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Technique: Cloissoné
Pair French Chinoiserie Dore Bronze & Chinese Cloisonné Elephant Form Candelabra
Located in New York, NY
A Massive and Quite Unusual Pair of 19th Century Antique French Louis XV Style Chinoiserie Dore Bronze and Chinese Cloisonné Elephant Form Candelab...
Category
1880s French Louis XVI Antique Cloissoné Furniture
Materials
Enamel, Ormolu
Antique Japanese Cloisonne Enamel Turquoise Dragon Vase
Located in Long Island City, NY
An antique Japanese late Meiji era vase of a baluster shape with a narrow fluted neck. The metal vase is adorned with a polychrome image of a dragon made in the Cloisonne technique o...
Category
Late 19th Century Japanese Meiji Antique Cloissoné Furniture
Materials
Enamel
$350 Sale Price
53% Off
Cloisonne Ginger Jar, White with Chrysanthemums C.1960s China
Located in Glasgow, GB
A Large Cloisonné Ginger Jar handcrafted by skilled Chinese artisans in the 1960s.
This impressive ginger jar showcases exquisite Chinese cloisonné work. Finely decorated with a s...
Category
Mid-20th Century Chinese Qing Cloissoné Furniture
Materials
Brass, Enamel
$194 Sale Price
50% Off
A Fine pair of Japanese cloisonné enamel vases Attributed to Honda Yasaburō
Located in London, GB
A Fine pair of Japanese cloisonné enamel vases
Attributed to Honda Yasaburō, Nagoya,
Meiji era
Each of baluster form, worked in polychrome enamels and silver wire on a mottled da...
Category
19th Century Japanese Antique Cloissoné Furniture
Materials
Enamel
$1,016 Sale Price / set
20% Off
Large Chinese Dragon Cloisonne Enamel Over Brass Vase
Located in Long Island City, NY
A large Chinese enamel over brass vase. The urn shaped vase is adorned with a polychrome enamel design of dragons surrounded by a cloud ornament on the white ground made in the Clois...
Category
Early 20th Century Chinese Cloissoné Furniture
Materials
Brass, Enamel
Pair Of Meiji Japanese Cloisonne Dragons Silver Wire Enamel Vases
Located in Long Island City, NY
A pair of Japanese silver wire enamel vases. The vases have an urn shaped body and a fluted neck. Each ware is enameled with a polychrome image of dragons on the dark blue ground mad...
Category
19th Century Japanese Antique Cloissoné Furniture
Materials
Enamel
$4,875 Sale Price / set
35% Off
Antique Meiji Japanese Cloisonne Enamel Charger Plate
Located in Long Island City, NY
An antique Japanese, late Meiji era, enamel over copper charger plate. The plate is adorned with a polychrome scene with a rooster and a chicken on a pond with blossoming flowers and...
Category
Early 20th Century Japanese Meiji Cloissoné Furniture
Materials
Copper, Enamel
Early 20th Century Chinese Folding Screen/Room Divider with Cloisonne panels
Located in Pomona, CA
This is a set of 6 panels of Chinese vintage lacquered wooden screen which to be used as the room section panels in ancient China that are put ...
Category
Early 20th Century Chinese Chinese Export Cloissoné Furniture
Materials
Hardwood
A Pair Of Palatial Monumental Blue Chinese Cloisonne Enamel Vases With Peacocks
Located in Long Island City, NY
Pair Of Palatial Monumental Blue Chinese Cloisonne Enamel Vases With Peacocks
Multicolored floral designs with an array of peacocks, flowers, a...
Category
20th Century Chinese Cloissoné Furniture
Materials
Wood
Antique 16k Gold Chinese Qianlong Cloisonne Enamel Snuff Bottle Mark & Period
Located in Portland, OR
A fine & rare antique Imperial Chinese Qing dynasty solid gold & cloisonne enamel snuff bottle, Qianlong mark & period, 1736-1795, tests as 16k gold.
It is rare to find a cloisonné e...
Category
18th Century Chinese Qing Antique Cloissoné Furniture
Materials
Gold, Enamel
Chinese Cloisonné Enamel Egg with Wood Stand, Early 20 Century
Located in Auribeau sur Siagne, FR
Presenting a cute Chinese cloisonné enamel egg with wood Stand, early 20 century.
The Height is including the Height Stand.
Category
20th Century Chinese Chinese Export Cloissoné Furniture
Materials
Copper
$235 Sale Price
20% Off
Chinese Cloisonne Incense Tool Vase, Qing Dynasty, 18th/19th Century, China
Located in Austin, TX
A small and elegant Chinese cloisonné vase for incense tools, Qing Dynasty, 18th/19th century, China.
