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Pair Chinese 19th C. Qing Dynasty, Cloisonne Multi-Cartouche Vases from Museum
Located in New York, NY
A Gorgeous Pair of Antique Chinese 19th Century, Qing Dynasty, Cloisonne Multi-Cartouche Blue Ground Gu Form Vases. These vases feature a surface detailed with birds, plants, and cl...
Category
19th Century Chinese Qing Antique Cloissoné Decorative Objects
Materials
Bronze
$20,640 Sale Price
20% Off
Antique Enamel Bronze/Copper Persian Vase Flowers Birds Polychrome, ca 1900
Located in Amsterdam, Noord Holland
A very nicely made piece with beautiful colors. Flowers and birds.
Additional information:
Material: Bronze, Cloisonne & Metal
Period: ca 1900
Condition: Some minimal age signs like...
Category
19th Century Antique Cloissoné Decorative Objects
Materials
Bronze
High Quality Antique Meiji Japanese Cloisonne Enamel Koro Jar Gold Wire
Located in Long Island City, NY
An antique Japanese Meiji period lidded jar decorated with cloisonne enamel flowering shrub patterns.
The jar of rounded bulbous shape stands on a narrow round foot with a raised na...
Category
Late 19th Century Japanese Antique Cloissoné Decorative Objects
Materials
Enamel
Antique Mixed Metal Japanese Vase Bronze, Japan, 19th/20th Century
Located in Amsterdam, Noord Holland
Interesting and finely made mixed metal shibuichi vase. Very cool.
Additional information:
Material: Bronze & Cloisonne
Region of Origin: Japan
Period: 19th century
Japan Dynasty Pe...
Category
19th Century Japanese Meiji Antique Cloissoné Decorative Objects
Materials
Bronze
$176 Sale Price
73% Off
Small Japanese Meiji Period Cloisonne Round Box, circa 1910, Japan
Located in Austin, TX
A small and delightful Japanese yellow ground cloisonne round trinket or incense box, Meiji Period, circa 1910, Japan.
The small box of squat, round shape, and may originally have b...
Category
1910s Japanese Meiji Vintage Cloissoné Decorative Objects
Materials
Copper, Enamel
Pair of Porcelain, Cloisonné, Marble and Bronze Vases, France, circa 1900
Located in Buenos Aires, Buenos Aires
Pair of porcelain, cloisonné, marble and bronze vases. France, early 20th century.
Category
Early 20th Century French Neoclassical Cloissoné Decorative Objects
Materials
Marble, Enamel
Antique Japanese Cloisonne Signed Ando White Enamel Covered Jar Butterflies
Located in Long Island City, NY
An antique Japanese Ando Jubei cloisonne rounded jar from the Meiji period. The vase is decorated with foliate image with butterflies. It features a fitted lid with a decorative fini...
Category
Early 20th Century Japanese Meiji Cloissoné Decorative Objects
Materials
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...
Category
Late 19th Century French Napoleon III Antique Cloissoné Decorative Objects
Materials
Metal, Bronze, Enamel, Ormolu
Japanese Cloisonne Enamel Vase with Gourd & Floral Bowl, in the Manner of Gotō
Located in Long Island City, NY
An exquisite Japanese cloisonné enamel vase of cylindrical form, worked in the manner of Gotō Seizaburō, dating to the Meiji period.
One side shows a finely rendered gourd hanging ...
Category
Late 19th Century Japanese Meiji Antique Cloissoné Decorative Objects
Materials
Enamel
French Cloisonné Enamel & Ormolu mounted Covered Urn In The Chinoiserie Style
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...
Category
Early 1900s French Chinoiserie Antique Cloissoné Decorative Objects
Materials
Bronze, Enamel, Ormolu
Early 20th c Chinese cloisonné enamel vase
Located in Long Island City, NY
An early 20th century Chinese copper vase with cloisonne enamel decor. Bottle shape. Swirl ornamental design in beige color palette. Gilt rims and ...
Category
Early 20th Century Chinese Meiji Cloissoné Decorative Objects
Materials
Copper
Jewelry Ring Trinket Boxes Pair Cloisonné Swan Japanese Gift Love Valentine
Located in BUNGAY, SUFFOLK
- Once courtship is complete, male and female swans bond for life and this delightful pair of Japaneer cloisonné swans symbolize love and const...
