Chinese Chinese Export Cloissoné Furniture
Materials
Bronze
Large Pair of Japanese Cloisonné with Blue Birds signed Gonda Hirosuke
Located in New York, NY
A set of two vases with magnificent flowers and birds decoration, classic form for Japanese works of the Meiji era. The baluster form vases are enameled with polychrome images of blossoming flowers and plants made in the Cloisonne technique on a glossy cobalt blue ground. The base is marked with the mark of Gonda Hirosuke...
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Late 19th Century Japanese Meiji Antique Cloissoné Furniture
Materials
Enamel
19th Century Japanese cloisonné Bowl with Fish Attributed to Hattori Tadasaburo
Located in New York, NY
An antique Japanese copper plate with cloisonne enamel design. Late Meiji era, ca. 1910s. The piece depicts two carp fish among seaweed against the light blue background. Attributed ...
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19th Century Japanese Meiji Antique Cloissoné Furniture
Materials
Enamel, Copper
Japanese Cloisonne Vase fitted as an electric table lamp
Located in Point Richmond, CA
Japanese Cloisonne Vase fitted as an electric table lamp. The bulbous vase form with tall narrow neck and flared mouth having a rich dark blue background with variegated blossoms of...
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Early 20th Century Japanese Meiji Cloissoné Furniture
Materials
Enamel
Meiji Period Japanese Cloisonné Covered Jar with Geometric Patterns Attributed t
Located in New York, NY
An antique Japanese copper with gold wire cloisonne enamel design. Late Meiji period, before 1912. Beige body with a floral oranement. Front panel depicting storks against the turquo...
Category
Late 19th Century Japanese Meiji Antique Cloissoné Furniture
Materials
Enamel, Copper
Two Late Qing Dynasty Cloisonné Enamel and Gilt Bronze Vases
Located in London, GB
The enamel vases in this pair are of ‘garlic head’ form, each sitting on a four-leg, four scrolled foot wooden stand. The vases are of tripartite form. Each vase features a flared neck, an ovoid body, and a pinched stem, and each includes four gilt bronze (ormolu) medallions fashioned into reticulated cloud scroll patterns. Glimpsed through the reticulated medallions of each vase is a smaller, nestled vase, similarly decorated to the external shell. The body of each vase presents a rich blue enamel ground onto which cloisonné enamel motifs, bounded within gold enamel wire, are worked. The motifs are traditional, ranging from lotus scrolls and lotus flowers to ruyi heads, and are executed in a bold green, red, yellow, and pink palette. Upon the neck of each vase are mounted two gilt bronze elephant...
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Early 20th Century Chinese Chinese Export Cloissoné Furniture
Materials
Enamel, Bronze, Ormolu
Large Cloisonné Enamel and Silver Kovsh
Located in London, GB
Large cloisonné enamel and silver kovsh
Russian, 20th Century
Height 20cm, width 25cm, depth 19cm
A symbol of Russian culture, a kovsh is a traditional drinking vessel, often used ...
Category
20th Century Russian Cloissoné Furniture
Materials
Silver, Enamel
Large Antique Chinese Cloisonné and Brass Urn
Located in San Francisco, CA
A large exceptional antique Chinese cloisonne pot or urn. Showing a very detailed hand crafted work of enameled art with flowers and animal desig...
Category
Early 20th Century Chinese Chinese Export Cloissoné Furniture
Materials
Brass, Enamel
Rare Pair of Octagon Shaped Japanese Cloisonné Dragon and Flower Vases
Located in New York, NY
A set of two Japanese vases, Meiji era, 1868 to 1912. Two high quality antique vases of an ovoid form tapering to the bottom and bearing a long neck tapering to the upper rim. The ex...
Category
Late 19th Century Japanese Meiji Antique Cloissoné Furniture
Materials
Enamel
A very fine 19th century French Cloissone 11and gilt bronze centerpiece
Located in Dallas, TX
A fine 19th century French Orientalist period Cloissone and bronze centerpiece.
