pair of Chinese double gourd cloisonné cover vases
Located in New York, NY
floral motif blue panels on yellow ground
Mid-20th Century Chinese Cloissoné Furniture
Metal, Enamel
pair of Chinese double gourd cloisonné cover vases
Located in New York, NY
floral motif blue panels on yellow ground
Metal, Enamel
Pair Chinese Cloisonne Tapir Candlesticks, Qing Dynasty, circa 1900, China
Located in Austin, TX
A delightful pair of Chinese cloisonne candlesticks in the form of tapirs, Late Qing Dynasty, circa 1900, China. The charming pair of candlesticks each crafted as a tapir seated upo...
Copper, Enamel
Pair Antique Japanese, Meiji period, late 19th century, Cloisonné Lamps
Located in New Orleans, LA
Pair antique late 19th century Japanese rendered in imitation of Chinese cloisonne
Metal
Antique Meiji Japanese Cloisonne Enamel Blue Vase Birds In Wisteria Tree Goto
Located in Long Island City, NY
A Japanese enamel over copper brush pot.attributed to Goto The cylindrical form pot is adorned with a polychrome design representing birds in blossoming wisteria flowers made in t...
Enamel, Copper
$3,150Sale Price|30% Off
Antique Meiji Japanese Cloisonne Hexagonal Goldstone Enamel Vase
Located in Long Island City, NY
A Japanese enamel over copper vase. The vase has a hexagonal shaped body with a long narrow neck. The vase is enameled with polychrome geometrical, floral, foliage and foliate scroll...
Enamel, Copper
$4,550Sale Price|30% Off
Antique Japanese Cloisonne Enamel Pink Bowl With A Dragon
Located in Long Island City, NY
An antique Japanese enameled plate, featuring a central image of a dragon set against a pink ground. The edge is adorned with intricate multicolo...
Enamel
Japanese lantern in cast iron decorated with colourfull enameled champleve.
Located in PARIS, FR
Tall hexagonal lantern in bronze with a blue, red and green enamel openwork with stylized lotus flower motives. The shaft has a nice brown patina. The base is decorated with taotie m...
Bronze, Enamel
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...
Brass, Enamel
Large Antique Meiji Japanese Cloisonne Green Goldstone Enamel White Dragon Vase
Located in Long Island City, NY
Large Antique Meiji Japanese Cloisonne Green Gold Stone Enamel White Dragon Vase A large antique Japanese Meiji period cloisonne vase, featuring an im...
Enamel
Chinese cloisonné square-shaped vase
Located in New York, NY
archaistic motif on blue ground
Metal
$1,260Sale Price|30% Off
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...
Enamel, Copper
Pair of Chinese Cloisonné Over Porcelain Octagonal Planters on Gilt Wood Bases
Located in El Monte, CA
This unique pair of Chinese porcelain octagonal planters are a masterclass in the art of Cloissoné. Rarely do you see such a fine example of the technique over porcelain. Each panel ...
Porcelain
Chinese Hardstone Flower Model in a Cloisonné Enamel Planter
Located in London, GB
Chinese hardstone flower model in a cloisonné enamel planter Chinese, 20th Century Height 20cm, width 12cm, depth 9cm This superb flower mode...
Stone, Agate, Enamel
$6,300Sale Price|30% Off
Rare Large Japanese Cloisonne Ginbari And Enamel Vase Cranes And Roosters Blue
Located in Long Island City, NY
A rare large Japanese Ginbari enamel over copper vase. The urn shaped vase is enameled with a polychrome design representing cranes, hens, roosters and other birds made in the Ginbar...
Enamel, Copper
Antique French Neoclassical Style Ormolu and Cloisonne Enamel Clock Set
Located in London, GB
This exceptionally detailed clock set consists of a mantel clock and a pair of accompanying vases, which are all crafted in ormolu and extensively decorated in vibrant cloisonné enam...
Ormolu, Bronze, Enamel
Pair of Large Chinese Cloisonné Vases
Located in New York, NY
archaistic motif on yellow ground
Metal, Enamel
Japanese Totai Covered Cloisonne Enamel Porcelain Jar
Located in Long Island City, NY
A large Japanese covered Totai enamel on porcelain ginger jar. The ware is enameled with polychrome medallions representing blossoming flowers, birds, and butterfly wings surrounded ...