Category
1890s Japanese Meiji Antique Cloissoné Decorative Objects
Materials
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...
Category
Late 20th Century Chinese Cloissoné Decorative Objects
Materials
Multi-gemstone, Brass
Early 20th Century Art Déco Crystal Brass Cookie Jar/Bucket Container, France
Located in North Miami, FL
Early 20th century Art Déco crystal and brass cookie jar/bucket container with lid, France
By: unknown
Material: brass, copper, zinc, metal, glass, crystal, paint, enamel
Technique:...
Category
Early 20th Century French Art Deco Cloissoné Decorative Objects
Materials
Crystal, Metal, Brass, Copper, Zinc, Enamel
Chinese Export, Qing Dynasty, Qianlong, Large Decorative Cloissone Enamel Bowl
Located in New York, NY
A Chinese Export, Qing Dynasty Large Cloissone Enamel Bowl marked with the metal stamp of the Emperor Qianlong (1735-1795) on the bottom. This large and magnificent work features a ...
Category
Late 18th Century Chinese Qing Antique Cloissoné Decorative Objects
Materials
Copper, Enamel
Antique Japanese Cloisonne Enamel Meiji Era Vase By Gonda Hirosuke
Located in Long Island City, NY
An ancient Japanese vase with magnificent flower decoration made in a polychrome cloisonne enamel on a pale turquoise ground. Classic form for Ja...
Category
Late 19th Century Japanese Meiji Antique Cloissoné Decorative Objects
Materials
Enamel
19th Century Pair of Cloisonnè Vases with Later Worked Electrification
Located in Epfach, DE
19th century pair of cloisonnè Vases, china ca 1880
enamel and cloisonnè. The high of the vases are 30cm and diameter 14cm.
The electrification and montage was done beforehand. Car...
Category
1880s Chinese Antique Cloissoné Decorative Objects
Materials
Enamel
Russian Cloisonné Enamel and Silver-Gilt Kovsh
Located in London, GB
Known as a ‘kovsh’ (or kovsch), this item was designed to function as a small drinking vessel. Kovshes have been created in Russia for centuries, often from precious materials, such ...
Category
Early 20th Century Russian Cloissoné Decorative Objects
Materials
Silver, Enamel
$4,216 Sale Price
30% Off
Chinese Cloisonne Box with Carved Jade Inset Medallion
Located in Stamford, CT
Circa 1900 Chinese box decorated with green, blue, red and yellow floral design set against a white background. The top with a carved white jade floral medallion. The apple green ena...
Category
Early 19th Century Chinese Qing Antique Cloissoné Decorative Objects
Materials
Jade, Brass
Antique Meiji Era Japanese Cloisonne Enamel Vase
Located in Long Island City, NY
An antique Japanese Meiji Era brass and enamel vase, circa: early 20th century. The baluster form vase is enameled with polychrome images of blossoming flowers and plants and birds made in the Cloisonne technique on a black ground. The border of the base is decorated with a traditional Greek...
Category
Early 20th Century Japanese Cloissoné Decorative Objects
Materials
Enamel
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...
Category
Late 19th Century French Chinoiserie Antique Cloissoné Decorative Objects
Materials
Bronze, Enamel
Antique Japanese Cloisonne Enamel Lidded Koro Jar
Located in Long Island City, NY
An antique Japanese cloisonne enamel lidded koro jar from the Meiji period standing on a foot and featuring traditional ornamentations to the center with tw...
Category
Early 20th Century Japanese Meiji Cloissoné Decorative Objects
Materials
Enamel
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 ...
Category
Early 20th Century Japanese Cloissoné Decorative Objects
Materials
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 ...
Category
Late 19th Century Japanese Meiji Antique Cloissoné Decorative Objects
Materials
Enamel
$2,250 Sale Price
50% Off
Pair of Large Cloisonné Vases
Located in LA CIOTAT, FR
An exquisite pair of Chinese antique cloisonné enamel 'millefleur' baluster-form brass vases, meticulously decorated in a traditional design of flowers, birds and butterflies, and fe...