Category
Mid-19th Century French Chinese Export Antique Cloissoné Furniture
Materials
Bronze
Fabienne Jouvin-Paris Cloisonne 'Ouzbek' Box, Circa 1980s
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
Fabienne Jouvin-Paris Cloisonne 'Ouzbek' Box
Designed by artesian Fabienne Jouvin-Paris
Made in China, 1980s
This stunning Fabienne Jouvin-Paris Cloisonné 'Ouzbek' Box, crafted in t...
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Late 20th Century Chinese Modern Cloissoné Furniture
Materials
Copper, Enamel
Antique Imperial Russian Silver Cloisonne Enamel Kovsh Ovchinnikov Moscow 1896
Located in Portland, OR
A fine antique Russian Imperial silver & cloisonne kovsh, Pavel Akimov Ovchinnikov, Moscow, 1896.
Ovchinnikov is recognized as one of Russia's most famous enamellers, he produced inc...
Category
1890s Russian Late Victorian Antique Cloissoné Furniture
Materials
Silver, Enamel
Legacy of Elegance: 19th C. Japanese Cloisonné Enamel Plate Namikawa Yasuyuki
Located in New York, NY
Legacy of Elegance: 19th Century Japanese Cloisonné Enamel Plate Attributed to Namikawa Yasuyuki
This exquisite Japanese Cloisonné masterpiece, attributed to the skilled artisan Nam...
Category
19th Century Japanese Antique Cloissoné Furniture
Materials
Enamel
Chinese Cloisonne Phoenix Head Tea or Wine Pot, Mid 20th Century, China
Located in Austin, TX
A delightful and unusual Chinese cloisonne enamel copper wine or tea pot in the form of a phoenix, late Republic Period, or post Republic, mid 20th century, China.
The wine pot in t...
Category
Mid-20th Century Qing Cloissoné Furniture
Materials
Copper, Enamel
Cloisonné Vases, Lamps, Bowls and Other Furniture and Objects for Sale on 1stDibs
Liven your home with cloisonné vases, bowls, lamps and other objects and furnishings ornamented with lustrous enamel. Technically, enamel is colored glass fused to metal. But that simple description greatly understates the case. Applied using an array of techniques to a wide range of objects, it is one of the most dynamic, and alluring, mediums in the world.
No one knows for sure when or where enameling originated. But, according to the Encyclopedia Britannica, it is widely believed that the decoration on a gold scepter found in a royal Mycenaean tomb at Kourion Kaloriziki, in Cyprus, and dating to the 11th century BC, is a true, early example of the technique.
Between the 6th and 12th centuries AD, cloisonné — in which tiny compartments (cloisons) made by soldering copper filaments to a metal surface are filled with vibrantly hued enamel — had a huge vogue in the Byzantine Empire. By the 7th century, Lombard craftsmen in northern Italy were using enamel to emulate Byzantine objects. In the 12th and 13th centuries, artisans in China imported the technique and made it so much their own that enameled objects have long been associated with Eastern aesthetics and motifs rather than Western ones.
Collectors of authentic antique Chinese furniture and decorative objects know that Ming dynasty-era cloisonné objects are particularly coveted. Although ornamentation was minimal at the time, Ming dynasty furniture often featured carved or painted details of flowers, insects, dragons, fruits and other motifs. As overseas trade expanded, techniques from the West, like cloisonné enamel painting, adorned table screens and other pieces.
Elaborately decorated Ming-era cloisonné objects and furnishings — vessels and other items featuring lots of vibrant colors and details — are likely to fetch considerable sums at auction, as Chinese cloisonné vases created during the Ming and Qing eras represent a golden age of the country’s furniture design. (Victorian cloisonné is also popular with design enthusiasts.)
Cloisonné wasn’t adopted in Japan until the 1800s. Back then, amid an era of societal and cultural shifts, a bolstered interest in art and design elevated Japanese craft traditions during the Meiji period. European styles like Japonisme appropriated Japanese design while craftsmen in places like Wales and England employed japanning, a varnishing technique that approximated the appearance of lacquer for the surfaces of furnishings.
Today, Meiji-era cloisonné vases or incense burners in good condition are of great interest to collectors of Asian art and furniture produced by the period’s Japanese cloisonné workshops.
Find cloisonné vases, lighting, decorative bowls and other objects for sale on 1stDibs.
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