Enamel
$1,575Sale Price|25% Off
Exceptionally rare vase portrait jardiniere, Jugendstil Art Nouveau Amphora 1909
By Amphora
Located in Wien, AT
A very exciting object made by the famous Amphora factories in Bohemia in exceptionally high quality and a very rare design. The vase or jardiniere or centerpiece is designed with a...
Enamel
Japanese Meiji Cloisonne Pair of Vases
Located in Sarasota, FL
Japanese Meiji cloisonne pair of very fine and detailed vases. Maker's mark on the bottom.
Enamel
Rare Antique Meiji Japanese Cloisonne Enamel 3 Piece Tea Ceremony Dragon Set
Located in Long Island City, NY
A Japanese covered and footed enamel tea set including three pieces. The set includes a large tea pot, a small tea pot, and a sugar bowl. The wares are adorned with a polychrome enam...
Enamel
Pair Antique Chinese Cloisonné Porcelain Hexagonal Lamps, circa 1910-1920
Located in New Orleans, LA
Pair Antique Chinese Cloisonné Porcelain hexagonal lamps, circa 1910-1920.
Porcelain
Cloisonné Vase with Silver Mounted, Japan, circa 1900
Located in Buenos Aires, Buenos Aires
Cloisonné vase with silver mounted. Japan, circa 1900.
Silver, Enamel
Pair Of Large Chinese Cloisonné Floor Vases With Phoenix And Chrysanthemum Motif
Located in Norwood, NJ
Striking pair of large Chinese cloisonné floor vases, each resting on a fitted carved wooden base. Executed in richly saturated enamels on a deep red ground, the vases are finely dec...
Enamel
Large Rare Antique Japanese Cloisonne Enamel Plate
Located in Long Island City, NY
A large rare antique, Meiji era, Japanese enamel over copper plate or charger. The interior of the plate is adorned with a polychrome enamel image of blossoming flowers surrounded by...
Copper, Enamel
Large Antique Japanese Cloisonne Enamel on Porcelain Totai Jar Signed
Located in Long Island City, NY
A large antique Japanese late Meiji era covered Totai enamel on porcelain ginger jar. Circa: late 19th century to early 20th century. The ware is enameled with a polychrome fan shaped medallions with blossoming flowers, and butterflies, surrounded by floral and butterfly wings patterns made in the Cloisonne technique. The cover of the ware is decorated with a polychrome image of a flower surrounded by floral, foliage, and butterfly wings made in the same technique. The neck, the base, and the lid are adorned with polychrome geometrical, and floral motifs made in the same technique. Signed with red ink hieroglyphs, on the bottom. Totai Shippo is the name given to Japanese cloisonne on ceramics, both on earthenwares and on porcelain. It has a similar appearance to metallic cloisonne ware...
Enamel
Large Pair Of Japanese Cloisonne Gold Stone Enamel Bamboo Tree Vases Attributed
Located in Long Island City, NY
A pair of Japanese enamel over copper vases. Each vase has an urn shaped body and a wide neck. Each ware is enameled with polychrome medallions depicting a bird seated on a branch, b...
Copper, Enamel
Two Chinese Cloisonné Enamel Egg "Flowers and Birds" with Wood Stands #8
Located in Norton, MA
Presenting a beautiful Chinese cloisonné enamel egg depicting flowers and birds with wood stands, early 20 century.
Copper
Vintage Asian Bronze Champlevé Cloisonné Enamel Baluster Table Lamp
Located in Clifton Springs, NY
Extra-large vintage table lamp features sculptural urn shaped bronze body with elongated graphic neck that gives it a baluster silhouette. The lamp is decorated with enameled cloiso...
Metal, Brass, Bronze, Enamel
Large Chinese Cloisonne Charger
Located in New York, NY
Large Chinese cloisonne enameled charger depicting peacocks, flowers and birds measuring 24 3/4 inches across. Unsigned and dating from the mid-twentieth century.
