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Technique: Cloissoné
Rare Japanese Closionne Enamel Vase with Wisteria and Fish Signed
Located in New York, NY
A rare antique Japanese, late Meiji period, enamel over copper vase. The vase has an amphora shaped body and a long fluted neck. The ware is enameled with a polychrome image of blossoming Wisteria flowers and fish...
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Late 19th Century Japanese Meiji Antique Cloissoné Vases

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Copper, Enamel

Rare 19th Century Japanese Cloisonné Enamel Dragon 3 Piece Set
Located in New York, 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...
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Late 19th Century Japanese Meiji Antique Cloissoné Vases

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Enamel

Antique Meiji Japanese Cloisonne Enamel Vase with Pink and Green Dueling Dragons
Located in New York, NY
An antique Japanese copper vase with cloisonne enamel design. Late Meiji period, Faceted elongated vase with pronounced neck. Cobalt blue body...
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Late 19th Century Japanese Meiji Antique Cloissoné Vases

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Enamel, Copper

Rare Totai Shippo Pair Large Japanese Cloisonne On Porcelain Enamel Vases
Located in New York, NY
A pair of rare symmetrical large antique Japanese, Ming era, Totai porcelain vases. Each vase has a globular shaped body and a fluted mouth. The exteriors of the wares are covered wi...
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20th Century Japanese Ming Cloissoné Vases

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Porcelain

Rare 3 Piece Set of Antique Meiji Japanese Cloisonne Enamel Silver Wire Vases wi
Located in New York, NY
Rare 3 Piece Set of Antique Meiji Japanese Cloisonne Enamel Silver Wire Vases with Wisteria and Birds antique Japanese copper vases with silver wire cloisonne...
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Late 19th Century Japanese Meiji Antique Cloissoné Vases

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Silver, Enamel

Antique Japanese Meiji Era Cloisonne Enamel Vase
Located in New York, NY
An antique Japanese Meiji era covered amphora shaped enamel over brass urn vase. The exterior of the vase is adorned with polychrome enameled continuo...
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Early 20th Century Japanese Meiji Cloissoné Vases

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Brass, Enamel

Two Chinese Gilt Bronze Mounted Cloisonné Enamel Vases
Located in London, GB
These cloisonné enamel vases are wonderful pieces of Chinese decorative art. They were crafted in the last decade of the Qing dynasty, which lasted from 1644 to 1911. The vases a...
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Early 20th Century Chinese Chinese Export Cloissoné Vases

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Enamel, Bronze, Ormolu

Mid-20th Century Pair of Japanese Cloisonné Vases
Located in Chapel Hill, NC
Mid-20th century pair of cloisonné vases, Japanese. Ginbari pigeon blood red with silver wires & mounts. Fine shading in the prunus & bamboo. Showa era. A mirrored, or facing, pair. ...
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Mid-20th Century Japanese Showa Cloissoné Vases

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Metal, Silver

Antique Pair Early Meiji Japanese Cloisonne Enamel Dragon Crane Vases Attributed
Located in New York, NY
Antique Pair Early Meiji Japanese Cloisonne Enamel Dragon Crane Vases Attributed to Honda The exteriors of the wares are adorned with polychrome enamel medallions representing drago...
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19th Century Japanese Meiji Antique Cloissoné Vases

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Enamel

Antique Early Meiji Japanese Cloisonne Enamel Goldstone Mount Fuji Vase
Located in New York, NY
An antique Japanese Meiji period goldstone vase, attributed to Honda Yasaburo, an artist active from the 1870s to 1910. The vase features two intricately detailed plaques on its body...
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Late 19th Century Japanese Meiji Antique Cloissoné Vases

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Enamel

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 ...
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Late 19th Century Japanese Meiji Antique Cloissoné Vases

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Copper, Enamel

Mid Century Black Cloisonne Ginger Jar
Located in New York, NY
Chinese Export Mid Century Black cloisonne ginger jar featuring large scale chrysanthemum flower. Hand Made.
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Mid-20th Century Chinese Chinese Export Cloissoné Vases

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Brass

Large Pair of Meiji Japanese Cloisonne Enamel Vase of Birds in a Garden
Located in New York, NY
A pair of large symmetrical antique Japanese Meiji period enamel over brass vases. Each vase has an amphora shaped body and a narrow neck. Each vase is enameled with a polychrome ima...
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Late 19th Century Japanese Meiji Antique Cloissoné Vases

