Two Chinese Gilt Bronze Mounted Cloisonné Enamel Vases

These elegant vases were created in the early 20th century, in the last decade of the Qing dynasty (1644-1911). They are covered with beautiful cloisonné enamel designs. In the clois...

The enamel vases in this pair are of ‘garlic head’ form, each sitting on a four-leg, four scrolled foot wooden stand. The vases are of tripartite form. Each vase features a flared neck, an ovoid body, and a pinched stem, and each includes four gilt bronze (ormolu) medallions fashioned into reticulated cloud scroll patterns. Glimpsed through the reticulated medallions of each vase is a smaller, nestled vase, similarly decorated to the external shell. The body of each vase presents a rich blue enamel ground onto which cloisonné enamel motifs, bounded within gold enamel wire, are worked. The motifs are traditional, ranging from lotus scrolls and lotus flowers to ruyi heads, and are executed in a bold green, red, yellow, and pink palette. Upon the neck of each vase are mounted two gilt bronze elephant...

French gilt bronze and Chinese cloisonné enamel jardinière French and Chinese, early 20th century Measures: Height 63cm, width 58cm, depth 40cm This piece is a superb example of...

Pair of large Chinese cloisonné enamel vases with French ormolu mounts Chinese & French, 20th century Measures: height 166cm, diamet...

These porcelain vases are exquisite pieces of antique Chinese decorative art. They were crafted in the late Qing dynasty, which laste...

Two Chinese style enameled gilt and patinated bronze urns French, circa 1880 Measures: Height 44.5cm, width 27cm, depth 20cm Each urn, or...

A massive Chinese blue cloisonné vase or urn depicting a colorful imperial phoenix with gilt bronze wires among birds and butterflies in an impe...

An exceptional antique Chinese cloisonné enamel tripod censor or planter and dragon finial cover. The compressed globular body raised on three cabriole legs issuing from gilt-bronze ...

A fine Chinese 19th-20th century gilt bronze mounted cloisonné jardinière (planter). The beautifully and finely executed late Qing dynasty ovoid body cloisonné enamel jardiniere with a blue-Celeste background and colorful enameled depictions of flowers, birds and butterflies, as well as wire scroll work in a geometric pattern, supported by a figural gilt-bronze (ormolu) base raised with four Chinese Imperial lions...

An exceptional palatial quality pair of 19th century Chinese cloisonné Fu dogs featuring gold gilding over copper. Chinese cloiso...

overall inlaid with exotic woods such as walnut, lemonwood, ebony, rosewood, by the great master cabinet maker Guiseppe Maggiolini.

A massive and impressive Pair of 19th C. Chinese Cloisonne Enamel Vases with '100' Deer Decoration. Decorated with a multitude of deer and birds amongst a meadow with flowering branc...

Oil on canvas Hand-signed "Pat Steir, 1988" verso Excellent Condition Though her early work was loosely allied with Conceptual Art and Minimalism, Pat Steir's poured “Waterfall...

A Fantastic, rare, and antique Chinese Cloisonné Enamel Gu Form vase, 17th/18th century, Kangxi Period. This cloisonne vase is extremely rare to find in this quality, condition, age,...

A magnificent and very rare Régence style marquetry inlaid grand bureau plat or writing desk. Inscribed to the carcass 'Moreaux 72'. Dating from the second half of the nineteenth century this magnificent and very rare bureau plat has finely cast rocaille gilt-bronze mounts and is decorated overall with truly breath-taking seventeenth century marquetry, depicting fantastical townscapes, knights, soldiers, hunting and architectural-scenes. Of serpentine rectangular form the top is veneered with superb marquetry panels within a foliate scrolled border and a rocaille shell-cast gilt-bronze surround, both sides featuring a recessed central drawer flanked on each side by a drawer applied with male and female terms, scrolled handles, and reserves with conforming drawers; the bombé sides are centred by foliate scrolls, and the whole raised on cabriole legs headed by cartouches with foliate entwined chutes terminating in scrolled sabots. Of impressive scale this fine bureau plat, in the manner of a partners desk, features working drawers to each side. This model of bureau plat was made by a small number of celebrated Parisian cabinet makers in the second half of the 19th century including Beurdeley, Cremer and Befort Jeune. It is incredibly rare to see this model of bureau plat inlaid in marquetry. The exceptional quality and style indicate the use of older reused marquetry, almost certainly dating from the late 17th century and originating from the Augsburg region of Germany. Similar models but lacking the exceptional marquetry inlay can be found in the collection of the Duke of Buccleuch at Bowhill, and the Earl of Normanton at Somerlely. Christopher Payne notes that the latter was part of a pair sold by the London dealer Toms & Luscombe in 1871. He illustrates the present bureau plat in his book ‘European Furniture of the 19th Century’ (p. 88-89), along with two related desks minus the marquetry inlay (p. 92 -93). The exceptional and highly complex marquetry inlay and intarsia work, that sets this important bureau plat apart from other extant examples, would originally have formed the decorative panels of a late 17th century table cabinet, almost certainly ascribable to the Augsburg region of Germany. Augsburg emerged from the middle of the 16th century as the German centre of luxury cabinet making for the international market. In particular, the development of marquetry contributed to this prominent position, favoured by the ready availability of indigenous woods and the reputation that Augsburg had the best craftsmen able to cut thin layers of veneers in the most intricate motifs (C.S. Wood, ‘The Perspective Treatise in Ruins: Lorenz Stöer, Geometria et perspectiva, 1567’, Studies in the History of Art, no. 59, p. 246). Table cabinets, conceived as a form of Wunderkammer or cabinets of curiosities, were intended as repositories for all manner of wondrous and exotic objects and by the 1550s the grandest cabinets in Europe were being made in Augsburg. Decorated almost entirely with sumptuous marquetry, often depicting perspective views of ruins and fantastical townscapes, they become by the 1590s highly regarded as important diplomatic gifts. Fine Augsburg marquetry panels remained popular throughout the ages and were frequently re-used to create or embellish new items of furniture, such as this magnificent bureau plat. Their inclusion was not only for their highly decorative appeal, but to contemporary eyes, a means by which to imbue a new creation with a sense of true historical authenticity. The importance of such panels is often reflected in the high cost involved in repurposing them. A fine example of this is the celebrated 17th century cabinet on stand...

A pair of monumental Louis XVI style Chinese gilt bronze mounted Famille noir canton enamel vases hand-painted with flowers and fruits. Each is ...

Chinese black enamel cloisonné and brass ginger jar vase with chrysanthemum flowers, dogwood flowers and a butterfly and beautiful rich colors. Hand crafted on solid brass.

A fine Chinese 19th-20th century gilt bronze mounted cloisonné jardinière (planter). The beautifully and finely executed late Qing dynasty ovoid body cloisonné enamel jardiniere with a blue-Celeste background and colorful enameled depictions of flowers, birds and butterflies, as well as wire scroll work in a geometric pattern, supported by a figural gilt-bronze (ormolu) base raised with four Chinese Imperial lions...

Chinese Cloisonne Gilded Bronze Baluster vases Enameled Republic period. material: Bronze, Gold leaf, gold gilded bronze, cloisonne, enemaled, glass Style: Chinese republic, Antiqu...

Large antique Chinese late 19th century Qing dynasty Cloisonné, Champlevé enameled bronze vase, circa 1890. The vase of archaic style and hav...

Chinese Cloisonné Enamel Double Moon Flask Vase, #048/100 China, 20th Century A masterwork of Chinese Cloisonné enamel technique. Shaped as two c...

French unique very large Vase attributed to the manufacture de Barbedienne. The quality is incredible, its original gilding on the bronze, the extr...