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Technique: Cloissoné
Brass Enamel Cloisonné Vases Yellow Flowers, Pair
Located in New York, NY
A beautiful small pair brass and enamel Cloisonné vases, circa early to mid- 20th century, China. Vases have a yellow enamel flower and green leaf design with a black background. Oth...
Category
20th Century Chinese Cloissoné Vases
Materials
Brass, Enamel
$300 Sale Price / set
20% Off
Antique Early Meiji Japanese Cloisonne Enamel Floral Cloud Vase
Located in Long Island City, NY
An antique Japanese Meiji period cloisonne enamel vase with floral motifs and butterflies on a white and dark blue ground featuring a fine and collectible piece of Japanese artistry....
Category
19th Century Japanese Meiji Antique Cloissoné Vases
Materials
Enamel
Japanese Pair Meiji Cloisonne Bottle Vases with Scattered Floral Designs
Located in Bishop's Stortford, Hertfordshire
A fine pair Japanese Meiji period cloisonne bottle shaped vases decorated with scattered floral patterns and dating between 1868 and 1912. The vases are lightly made standing on a fl...
Category
19th Century Japanese Meiji Antique Cloissoné Vases
Materials
Brass
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
Materials
Enamel
Kinkozan Japanese Cloisonne Enamel Totai Scholars Satsuma Signed Vases
Located in Long Island City, NY
A large pair of antique Japanese Totai Shippo cloisonne enamel and Satsuma porcelain vases, Meiji era, 1868 to 1912. Of a baluster form, on the b...
Category
Late 19th Century Japanese Meiji Antique Cloissoné Vases
Materials
Enamel
Antique Decorative Vase, French, Cloisonne, Baluster Urn, Victorian, circa 1880
Located in Hele, Devon, GB
This is an antique decorative vase. A French, cloisonné baluster urn, dating to the Victorian period of the late 19th century, circa 1880.
P...
Category
Late 19th Century French Victorian Antique Cloissoné Vases
Materials
Brass, Enamel
Enamel Brass Vases Flowers 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, Asia. ...
Category
Mid-20th Century Japanese Cloissoné Vases
Materials
Brass
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 Vases
Materials
Copper, Enamel
$960 Sale Price
20% Off
Antique Meiji Japanese Cloisonne Enamel Vase Wisteria Attributed To OTA Silver
Located in Long Island City, NY
An antique Japanese Hayashi school brass and enamel vase, Meiji period, 1868 to 1912. The baluster body is finely worked in silver wire and adorned with a polychrome design represent...
Category
Late 19th Century Japanese Meiji Antique Cloissoné Vases
Materials
Enamel
Large Pair of Japanese Cloisonne Enamel On Porcelain Totai Vases Fish Swimming
Located in Long Island City, NY
A pair of Japanese covered Totai enamel on porcelain vases. The wares are enameled with a polychrome design representing fish in the pond with flowers and plants made in the Cloisonn...
Category
Late 19th Century Japanese Antique Cloissoné Vases
Materials
Porcelain
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
Materials
Copper
$735 Sale Price
30% Off
Large Pair of Japanese Cloisonne Enamel Blue-Ground Vases and Covers, Meiji
Located in Long Island City, NY
A Large Pair of Japanese Cloisonne Enamel Blue-Ground Vases and Covers, Meiji Period.
A decorative pair of cloisonne enamel vases, the bodies decorated with colorful birds, butterfl...
Category
Early 20th Century Japanese Meiji Cloissoné Vases
Materials
Enamel
Pair Of Japanese Cloisonne Enamel Green Geometric Pattern Vases
Located in Long Island City, NY
A pair of symmetrical Japanese enamel over gilt copper vases. The exteriors of the wares are adorned with polychrome enamel floral, foliage, foliate scroll, and geometrical ornaments...
Category
Late 19th Century Japanese Antique Cloissoné Vases
Materials
Enamel
$1,800 Sale Price / set
40% Off
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...
Category
19th Century Chinese Antique Cloissoné Vases
Materials
Bronze
Antique Pair Early Meiji Japanese Cloisonne Enamel Bird and Garden Vases Attribu
Located in Long Island City, NY
Antique Pair Early Meiji Japanese Cloisonne Enamel Bird and Garden Vases Attributed to Honda
The exteriors of the wares are adorned with polychro...
Category
19th Century Japanese Meiji Antique Cloissoné Vases
Materials
Enamel
$6,175 Sale Price / set
35% Off
Antique Meiji Japanese Cloisonne Golden Age Wisteria and Birds Vase Attributed t
Located in Long Island City, NY
Antique Meiji Japanese Cloisonne Golden Age Wisteria and Birds Vase Attributed to Hayashi
high quality work
An antique Japanese copper vase with cloisonne enamel design. Late Meiji p...
Category
19th Century Japanese Meiji Antique Cloissoné Vases
Materials
Copper, Enamel
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
Materials
Brass, Copper
Large Chinese Floral Cloisonne Enamel Vase W Stand
Located in Long Island City, NY
A large rare Chinese enamel over brass vase. The unusual shaped vase is adorned with polychrome images of flowers surrounded by floral and wavy motifs against a bright turquoise back...
