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Technique: Cloissoné
Pair of Chinese Cloisonné Cylindrical Precious Object Vases
Located in Bishop's Stortford, Hertfordshire
An exceptional and stunning pair cylindrical Chinese cloisonné enamel sleeve vases dating from the early 20th century, probably late Qing. The tall pair of vases...
Category
Early 20th Century Chinese Qing Cloissoné Vases and Vessels
Materials
Metal
A Pair of Japanese Cloisonne Enamel Vases Depicting Pigeons on a Cherry Blossom
Located in Long Island City, NY
A Pair of Japanese Cloisonne Enamel Vases Depicting Pigeons on a Cherry Blossom Tree
Attributed to Shippo Kasha/ Namikawa Sōsuke
Based of the Drawing By Watanabe Seitei Seitei Kacho ...
Category
19th Century Japanese Meiji Antique Cloissoné Vases and Vessels
Materials
Enamel
Japanese Cloisonne Rainbow Meiji Era Ginbari Vase Signed
Located in Long Island City, NY
An antique Japanese copper vase with polychrome ginbari cloisonne enamel decor. Late Meiji period
Ovoid bottle shape. Purple and blue body with grapevine motif. High quality.
Kanji...
Category
Late 19th Century Japanese Meiji Antique Cloissoné Vases and Vessels
Materials
Copper, Enamel
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 ...
Category
Late 19th Century Japanese Meiji Antique Cloissoné Vases and Vessels
Materials
Enamel
$1,800 Sale Price / set
40% Off
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 Vases and Vessels
Materials
Enamel, Metallic Thread
Large Japanese Meiji Cloisonne Enamel Vase with Birds of Paradise
Located in Long Island City, NY
A fine quality Japanese cloisonne vase having a flared rim to slender neck and baluster body. The surface is enameled with highly detailed polychrome medallions depicting highly deta...
Category
Late 19th Century Japanese Meiji Antique Cloissoné Vases and Vessels
Materials
Brass, Enamel
Japanese Meiji Era Cloisonne Enamel Vase Signed
Located in Long Island City, NY
An antique Japanese copper vase with cloisonne enamel design. Late Meiji period, 1868 to 1913. Miniature dark cobalt blue vase with a round body and long neck. The neck is decorated ...
Category
Early 20th Century Japanese Meiji Cloissoné Vases and Vessels
Materials
Copper, Enamel
Yellow Green Black Asian Cloisonné and Brass Vases, Pair
Located in New York, NY
A beautiful pair of vintage yellow, black and green Asian Cloisonné enamel and brass vases, circa early to mid- 20th century, China. Vases have a yello...
Category
20th Century Chinese Cloissoné Vases and Vessels
Materials
Brass, Enamel
$300 Sale Price / set
20% Off
Large Antique Japanese Cloisonne Enamel Fan Motif Vase
Located in Long Island City, NY
A large antique Japanese Meiji era enamel over copper vase. The urn shaped vase is enameled with polychrome fan shaped medallions featuring floral, foliage and butterfly motifs surro...
Category
Late 19th Century Japanese Meiji Antique Cloissoné Vases and Vessels
Materials
Copper, Enamel
$1,200 Sale Price
40% Off
A Pair of Meiji Era Japanese Cloisonne Enamel Cherry Blossom and Geometric Patte
Located in Long Island City, NY
A pair of antique Japanese copper vases with cloisonne enamel design. Late Meiji period, before 1912. Cylindrical shape with pronounced base and ...
Category
Early 20th Century Japanese Meiji Cloissoné Vases and Vessels
Materials
Enamel, Copper
Vintage Pair of Floral Chinese Vases
Located in Yonkers, NY
A vintage pair of Chinese vases from the mid 20th century with floral cloisonné décor. Welcome to a symphony of color and craftsmanship, presented by this vintage pair of Chinese vas...
Category
Mid-20th Century Chinese Cloissoné Vases and Vessels
Materials
Brass
$980 / set
Rare Pair of Antique Japanese Cloisonne Enamel Meiji Vases
Located in Long Island City, NY
A pair of rare antique Japanese bronze vases from the Meiji period, decorated with enamel using the cloisonne technique. Two matched globular vases with a relief pattern of cloisonne...
