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Pair of Mirrored Chinese Cloisonne Enamel Vase with Flower and Bird Motif

About the Item

This rare pair of Chinese Cloisonne Enamel vases are unusual in that the design is perfectly mirrored from one vase to the second. The floral and bird motif include cherry blossoms, a white rose and a blue bird. The colors are bright and vibrant and the inner gold metal lining of the vases is bright and untarnished. In antiquity, the cloisonné or champlevé technique was mostly used for jewelry and small fittings for clothes, weapons or similar small objects decorated with geometric or schematic designs, with thick cloisonné walls. In the Byzantine Empire techniques using thinner wires were developed to allow more pictorial images to be produced, mostly used for religious images and jewelry, and by then always using enamel. By the 14th century this enamel technique had spread to China, where it was soon used for much larger vessels such as bowls and vases; the technique remains common in China to the present day, and cloisonné enamel objects using Chinese-derived styles were produced in the West from the 18th century.

Dimensions:

Height: 10 in (25.4 cm)Diameter: 5 in (12.7 cm)

Materials and Techniques:

Enamel

Place of Origin:

China

Period:

1960-1969

Date of Manufacture:

Circa 1960s

Condition:

These vases are very clean and free from chips or damage.