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Technique: Cloissoné
Contemporary Japanese Cloisonne Enamel Vase Tamura
By Tamura
Located in Newark, England
Showa Period Circa 1940
From our Japanese collection, we are pleased to offer this Antique Japanese Cloisonne Enamel Vase by Tamura. The vase of tapered cylindrical form with a tigh...
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Mid-20th Century Japanese Showa Cloissoné Decorative Objects
Materials
Enamel, Metallic Thread
French Champleve and Onyx Urns Barbedienne
Located in Newark, England
Onyx & Champleve Enamel
From our Decorative collection, we are delighted to offer this pair of French Champleve and Onyx Urns attributed to Barbedienne. The Urns of typical form wi...
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Late 19th Century French Belle Époque Antique Cloissoné Decorative Objects
Materials
Onyx, Bronze, Enamel, Ormolu
Vase chinois en émail cloisonné sur cuivre décor floral 1950/60
Located in AIX-LES-BAINS, FR
Grand vase des années 1950/60 provenant de Chine, en émaux cloisonnés sur cuivre avec un beau décor de fleurs.
Le cerclage au col est en laiton doré , permet un beau contraste avec l...
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1960s Chinese Chinese Export Vintage Cloissoné Decorative Objects
Materials
Other, Brass
Pair 19th Century French Chinoiserie Cloisonne Bronze Vases
Located in New York, NY
Pair of exceptional antique (late 19th century) French gilt bronze vases in the Chinoiserie style with fine cloisonne enamel designs of flowers on a geometric ground with stylized li...
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Late 19th Century French Chinoiserie Antique Cloissoné Decorative Objects
Materials
Bronze, Enamel
A Pair of Meiji Japanese Cloisonne Enamel Millefiori Chrysanthemum Flowers Butte
Located in New York, NY
A pair of antique Japanese Cloisonne Enamel vases. Late Meiji period, Circa 1890 of Elongated baluster shape.
The pieces are richly covered with silver wire in Multi color chrysant...
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Late 19th Century Japanese Meiji Antique Cloissoné Decorative Objects
Materials
Enamel
Rare Bubblegum Pink Silver Wire Japanese Cloisonne Enamel Iris Flower Vase
Located in New York, NY
A rare high quality antique Japanese, late Meiji period, enamel over gilt copper vase. The amphora shaped vase has a narrow fluted neck. The ware is enameled with a polychrome image ...
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Late 19th Century Japanese Meiji Antique Cloissoné Decorative Objects
Materials
Copper, Enamel
Japanese Cloisonne Enamel Vase Cranes Flying over Waves Attributed to Honda Yasa
Located in New York, NY
An antique Japanese early Meiji vase, most likely copper, decorated with cloisonne enamel and attributed to Honda Yasaburo, active circa 1870s - 1910. The elongated vase features a n...
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Late 19th Century Japanese Meiji Antique Cloissoné Decorative Objects
Materials
Enamel, Copper
Rare Forest Green Silver Wire Japanese Cloisonne Enamel Rooster Vase
Located in New York, NY
A rare high quality large antique Japanese, late Meiji period, Silver wire and enamel over copper vase. The amphora shaped vase has a narrow fluted neck. The ware is enameled with a ...
Category
Late 19th Century Japanese Meiji Antique Cloissoné Decorative Objects
Materials
Copper, Enamel
A Pair of Meiji Japanese Cloisonne Enamel Dragon, Doves, Ho Ho Birds Attributed
Located in New York, NY
A pair of high quality Japanese Meiji period cloisonne enamel vases, each of a globular form with a short flared neck with an everted rim, decorated with stylized floral patterns and...
Category
Late 19th Century Japanese Meiji Antique Cloissoné Decorative Objects
Materials
Enamel
Pair Chinese Cloisonné Cranes as Candlestick Prickets
Located in New York, NY
This darling pair of cloisonné crane pricket candlesticks would be the perfect addition to any home. In Chinese mythology the symbol of the crane represents longevity, and the depict...
Category
Early 20th Century Chinoiserie Cloissoné Decorative Objects
Materials
Bronze, Enamel, Gold Leaf
Grande Vaso Cloisonné Oriente XX Secolo
Located in Milano, IT
Grande vaso in bronzo decorato a cloisonné con smalti colorati, a rappresentare paesaggi, volatili e fiori di gusto orientale.