Made for the scholar's studio, this small refined vase, was used to hold incense tools, including a small pair of tongs or chopsticks and spoon. The tools no longer present.
Of miniature baluster vase form, the vase beautify proportioned and decorated in the cloisonné enamel technique, with gilt wires forming the cloisons, or partitions. Within the cloisons, colorful enamels have been expertly laid.
The small incense tool vase...
Category
Early 1800s Chinese Qing Antique Cloissoné Furniture
Materials
Copper, Enamel
Large Chinese cloisonné enamel vase w wave pattern
Located in Long Island City, NY
A large Chinese cloisonne enamel vase adorned with a blue, gray, and white geometric design. The vase has a narrow neck and a flared opening with a gilt interior. There are small cur...
Category
Late 19th Century Chinese Antique Cloissoné Furniture
Materials
Enamel
19th Century Chinese Cloisonné Fu Dogs
Located in Houston, TX
An exceptional palatial quality pair of 19th century Chinese cloisonné Fu dogs featuring gold gilding over copper.
Chinese cloisonné o...
Category
1890s Chinese Chinese Export Antique Cloissoné Furniture
Materials
Copper, Enamel
$85,000 / set
Early 20th Century Antique Chinese Cloisonne bowl
Located in Pomona, CA
This Unique Chinese Antique Cloisonné Bowl is the perfect decor piece. With beautiful floral and bird design, it is a majestically hand crafted ...
Category
Early 20th Century Chinese Chinese Export Cloissoné Furniture
Materials
Metal, Copper
$371 Sale Price
25% Off
Qing Style Cloisonné Center Table
Located in Houston, TX
Early large 20th century bronze Qing style cloisonné center table. Thisl large form table features extraordinary workmanship with stunningly rare Impe...
Category
Early 20th Century Chinese Qing Cloissoné Furniture
Materials
Bronze
Antique Meiji Japanese Cloisonne Enamel Plate Depicting A Pheasant On A Tree
Located in Long Island City, NY
An antique Japanese Meiji era enamel plate. The plate is enameled with a polychrome image of a bird sitting on a branch with blossoming flowers on a blue turquoise ground made in the...
Category
Late 19th Century Japanese Antique Cloissoné Furniture
Materials
Enamel
$500 Sale Price
66% Off
Antique Meiji Japanese Cloisonne Enamel Vase with Flying Cranes Hayashi School
Located in Long Island City, NY
Antique Meiji Japanese Cloisonne Enamel Vase with Flying Cranes Hayashi School
An antique Japanese, late Meiji period, enamel . The vase has a sphere shaped body and a wide fluted n...
Category
Late 19th Century Japanese Meiji Antique Cloissoné Furniture
Materials
Enamel, Brass
Late 19th Century Inkwell with Onyx Marble and Cloisonne-Enamel
Located in Greven, DE
Inkwell with Cloisonné Enamel and Onyx Base
Origin: France, probably Paris
Material: Gilt bronze, cloisonné enamel, onyx
Date: Circa 1880
Description:
Oval inkwell with a centrally...
Category
Late 19th Century French Antique Cloissoné Furniture
Materials
Brass, Enamel
19th Century French Empire Cloisonné Bronze Jewelry Casket with Velvet Interior
Located in North Miami, FL
19th century French Empire cloisonne bronze jewelry casket with blue velvet interior
By: unknown
Material: bronze, velvet, enamel, metal, copper
Technique: gilt, cloisonné, champlevé, cast, molded, metalwork
Dimensions: 5 in x 7 in x 6 in
Date: late 19th century, circa 1890
Style: Napoleon III, Rococo Revival, Neoclassicism
Place of origin: France
This richly gilded jewelry...
Category
Late 19th Century Rococo Revival Antique Cloissoné Furniture
Materials
Bronze, Enamel, Metal, Copper
Sarreguemines Majolica Jardiniere in the Japonisme Style, 1880-1890
Located in Fort Lauderdale, FL
A gorgeous turquoise blue Majolica jardiniere made by the French manufactory Sarreguemines circa 1880-1890. The jardiniere is decorated in the eclectic Japonisme-style with beautifully hand-painted birds among pine branches, faux cloisonne...