Category
Late 19th Century Japanese Meiji Antique Cloissoné Vases and Vessels
Materials
Enamel, Bronze
$600 Sale Price / set
50% Off
Pair of Chinese Black & Gilt Brass Fish Scale Cloisonné Vases, with Stands
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
Pair of Chinese Black & Gilt Brass Fish Scale Cloisonné Vases, with Stands
China, circa 1980s
This elegant pair of Chinese black and gilt brass ...
Category
20th Century Chinese Chinese Export Cloissoné Vases and Vessels
Materials
Brass, Copper
Enamel Brass Vases Flowers and Butterflies Cloisonné́, Pair
Located in New York, NY
A beautiful pair of predominantly black, 'Emerald' green and orange, Asian cloisonné´ and brass vases, circa early to mid-20th century, Japan....
Category
20th Century Japanese Cloissoné Vases and Vessels
Materials
Brass
Antique Japanese Meiji Period Round Cloisonne Covered Jar
Located in Long Island City, NY
An antique Japanese Meiji period round cloisonne covered jar showcasing the exquisite artistry and craftsmanship of the era. This jar is adorned w...
Category
Early 20th Century Japanese Meiji Cloissoné Vases and Vessels
Materials
Enamel
Rare Pair of Octagon Shaped Japanese Cloisonné Dragon and Flower Vases
Located in Long Island City, 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 Vases and Vessels
Materials
Enamel
Antique Meiji Japanese Cloisonne Enamel Vase with Blossoming Wisteria Tree
Located in Long Island City, NY
An antique Japanese, late Meiji period, enamel over brass vase. The vase has an amphora shaped body and a tall narrow neck. The ware is enameled with a polychrome image of wisteria b...
Category
Late 19th Century Japanese Meiji Antique Cloissoné Vases and Vessels
Materials
Brass, Enamel
A Pair of Meiji Japanese Cloisonne Enamel Goldstone Butterfly Vases
Located in Long Island City, NY
Attributed to Namikawa Yasuyuki, 1845 to 1927, a pair of rare identical antique Japanese, late Meiji era, enamel vases. Each vase has an urn shaped body and a wide fluted neck. The b...
Category
Late 19th Century Japanese Meiji Antique Cloissoné Vases and Vessels
Materials
Enamel
A Pair of Early Japanese Cloisonne Enamel Censors Attributed to Honda Yasaburo
Located in Long Island City, 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 w...
Category
Late 19th Century Japanese Meiji Antique Cloissoné Vases and Vessels
Materials
Enamel
$1,000 Sale Price / set
66% Off
Attr To Namikawa Rare Pair Japanese Cloisonne Enamel Butterfly Vases
Located in Long Island City, 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...
Category
19th Century Japanese Meiji Antique Cloissoné Vases and Vessels
Materials
Enamel
Pair of Chinese Cloisonné Vases
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Pair of mid 20th century Chinese cloisonné over ceramic vases. This fun and whimsical pair depicts carp fish in a water scene with possible lotus leaf or lily pad and other water cre...
Category
Mid-20th Century Chinese Chinese Export Cloissoné Vases and Vessels
Materials
Ceramic
$4,080 Sale Price / set
36% Off
Antique Meiji Japanese Cloisonne Goldstone Enamel Dragon Vase Attributed to Hond
Located in Long Island City, NY
Antique Meiji Japanese Cloisonne Goldstone Enamel Dragon Vase Attributed to Honda
An antique Japanese copper vase with cloisonne enamel design. Late Meiji period, before 1880.
High Q...
Category
19th Century Japanese Meiji Antique Cloissoné Vases and Vessels
Materials
Enamel, Copper
Pair of Japanese Cloisonne Enamel Amphora Shaped Vases
Located in Long Island City, NY
A pair of high quality Japanese, Meiji era, enamel over brass vases. Each vase has an amphora shaped body and a short wide neck. Each ware is enameled with polychrome medallions depi...
Category
Late 19th Century Japanese Meiji Antique Cloissoné Vases and Vessels
Materials
Enamel, Brass
Japanese Meiji Era Goldstone Enamel Censer Koro
Located in Long Island City, 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 Vases and Vessels
Materials
Enamel
Rare 19th Century Japanese Cloisonné Enamel Dragon 3 Piece Set
Located in Long Island City, 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...
