Mid-20th Century Vintage Pair of Chinese Cloisonné Enamel Ginger Jars
Located in Stamford, CT
A beautiful pair of Mid 20th Century Chinese cloisonné enamel lidded ginger jars. These jars are crafted using the cloisonné technique, which involves creating compartments (cloison...
Enamel
Antique Early Meiji Japanese Cloisonne Enamel Translucent Vase Floral Clouds
Located in Long Island City, NY
An antique Japanese Meiji period cloisonne enamel vase. Baluster shaped vase decorated with a band of orange with swirling and floral elements at the top, followed by a broader band ...
Enamel
Antique Japanese Cloisonne Enamel Meiji Box Dragon, Foo Dog, Phoenix Bird, Butte
Located in Long Island City, NY
An antique Japanese copper footed rectangular double-bottom box with hinged lid. Late Meiji period, The piece is decorated with cloisonne enamel depictions of dragons, phoenix bird, flowers against the swirl motif background. Collectible Oriental Vanity...
Copper, Enamel
Antique Meiji Japanese Cloisonne Blue Enamel Silver Vase with Eagle Signed Inaba
Located in Long Island City, NY
A rare antique Japanese cloisonné enamel silver mounted and silver wire vase Late Meiji period circa 1895 . Elongated shape with pronounced neck. Cobalt blue ground color. The obvers...
Enamel
$2,100Sale Price|50% Off
Antique Large Japanese Wire Cloisonné Enamel Vase
Located in Long Island City, NY
Antique large Japanese vase of elongated shape. Late Meiji period, 1868-1913. The piece is decorated with silver wire cloisonne enamel boughs of wisteria flowers and birds against a ...
Enamel
$960Sale Price|20% Off
Antique Japanese Ginbari Cloisonne Enamel Vase
Located in Long Island City, NY
An antique Japanese Meiji era Ginbari enamel vase. The ground of the vase is enameled in a turquoise shade. The vase is enameled with polychrome images of fish and blossoming sakura ...
Enamel
Large Japanese Cloisonne Enamel Dragon Vase
Located in Long Island City, NY
A vintage Japanese black cloisonne enamel vase. Circa mid to late 19th century. The wide vase, raised on a base, with a tapered neck that widens slightly toward the top. It is lavish...
Enamel
$1,076 / set
Pair Of Decorative Green Ginger Cloisonné Jars
Located in Kastrup, DK
A pair of decorative ginger cloisonné vases made of brass with enamel work. Richly and beautifully decorated with foliage on a black background. Comes with carved wooden bases. Heigh...
Brass
Pair Of Meiji Japanese Cloisonne Enamel Vases With Ducks And Floral Scenes
Located in Long Island City, NY
This finely matched pair of Japanese cloisonne enamel vases, dating to the Meiji period circa 1880 to 1890, represents high quality Japanese enamel production of the late nineteenth ...
Enamel
Rare Large Pair of Antique Meiji Japanese Cloisonne Enamel Lobbed Vases with Dra
Located in Long Island City, NY
A pair of rare antique Japanese, early Meiji era, enamel over gilt copper vases. Each vase has a lobbed shape. The exteriors of the wares are adorned with polychrome enamel panels an...
Enamel
Meiji Period Japanese Cloisonne Enamel Vase with Peonies Iris and Sparrows Goto
Located in Long Island City, NY
A refined and beautifully executed Japanese cloisonne enamel vase from the school of Goto Seizaburo, Meiji period circa 1890. Height twelve inches. This vase displays the naturalis...
Enamel
Exquisite Meiji Japanese Cloisonne Silver Wire Vase Irises on Karakusa
Located in Long Island City, NY
This exquisite Japanese Meiji cloisonné vase showcases delicate white and blue irises worked in fine silver wire against a shimmering karakusa gro...
Enamel
Monumental Pair of Meiji Japanese Cloisonne Enamel Dragons on Black Enamel Vases
Located in Long Island City, NY
An exceptional and visually commanding pair of Japanese cloisonné enamel vases, distinguished by their rare and monumental scale, each standing an impressive 25 inches tall. Executed...
Enamel
Large Antique Meiji Japanese Cloisonne Enamel Flying Cranes Vase
Located in Long Island City, NY
A large antique Japanese, Meiji era, Silver wire enamel over brass copper vase. Circa: 1900s. The urn form vase is enameled with polychrome images of cranes made in the Cloisonne tec...
Brass, Enamel, Copper
$326Sale Price|62% Off
Rare Shape Chinese Cloisonne Snuff Bottle Hand Enameled, 19thC Qing
Located in Lincoln, Lincolnshire
This is a very good example of a small rare shaped triangular Chinese snuff bottle, made from cloisonne´ with hand enamelled decoration depicting various floral designs and complete ...