Category
Late 19th Century French Japonisme Antique Cloissoné Furniture
Materials
Faience, Majolica, Pottery
20th Century Antique Chinese Cloisonne Vase
Located in Pomona, CA
This magnificent Chinese Antique Cloisonne vase was hand made from gold copper with cloisonne. It has detailed cloisonne works of Crane, Pine...
Category
20th Century Chinese Chinese Export Cloissoné Furniture
Materials
Copper
Japanese Large Cloisonné Vase, Ca. 1900/1910
Located in New York, NY
Japanese Large Cloisonné Vase in Midnight Blue w/ Flowers and Birds, Ca. 1900/1910
DIMENSIONS:
Height: 46 inches
Diameter: 51.5 inches
ABOUT
This exquisite vase is a remarkable te...
Category
Early 1900s Japanese Japonisme Antique Cloissoné Furniture
Materials
Metal
Pair of Mid-20th Century Chinese Cloisonné Vases with Floral Motifs
Located in Yonkers, NY
This pair of Chinese cloisonné vases, dating to the mid-20th century, is richly decorated with an intricate floral design in warm, reddish-brown tones. Each vase is crafted in the tr...
Category
Mid-20th Century Chinese Cloissoné Furniture
Materials
Brass, Copper, Enamel
$880 Sale Price / set
20% Off
Large Chinese Enamel Bronze Cloisonne Charger
Located in Norwood, NJ
Large Chinese enamel bronze cloisonne charger. Unusual and rare bronze Chinese Cloisonne charger. The brightly multicolored enamel decoration feature...
Category
Late 20th Century Chinese Cloissoné Furniture
Materials
Bronze, Enamel
A Monumental Japanese Cloisonne Enamel Vase, Attributed to Hayashi Kodenji
Located in Long Island City, NY
A Monumental Japanese Cloisonne Enamel Vase, Attributed to Hayashi Kodenji
“A Meiji Masterpiece”
Behold the epitome of Meiji-era craftsmanship with this monumental silver wire Ja...
Category
19th Century Japanese Meiji Antique Cloissoné Furniture
Materials
Enamel
$22,750 Sale Price
35% Off
Japan 1890 Meiji Period Decorative Vase In Cloisonné Enamel With Wood Base
Located in Miami, FL
Japanese vase from the Meiji Period (1868-1912).
Beautiful antique decorative vase, created in Japan during the Meiji period (1868-1912), circa 1890s. It was carefully crafted in so...
Category
1890s Japanese Meiji Antique Cloissoné Furniture
Materials
Bronze, Enamel
$488 Sale Price / set
30% Off
Antique Chinese Champlevé Enamel Scarab Jewelry Box
Located in New York, NY
Finely detailed champlevé scarab shape box with gilt wash interior. Traces of antique mirror on inner top. Rich colors of blue, turquoise purple finely enameled all around box.
Category
19th Century Chinese Chinoiserie Antique Cloissoné Furniture
Materials
Bronze
Large Antique Japanese Wall Dish Crane Eagle Hunt Bronze Flowers Cloisonne
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 Large Japanese Cloisonne Enamel Samurai Battle Dragon Floral Vase
Located in Long Island City, NY
A large antique Japanese vase with cloisonne enamel design. Late Meiji period, before 1912. Two medallions with birds among flowers and human figures are presented on sides. Depictio...
Category
Late 19th Century Japanese Meiji Antique Cloissoné Furniture
Materials
Enamel
Antique High Quality Meiji Japanese Cloisonne Enamel Plate With Owl Cranes Fan
Located in Long Island City, NY
An antique Japanese Meiji era enamel over brass charger plate. The plate is superbly enameled with polychrome patterns, including three fans showing flowers and birds, the background...
Category
Late 19th Century Japanese Meiji Antique Cloissoné Furniture
Materials
Enamel, Brass
$3,900 Sale Price
40% Off
Antique Japanese Meiji Period Cloissoné Charger, Bowl or Platter
Located in Miami, FL
Antique Japanese Meiji Cloisonne Charger, Bowl or Platter,
Late 19th Century Japanese Meiji Cloisonne Charger
A fine Japanese Meiji style charger, platter or bowl. This large clois...
Category
Late 19th Century Japanese Meiji Antique Cloissoné Furniture
Materials
Copper, Enamel
Antique Japanese Ginbari Cloisonne Enamel Dragon Vase
Located in Long Island City, NY
An antique Japanese Meiji period Ginbari enamel vase. The ground of the vase is enameled in blue and cobalt blue shades. The vase is enameled with a polychrome image of a dragon over...