Category
Late 19th Century Japanese Meiji Antique Cloissoné Vases and Vessels
Materials
Enamel
Antique Pair of Japanese Cloisonne Enamel Dragon and Phoenix Bird Jars
Located in Long Island City, NY
A pair of antique Japanese Early Meiji period vases, characterized by their oval shape tapering downward, mounted on stems, and adorned with matching covers. The surfaces of these va...
Category
Late 19th Century Japanese Meiji Antique Cloissoné Vases and Vessels
Materials
Enamel
$1,500 Sale Price / set
50% Off
Antique Japanese Meiji Period Cloisonne Goldstone Vase
Located in Long Island City, 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...
Category
Early 20th Century Japanese Meiji Cloissoné Vases and Vessels
Materials
Enamel
Antique Japanese Edo Period Cloisonne Enamel Jar
Located in Long Island City, NY
A antique Japanese late Edo Period lidded enamel jar. The jar has a globular shaped body. The exterior of the vase is adorned with medallions ...
Category
15th Century and Earlier Japanese Edo Antique Cloissoné Vases and Vessels
Materials
Enamel
$660 Sale Price
44% Off
Antique Japanese Green Flower Vase with Copper in Edo Era, 1860s
Located in Paris, FR
This is a green and red flower vase made in Japan around 1860 in Edo era. It is designed with a dragon and flowers.
This style made with copper is ca...
Category
1860s Japanese Antique Cloissoné Vases and Vessels
Materials
Copper
$746 Sale Price
30% Off
Cloisonné́ Enamel and Brass Flower Vases Black Gold and Pastel Colors, Pair
Located in New York, NY
A very beautiful pair of vintage Asian black and pastel color enamel cloisonné´ and brass vases, circa 20th century, Asia. Beautiful, detailed...
Category
20th Century Asian Cloissoné Vases and Vessels
Materials
Brass
$960 Sale Price / set
23% Off
Antique Meiji Japanese Cloisonne Enamel Silver Wire Koro Censer Bird in Cherry B
Located in Long Island City, NY
An antique Japanese copper tripod incense burner of Koro type with silver wire cloisonne enamel design. Late Meiji period
Dimensions: H 5 1/2 ...
Category
Late 19th Century Japanese Meiji Antique Cloissoné Vases and Vessels
Materials
Enamel, Silver
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 Vases and Vessels
Materials
Enamel
Antique Pair of Lobe Shaped Japanese Cloisonne Enamel Goldstone Dragon Butterfly
Located in Long Island City, NY
A pair of antique Japanese Meiji era enamel metal vases. The lobed shaped vases are enameled with polychrome medallion images of dragons and butter...
Category
19th Century Japanese Meiji Antique Cloissoné Vases and Vessels
Materials
Enamel
Antique Meiji Japanese Cloisonne Enamel Millefiori Covered Jar
Located in Long Island City, NY
An antique Japanese Meiji period cloisonne covered jar adorned with exquisite floral designs. This cloisonne jar showcases the mastery of Japanese artisa...
Category
Late 19th Century Japanese Meiji Antique Cloissoné Vases and Vessels
Materials
Enamel
Antique Early Meiji Japanese Cloisonne Enamel Translucent Floral Vases
Located in Long Island City, NY
A pair of antique Japanese, early Meiji era, enamel over gilt copper vases. The exteriors of the wares are adorned with polychrome enamel medallions representing butterflies in bloss...
Category
19th Century Japanese Meiji Antique Cloissoné Vases and Vessels
Materials
Enamel, Copper
$750 Sale Price / set
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 Vases and Vessels
Materials
Brass, Enamel
$2,910 / set
Japanese Cloisonne Wireless Mount Fuji and Wire Cranes
Located in Long Island City, NY
An antique Japanese, late Meiji period, Silver wire and enamel vase. The urn shaped vase has a narrow fluted neck. The ware is enameled with a polychrome image of cranes in the Mount...
Category
Late 19th Century Japanese Meiji Antique Cloissoné Vases and Vessels
Materials
Enamel
Pair Of Early Meiji Japanese Cloisonne Enamel Brush Pots
Located in Long Island City, NY
A pair of antique Japanese cloisoone enamel brush pots, Meiji era, 1868 to 1912. The exterior of both matched pieces is enameled with polychrome enamel blossoming flowers and butterf...