Bronze
Antique Pair of Japanese Meiji Era Cloisonné Enamel Brush Pots
Located in Long Island City, NY
An antique Japanese Meiji cloisonne enamel metal brush pot. Circa: late 19th century to early 20th century. The cylindrical form pot is adorned with polychrome images representing fl...
Copper
$900Sale Price|35% Off
Signed Ando Jubei Japanese Cloisonné Vase Cream Yellow with Roses 7.5"
By Ando Jubei
Located in Somis, CA
A stunning large Ando Jubei (1876-1956) rose vase set against delicate cream yellow Musen-jippo background. In classic form with hand-finished silver metal rims. Soft pink contrastin...
Metal, Enamel
Antique Meiji Japanese Cloisonne Enamel Black Goldstone Dragon Vase
Located in Long Island City, NY
A Chinese enamel vase. The vase has a globular shaped body with a long narrow neck with a fluted mouth. The exterior of the ware is adorned with a polychrome enamel design representi...
Enamel
$840Sale Price|30% Off
Antique Meiji Japanese Cloisonne Enamel Silver Wire Crane Vase
Located in Long Island City, NY
An antique Japanese copper vase with silver wire cloisonne enamel design. Late Meiji period, Elongated vase of faceted hexagonal shape. The pie...
Enamel, Copper
Antique Early Meiji Japanese Cloisonne Enamel Floral Cloud Vase
Located in Long Island City, NY
An antique Japanese Meiji period cloisonne enamel vase with floral motifs and butterflies on a white and dark blue ground featuring a fine and collectible piece of Japanese artistry....
Enamel
$1,120Sale Price|20% Off
Signed Ando Jubei Green Wireless Cloisonné Vase Large 10"
By Ando Jubei
Located in Somis, CA
A large masterpiece of Ando Jubei wireless cloisonné vase at an exceptional 10" height. In his signature green enamel, portraying an intricate arabesque design of a blooming clematis...
Metal, Enamel
Japanese Large Cloisonné Vase, Ca. 1900/1910
Located in New York, NY
Japanese Large Cloisonné Vase in Midnight Blue w/ Flowers and Birds, Ca. 1900/1910 DIMENSIONS: Height: 46 inches Diameter: 51.5 inches ABOUT This exquisite vase is a remarkable te...
Metal
Large Antique Meiji Japanese Cloisonne Enamel Porcelain Totai Vase
Located in Long Island City, NY
An antique Japanese Meiji period cloisonne enamel porcelain vase, characterized by its exquisite multi colored floral and foliage motifs on a green ground. The use of a vibrant color...
Porcelain
$650Sale Price|40% Off
Signed Sato Japanese Cloisonné Vase Imperial Yellow with Chrysanthemum
Located in Somis, CA
A rare non-ginbari Sato cloisonné vase, from showa period, crafted on an imperial yellow Musen-jippo background. The classic form showcases vibrant...
Metal, Enamel
Large Antique Meiji Cloisonné Enamel Vases Japanese 19th Century Birds Flowers
Located in London, GB
Large Antique Meiji Cloisonné Enamel Vases Japanese 19th Century Birds Flowers Japanese, Late 19th Century Height 152cm, diameter 54cm This remarkable pair of monumental Meiji peri...
Metal, Enamel
19th Century French Empire Cloisonné Bronze Jewelry Casket with Velvet Interior
Located in North Miami, FL
19th century French Empire cloisonne bronze jewelry casket with blue velvet interior By: unknown Material: bronze, velvet, enamel, metal, copper Technique: gilt, cloisonné, champlevé, cast, molded, metalwork Dimensions: 5 in x 7 in x 6 in Date: late 19th century, circa 1890 Style: Napoleon III, Rococo Revival, Neoclassicism Place of origin: France This richly gilded jewelry...
Bronze, Enamel, Metal, Copper
Large High Quality Antique Japanese Cloisonne Enamel Meiji Vases with Birds
Located in Long Island City, NY
A pair of large antique Japanese copper vases with polychrome cloisonne enamel decor. Late Meiji period, before 1912. Elongated shape with pronounced neck. Birds and flowers motif ag...
Enamel, Copper
$600Sale Price|50% Off
Signed Ando Jubei Green Wireless Cloisonné Vase 8.5"
By Ando Jubei
Located in Somis, CA
An exquisite Ando Jubei wireless cloisonné vase. In his signature green enamel, portraying an intricate arabesque design of a blooming clematis vine under the glaze. On Musen-jippo b...
Metal, Enamel
$5,250Sale Price|79% Off
20th Century Antique Chinese Cloisonne Vase
Located in Pomona, CA
This magnificent Chinese Antique Cloisonne vase was hand made from gold copper with cloisonne. It has detailed cloisonne works of Crane, Pine...