Category
20th Century Asian Other Cloissoné Decorative Objects
Materials
Bronze
Two Russian Silver Gilt and Cloisonné Enamel Eggs on Stands
Located in London, GB
Two Russian silver gilt and cloisonné enamel eggs on stands
Russian, 20th Century
Height 12cm, diameter 4.5cm
These stunning Russian eggs are crafted from silver gilt and dec...
Category
20th Century Russian Cloissoné Decorative Objects
Materials
Silver, Enamel
Two Russian Silver Gilt and Cloisonné Enamel Easter Eggs on Stands
Located in London, GB
Two Russian silver gilt and cloisonné enamel Easter eggs on stands
Russian, 20th Century
Height 9.5cm, diameter 5cm
The two silver gilt and cloisonné enamel eggs showcase Russi...
Category
20th Century Russian Cloissoné Decorative Objects
Materials
Silver, Enamel
Vintage Chinese Cloisonné - Vase, Beaker and Owl Ornament - Blue Toned
Located in Glasgow, GB
This vintage Chinese cloisonné collection features a trio of miniature blue ornaments, with each exuding its own unique charm and delicate design....
Category
1980s Chinese Chinese Export Vintage Cloissoné Decorative Objects
Materials
Brass, Enamel
Japanese Meiji Era Goldstone Enamel Censer Koro
Located in New York, NY
An antique Japanese Meiji Era tripod enamel metal censer koro. Circa: late 19th century. The sphere form ware is enameled with polychrome medallions with blossoming flowers and butte...
Category
Late 19th Century Japanese Meiji Antique Cloissoné Decorative Objects
Materials
Enamel
Very Large Japanese Meiji Period Cloisonne Enamel Vase
Located in London, GB
This stunning Meiji period vase is a wonderful example of the quality of craftsmanship during the late 19th century Japanese Meiji period. The Meiji era was famed for being the perio...
Category
Late 19th Century Japanese Meiji Antique Cloissoné Decorative Objects
Materials
Enamel
French porcelain vase, Sevres, with Cloisonne bronze
Located in Autonomous City Buenos Aires, CABA
French porcelain vase, Sevres, with Cloisonne bronze
French porcelain vase with gilt base, with gilt bronze handles with a painted landscape on one side and a couple of children insi...
Category
19th Century French Napoleon III Antique Cloissoné Decorative Objects
Materials
Bronze
French Sevres bronze and porcelain vase, Cloisonne 19th century
Located in Autonomous City Buenos Aires, CABA
French Sevres bronze and porcelain vase, Cloisonne 19th century
Antique blue sevres porcelain masseter with intricate design on the base and neck, hand painted with a floral motif, o...
Category
19th Century French Napoleon III Antique Cloissoné Decorative Objects
Materials
Bronze
Antique Greek Civil War Pure Silver Cloisonne Case Engraved Athens Army Day 1946
Located in Portland, OR
An antique Greek pure silver & cloisonne case, circa 1910.
Despite this case dating circa 1910 it has a later engraved legend to the base "Greek Army Day Athens, 15th May 1946", from...
Category
1910s Greek Edwardian Vintage Cloissoné Decorative Objects
Materials
Silver, Enamel
Pair of Porcelain, Cloisonné, Bronze Vases, France, circa 1900
Located in Autonomous City Buenos Aires, CABA
Pair of porcelain, cloisonné and bronze vases, France, around 1900
Pair of Sevres porcelain vases with bronze, cloisonne, hand painted with a beautiful flower design and both the bas...
Category
20th Century French Neoclassical Cloissoné Decorative Objects
Materials
Bronze
1950s Pair Of Chinese Hand Made Cloisonné Enamel Vases On Carved Hardwood Stands
Located in Germantown, MD
A 1950s Pair Of Hand Made Chinese Cloisonné Enamel Vases On Hardwood Stands in mint condition. Come with original box. No imperfections whatsoever. Measure 5" in diameter and stand 1...
Category
Mid-20th Century Chinese Chinese Export Cloissoné Decorative Objects
Materials
Brass
Chinese cloissoné Circular Cup or Vide Poche Hand-Painted, circa 1910
Located in Auribeau sur Siagne, FR
Chinese cloissoné Circular Cup or Vide Poche Hand-Painted, circa 1910
Category
1910s Chinese Chinoiserie Vintage Cloissoné Decorative Objects
Materials
Ceramic
Signed Ando Jubei Japanese Green Cloisonné Vase Clematis
By Ando Jubei
Located in Somis, CA
A masterpiece of Ando Jubei wireless cloisonné vase. In his signature green enamel, portraying an intricate arabesque design of a blooming clem...