Category
Early 20th Century Chinese Meiji Cloissoné Vases
Materials
Brass, Enamel
$1,500 Sale Price
50% Off
Antique Japanese Ota Tameshiro Meiji Enamel Vase
Located in Long Island City, NY
An antique high quality Japanese Meiji cloisonne enamel vase by Ota Tameshiro. Circa the late 19th century. The vase is enameled with polychrome enamel floral and foliate scroll orna...
Category
Late 19th Century Japanese Meiji Antique Cloissoné Vases
Materials
Enamel
$3,120 Sale Price
35% Off
Antique Chinese Cloisonne Enameled Brush Pots With Bats
Located in Long Island City, NY
A pair of antique Chinese brush pots. The cylindrical form pots are enameled with bat images made in the cloisonne technique on turquoise gr...
Category
Late 19th Century Chinese Antique Cloissoné Vases
Materials
Enamel
$600 Sale Price / set
50% Off
Antique Pair of Early Meiji Japanese Cloisonne Enamel Floral Vases
Located in Long Island City, NY
A pair of antique Japanese Early Meiji period cloisonne enamel vases attributed to Namikawa Yasuyuki. Each vase is adorned with intricate floral designs, showcasing the meticulous ar...
Category
Late 19th Century Japanese Meiji Antique Cloissoné Vases
Materials
Enamel
$2,000 Sale Price / set
60% Off
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...
Category
Early 20th Century Japanese Meiji Cloissoné Vases
Materials
Enamel, Brass
$960 Sale Price / set
20% 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...
Category
1920s Chinese Vintage Cloissoné Vases
Materials
Brass, Enamel
Antique Meiji Japanese Cloisonne Silver Wire Enamel Vases Birds in Bamboo
Located in Long Island City, NY
An antique Japanese, late Meiji period, silver wire enamel vase. The vase has an amphora shaped body and a fluted neck. The ware is enameled with a polychrome image of a pair of a sp...
Category
Late 19th Century Japanese Meiji Antique Cloissoné Vases
Materials
Enamel
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
Materials
Enamel
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
Materials
Enamel
Antique Pair of Early Meiji Japanese Cloisonne Vases in the Style of Namikawa
Located in Long Island City, NY
A pair of antique Japanese early Meiji period cloisonne vases, in the style of Namikawa Yasuyuki. The vases epitomize Namikawas refined craftsmanship and the finesse of early Meiji J...
Category
Late 19th Century Japanese Meiji Antique Cloissoné Vases
Materials
Enamel
$1,950 Sale Price / set
35% 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
Materials
Enamel
Pair of Antique Meiji Japanese Cloisonne Enamel Vases Birds of Paradise Shibata
Located in Long Island City, 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...
Category
Late 19th Century Japanese Meiji Antique Cloissoné Vases
Materials
Enamel, Brass
$900 Sale Price / set
50% Off
Antique Early Meiji Japanese Cloisonne Enamel Vase
Located in Long Island City, NY
An antique Japanese, early Meiji era, enamel over gilt copper vase. The exterior of the ware is adorned with polychrome enamel panels representing blossoming flowers, plants and butt...
Category
19th Century Japanese Meiji Antique Cloissoné Vases
Materials
Enamel
$450 Sale Price
70% Off
High Quality Antique Meiji Japanese Cloisonne Enamel Vase With Hydrangea's Hayas
Located in Long Island City, NY
A high quality antique Japanese late Meiji period enamel over brass vase. The vase has an amphora shaped body and a fluted neck. The ware is enam...
Category
Late 19th Century Japanese Meiji Antique Cloissoné Vases
Materials
Brass, Enamel
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
Materials
Enamel
$4,800 Sale Price
20% Off
Antique Pair Early Meiji Japanese Cloisonne Enamel Dragon Crane Vases Attributed
Located in Long Island City, 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...
Category
19th Century Japanese Meiji Antique Cloissoné Vases
Materials
Enamel
$6,175 Sale Price / set
35% Off
Rare Totai Shippo Pair Large Japanese Cloisonne On Porcelain Enamel Vases
Located in Long Island City, 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...
Category
20th Century Japanese Ming Cloissoné Vases
Materials
Porcelain
$9,750 Sale Price / set
35% Off
Antique Meiji Japanese Cloisonne Silver Wire Enamel Miniature Vase Bird on Bambo
Located in Long Island City, NY
An antique Japanese, late Meiji period, silver wire enamel vase. The vase has an amphora shaped body and a fluted neck. The ware is enameled with a polychrome image of a sparrow bird...
Category
Late 19th Century Japanese Meiji Antique Cloissoné Vases
Materials
Enamel
$680 Sale Price
20% Off
Antique Early Meiji Japanese Cloisonne Vase in the Style of Namikawa
Located in Long Island City, NY
An antique Japanese early Meiji period cloisonne vase, attributed to the master artisan Namikawa Yasuyuki. Adorned with intricate foliate and floral patterns, complemented by delicat...