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Brass, Enamel

Antique 19C Vietnamese Inlaid Metal vase Vietnam Silver Figural Symbols
Located in Amsterdam, Noord Holland
Bronze baluster vase with polychrome niello decoration representing on one side a lively scene with musician on a terrace, and on the other side a military parade, taotis, Greeks. It...
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19th Century Vietnamese Antique Cloissoné Vases

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Enamel

High Quality Antique Meiji Japanese Cloisonne Enamel Vase Double Sided Moon and
Located in New York, NY
A high quality Japanese amphora shaped enamel over brass vase. The vase is adorned with polychrome enamel medallions depicting a crane bird and blossoming flowers, and an evening lan...
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Late 19th Century Japanese Meiji Antique Cloissoné Vases

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Enamel, Brass

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) ...
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1930s Japanese Showa Vintage Cloissoné Vases

Materials

Silver, Copper, Enamel

Pair of Antique Meiji Japanese Cloisonne Enamel Vases Birds of Paradise Shibata
Located in New York, NY
A pair of symmetrical antique Japanese, late Meiji period, enamel over brass vases. Each vase has a globular shaped body and a narrow fluted neck. Each ware is enameled with polychro...
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Late 19th Century Japanese Meiji Antique Cloissoné Vases

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Brass, Enamel

Pair of Japanese Cloisonne Silver Wire Meiji Golden Age Wisteria Vases
Located in New York, NY
A matched pair of antique Japanese vases of elongated shape with long flared necks. Meiji period, 1868-1913. The pieces are decorated wi...
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Late 19th Century Japanese Meiji Antique Cloissoné Vases

Materials

Enamel, Silver

Antique Meiji Japanese Cloisonne Ginbari Baby Blue Enamel Floral Double Handel V
Located in New York, NY
An antique Japanese copper vase with polychrome ginbari cloisonne enamel decor. Late Meiji period, Squat round shape, long neck and decorative side handles. Blue body with pink and ...
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Late 19th Century Japanese Meiji Antique Cloissoné Vases

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Copper, Enamel

Large Pair of Japanese Cloisonné Enamel Vases of Birds Flying Over Cherry Blosso
Located in New York, NY
A pair of large antique Japanese Meiji Era enamel over brass vases attributed to Hayashi Kodenji, Japanese, 1831 to 1915. Circa: 1900s. Unsigned. The baluster form vase is enameled with polychrome images of gold sparrows in blossoming flowers made in the Cloisonne technique. Hayashi Kodenji was a pivotal figure in the history of Cloisonne enamel manufacturer. He was instrumental in the formation and leadership of the Shippo cho enamellers guild, and it is probable that he worked for the Nagoya-based Shippo Kaisha. He exhibited and won prizes at many international exhibitions: Nuremberg 1885 Silver, Paris 1889...
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Late 19th Century Japanese Meiji Antique Cloissoné Vases

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Enamel, Brass

Pair of Chinese Blue Cloisonné Vases, Enamelled and Gilded, Early 20th Century
Located in Prato, IT
China, early 20th century Excellent condition for this pair of enameled and gilded cloisonné vases with floral motifs. On the bottom of each paper label with inventory number written...
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Early 20th Century Chinese Cloissoné Vases

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Metal

Black Green Cloisonné́ Enamel Brass Flower Vases, 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....
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20th Century Japanese Cloissoné Vases

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Brass

Large Pair of High Quality Japanese Cloisonne Goldstone Enamel Vases Sparrows in
Located in New York, NY
A pair of large high quality Japanese enamel over brass vases The sphere shaped vases are covered with polychrome enamel medallions depicting sparrows in blossoming flowers, and Phoe...
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Late 19th Century Japanese Meiji Antique Cloissoné Vases

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Brass, Enamel

Large Antique Early Meiji Japanese Cloisonne Enamel Lotos Vase
Located in New York, NY
A large antique Japanese early Meiji period vase attributed to Namikawa Yasuyuki, a prominent cloisonne artist of the time. Showcases the highly regarded craftsmanship and intricate ...
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Late 19th Century Japanese Meiji Antique Cloissoné Vases

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Enamel

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...
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1860s Japanese Antique Cloissoné Vases

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Copper

Pair of Antique Meiji Period Japanese Cloisonne Enamel Vases
Located in London, GB
These beautiful Japanese vases were crafted during the Meiji period of the late 19th Century, which was referred to as the Golden Age of cloisonne enameling. The vases are of elo...
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Late 19th Century Japanese Meiji Antique Cloissoné Vases

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Enamel

Antique Meiji Japanese Cloisonne Enamel With Pair of Peacocks
Located in New York, NY
An antique Japanese Meiji period enamel over brass vase. The vase has an amphora shaped body and a narrow neck. The vase is enameled with a polychrome scene with a pair of peacocks m...
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Late 19th Century Japanese Meiji Antique Cloissoné Vases