Category
Early 20th Century Japanese Meiji Cloissoné Furniture
Materials
Enamel
Antique Japanese Cloisonné Meiji Enamel Box with Roosters
Located in Long Island City, NY
An antique Japanese Meiji era covered enamel over brass trinket or jewelry box. Circa: late 19th century to early 20th century. The ware is enameled with a polychrome image of a roos...
Category
Early 20th Century Japanese Meiji Cloissoné Furniture
Materials
Brass, Enamel
$900 Sale Price
40% Off
Japanese Cloisonné Vase Ando Jubei with Storage Box
By Ando Jubei
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...
Category
Early 20th Century Japanese Japonisme Cloissoné Furniture
Materials
Metal, Silver, Enamel
Antique Japanese Cloisonne Enamel Green Tray And Covered Jar With Phoenix Bird
Located in Long Island City, NY
A Japanese green tray and jar set. The tray is rectangular with a raised edge bordered with a geometric pattern. The surface of the tray has a circular medallion with a white design ...
Category
Late 19th Century Japanese Meiji Antique Cloissoné Furniture
Materials
Enamel
1950s Pair Of Chinese Hand Made Cloisonné Enamel Vases On Carved Hardwood Stands
Located in Germantown, MD
A 1950s Pair Of Hand Made Chinese Cloisonné Enamel Vases On Hardwood Stands in mint condition. Come with original box. No imperfections whatsoever. Measure 5" in diameter and stand 1...
Category
Mid-20th Century Chinese Chinese Export Cloissoné Furniture
Materials
Brass
20th Century Chinese Elaborate Gilt Cloisonné Foo Dog Censor
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
20th Century Chinese Elaborate Gilt Cloisonné Foo Dog Censor
A stunning 20th Century Chinese Elaborate Gilt Cloisonné Foo Dog Censor, a masterwork of later craftsmanship. This exqu...
Category
20th Century Chinese Chinese Export Cloissoné Furniture
Materials
Metal
$700 Sale Price
20% Off
Antique Meiji Japanese Ginbari Cloisonne Enamel Geisha Vase
Located in Long Island City, NY
A large antique Japanese, late Meiji era, Ginbari enamel over copper vase. The urn shaped vase is enameled with a polychrome scene of a Geisha lady in a garden with blossoming flower...
Category
Late 19th Century Japanese Meiji Antique Cloissoné Furniture
Materials
Copper, Enamel
$780 Sale Price
35% Off
Early 19th Century Cloisonné Vase, China
Located in Epfach, DE
Beautiful cloisonné vase made in the beginning of the early 19th century in China.
Category
Early 20th Century Chinese Cloissoné Furniture
Materials
Enamel
Antique Meiji Japanese Cloisonne Enamel Plate Depicting A Rider Cherry Blossom
Located in Long Island City, NY
An antique Japanese Meiji period copper plate adorned with a polychrome cloisonne enamel design. Has a blue ground color. The plate depicts a man riding a horse, surrounded by flower...
Category
Late 19th Century Japanese Meiji Antique Cloissoné Furniture
Materials
Copper, Enamel
$2,000 Sale Price
55% Off
Pair of cloisonné vases attributed to Hayashi Kodenji
Located in Milano, IT
Pair of vases decorated with polychrome cloisonné enamels on a midnight blue ground, worked in silver and gold thread attributed to Hayashi Kodenji. The hexagonal body depicts sparro...
Category
Early 20th Century Japanese Cloissoné Furniture
Materials
Enamel
Antique Pair of Meiji Japanese Cloisonne Enamel Stork Blossoming Garden Vases At
Located in Long Island City, NY
Antique Pair of Meiji Japanese Cloisonne Enamel Stork Blossoming Garden Vases
Silver wire high quality
A pair of antique Japanese copper vases with cloisonne enamel design. Late Meij...
Category
19th Century Japanese Meiji Antique Cloissoné Furniture
Materials
Copper, Enamel
Antique Chinese Cloisonné Enameled Guanyin Sculpture Figurine, Strong Museum
Located in Clifton Springs, NY
Antique Chinese cloisonné enameled and carved Guanyin, or Quan Yin, sculpture or figurine features carved face and hair and finely detailed multi-colored enameled dress. The hair is ...
Category
Late 19th Century Chinese Chinese Export Antique Cloissoné Furniture
Materials
Brass, Bronze
Pair of Meiji Japanese Cloisonne Turquoise Enamel Silver Birds In Bamboo Vases
Located in Long Island City, NY
A pair of identical antique Japanese, late Meiji era, Silver wire enamel vases. Each vase has an urn shaped body and a wide fluted neck. Each vase is enameled with polychrome images ...