Category
Late 19th Century Japanese Meiji Antique Cloissoné Vases
Materials
Enamel
$975 Sale Price
35% Off
High Quality Antique Meiji Japanese Cloisonne Enamel Vase Kyoto School
Located in Long Island City, NY
A high quality antique Japanese, late Meiji period, enamel over brass bud vase. The vase has an amphora shaped body and a narrow fluted neck. The...
Category
Late 19th Century Japanese Meiji Antique Cloissoné Vases
Materials
Brass, 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
Materials
Enamel, Copper
Antique Japanese Cloisonne Goldstone Enamel Fish and Mantis Amphora Shaped Vase
Located in Long Island City, NY
A vintage Japanese enamel over gilt copper vase. The amphora shaped vase is enameled with polychrome medallions depicting fish in a pond and a mantis in blossoming flowers surrounded...
Category
19th Century Japanese Meiji Antique Cloissoné Vases
Materials
Copper, Enamel
$2,800 Sale Price
30% Off
Antique Pair Early Meiji Japanese Cloisonne Enamel Dragon Crane Butterfly 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 dragons, cranes, but...
Category
19th Century Japanese Meiji Antique Cloissoné Vases
Materials
Copper, Enamel
Antique Meiji Era Japanese Cloisonne Enamel Vases
Located in Long Island City, 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 Vases
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
Materials
Copper, Enamel
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
Materials
Enamel, Copper
$1,300 Sale Price
35% Off
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
Materials
Enamel, Bronze
$780 Sale Price / set
35% Off
Large Antique Meiji Japanese Cloisonne Vase with Tennin
Located in Long Island City, NY
A large antique Japanese Meiji era, 1868 to 1912, cloisonne enamel vase decorated with an image of tennin, a beautiful winged woman dressed in ornate kimono with a flowing scarf that...
Category
Late 19th Century Japanese Meiji Antique Cloissoné Vases
Materials
Enamel
Pair of Japanese Cloisonne Goldstone Enamel Double Gourd Dragon Vases
Located in Long Island City, NY
A pair of rare large Japanese, late Meiji era, double gourd enamel vases. Each ware is enameled with polychrome bands and panels with dragon, flora...
Category
Late 19th Century Japanese Meiji Antique Cloissoné Vases
Materials
Enamel
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...
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19th Century Japanese Meiji Antique Cloissoné Vases
Materials
Enamel, Copper
Antique Early Meiji Japanese Cloisonne Enamel Brush Pots in the Style of Namikaw
Located in Long Island City, NY
A pair of 19th century Japanese cloisonne brush pots with floral decoration, early Meiji period, circa 1880s. Attributed to Namikawa Yasuyuki, 1845...
Category
19th Century Japanese Meiji Antique Cloissoné Vases
Materials
Enamel
$1,950 Sale Price / set
35% 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
Materials
Copper, Enamel
$1,300 Sale Price
35% Off
Antique Early Meiji Japanese Cloisonne Enamel Goldstone Mount Fuji Vase
Located in Long Island City, 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...
Category
Late 19th Century Japanese Meiji Antique Cloissoné Vases
Materials
Enamel
Japanese Mid 20th Century Cloisonne Enamel Rose Vase Ando Company
By Ando Jubei
Located in Newark, England
LARGE SIZED OVOID VASE
From our Japanese collection we are pleased to offer this Japanese Cloisonne Enamel Rose Vase by the Ando Company. The vase of large ovoid form decorated wit...
Category
Mid-20th Century Japanese Mid-Century Modern Cloissoné Vases
Materials
Enamel
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
Materials
Enamel, Brass
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
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
Materials
Copper, Enamel
$525 Sale Price / set
65% Off
1920s Cloisonné Vase with Flowers and Butterflies
Located in Tarrytown, NY
1920s Cloisonné Vase with Flowers and Butterflies
Category
1920s Chinese Vintage Cloissoné Vases
Materials
Brass, Enamel
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
Materials
Copper, Enamel
$450 Sale Price
62% Off
Antique Japanese Cloisonne Enamel Butterfly Vase
Located in Long Island City, NY
A large antique Japanese copper vase with cloisonne enamel design. Late Meiji period, before 1912. A medallion with butterflies among peony flowers is presented on the front side, a ...
Category
Late 19th Century Japanese Meiji Antique Cloissoné Vases
Materials
Copper, 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
Materials
Enamel
Pair of Antique Meiji Japanese Cloisonne Silver Wire Enamel Vases Blossoming Gar
Located in Long Island City, NY
A pair of antique Japanese, late Meiji period, silver wire enamel vases. Each vase has an amphora shaped body and a fluted neck. The wares are enameled with a polychrome image of a p...
Category
Late 19th Century Japanese Meiji Antique Cloissoné Vases
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
Materials
Enamel
Find Exquisite Antique Cloisonné Vases for Sale on 1stDibs
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.
Find antique cloisonné vases and other cloisonné objects for sale on 1stDibs.
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