Category
20th Century Chinese Cloissoné Decorative Objects
Materials
Brass, Enamel
$2,910 / set
Pair of Japanese Cloisonne Enamel Vases with Kirin, Tiger, Dragon and Phoenix M
Located in Long Island City, NY
A superb pair of Japanese cloisonné vases from the Meiji period, each finely worked in silver wire and rising 12 inches high.
The four-paneled design alternates between mythologica...
Category
Late 19th Century Japanese Meiji Antique Cloissoné Decorative Objects
Materials
Enamel
Large Chinese Hardstone Tree Model with Birds in a Cloisonné Enamel Pot
Located in London, GB
Large Chinese hardstone tree model with birds in a cloisonné enamel pot
Chinese, 20th Century
Height 42cm, width 31cm, depth 23cm
Crafted in 20th century China, this superb objet d...
Category
20th Century Chinese Cloissoné Decorative Objects
Materials
Stone, Jade, Metal, Enamel
$7,964 Sale Price
30% Off
Pair of Japanese Cloisonné Enamel Vases Geometric Pattern In the Manner of Gotō
Located in Long Island City, NY
A refined pair of Japanese Meiji-period cloisonné enamel vases, worked in the manner of Gotō Seizaburō. Each cylindrical vase displays two shaped reserves set against a vivid turquoi...
Category
Late 19th Century Japanese Meiji Antique Cloissoné Decorative Objects
Materials
Enamel
Pair of Antique Japanese Ormolu Mounted Cloisonné Enamel Vases
Located in London, GB
Of ovoid form with a pierced ormolu rim, decorated throughout with birds, flowers and foliage, raised on pierced ormolu feet; the enamel Japanese, the ormolu French, late 19th centur...
Category
Late 19th Century Japanese Meiji Antique Cloissoné Decorative Objects
Materials
Bronze, Enamel
$7,027 Sale Price / set
30% Off
Chinese Exceptional and Large Cloisonne Enamel Pheasant Sculpture, 20th Century
Located in Bishop's Stortford, Hertfordshire
An exceptional and large Chinese vintage cloisonne enamel male pheasant mounted on a wooden stand dating from the first half of the 20th centu...
Category
Mid-20th Century Chinese Cloissoné Decorative Objects
Materials
Metal
Chinese Cloisonne Vase on Stand with Floral Motif
Located in San Diego, CA
A nice Chinese cloisonne vase on stand with floral motif, circa 1970s. The vase is in very good condition with no dings or dents and measure 5.75"D x 11.75"H on a beautiful dark blue...
Category
Mid-20th Century Chinese Chinese Export Cloissoné Decorative Objects
Materials
Brass, Enamel
A Pair of Art Deco Chinese Cloisonné Incense Holders w/ Horses, Ca. 1920
Located in New York, NY
A Pair of Art Deco Chinese Cloisonné Horses Incense Holders, Ca. 1920
DIMENSIONS (each)
Height: 10.75 inches
Length: 9 inches
Depth: 5 inches
Category
1950s Japanese Japonisme Vintage Cloissoné Decorative Objects
Materials
Metal
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...
Category
Early 20th Century Japanese Meiji Cloissoné Decorative Objects
Materials
Copper, Enamel
$960 Sale Price
20% Off
Large Pair of Chinese Cloisonné Enamel Horse Sculptures
Located in London, GB
Large pair of Chinese cloisonné enamel horse sculptures
Chinese, Early 20th Century
Horses: Height 159cm, width 185cm, depth 71cm
Bases: Height 48cm, width 174cm, depth 69cm
Both: ...
Category
Early 20th Century Chinese Cloissoné Decorative Objects
Materials
Enamel
$234,375 Sale Price / set
30% Off
Amazing, Pair of Chinese Cloisonné Vases, Enamelled and Gilded, Cina 1920
Located in Catania, IT
Pair of Chinese Cloisonné vases, Enamelled and gilded, early 20th century, with original box.
China, early 20th century.
Excellent co...
