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Technique: Cloissoné
Chinese cloisonné censer
Located in New York, NY
floral and archaistic motifs on blue ground
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Late 20th Century Chinese Cloissoné Furniture

Materials

Metal

Japanese Plique-a-Jour Cloisonne Vase
Located in Brisbane, QLD
This plique-a-jour cloisonne vase is an exceptional example of Japanese craftsmanship from the tail end of the Meiji period (1868-1912). The most ...
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Early 20th Century Japanese Meiji Cloissoné Furniture

Materials

Metal

Contemporary Cloisonné Baluster Lamp in Moss by Robert Kuo, Limited Edition
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Baluster Lamp Cloisonne Moss Glass Enamel Cloisonné Metal Contemporary The cloisonné technique is an enameling on metal technique that dates b...
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2010s Modern Cloissoné Furniture

Materials

Gold Plate, Copper, Enamel

Large Pair of Wooden Indonesian Carved Bookstand Top Quality Carving
Located in Amsterdam, Noord Holland
They are in use in our office. The perfect bookstands of great size and shape. Additional information: Material: Bronze, Cloisonne & Metal Region of Origin: Europe Period: 20th cent...
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20th Century Cloissoné Furniture

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Bronze

Antique Woodblock Print Kabuki Actors - Edo Period - Utagawa Kuniyoshi
Located in Amsterdam, Noord Holland
Utagawa Kuniyoshi (1798 - 1861) - Kabuki actors Condition Size Frame: 92x53cm Period 19th century
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19th Century Chinese Meiji Antique Cloissoné Furniture

Materials

Bronze

Vintage Blanket Chest with Red Lacquer and Cloisonné Floral Décor
Located in Yonkers, NY
A vintage Chinese blanket chest from the mid 20th century with red lacquer ground, cloisonné décor and lateral handles. Created in China during the mid...
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Mid-20th Century Chinese Cloissoné Furniture

Materials

Wood

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 ...
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Early 20th Century Chinese Chinese Export Cloissoné Furniture

Materials

Metal

Antique Woodblock Print Utagawa Sadahide (Japanese, 1807 – ca. 1873). Procession
Located in Amsterdam, Noord Holland
Description ARTIST Utagawa Sadahide, Japanese, 1807–ca. 1873 MEDIUM Color print Place Made: Japan DATE 1861 PERIOD Late Edo Period A Picture of Dontaku in Yokohama Artist: Sad...
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19th Century Chinese Meiji Antique Cloissoné Furniture

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Bronze

Tall Block Web Table Lamp in Fig Color by Robert Kuo, Limited Edition
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Tall Block Web Table Lamp with Shade Fig Color Cloisonne (Enamel) Hand Repousse Natural Silk Shade Limited Edition The cloisonné technique is an enameling on metal technique...
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21st Century and Contemporary Chinese Cloissoné Furniture

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Enamel

Antique Enamel Bronze/Copper Persian Bowl Flowers & Birds Polychrome, ca 1900
Located in Amsterdam, Noord Holland
A very nicely made piece with beautiful colors. Flowers and birds in red. Additional information: Material: Bronze & Cloisonne Region of Origin: South East Asia Period: ca 1900 Cond...
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19th Century Asian Antique Cloissoné Furniture

Materials

Bronze

Circa 1880-1910 Japanese Cloisonne Vase
Located in Chapel Hill, NC
Circa 1880-1910 Japanese cloisonne vase. Fine, elegant example. Silver mounted & silver wire. Marked on base rim CLOISONNE. Base of lapet reserves of dragons & phoenix birds. Floral ...
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Late 19th Century Japanese Aesthetic Movement Antique Cloissoné Furniture

Materials

Silver, Enamel

Baluster Jar and Lid in Azure Colors by Robert Kuo, Limited Edition
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Baluster jar and lid Cloisonne Azure enamel Hand repousse Copper base The cloisonné technique is an enameling on metal technique that dates bac...
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21st Century and Contemporary Chinese Cloissoné Furniture