Copper
Cloisonné Vase with Plum Blossoms Décor, Silver Plated, Japan, Meiji–Taishō Era
Located in Bochum, NRW
A Japanese cloisonné vase featuring a plum blossom motif in shades of pink and red, arranged across a cream-toned enamel ground. Each blossom outlined in fine gilt, while the silver...
Metal
Antique Meiji Era Japanese Cloisonne Enamel Bud Vase with Butterflies
Located in Long Island City, NY
A high quality late 19th century Japanese bud vase featuring a globular body and a tall, everted neck. The vase is enameled with a polychrome image of b...
Enamel
Japanese Wireless Cloisonne Enamel Vase by the Ando Company
By Ando Jubei
Located in Newark, England
Art Deco From our Japanese collection, we are delighted to offer this Japanese Cloisonne Enamel Vase by the Ando Company. The Cloisonne Enamel Vase of globular form decorated in a m...
Silver, Enamel
Antique Japanese Meiji Era Ginbari Cloisonne Vase
Located in Long Island City, NY
An antique Japanese copper vase with polychrome cloisonne enamel decor. Late Meiji period, before 1912. Baluster shape, black body with ginbari decor representing a chrysanthemum flo...
Enamel, Copper
Two Small Japanese Cloisonne Dragon Vases, Early 20th Century, Japan
Located in Austin, TX
Two charming, small Japanese cloisonné dragon vases, Meiji to Taisho period, early 20th century, Japan. The miniature vases of baluster f...
Copper, Enamel, Foil
$896Sale Price|36% Off
Signed Ando Jubei Japanese Cloisonné Vase Imperial Yellow with Roses
By Ando Jubei
Located in Somis, CA
A very rare Ando Jubei (1876-1956) Rose vase on imperial yellow background in excellent condition. In classic form using colored enamels of burgundy, cream, pink and green to depict ...
Metal, Enamel
$10,500 / set
Pair of Antique Japanese Cloisonné Enamel Vases
Located in Long Island City, NY
A pair of antique Japanese cloisonne enamel vases. Each vase is adorned with intricate geometric ornaments and floral motifs against a green ground. Each has curved handles on either...
Enamel
High Quality Japan Meiji Cloisonne Enamel Silver Wire Vase
Located in Long Island City, NY
A high quality Japanese, Meiji era, Cloisonné enamel and silver wire vase. The vase has an amphora shaped body and a narrow neck. The ware is enameled with a polychrome image of blos...
Enamel, Silver
Highly Elaborate Japanese Cloisonne Enamel Vase with Birds Flowers and Panels
Located in Long Island City, NY
An exceptionally elaborate Japanese cloisonné enamel vase, standing 10 inches high and distinguished by its extraordinary density of design and technical refinement. The surface is d...
Enamel
Pair of Antique Meiji Japanese Cloisonne Enamel Miniature Vases Birds in Cherry
Located in Long Island City, NY
A pair of antique Japanese, late Meiji period, silver wire enamel vases. Each vase has an amphora shaped body and a fluted neck. The wares are enameled with a polychrome image of a p...
Enamel
Japanese Cloisonné Vase Ando Jubei with Storage Box
By Ando Jubei
Located in Atlanta, GA
A beautifully decorated cloisonné vase with silver rims by Ando Jubei (1876-1956), the celebrated Japanese Shippo studio. The piece is dated to late Meiji to early Showa period circa...
Metal, Silver, Enamel
Large Antique Meiji Japanese Cloisonne Vase with Tennin
Located in Long Island City, NY
A large antique Japanese Meiji era, 1868 to 1912, cloisonne enamel vase decorated with an image of tennin, a beautiful winged woman dressed in ornate kimono with a flowing scarf that...
Enamel
$16,000 / set
Pair 19th Century Cloisonné Vases
Located in Houston, TX
Pair of 19th Century bronze cloisonné vases. These baluster form vessels feature an enameled body with all-over polychrome foliage motifs on a turquoise ground, with two dragon handl...
Metal, Enamel, Bronze
Large Japanese Bronze Cloisonné Vase
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Large imported Japanese bronze vase with floral cloisonné details. An elegant piece of traditional Japanese decorative art that sits comfortably within both classic and contemporary ...
Bronze, Enamel
Circa 1880s Pair of Chinese Cloisonne Small Brush Pots
Located in Chapel Hill, NC
Pair of Chinese cloisonne small brush pots, circa 1880s. Aesthetic Movement brush or pen holders, later Qing dynasty. Strong floral designs - one with red background, the other with ...
Paint
Mid Century Chinese Cloisonné Ginger Jar, Brass, Chrysanthemum, 1950s
Located in New York, NY
Chinese Export Mid Century Black cloisonne ginger jar featuring large scale chrysanthemum flower. Hand Made.