Category
Late 19th Century Japanese Meiji Antique Cloissoné Vases and Vessels
Materials
Enamel
$600 Sale Price / set
50% Off
Antique Early Meiji Japanese Cloisonne Enamel Translucent Floral Red Vase
Located in Long Island City, NY
Antique Early Meiji Japanese Cloisonne Enamel Translucent Floral Red Vase
An antique Japanese copper vase with polychrome cloisonne enamel design. Early Meiji period, ca. 1870s. Sli...
Category
19th Century Japanese Meiji Antique Cloissoné Vases and Vessels
Materials
Copper, Enamel
$600 Sale Price
50% Off
Pair of Bronze Cloisonné Vases Japan Champlevé, 19th Century
Located in Boven Leeuwen, NL
Very nice decorative pair of cloisonné´ vases made in Japan in the late 19th century.
Animal shaped handles and beautiful blue and red colors.
On...
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1890s Japanese Chinoiserie Antique Cloissoné Vases and Vessels
Materials
Bronze
Large Japanese Meiji Lidded Cloisonne Enamel Jar
Located in Long Island City, NY
A large antique Japanese Meiji Era lidded brass and enamel jar. Circa: late 19th century to early 20th century. The sphere form jar is enameled with a polychrome medallion scene with two male figures and a medallion with an image of a dragon surrounded by blossoming flowers and plants patterns...
Category
Early 20th Century Japanese Cloissoné Vases and Vessels
Materials
Enamel
Large Meiji Japanese Cloisonne Green Goldstone Enamel Millefiori Mask Vase
Located in Long Island City, 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...
Category
Late 19th Century Japanese Meiji Antique Cloissoné Vases and Vessels
Materials
Enamel, Copper
Early Meiji Period Japanese Cloisonne Enamel Bulbous Vase with Geometric Pattern
Located in Long Island City, NY
An antique Japanese copper vase with cloisonne enamel design against a bright turquoise background. Meiji period.
The vase is of a bulbous shape with a long fluted neck. Birds flyin...
Category
Late 19th Century Japanese Meiji Antique Cloissoné Vases and Vessels
Materials
Enamel, Copper
$1,000 Sale Price
50% Off
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 ...
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16th Century Chinese Ming Antique Cloissoné Vases and Vessels
Materials
Copper
Antique Japanese Cloisonne Enamel Gold Stone Vase
Located in Long Island City, NY
An antique Japanese enamel metal vase. The amphora shaped vase is enameled with polychrome medallions with birds, Phoenix birds, insects, bloss...
Category
Early 20th Century Japanese Cloissoné Vases and Vessels
Materials
Enamel
Antique Japanese Cloisonne Meiji Goldstone Enamel Censer Koro with Dragons
Located in Long Island City, NY
An antique Japanese, late Meiji Era, lidded and footed enamel over brass censer koro or jar. Circa: late 19th century to early 20th century. The sphere form jar is enameled with meda...
Category
Late 19th Century Japanese Meiji Antique Cloissoné Vases and Vessels
Materials
Enamel, Brass
Large Rare Japanese Cloisonne Meiji Period Green Dragon Swimming Over The Sea
Located in Long Island City, 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 Vases and Vessels
Materials
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 Vases and Vessels
Materials
Enamel
Antique Meiji Japanese Cloisonne Enamel Vase Egyptian Figure
Located in Long Island City, NY
A rare antique Japanese Meiji era enamel vase. The vase has a globular shaped body and a long neck.
The exterior of the vase is adorned with medallions with an image of a Egyptian f...
Category
Late 19th Century Japanese Meiji Antique Cloissoné Vases and Vessels
Materials
Enamel
$525 Sale Price
30% Off
19thC Japanese Cloisonné Brush Washer Bowl, Meiji Period circa 1880
Located in Lincoln, Lincolnshire
This is an unusual cloisonné Brush Washer bowl, made in Japan and dating to the 19th Meiji Period, circa 1890.
The circular bowl sits on a low foot
The main decoration has styl...
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19th Century Japanese Meiji Antique Cloissoné Vases and Vessels
Materials
Ceramic
Japanese Cloisonne Enamel Double Dragon French Mounted Gilt Bronze Centerpiece
Located in Long Island City, NY
An antique Japanese gilt bronze centerpiece urn or jardiniere with enameled body. Late Meiji period, before 1912. The foot is decorated with sculptural sea creatures. The item has fi...