Materials

Enamel

Japanese Cloisonne Table Lamp Mounted on Brass
Located in Miami, FL
A fine quality Japanese Cloisonné Lamp, with blue, red and green enamel inlay on a brass base. This Japanese Cloisonne Table Lamp was hand-crafted wi...
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Early 20th Century Japanese Japonisme Cloissoné Furniture

Materials

Metal, Brass

A Pair of Chinese Cloisonne Vases, Late 19th Century
Located in ARMADALE, VIC
A Pair of Chinese Cloisonne Vases, 19th Century Provenance: Private Australian Collection. Description: Each on rolled foot with undulating standard rising to a tape...
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Late 19th Century Chinese Qing Antique Cloissoné Furniture

Materials

Bronze

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 Furniture

Materials

Porcelain

Mirrored Pair of Chinese Cloisonne Lidded Bowls with Floral Motif
Located in San Diego, CA
A nice mirrored pair of Chinese cloisonne lidded bowls with floral motif, circa 1950s. The bowls are in very good condition with no dings or dents and measure 6.5"D x 3.5"H. #2606.
Category

Mid-20th Century Chinese Cloissoné Furniture

Materials

Brass, Enamel

Antique Lovely Millefiori Japanese Wall Dish Bronze Flowers Cloisonne, 19th C.
Located in Amsterdam, Noord Holland
Lovely and beautifully made piece with different kind of flowers and birds on a Pink base. Cloisonné is an enamelling technique in which the pattern is formed by wires soldered to t...
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19th Century Japanese Meiji Antique Cloissoné Furniture

Materials

Bronze

Japanese Cloisonné Vase
Located in Lyndhurst, NJ
Japanese cloisonné vase with a green background decorated with roses and ginbari foil basse-taile bamboo designs and patterning and silver trim.
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1920s Vintage Cloissoné Furniture

Materials

Glass

Chinese Cloisonné Enamel Inset Circular Carved Hardwood Pedestal
Located in London, GB
A Chinese cloisonné enamel inset circular carved hardwood pedestal Chinese, early 20th century Measures: Height 34cm, diameter 45cm Made in China in the early twentieth century,...
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Early 20th Century Chinese Chinese Export Cloissoné Furniture

Materials

Enamel

19th Century French Cloisonné Jewellery Box by Maison Alphonse Giroux
Located in Petworth, West Sussex
A French gilt-bronze mounted, fruit wood and ivory marquetry metal cloisonné jewellery box by Maison Alphonse Giroux and Ferdinand Duvinage, Paris, ...
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Late 19th Century French Antique Cloissoné Furniture

Materials

Brass

Antique 19th c Woodblock Print by Sino Japan War Naval Battle Haiyang Island
Located in Amsterdam, Noord Holland
A very strong woodblock print - Fantastic depiction of the naval Battle of Haiyang Island during the Sino-Japanese War. An explosion rocks a Chinese ship at right, severing the mast...
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19th Century Chinese Meiji Antique Cloissoné Furniture

Materials

Bronze

Pair Of Chinese Cloisonne Enamel Foo Lion Censers
Located in Norwood, NJ
Beautiful fine pair of Chinese cloisonne enamel foo lion censers, in a standing pose. Yellow enamel ground and stylized patinated copper repousse head with enamel eyes. Standing on c...
Category

Early 20th Century Chinese Chinese Export Cloissoné Furniture

Materials

Copper, Enamel

Pair of Chinese Cloisonné Cats
Located in Palm Beach, FL
Pair of Chinese cloisonné or enamel on copper cats in a familiar stalking pose decorated with symbolic biomorphic designs over an alluring blue background.
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20th Century Chinese Chinoiserie Cloissoné Furniture