Category
20th Century Japanese Meiji Cloissoné Decorative Objects
Materials
Metal, Enamel
Charming enamel and gilded Bronze Ewer by F. Barbedienne, France, circa 1870
Located in PARIS, FR
Signed F. Barbedienne & Cie
Height : 31,5 cm (12,4 in.) ; Width : 12 cm (4,7 in.) ; Depth : 10,5 cm (4,1 in.)
Charming baluster-shaped ewer in gilded bronze decorated with red and blue polychrome cloisonné enamel. Two beaded handles connect the body to the slender neck, ending in a flared pouring spout, and it rests on a circular piedouche. The whole is decorated with abundant engraved decoration of foliage interlacing.
Barbedienne and the Cloisonné enamel :
Ferdinand Barbedienne continuously 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...
Category
1880s French Napoleon III Antique Cloissoné Decorative Objects
Materials
Bronze, Enamel
Chinese Cloisonné Charger or Large Plate fine detail, Mid-19th Century
Located in Lincoln, Lincolnshire
This is a very good Chinese Cloisonné Charger or Large Plate / Dish that we date to the mid-19th century of the Qing dynasty, Circa 1970.
The Charger is circular on a low foot.
The decoration shows a large central 12-lobed flower head with further flowers and leaves off it, leading to a three section pattern with three mythical phoenix, all in many different coloured enamels against a deep red ground. The outer rim has a detailed plantain leaf border decoration.
The reverse has an unmarked green base with three roundel designs on the rim, all against a blue ground.
Overall a very decorative 19th C Qing period Chinese Plate.
Category
Mid-19th Century Chinese Chinese Export Antique Cloissoné Decorative Objects
Materials
Ceramic
Chinese Qing Cloisonné Bronze Opium Caddy Set
Located in Toledo, OH
Chinese Qing opium caddy set includes burner and tray with 6 dishes. Cloisonné set in bronze with blue enamel interior, foo dog lion handle. Intricate fl...
Category
Late 19th Century Antique Cloissoné Decorative Objects
Materials
Bronze
Antique Japanese Meiji Ginbari Cloisonne Enamel Vase
Located in New York, NY
An antique Japanese, late Meiji era, Ginbari enamel over copper vase. The urn shaped vase is enameled with a polychrome image of blossoming Wisteria flowers on the light blue ground ...
Category
Late 19th Century Japanese Meiji Antique Cloissoné Decorative Objects
Materials
Copper, Enamel
Mid-20th Century Chinese Cloisonne Vase
Located in Pomona, CA
This Chinese Antique Cloisonne Vase was hand made from gold copper with cloisonne. It has detailed cloisonne works of Peony, Magpie and floral a...
Category
Mid-20th Century Chinese Chinese Export Cloissoné Decorative Objects
Materials
Metal, Copper
Vintage Chinese Cloisonne Hawk or Falcon
Located in Palm Beach, FL
Standout near life size Chinese cloisonne or enamel on copper bird of prey ambitiously decorated in a feather motif and presented on a wood base.
Category
Mid-20th Century Chinese Chinese Export Cloissoné Decorative Objects
Materials
Metal
Antique Meiji Era Japanese Cloisonne Enamel Vases
Located in New York, NY
A pair of matching Japanese cast metal and cloisonne enamel vases richly decorated with polychrome floral ornaments on a black ground. Unmarked. Dated circa the late 19th century, Me...
Category
Late 19th Century Japanese Meiji Antique Cloissoné Decorative Objects
Materials
Enamel
French porcelain vase Napoleonic Empire 19th century
By Napoléon III
Located in Autonomous City Buenos Aires, CABA
French porcelain vase Napoleonic Empire 19th century
Extravagant pink French porcelain vase with flamingo handles, base with flamingo leg design and paintings on both fronts, signed...
Category
19th Century French Napoleon III Antique Cloissoné Decorative Objects
Materials
Bronze
Pair of Very Large Chinese Cloisonné Enamel Vases with French Ormolu Mounts
Located in London, GB
Pair of very large Chinese cloisonné enamel vases with French ormolu mounts
Chinese and French, 20th century
Height 215cm, diameter 78cm
These superb vases bring together exceptional Chinese enamelling with ornate French ormolu mounts, combining the complex cloisonné technique with sumptuously detailed gilt-bronze additions.