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Enamel, Brass

Antique Japanese Blue Flower Vase with Copper/ Cloissoné, 1950s
Located in Paris, FR
This is a blue flower vase made in Japan around 1950 in Showa era. It is designed some flowers and butterflies. This style made with copper is cal...
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1950s Japanese Vintage Cloissoné Vases

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Copper

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 Period: ca 1900 Condition: Small age signs like ware and miss...
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19th Century Antique Cloissoné Vases

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Bronze

Large Antique Meiji Japanese Cloisonne Vase with Tennin
Located in New York, 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...
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Late 19th Century Japanese Meiji Antique Cloissoné Vases

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Enamel

French Gilt Bronze and Chinese Cloisonné Enamel Jardinière
Located in London, GB
French gilt bronze and Chinese cloisonné enamel jardinière French and Chinese, early 20th century Measures: Height 63cm, width 58...
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Early 20th Century French Louis XV Cloissoné Vases

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Bronze, Enamel, Ormolu

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...
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20th Century Chinese Cloissoné Vases

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Brass, 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...
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Mid-20th Century Chinese Cloissoné Vases

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Brass, 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...
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Late 19th Century French Chinoiserie Antique Cloissoné Vases

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Bronze, Enamel

Japanese Cloisonne Enamel Quail Vase Shobido of Osaka
Located in Newark, England
Rare Brandy Glass Shape From our Japanese collection, we are delighted to offer this Japanese Cloisonne Enamel Vase by the Ando Company. The Cloisonne Enamel Vase of bulbous shape w...
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Mid-20th Century Japanese Mid-Century Modern Cloissoné Vases

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Silver Plate, Enamel

Antique Pair Asian Chinoiserie Cloissone Vase in Green Earth Tones
Located in Opa Locka, FL
A Stunning Pair of Antique Asian Cloissone Vase. Green earthy tones. Beautiful pair with one very small not noticeable dent. Not detracting in the least.
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Early 1900s Chinese Chinoiserie Antique Cloissoné Vases

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Metal

Antique Japanese Meiji Cloisonne Floral Enameled Vase C1920
Located in Big Flats, NY
Antique Japanese Meiji Cloisonne Floral Enameled Vase C1920 Measures- 9''H x 4.5''W x 4.5''D
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Early 20th Century Asian Meiji Cloissoné Vases

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Metal

1920s Cloisonné Vase with Flowers and Butterflies
Located in Tarrytown, NY
1920s Cloisonné Vase with Flowers and Butterflies
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1920s Chinese Vintage Cloissoné Vases

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Brass, Enamel

A Pair of Meiji Era Japanese Cloisonne Enamel Cherry Blossom and Geometric Patte
Located in New York, NY
A pair of antique Japanese copper vases with cloisonne enamel design. Late Meiji period, before 1912. Cylindrical shape with pronounced base and ...
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Early 20th Century Japanese Meiji Cloissoné Vases

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Enamel, Copper

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...
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Late 19th Century Japanese Meiji Antique Cloissoné Vases

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Bronze, Enamel

Chinese Pink background Cloisonné "Hundred Antiques" Pattern vase & Stand
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
20th century Chinese export Pink background Cloisonné "Hundred Antiques" Pattern vase & carved hardwood Stand Indulge in the allure of Chinese craftsmanship with this exquisite 2...
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20th Century Chinese Chinese Export Cloissoné Vases

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Bronze

Ota Jinnoei 1890 Imperial Meiji Period Pair of Cloisonne Cabinet Vases
By Ota Jinnoei
Located in Miami, FL
Pair of cloisonne vases designed by Ota Jinnoei. Beautiful pair of small cabinet vases, created in Japan circa 1890, during the meiji Imperial period (1868-1912). These vases has ...
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1890s Japanese Meiji Antique Cloissoné Vases

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Silver, Bronze, Enamel

Antique Meiji Japanese Cloisonne Enamel Green Gold Stone Butterflies Vase
Located in New York, NY
Attributed to Namikawa Yasuyuki, 1845 to 1927, a rare antique Japanese, late Meiji era, enamel vase. The vase has an urn shaped body and a wide fluted neck. The body of the vase is a...
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Late 19th Century Japanese Meiji Antique Cloissoné Vases

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Enamel

Antique Japanese Cloissone Enameled Meiji Vase with Flowers Circa 1900
Located in Big Flats, NY
An antique Japanese Meiji vase offers Cloissone enameled flower decoration, c1900 Measures- 7.5''H x 3''W x 3''D
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Early 20th Century Japanese Meiji Cloissoné Vases