Category
1920s Chinese Other Vintage Cloissoné Decorative Objects
Materials
Metal
$453 Sale Price
52% Off
Antique Asian Chinese Opium Box Cloisonné Enamel, Tobacco Snuff Box Floral Motif
Located in Leuven , BE
Old Chinese Opium Box in Cloisonné Enamel, decorated with Vases and Flowers.
French Private Collection
Category
19th Century Chinese Antique Cloissoné Decorative Objects
Materials
Metal
Pair of Early 20th Century 'Republic Period' Chinese Urn Vases
Located in North Miami, FL
A pair of early 20th Century (Republic Period) Chinese urn vases created in the traditional cloisonne method. The miniature vases features brass metal forms with a classic baluster shape. The surface has been exquisitely hand decorated in colored enamel with cherry blossoms and flower patterns growing out of a turquoise rock formation. Both come with their original wooden display stands...
Category
Early 20th Century Chinese Cloissoné Decorative Objects
Materials
Brass
Napoleon III circular enamel box
Located in Buenos Aires, Argentina
Napoleon III circular enamel box
Material bronze and Cloisonne enamel
Origin France Circa 1870
19th century
Excellent quality and excellent condition
Natural wear on its patina
Its i...
Category
1870s French Napoleon III Antique Cloissoné Decorative Objects
Materials
Bronze, Enamel
High Quality Antique Japanese Cloisonne Enamel Vase with Blossoming Iris Flowers
Located in Long Island City, NY
An antique Japanese, late Meiji period, enamel over gilt copper vase. with silver wire
The unusual shaped vase has a long fluted neck. The ware is enameled with a polychrome image o...
Category
Late 19th Century Japanese Meiji Antique Cloissoné Decorative Objects
Materials
Copper, Enamel
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...
Category
Early 20th Century French Cloissoné Decorative Objects
Materials
Metal
Antique Early Meiji Japanese Cloisonne Brush Pot in the Style of Namikawa
Located in Long Island City, NY
An antique Japanese copper brush pot with cloisonne enamel design. Early Meiji period, after 1868. Cylinder shape. Cherry blossom motif and floral patterns in cobalt and turquoise bl...
Category
Late 19th Century Japanese Meiji Antique Cloissoné Decorative Objects
Materials
Enamel, Copper
$1,170 Sale Price
35% Off
Japanese Cloisonne Enamel Vase Speckled Blue Ground Butterflies Floral Motifs
Located in Long Island City, NY
Elegant Japanese cloisonné enamel vase measuring 9½ inches tall, featuring a deep speckled blue ground with a flowing ribbon design in rich red, turquoise, and cream. At the center, ...
Category
Early 20th Century Japanese Cloissoné Decorative Objects
Materials
Enamel
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...
Category
Late 19th Century Japanese Meiji Antique Cloissoné Decorative Objects
Materials
Enamel, Copper
Antique Early Meiji Japanese Cloisonne Enamel Cloud Vase
Located in Long Island City, NY
An antique Japanese Meiji Era enamel over brass brush pot. The surface of the rounded bowl is enameled with a polychrome images of blossoming flowers on a white and blue ground surro...
Category
19th Century Japanese Meiji Antique Cloissoné Decorative Objects
Materials
Brass, Enamel
$325 Sale Price
35% Off
19th Century Cloisonné Vase
Located in Dublin 8, IE
19th century Cloisonné vase richly decorated with bright Oriental patterning, chrysanthemum flowers, and birds. Topped with a gold rim, and featuring a bright blue interior, two sides are flanked with golden lion...
Category
19th Century Chinese Chinese Export Antique Cloissoné Decorative Objects
Materials
Enamel
Antique Meiji Japanese Cloisonne Enamel Vase Bamboo And Gold Bird Hayashi School
Located in Long Island City, NY
An antique Japanese brass and enamel vase, Meiji period, 1868 to 1912. The baluster body with wide sloping shoulders is finely worked in silver ...
Category
Late 19th Century Japanese Meiji Antique Cloissoné Decorative Objects
Materials
Enamel, Brass
Antique Chinese Cloisonne Arrow Vase Early Possibly Ming 16th Century
Located in Wilton, CT
Antique Chinese cloisonne on copper arrow vase, possibly Ming Dynasty 16th century. Bottle form with pair of "arrow" tubes on either side of ...