The ovoid-form vases are applied with lavish natural designs on the main body, decorated with eye-catching birds and butterflies amongst flowers and shrubbery. The animal and foliate motifs are set on top of a cream ground with intricate geometric patterning that emphasises the elaborate design of the vases. The necks of the vases are similarly decorated with birds and greenery. The necks and feet also feature ornate geometric patterns that complement the natural colour palette of the main body, adding further intricacy to the enamelled designs.
Surmounting the vases is a pierced ormolu rim, which features acanthus-style and pineapple designs which complement the foliate imagery on the vases below. Each vase is mounted on four gilt-bronze feet cast in the shape of Chinese 'Foo' winged lions, combining impressive Chinese motifs with exceptional French craftsmanship.
Cross-cultural pieces like these vases were highly popular decorative wares in late 19th century Europe; likewise, this pair effortlessly synthesise the design styles of the East and the West into monumental items with ornate and colourful designs.
Provenance: From the collection of Larry Flynt...
Category
20th Century Chinese Cloissoné Decorative Objects
Materials
Enamel, Ormolu
Japanese Cloisonne Enamel Meiji Era Dragon and Phoenix Bird Goldstone Vase
Located in New York, NY
A large antique Japanese Meiji era enamel over brass vase. The amphora shaped vase is enameled with polychrome medallions with a Phoenix bird and a dragon surrounded by floral, and f...
Category
Late 19th Century Japanese Meiji Antique Cloissoné Decorative Objects
Materials
Enamel
Large Antique Meiji Period Japanese Cloisonne Bowl with Blue Dragon
Located in New York, NY
A highly decorative antique Japanese Meiji period bowl decorated with cloisonne enamel patterns. The interior of the bowl is adorned with several panels with traditional benevolent s...
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Late 19th Century Japanese Meiji Antique Cloissoné Decorative Objects
Materials
Enamel
Signed Ando Jubei Japanese Yellow Cloisonné Vase
By Ando Jubei
Located in Somis, CA
Behold the remarkable beauty of a rare Ando Jubei wireless cloisonné vase. This masterpiece, adorned in a extraordinary canary yellow enamel, p...
Category
20th Century Japanese Meiji Cloissoné Decorative Objects
Materials
Metal, Enamel
Large Rare Japanese Cloisonne Meiji Period Green Dragon Swimming Over The Sea
Located in New York, NY
A high quality Japanese enamel vase, Meiji era, 1868 to 1912. The vase has an amphora shaped body and a narrow neck. The ware is enameled with a polychrome image of a big dragon over...
Category
Late 19th Century Japanese Meiji Antique Cloissoné Decorative Objects
Materials
Enamel
Antique Meiji Period Japanese Cloisonne Enamel Vase with Geometric Patterns Gard
Located in New York, NY
An antique Japanese Meiji period cloisonne vase featuring intricate foliage motifs complemented by two exquisite floral panels. The meticulous craftsmanship in depicting foliage patt...
Category
Late 19th Century Japanese Meiji Antique Cloissoné Decorative Objects
Materials
Enamel
Japanese Tashio Period (1912-1926) Cloisonne Enamel Vase Ando Company
By Ando Jubei
Located in Newark, England
The vase of large globular form decorated with a fine pastel blue ground enamel base and striking blue tulips in bloom across the centre. The base signed to the centre with the Ando ...
Category
20th Century Japanese Meiji Cloissoné Decorative Objects
Materials
Metal, Metallic Thread, Enamel, Silver
Antique Pair Of Japanese Cloisonne Enamel Vases With Hawks, Cranes, Scenes
Located in New York, NY
A pair of antique Japanese Meiji period facet cloisonne vases, featuring captivating bird motifs. Their substantial size and ribbed design make them standout pieces. Adorned with int...
Category
Early 20th Century Japanese Meiji Cloissoné Decorative Objects
Materials
Enamel
A Large Rare Pair Of Red Japanese Cloisonne Enamel Vases Gardens in Bloom Kawade
Located in New York, NY
A pair of rare large high quality antique Japanese Meiji Era enamel over brass vases. The vases of amphora form with elegant narrow necks slightly expanding to the rim. The exterior ...