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Late 19th Century Japanese Meiji Antique Cloissoné Vases and Vessels
Materials
Enamel, Bronze
$1,400 Sale Price
50% Off
1920s Small Cloisonné Vase with Flowers and Butterflies
Located in Tarrytown, NY
1920s Small Cloisonné Vase with Flowers and Butterflies
Turquoise, Blues, Greens, Reds, Pink
Small knick inside edge of lip (as shown in p...
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1920s Chinese Vintage Cloissoné Vases and Vessels
Materials
Brass, Enamel
Large Antique Meiji Japanese Cloisonne Enamel Barrel Vase with Butterflies
Located in Long Island City, NY
A large antique Japanese copper vase with cloisonne enamel design. Barrel shape. Floral ornaments and central butterfly motif against the turquoise blue background.
Late 19th Century...
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Late 19th Century Japanese Meiji Antique Cloissoné Vases and Vessels
Materials
Enamel, Copper
Pair of Antique Chinese Cloisonné Vases
Located in Palm Beach, FL
True pair of antique Chinese cloisonne vases decorated in an unusual composition depicting flowers in a stand against an alluring blue ...
Category
Early 20th Century Chinese Chinese Export Cloissoné Vases and Vessels
Materials
Metal
$2,650 / set
Antique Meiji Japanese Cloisonne Goldstone Lidded Jar Phoenix Birds and Flowers
Located in Long Island City, NY
Antique Meiji Japanese Cloisonne Goldstone Lidded Jar Phoenix Birds and Flowers
An antique Japanese Meiji era covered enamel metal jar.
The hexagonal shaped jar is enameled with polychrome medallion images of Phoenix birds, floral, foliage, and swirl motifs made in the Cloisonne technique. The ground is inlaid with a Gold stone. The neck is adorned with a traditional Greek...
Category
Late 19th Century Japanese Antique Cloissoné Vases and Vessels
Materials
Enamel
Pair of Large Cloisonne Ginger Jars
Located in Toledo, OH
Matched pair of large Cloisonne ginger jars with lids in a colorful pattern on a black background, circa 1900. 13 1/2" tall including the lid.
Category
Early 20th Century Cloissoné Vases and Vessels
Materials
Porcelain
$2,700 / set
A Pair of Barrel Shaped Japanese Meiji Cloisonne Enamel Butterfly Vases
Located in Long Island City, NY
An antique Japanese cloisonne enamel vase from the Meiji period featuring an elegant form with high shoulders and light beige ground color. Decorated with multicolor floral and foliate motifs with butterfly images to the body. A rim and base are finished in gilt brass. Circa the early 20th century. Antique Japanese Vases...
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Early 20th Century Japanese Meiji Cloissoné Vases and Vessels
Materials
Enamel, Brass
Antique Japanese Cloisonne Gold Stone Ginger Jar Butterflies and Phoenix Birds
Located in Long Island City, NY
An antique Japanese Meiji era tripod and covered enamel gilt metal ginger jar.
The jar is enameled with polychrome images of a Phoenix bird, butterflies and blossoming flowers and f...
Category
Mid-19th Century Japanese Antique Cloissoné Vases and Vessels
Materials
Enamel
Contemporary Tear Drop Verde Grass Design Cloisonné Vase by Robert Kuo
By Robert Kuo
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Tear Drop Vase
Verde Grass Design
Glass Enamel
Cloisonné
Limited Edition
Contemporary
The cloisonné technique is an enameling on metal technique that dates back to the Byzantine Emp...
Category
2010s Cloissoné Vases and Vessels
Materials
Copper, Enamel
Gilt and Cloisonné Enamel Vase with Handles, Japan, 1950s
Located in Bochum, NRW
Cloisonné enameled vase with elephant handles, Japan, mid-20th century. The elegant body form is enhanced with gilt brass rings, separating the different décor areas, and two gilt elephant...
Category
Mid-20th Century Japanese Cloissoné Vases and Vessels
Materials
Brass, Enamel
$570 Sale Price
20% Off
On 1stDibs: Antique Cloisonné Vases and Other Vessels for Your Home
Liven your home with cloisonné vases, bowls, lamps and other vessels and objects 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.
Shop a collection of antique cloisonné vases and other vessels for your home on 1stDibs.
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