Enamel
Wine chalice with green enamel sterling silver Salimbeni
By Giorgio Salimbeni, Salimbeni
Located in Firenze, FI
Wine chalice with round foot and stem in 925/1000 sterling silver gold plated with translucent fired enamel on guilloche. Drinking glass in blown Murano glass and hand-engraved with ...
Crystal, Gold Plate, Sterling Silver, Enamel
A Pair of Chinese Cloisonné Ginger Jars, Early 20th Century
Located in ARMADALE, VIC
A Pair of Chinese Cloisonné Ginger Jars, Early 20th Century Description: Made of cloisonné enamel on brass, typically featuring intricat...
Brass, Enamel
Antique French Cloisonné Enamel Porcelain Jardiniere, Circa 1880-1890.
Located in New Orleans, LA
Antique French Cloisonné Enamel Porcelain Jardiniere, Circa 1880-1890.
Enamel
Fine Japanese Cloisonne Enamel Fan Design Plate with Tokugawa Mon by Goto
Located in Long Island City, NY
A refined Japanese cloisonne enamel plate by Goto Seizaburo, one of the most distinctive enamel artists active in Yokohama during the late Meiji period. The plate is composed in an e...
Enamel
$2,100Sale Price|30% Off
Antique Meiji Japanese Cloisonne Enamel Pink Jar With Dragons And Phoenix Birds
Located in Long Island City, NY
A fine quality antique Japanese cloisonne enamel lidded jar from the Meiji period, standing on a foot and featuring a lush decor with mythical animals and floral motifs on a pink bac...
Enamel
Antique Pair Of Early Meiji Japanese Cloisonne Enamel Vases Namikawa School
Located in Long Island City, NY
A pair of Japanese cloisonne enamel early Meiji translucent enamel vases . Each vase has an urn shaped body, a wide neck, and a fluted base. The vases are adorned with polychrome ena...
Enamel
A Monumental Pair of Chinese Qing Dynasty Cloisonné Enamel Figures of Roosters
Located in New York, NY
A Monumental Pair of Chinese Qing Dynasty Cloisonné Enamel Rooster Figures An impressive monumental pair of Chinese cloisonné enamel rooster figures, dating to the late Qing dynasty...
Bronze, 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...
Enamel, Copper
Small Chinese Cloisonne and Hardstone Trinket Box, Republic Period, China
Located in Austin, TX
A lovely small Chinese export cloisonne trinket box with a carved hardstone roundel, Early Republic Period circa 1915, China. The small cloisonne box set on four short bun feet, and...
Stone, Copper, Enamel
$814Sale Price / set|20% Off
Pair of Small Vintage Baluster Form Vases, Oriental, Cloisonne, Posy Urn, C.1970
Located in Hele, Devon, GB
This is a pair of small vintage baluster form vases. An Oriental, cloisonné posy urn, dating to the late 20th century, circa 1970. Delightfully colourful examples, with eye-catching...
Metal, 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...
Enamel
Pair Of Japanese Cloisonne Plates Flowers On Turquoise Background Meiji Period
Located in Milano, MI
Pair Of Japanese Cloisonne Dishes Meiji Period 1868-1912 with turquoise bottom, in good condition. On the perimeter, a circular border of 1.7 cm dark background composed of geometri...
Bronze, Enamel
Exquisite Japanese Wireless Cloisonné Dragon Motif Vase, Meiji / Taisho Period
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
Japanese Wireless Cloisonné Enamel Vase, likely from the Meiji period (1868–1912) or possibly the early Taisho period (1912–1926). The vase features a dynamic depiction of a Japanese...
Copper
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...
Enamel
$240Sale Price / set|20% Off
Mid-19th Century Chinese Cloisonné Salt and Pepper Pots, Dragon Design
Located in Lincoln, Lincolnshire
These are a well made very decorative small cloisonné salt and pepper pot, made in China and dating to the mid-19th century. Both pieces a...
Ceramic
Rectangular Tray, Mediterranean Design by Robert Kuo, Handmade Cloisonne
By Robert Kuo
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Rectangular tray Mediterranean design Shades of blue Glass enamel Gold plated copper Cloisonné Limited edition Each piece is individually crafted and is unique. The cloison...