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Metal

Japanese Vintage Silver Metal Mounted Cloisonne Vase with Fish
Located in Bishop's Stortford, Hertfordshire
Exceptional vintage Japanese silver mounted cloisonne vase decorated with veiltail gold-fish and carp swimming amidst pond weed and dating arou...
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1940s Japanese Mid-Century Modern Vintage Cloissoné Vases

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Silver Plate, Enamel

Japanese Cloisonné Vase Ando Jubei with Storage Box
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...
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Early 20th Century Japanese Japonisme Cloissoné Vases

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Metal, Silver, Enamel

Pair of Antique Japanese Cloisonné Enamel Vases with French Ormolu Mounts
Located in London, GB
Pair of antique Japanese cloisonné enamel vases with French ormolu mounts Japanese and French, Late 19th Century Height 30.5cm, width 22cm, depth 17cm Virtually identical in design,...
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Late 19th Century Japanese Antique Cloissoné Vases

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Ormolu, Enamel

Early 19th Century Cloisonné Vase, China
Located in Epfach, DE
Beautiful cloisonné vase made in the beginning of the early 19th century in China.
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Early 20th Century Chinese Cloissoné Vases

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Enamel

Superb Japanese Cloisonné Enamel Vase
Located in London, by appointment only
A very fine a superb scale Japanese Cloisonné vase, the light blue ground with flowers and floral details. In perfect condition.
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1890s Japanese Meiji Antique Cloissoné Vases

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Enamel

Large Vintage Decorative Chinese Cloissone Vase with Imperial Dragon Handles
Located in Hamilton, Ontario
This large vintage cloissone vase is signed by an unknown maker, and originated from China dating to approximately 1980 and done in a Chinese Export st...
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Late 20th Century Chinese Chinese Export Cloissoné Vases

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Brass

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...
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19th Century Japanese Meiji Antique Cloissoné Vases

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Bronze

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...
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Mid-20th Century Chinese Chinese Export Cloissoné Vases

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Brass, Enamel

Rare Antique Pair of Engraved Japanese Bronze Vases, Japan, 19th Century
Located in Amsterdam, Noord Holland
Antique Pair of Engraved Japanese Bronze Vases Japan Rare. Additional information: Material: Bronze, Cloisonne & Metal Region of Origin: China Period: 19th century Condition: Condit...
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19th Century Chinese Antique Cloissoné Vases

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Bronze

Vintage Hand Made Chinese Cloisonne Vase
Located in Pomona, CA
This magnificent Chinese Antique Cloisonné Vases is the perfect decor piece. with beautiful floral and bird design, it is a majestically hand...
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Mid-20th Century Chinese Chinese Export Cloissoné Vases

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Copper

Large Meiji Period Cloisonne Enamel Vase
Located in London, GB
Of ovoid form, with a narrow neck and outward flaring rim, on dark blue ground depicting wisteria blossoms in white and purple cascading from the shoulder with birds throughout and w...
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Late 19th Century Japanese Meiji Antique Cloissoné Vases

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Enamel

Cloisonne’ Vases (pair)
Located in Bronx, NY
This pair of early 20th century Japanese hand decorated cloisonné’ vases are uniquely designed with a four panel curved body accented by an extended skirte...
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Early 20th Century Japanese Cloissoné Vases

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Metal, Enamel

19th Century Chinese Archaic Style Cloisonné & Lacquer Elephant Motif Censor
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
19th century Chinese Archaic style Cloisonné & Lacquer Elephant Motif Censor With Associated later lacquer & bronze pagoda lid, resting on a gilt bronze Cloisonné elephant motif th...
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19th Century Chinese Chinese Export Antique Cloissoné Vases

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Bronze

19th Century Trophy Form French Champleve and Cloisonne Vase with Cover
Located in New York, NY
Magnificent and very large (23 inch tall) antique (19th century) trophy form vase or urn with cover, finely crafted from bronze with body and lid featuring multi-colored floral and a...
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Late 19th Century French Beaux Arts Antique Cloissoné Vases

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Bronze, Enamel

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As ceramic vases and other types of decorative vessels are gaining popularity again — the personalization of handmade craftsmanship has served as a sort of anti-Internet to screen-weary designers — antique cloissonné vases can help introduce interesting colors and patterns to your space.

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, enamel is one of the most dynamic, and alluring, mediums in the world. And cloisonné vases, bowls, lamps and other objects and vessels ornamented with lustrous enamel can truly liven your home.

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. 

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