Materials

Enamel

Antique Fine Chinese Carved Wood Statue of Laughing Buddha Chinese, 1900
Located in Amsterdam, Noord Holland
Ca 1900 Fine Chinese Carved Wood Statue of a Laughing Buddha CHinese Antique. Additional information: Material: Wood / Bamboo Region of Origin: China Period: 19th century China Dyna...
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19th Century Chinese Qing Antique Cloissoné Furniture

Materials

Wood

1970s Silver Gilt and Polychrome Cloisonné Enamel Sugar Basket
Located in Jesmond, Newcastle Upon Tyne
An exceptional, fine and impressive vintage Russian silver and polychrome cloisonné enamel sugar basket; an addition to our diverse silver teaware...
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20th Century Russian Cloissoné Furniture

Materials

Silver, Enamel

19th Century Chinese Cloisonné Enamel Brass Trinket Box
Located in Marbella, ES
19th century Chinese cloisonné enamel brass trinket box.
Category

Mid-19th Century Chinese Antique Cloissoné Furniture

Materials

Metal

Antique Chinese Cloisonné Enamel Box with Mythical Beasts Late 19th Century
Located in Media, PA
A beautifully crafted late 19th to early 20th century Chinese cloisonné enamel box, featuring a vibrant turquoise ground adorned with intricate multicolor enamel motifs and mythical ...
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1890s Chinese Antique Cloissoné Furniture

Materials

Bronze

Pair of Chinese Cloisonné Deer
Located in New York, NY
decorated with stylized scrolls on blue ground
Category

Mid-20th Century Chinese Cloissoné Furniture

Materials

Metal, Enamel

Chinese Cloisonné Censer
Located in New York, NY
decorated with openwork panels, and a mythical bird finial; censer is standing on three boar's head form feet
Category

Early 20th Century Chinese Cloissoné Furniture

Materials

Metal, Enamel

Midcentury Cloisonné Lamp by Wilshire House
Located in Rio Vista, CA
A rare midcentury Chinese cloisonné table lamp made of a long neck bronze vase decorated with a floral foliate pattern in shades of pink over a dark texture diamond pattern background. Sold by Wilshire...
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20th Century Chinese Mid-Century Modern Cloissoné Furniture

Materials

Metal

Lovely Antique Meiji Period Japanese Wall Dish Bronze Flowers Cloisonne, 19th C.
Located in Amsterdam, Noord Holland
Lovely and beautifully made piece with different kind of flowers and birds on a green base. Cloisonné is an enamelling technique in which the pattern is formed by wires soldered to...
Category

19th Century Japanese Meiji Antique Cloissoné Furniture

Materials

Bronze

Antique Woodblock Print Ukiyo-e Utagawa Kuniyoshi Prince Shôtoku attack on Mo
Located in Amsterdam, Noord Holland
A lovely figural print by Print artist. Pupil of Utagawa Toyokuni. One of the three principal 'Ukiyo-e' artists of the late Edo period, together with Kunisada (Toyokuni III) and Hir...
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19th Century Chinese Meiji Antique Cloissoné Furniture

Materials

Bronze

Mid 20th Century Chinese Cloisonne Snuff Bottle with Scoop
Located in Pomona, CA
This Chinese Cloisonne Master Snuff Bottle was hand crafted with beautiful phoenix motifs on both sides of the snuff bottle. A snuff bottle is a snuff container that can be easily ha...
Category

Mid-20th Century Chinese Chinese Export Cloissoné Furniture

Materials

Copper

Japanese Wireless Musen Cloisonne Vase by Ando Jubei
Located in Atlanta, GA
A Japanese cloisonne vase in bottle-form made by Ando Jubei (1876-1963) circa 1910-20s (late Meiji to Taisho period). The vase features a completely smooth surface without showing any wire. The technique is known as Musen (hidden wire) in Japanese and was notoriously difficult to perfect, especially with piece like this with a relatively large continuous surface. The beguiling effect is to use enamel to mimic porcelain or even jade. This vase, with its ultra smooth surface and soft yellow color (Yellow was often associated with Japanese imperial household...
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Early 20th Century Japanese Meiji Cloissoné Furniture