Brass
French Cloisonné Enamel & Ormolu mounted Covered Urn In The Chinoiserie Style
By Henry Cahieux and Ferdinand Barbedienne
Located in Dublin, IE
A late 19th century French Cloisonné enamel and ormolu mounted covered tureen, the richly decorated cloisonné enameling with floral and foliate motifs are executed in vibrant hues of...
Bronze, Enamel, Ormolu
$250Sale Price|50% Off
Antique Japanese Meiji era cloisonné enamel brass bowl
Located in Long Island City, NY
An antique Japanese Meiji era cloisonne enamel brass bowl featuring a bulbous body showcasing detailed floral and foliate motifs, including pink and red blossoms, against a turquoise...
Enamel
Pill Box translucent enamels on guilloché all sides Sterling Silver Salimbeni
By Renato Salimbeni, Salimbeni
Located in Firenze, FI
Octagonal pill box in gold-plated 925/100 sterling silver with translucent enamels fired on guilloché also on all sides and with a line on the lid. English Art Nouveau style, early 1...
Gold Plate, Sterling Silver, Enamel
Antique Japanese Rooster Cloisonné Enamel Planter
Located in Long Island City, NY
A Japanese copper planter with cloisonne enamel. The nearly rectangular beige planter with a blue dot pattern below the neck and above the base. Raised on four legs. Adorned with pol...
Copper
Antique Japanese Cloisonne Enamel, Butterfly Dragon Vase Attributed Honda
Located in Long Island City, NY
An antique Japanese Meiji era cloisonne enameled rounded vase. The vase is adorned with a variety of intricate designs including phoenix birds, butterflies, serpents, flowers, and sc...
Enamel
$440Sale Price|20% Off
Chinese Blue Cloisonne Floral Enameled Vase 20thC
Located in Big Flats, NY
Chinese Blue Cloisonne Floral Enameled Vase 20thC. Measures- 9.25"H x 5"W x 5"D. A beautifully crafted Chinese cloisonné vase from the 20th century, featuring intricate floral ...
Metal
Monumental Meiji Japanese Cloisonne Enamel Totai Covered Jar With Butterflies
Located in Long Island City, NY
A finely decorated Japanese porcelain covered jar from the Meiji period, executed in tōtai shippo cloisonné enamel on porcelain, a technically demanding process in which cloisonné st...
Enamel
Large Pair of Japanese Cloisonné with Blue Birds signed Gonda Hirosuke
Located in Long Island City, 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...
Enamel
Pair of antique Japanese Meiji cloisonné enamel vases
Located in Long Island City, NY
A pair of matching antique Japanese copper vases with polychrome cloisonne enamel design. Late Meiji era, before 1912. Straight bottle shape with accentuated base and side handles. F...
Enamel
Japanese Cloisonne Vase Butterflies Black Ground 1920s-30s Manner of Ando
Located in Long Island City, NY
A superb Japanese cloisonné enamel vase attributed to the Ando workshop, dating from the 1920s to 1930s. The vase features a striking deep black ground, beautifully contrasted by viv...
Enamel
Ando Wireless Cloisonne Jade Green Silver Mounted Vase, Showa Era, 1930's, Japan
By Ando Jubei, Ando Shippo Ten
Located in Austin, TX
An alluring Japanese Ando Jubei musen shippo (wireless cloionne) "jade green" silver mounted vase by the Ando Cloisonne Company (Ando Shippo Ten) ...
Silver, Copper, Enamel
Early Meiji Period Japanese Cloisonne Enamel Box with Crane Flying Clouds
Located in Long Island City, NY
A fine early Meiji period Japanese cloisonne enamel box decorated with a graceful crane in flight among stylized clouds, with a sparrow perched near a flowering tree. The domed lid p...
Enamel, Copper
Meiji Japanese Cloisonne Enamel Turquoise Silver Wire Japanese Vase with Flowers
Located in Long Island City, NY
A high quality Japanese, Meiji era, cloisonne enamel and silver wire vase. The vase has an amphora shaped body and a narrow neck. The ware is enameled with a polychrome image of blos...
Enamel, Copper
Pair of Meiji Japanese Cloisonne Turquoise Enamel Silver Birds In Bamboo Vases
Located in Long Island City, NY
A pair of identical antique Japanese, late Meiji era, Silver wire enamel vases. Each vase has an urn shaped body and a wide fluted neck. Each vase is enameled with polychrome images ...
Enamel
Vintage Chinese Cloisonne Enamel Vase with Floral Motifs on Wooden Stand
Located in Dallas, TX
Decorate a table or a buffet with this colorful baluster vase. Created in China circa 1980, the vase sits on a carved ebonized wood stand and features floral motifs on branches in th...
Multi-gemstone, Brass
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, table lamps, decorative bowls and other objects for sale on 1stDibs.
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