Copper, Enamel
Midcentury Cloisonné Lidded Box, Käthe Ruckenbrod
Located in London, GB
Cloisonné lidded box attributed to jeweller Käthe Ruckenbrod (1905 - 1989). Germany, mid-20th century. The box is rounded, smooth and tactile to to...
Copper, Enamel
$3,200Sale Price / set|20% Off
Pair of Large Cloisonné Enamel Double Gourd Bottle Vases Late Qing Dynasty
Located in Islamabad, PK
A Pair Of Large Cloisonne´ Enamel Double Gourd Bottle Vases Late Qing Dynasty, 19th century The Chinese bottle vases are made of porcelain with an intr...
Metal, Enamel
Chinese Large Cloisonné Enamel Bottle Vases Late Qing Dynasty, 19th Century
Located in Islamabad, PK
A pair of large Cloisonné Enamel bottle vases late Qing Dynasty, 19th century These exquisite pair of Cloisonné Enamel bottle vases feature a stunning and intricate floral design re...
Enamel
Antique Chinese Qing Dynasty 1644-1911 Enamel on Copper Cloisonne Plate Bowl
Located in Portland, OR
A fine antique Chinese Qing Dynasty (1644-1911) cloisonne shallow bowl, circa 1880. The bowl is finely decorated with gold spiral cloisons on a black enamel ground, to the center is ...
Copper, Enamel
$1,920Sale Price|20% Off
French Onyx and Cloisonne Table Lamp, Late Victorian, Mid-19th Century
Located in Montreal, QC
This tall lamp is remarkable for its use of onyx and cloisonne. The onyx is from Algeria and the cloisonne is actually French in the style of the Chinese. The lead crystal reservoir ...
Onyx, Enamel
Antique Meiji Japanese Cloisonne Gold Stone Enamel Covered Jar with Dragon and C
Located in Long Island City, NY
An antique Japanese, late Meiji era, covered enamel over brass pot or box. The body of the ware is enameled with polychrome images of cranes, medallions with blossoming flowers and b...
Brass, Enamel
Marble, Gilt-Bronze and Cloisonné Center, Neoclassical Style
Located in Buenos Aires, Buenos Aires
Marble, gilt bronze and cloisonné center, neoclassical style.
Marble, Bronze
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...
Copper, Enamel
Japanese Cloisonne Enamel Plaque Depicting Birds And Flowers
Located in Long Island City, NY
A Japanese enamel on metal plaque. The plaque represents birds seated on sakura tree branches made in the Cloisonne technique. Unsigned. Antique and Vintage Asian and Oriental Enamel...
Enamel, Metal
Art Deco Period Champlevé Bird Ashtray or Sculpture
Located in New York, NY
A beautiful Chinese Art Deco period champlevé enamel and bronze bird ashtray or sculpture, circa 1920s-1930s, China. Dimensions: 2.63" Depth x 3.25" Width...
Bronze, Enamel
Antique Russian Onyx and Cloissoné Benetier 'Holy Water Font'
Located in New Orleans, LA
A lovely water font with an unusual silver and gold orthodox church center medallion.
Onyx
Missoni Cloissone Vase Colors Rare
By Missoni Home
Located in Long Island, NY
Missoni Cloissone Vase in Beautiful Colors . It Can Also Be Used As Umberella Holder .
Metal, Metallic Thread
Fine Japanese Cloisonne Enamel Plate with Butterflies Morning Glories Goto
Located in Long Island City, NY
A superb Japanese cloisonne enamel plate attributed to Goto Seizaburo, one of the most distinguished enamel artists working in Yokohama during the late Meiji period. The plate featur...
Enamel
Pair Of Japanes Cloisonne Gilt Bronze Dragon Incense Burners, E 20th Century
Located in Islamabad, PK
This magnificent pair of 20th-century Japanese-made, Chinese archaistic style, gilt cloisonné bronze incense burners is a testament to the artistry and craftsmanship of the period. E...
Bronze
Chinese Cloisonné Enamel Egg "Flowers" with Wood Stand, Early 20th Century
Located in Norton, MA
Presenting a beautiful Chinese cloisonné enamel egg depicting flora theme with a wood stand, early 20th century. #5
Copper
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.
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