Materials

Silver, Enamel

Antique Chinese Bronze Cloisonné Lidded Kamcheng SE Asia market B
Located in Amsterdam, Noord Holland
Very colorful in the taste of South East Asia, Bencharong porcelain style, 18th-19th century. Condition: ? Overall condition; very good condit...
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18th Century Chinese Qing Antique Cloissoné Furniture

Materials

Bronze

Large Antique Chinese Cloisonnae Imperial Dragon Decorated Bowl
Located in Hamilton, Ontario
This large and very well executed cloisonnae bowl is signed by and unknown artist and originates from China in approximately 1900 in the period Chinese Export style. The bowl is done with black as the predominant color and decorated with Imperial Dragons...
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Early 20th Century Chinese Chinese Export Cloissoné Furniture

Materials

Metal

Elegant pair of Sèvres-style porcelain vases
Located in Buenos Aires, Argentina
Elegant pair of Sèvres-style porcelain vases, crafted in France circa 1900, Napoleon III These vases are finely hand-painted with detailed gallant scenes on the front and landscapes ...
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Early 1900s French Napoleon III Antique Cloissoné Furniture

Materials

Enamel

Chic Snakeskin Enameled Metal Serving Plate
Located in Saint Louis, MO
Chic and graphic artist made enameled metal serving plate in fabulous snakeskin pattern. Want to see more beautiful things? Scroll down below and clic...
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21st Century and Contemporary American Modern Cloissoné Furniture

Materials

Enamel

Red Meiji Japanese Cloisonne Enamel Covered Jar with Bats, Dragons, and Phoenix
Located in Long Island City, NY
An antique Japanese copper covered jar or box with polychrome cloisonne enamel design. Late Meiji period,Squat rounded piece resting on four ball feet. Richly decorated with floral a...
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Late 19th Century Japanese Meiji Antique Cloissoné Furniture

Materials

Enamel, Copper

Antique Japanese Cloisonne Enamel Goldstone Pink Geometric Patterns Charger Plat
Located in Long Island City, NY
An antique Japanese enamel over copper plate or charger. The interior of the plate is adorned with a polychrome enamel medallion with blossoming Chrysanthemum flowers on the light pi...
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Late 19th Century Japanese Meiji Antique Cloissoné Furniture

Materials

Copper, Enamel

French Japonisme Mantel Clock and Candelabra Attributed to Edouard Lievre
Located in New York, US
Our mantel clock and candelabra with silvered, gilt and cloisonne enamel surfaces in the French Japonisme style dates from the 1870s and is in good condition. Attributed to the influ...
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Late 19th Century French Japonisme Antique Cloissoné Furniture

Materials

Bronze, Enamel

A lobed cloisonné enamel dish depicting a Ryu dragon
Located in Milano, IT
A Japanese cloisonné enamel dish with a lobed rim, decorated with the figure of a Ryu dragon rendered in shaded enamels in shades of green, light blue, pink, and yellow, outlined by ...
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Late 19th Century Japanese Antique Cloissoné Furniture

Materials

Enamel

Distinctive Chinese Decorative Wall Plate
Located in Milano, IT
Round plate made of bronze and cloisonné enamel designed in China in the 20th century. This plate is made of bronze and cloisonné enamel, a goldsmith technique originally applied to...
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Early 1900s Chinese Chinese Export Antique Cloissoné Furniture

Materials

Bronze

Pair of Chinese Double Gourd Cloisonné Cover Vases
Located in New York, NY
provenance: Christie's; wooden bases shown in pictures are included with these vases; each vase is decorated with miniature gourds in relief; overall size of each vase with wooden ba...
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Early 20th Century Chinese Cloissoné Furniture