Category
16th Century Chinese Ming Antique Cloissoné Decorative Objects
Materials
Copper
19th Century Chinese Cloisonné Enamel Brass Trinket Box
Located in Marbella, ES
19th century Chinese cloisonné enamel brass trinket box.
Category
Mid-19th Century Chinese Antique Cloissoné Decorative Objects
Materials
Metal
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 ...
Category
20th Century Japanese Cloissoné Decorative Objects
Materials
Metal, Enamel
$896 Sale Price
36% Off
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...
Category
Late 19th Century Japanese Meiji Antique Cloissoné Decorative Objects
Materials
Enamel, Copper
Pair of Chinese Cloisonne Enamel Vases
Located in Germantown, MD
A Pair of Mid Century Chinese Cloisonne Enamel Vases
Measures 5.5" in width, 5.5" in depth and 9" in height.
Category
Mid-20th Century Chinese Chinese Export Cloissoné Decorative Objects
Materials
Brass, Enamel
$1,221 / set
Chinese Floral Cloisonné Enamel and Ormolu Vase for Islamic Market
Located in London, GB
Chinese Floral Cloisonné enamel and ormolu vase for Islamic Market
Chinese, early 20th century
Dimensions: Height 21cm, diameter 24cm
This beautifu...
Category
Early 20th Century Chinese Chinese Export Cloissoné Decorative Objects
Materials
Bronze, Enamel, Ormolu
$4,216 Sale Price
30% Off
High Quality Japanese Cloisonne Enamel Dragon and Phoenix Bird Vase
Located in Long Island City, NY
A high quality Japanese Meiji era enamel over copper vase. The urn shaped vase is enameled with polychrome medallions featuring Phoenix bird and dragon designs surrounded by floral a...
Category
19th Century Japanese Meiji Antique Cloissoné Decorative Objects
Materials
Copper, Enamel
$1,200 Sale Price
40% 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 ...
Category
20th Century Cloissoné Decorative Objects
Materials
Metal
$440 Sale Price
20% Off
Large Antique Meiji Japanese Cloisonne Enamel Floral Vase
Located in Long Island City, NY
An antique Japanese Meiji era cloisonne enamel vase. The vases has a baluster shaped body. Features blue medallions adorned with enameled floral and bird motifs. Medallions are on a ...
Category
Late 19th Century Japanese Meiji Antique Cloissoné Decorative Objects
Materials
Enamel
Antique Pair of Meiji Japanese Cloisonne Enamel Goldstone Dragon Vases
Located in Long Island City, NY
A pair of identical antique Japanese copper vases with cloisonne enamel design. Late Meiji period, circa 1885. Baluster shape, solid base, pronounced neck. Golden stone flake ground,...
Category
19th Century Japanese Meiji Antique Cloissoné Decorative Objects
Materials
Copper, 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...
Category
19th Century French Chinoiserie Antique Cloissoné Decorative Objects
Materials
Ormolu, Bronze, Enamel
$7,964 Sale Price
30% Off
Japanese Art Nouveau Cloisonne and Ginbari Amphora Vase, Meiji Period, Japan
Located in Austin, TX
An unusual and elegant Japanese Art Nouveau amphora shaped cloisonne and ginbari foiled vase, Meiji Period, circa 1900, Japan.
The vase of amphora form, with a tapering body resti...
Category
Early 1900s Japanese Art Nouveau Antique Cloissoné Decorative Objects
Materials
Copper, Enamel, Foil, Wire
Japanese Cloisonné Ando Jubei Signed Vase 8.5" Wireless Clematis
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...
Category
20th Century Japanese Meiji Cloissoné Decorative Objects
Materials
Metal, Enamel
$600 Sale Price
45% Off
Cloisonné Enameled silver Russian Salt by 6th Artel
Located in London, GB
A Salt is a decorative but perfectly functional salt cellar. During the early 20th century, Russian artisans used the form of the Salt, much like they did the Kovsh, as a means of de...
Category
Early 20th Century Russian Cloissoné Decorative Objects
Materials
Silver, Enamel
$2,623 Sale Price
30% Off
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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