Category
Late 19th Century Japanese Meiji Antique Cloissoné Decorative Objects
Materials
Enamel, Brass
Antique Japanese Meiji Period Cloisonne Goldstone Vase
Located in New York, NY
An antique Japanese Meiji period cloisonne vase showcasing the body adorned with intricate cloisonne enamel work, displaying crane designs set against a goldstone background. The lon...
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Early 20th Century Japanese Meiji Cloissoné Decorative Objects
Materials
Enamel
A Pair of Early Japanese Cloisonne Enamel Censors Attributed to Honda Yasaburo
Located in New York, NY
A pair of high quality Japanese early Meiji period bronze and cloisonne enamel planter pots or koro incense burners, each of a globular form with a short flared neck, the exterior is...
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Late 19th Century Japanese Meiji Antique Cloissoné Decorative Objects
Materials
Enamel
Antique Meiji Japanese Cloisonne Enamel Wireless Vase with Snow Scenery
Located in New York, NY
An antique Japanese vase from the early Meiji period, decorated with enamel using the cloisonne technique. The wide vase with a narrow neck and a complex, varied pattern. At the base and around the neck it has a rhythmic decoration of alternating light brown and dark brown patterns with black and white feathers. On one side of the vase there is a seascape with rocks and pine trees. The other side depicts a winter coastal...
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Late 19th Century Japanese Meiji Antique Cloissoné Decorative Objects
Materials
Enamel
Antique Meiji Japanese Cloisonne Enamel Wireless Vase with Snow and Mountain Sce
Located in New York, NY
An antique Japanese brass vase from the early Meiji period, decorated with enamel using the cloisonne technique. The vase is of a globular ...
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Late 19th Century Japanese Meiji Antique Cloissoné Decorative Objects
Materials
Brass, Enamel
Antique Meiji Japanese Cloisonne Turquoise Enamel Crane Vase Signed OTA
Located in New York, NY
A fine antique Japanese enamel brass vase featuring an elongated body with rounded shoulders and wide short neck. The surface is skillfully decorated with a polychrome cloisonne enam...
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Late 19th Century Japanese Meiji Antique Cloissoné Decorative Objects
Materials
Enamel
Large High Quality Antique Japanese Cloisonne Enamel Meiji Vases with Birds
Located in New York, 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...
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Late 19th Century Japanese Meiji Antique Cloissoné Decorative Objects
Materials
Copper, Enamel
Large Antique Meiji Japanese Cloisonne Green Goldstone Enamel White Dragon Vase
Located in New York, NY
Large Antique Meiji Japanese Cloisonne Green Gold Stone Enamel White Dragon Vase
A large antique Japanese Meiji period cloisonne vase, featuring an im...
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Late 19th Century Japanese Meiji Antique Cloissoné Decorative Objects
Materials
Enamel
Large Meiji Japanese Cloisonne Green Goldstone Enamel Millefiori Mask Vase
Located in New York, NY
An antique Japanese copper vase with polychrome cloisonne enamel decor. Late Meiji period, before 1912. Elongated baluster shape. Intricate floral pattern against the dark green back...
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Late 19th Century Japanese Meiji Antique Cloissoné Decorative Objects
Materials
Enamel, Copper
French Cloisonné Swan Key Dish Catchall Ashtray
Located in Los Angeles, CA
French cloisonné swan key dish catch all or ashtray
France, early 20th century
Beautiful crafted piece has wonderful shape and design
Rich neutral ton...
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Early 20th Century French Cloissoné Decorative Objects
Materials
Metal
Antique Japanese Cloisonne Meiji Bird Tree Enamel Vases
Located in New York, NY
Large Pair of Antique Meiji Japanese Cloisonne Enamel Vases Hawks on Cherry Blossom Tree
Silver wire High Quality attributed to Hayashi or Ota
A pair of antique Japanese Meiji peri...
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Late 19th Century Japanese Antique Cloissoné Decorative Objects
Materials
Enamel
Antique Miniature Japanese Cloisonne Enamel Celadon Color Vase with Butterflies
Located in New York, NY
A miniature Japanese Meiji period vase, 1868 to 1912. The globular vase slightly tapering to the bottom decorated in polychrome enamels and copper wi...
Category
Late 19th Century Japanese Meiji Antique Cloissoné Decorative Objects
Materials
Copper, Enamel
Longwy Cloisonné Ovid Shaped Vase Unique French Art Deco
Located in Oakland, CA
Longwy Cloisonné Ovid Shaped Vase Unique French Art Deco. Stylized decoration of vertical stripes alternating on two rows of rosettes and triangles enameled yellow, turquoise, and da...