Materials

Metal, Enamel

Longwy, France, Art Deco Plate with the Parisian Coat of Arms and Foliage
Located in København, Copenhagen
Longwy, France. Art Deco plate in glazed stoneware with the hand-painted Parisian coat of arms and foliage. 1920s / 30s. Diameter: 23.5 cm. In excellent condition. Stamped. Ema...
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1920s French Art Deco Vintage Cloissoné Furniture

Materials

Stoneware

Chinese cloisonné cover jar
Located in New York, NY
decorated with antique objects on pale blue ground
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Late 20th Century Chinese Cloissoné Furniture

Materials

Metal, Enamel

French Onyx and Cloisonne Banquet Lamp
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 ...
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Mid-19th Century French Late Victorian Antique Cloissoné Furniture

Materials

Onyx, Enamel

Large Pair of Chinese Cloisonné Enamel Lanterns
Located in Hamilton, Ontario
Lanterns such as these were widely produced during the Shang Dynasty. They were mainly used for various ceremonial purposes and featured high quality craftsmanship and ornate details...
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Mid-20th Century Chinese Chinese Export Cloissoné Furniture

Materials

Enamel

French Sevres bronze and porcelain vase, Cloisonne 19th century
Located in Autonomous City Buenos Aires, CABA
French Sevres bronze and porcelain vase, Cloisonne 19th century Antique blue sevres porcelain masseter with intricate design on the base and neck, hand ...
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19th Century French Napoleon III Antique Cloissoné Furniture

Materials

Bronze

19th Century French Longwy Ceramic Inkwell
Located in Winter Park, FL
A 19th century French Longwy ceramic desk set with inkwells and candle holders. Beautiful cloisonné enamel floral design with vibrant blue pink, rose, g...
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19th Century French Art Nouveau Antique Cloissoné Furniture

Materials

Ceramic

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 ...
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20th Century Chinese Cloissoné Furniture

Materials

Porcelain

An inkwell and Two Candlesticks from the 19th Century, Napoleon III Period.
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
An ormolu, enamelled and cloisonné inkwell and two candlesticks from the 19th century, Napoleon III period. An ormolu, cloisonné and enamelled inkwe...
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19th Century French Napoleon III Antique Cloissoné Furniture

Materials

Bronze

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...
Category

Late 20th Century Chinese Chinese Export Cloissoné Furniture

Materials

Brass

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 Furniture

Materials

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 Furniture

Materials

Silver, Bronze, Enamel

Chinese cloisonné dog
Located in New York, NY
decorated with yellow, brown, and white enamels
Category

Mid-20th Century Chinese Cloissoné Furniture

Materials

Metal, Enamel

Pair of Chinese Cloisonné Bottle Vases
Located in New York, NY
peach motif on yellow ground
Category

Mid-20th Century Chinese Cloissoné Furniture

Materials

Metal, Enamel

2 Japanese cloisonné plates, 19th c.
Located in New York, NY
bird and floral motif on turquoise ground; the stands shown in the pictures are not included with these plates
Category

Late 19th Century Japanese Antique Cloissoné Furniture

Materials

Metal, Enamel

A Japanese cloisonné vase decorated with three flying butterflies
Located in Milano, IT
Vase in metal and cloisonné enamel with a yellow monochrome background, decorated with three flying butterflies with the Ando Company brand. Period: Taisho 1920 ca. Dimensions: 21 ...
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Early 20th Century Japanese Japonisme Cloissoné Furniture

Materials

Enamel

Cloisonné enamel kogo box with stylized floral motifs
Located in Milano, IT
Spherical cloisonné enamel kogo box decorated with brightly colored stylized floral motifs and circular reserves on a yellow ochre background. The top is embellished with a 16-petal ...
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Late 19th Century Japanese Antique Cloissoné Furniture

Materials

Enamel

Cloisonné Vases, Lamps, Bowls and Other Furniture and Objects for Sale on 1stDibs

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. 

Find cloisonné vases, lighting, decorative bowls and other objects for sale on 1stDibs.

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