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1930s French Art Deco Vintage Cloissoné Decorative Objects
Materials
Enamel
Large Meiji Japanese Cloisonne Enamel Peach Goldstone Dragons and Phoenix Bird
Located in New York, NY
An antique Japanese copper, goldstone and cloisonne enamel vase from the Meiji period, 1868 to 1912. Features a slender tapering ovoid form rising to a short waisted octagonal neck w...
Category
Late 19th Century Japanese Meiji Antique Cloissoné Decorative Objects
Materials
Copper, Enamel
Antique Japanese Meiji Ginbari Cloisonne Enamel Vase
Located in New York, NY
An antique Japanese, late Meiji era, Ginbari enamel over copper vase. The urn shaped vase is enameled with a polychrome image of a dragon on the light blue and white ground made in t...
Category
Late 19th Century Japanese Meiji Antique Cloissoné Decorative Objects
Materials
Copper, Enamel
Late 19th C. French Ormolu Champlevé Enameled Clock Garniture Set by Japy Frères
By Japy Frères
Located in North Miami, FL
Late 19th century french gilt bronze/ormolu cloisonné champlevé enameled mantle clock garniture set by Japy Frères
By: Japy Frères
Material: bronze, enamel, glass, metal, ormolu, paint, cork
Technique: cast, champlevé, cloissoné, cold-painted, enameled, gilt, hand-painted, metalwork, molded
Dimensions: 6 in x 19.5 in x 15 in
Date: late 19th century, circa 1890
Style: Napoleon III, Rococo Revival, Neoclassicism, Louis XVI, Empire
Place of origin: France
The Japy family is a french industrial dynasty originally from Beaucourt in the Territoire de Belfort. They owned the second largest french company in terms of capital during the Second Empire. Its influential members left their mark on the french industrial landscape through numerous innovations, particularly in clockmaking, typewriters and pumps, as well as in labor organization and workers' social life in the 19th century.
This magnificent late 19th century french mantle clock garniture, work of the eminent Japy family, radiates the opulent decorative style of the Rococo Revival. A four glass...
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Late 19th Century French Napoleon III Antique Cloissoné Decorative Objects
Materials
Metal, Bronze, Enamel, Ormolu
Antique Japanese Meiji Ginbari Cloisonne Enamel Vase
Located in New York, NY
An antique Japanese, late Meiji era, Ginbari enamel over copper vase. The urn shaped vase is enameled with a polychrome image of blossoming flowers on the light blue ground made in t...
Category
Late 19th Century Japanese Meiji Antique Cloissoné Decorative Objects
Materials
Copper, Enamel
Attr To Namikawa Rare Pair Japanese Cloisonne Enamel Butterfly Vases
Located in New York, NY
Attributed to Namikawa Yasuyuki, 1845 to 1927, a pair of rare identical antique Japanese, late Meiji era, enamel vases. Each vase has a globular shaped body and a long fluted neck. T...
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19th Century Japanese Meiji Antique Cloissoné Decorative Objects
Materials
Enamel
White Chinese Cloisonné Vase
Located in San Diego, CA
A nice white with arabesque-style design Chinese cloisonné vase, circa 1960s. The vase is in very good condition with no dings or dents and measure 5...
Category
Mid-20th Century Chinese Cloissoné Decorative Objects
Materials
Brass, Enamel
Shop Cloisonné Vases, Boxes, Table Lamps and Other Enameled Objects 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, table lamps, decorative bowls and other objects for sale on 1stDibs.
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This Rare Set of 100 Alessi Vases Includes Designs by Scores of International Artists
Alessandro Mendini, Michael Graves, Ettore Sottsass and other design luminaries contributed to this unusual collection of porcelain wares representing a time capsule of late-20th-century decorative art.
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Gilt Empire Clock
Retro Strong Box
Art Nouveau Steel
Victorian Gilt Bronze
Marble Finial Pair
Red And White Porcelain China
Imari Arita Vase
Cherub Clock
Vintage Mantel Clocks Clocks
Italian Modern Murano Tall White
Antique Small Decorative Plates
Gilded Cherubs
Swedish Flower Painted
Mirrored Clock
Louis 14 Style Furniture
Hand Carved Turquoise
1920s Deco Desk
Enamel Gilt Frame