Category
Late 19th Century Japanese Meiji Antique Cloissoné Furniture
Materials
Enamel
$1,950 Sale Price / set
35% Off
Japanese Cloisonne Box by Inaba, Meiji Period, circa 1900, Japan
Located in Austin, TX
A fine Japanese cloisonne hinged box with pheasant and autumn foliage, by Inaba Nanaho and the Inaba Cloisonne Company, Meiji period, circa 1900, ...
Category
Early 1900s Japanese Meiji Antique Cloissoné Furniture
Materials
Copper, Enamel, Metal
Vintage Chinese Republic Period Cloisonné Bowl, Early 20th Century
Located in Bishop's Stortford, Hertfordshire
An exceptional and finely decorated vintage Chinese Republic period cloisonné bowl decorated with panels containing grotesque masks. The rounde...
Category
Early 20th Century Chinese Cloissoné Furniture
Materials
Enamel
Antique Japanese Meiji Cloisonne Enamel Trinket Box
Located in Long Island City, NY
An antique Japanese, late Meiji era, covered enamel over brass jewelry or trinket box. The body of the ware is enameled with floral and foliage motifs made in the Cloisonne technique...
Category
Late 19th Century Japanese Meiji Antique Cloissoné Furniture
Materials
Brass, Enamel
$960 Sale Price
20% Off
Antique Meiji Japanese Cloisonne Enamel Butterfly and Cranes in Flight Vase
Located in Long Island City, NY
A vintage Japanese urn shaped enamel over copper vase. The exterior of the vase is adorned with hand enameled panels depicting butterflies, cranes...
Category
19th Century Japanese Meiji Antique Cloissoné Furniture
Materials
Enamel, Copper
$1,440 Sale Price
20% Off
Chinese six panel screen with cloisonné insets
Located in New York, NY
measurements of each panel: 16in(L) x 65.5in(H) x 1in(D); each panel is adorned with cloisonné insets, which are surrounded by delicate, finely, painted incised decorations; back of ...
Category
Mid-20th Century Chinese Cloissoné Furniture
Materials
Enamel, Metal
Japanese Wireless Cloisonne Enamel Vase by the Ando Company
By Ando Jubei
Located in Newark, England
Art Deco
From our Japanese collection, we are delighted to offer this Japanese Cloisonne Enamel Vase by the Ando Company. The Cloisonne Enamel Vase of globular form decorated in a m...
Category
Mid-20th Century Japanese Art Deco Cloissoné Furniture
Materials
Silver, Enamel
Pair of 19th Century Chinese Bronze Cloisonné Urns
Located in Houston, TX
Pair of late 19th century Chinese bronze cloisonné urns with lids
Category
Late 19th Century Chinese Antique Cloissoné Furniture
Materials
Bronze, Enamel
$22,000 / set
A Magnificent Cloisonné Enamel Vase decorated with pigeons. Meiji period
Located in London, GB
A Magnificent Cloisonné Enamel Vase decorated with pigeons.
Meiji period (late 19th century)
Of a tapered spill shape decorated in silver and gold wire and various coloured clo...
Category
19th Century Japanese Antique Cloissoné Furniture
Materials
Enamel
$1,284 Sale Price
34% Off
Large Japanese Meiji Period Cloisonné Enamel Vase with a Stand
Located in London, GB
Large Japanese Meiji period cloisonné enamel vase with a stand
Japanese, Late 19th Century
Vase: Height 155cm, diameter 70cm
Base: Height 45cm, width 51cm, depth 51cm
Total: Height 2...
Category
Late 19th Century Japanese Meiji Antique Cloissoné Furniture
Materials
Metal, Enamel
Antique Meiji Japanese Cloisonne Enamel Handle Jar Attributed To OTA KICHISABURO
Located in Long Island City, NY
An antique Japanese enamel footed incense burner, Ota Kichisaburo School, Meiji period, 1868 to 1912. The lobed body is adorned with a polychrome design representing panels with blos...
Category
Late 19th Century Japanese Meiji Antique Cloissoné Furniture
Materials
Enamel
$2,800 Sale Price
20% Off
Group of 5 Small Japanese Cloisonne and Ginbari Vases, Early 20th Century, Japan
Located in Austin, TX
A charming group of five Japanese cloisonné and ginbari foiled vases, Meiji period, early 20th century, Japan.
The group consists of one vase with cloisonné chrysanthemum blossoms against bold and bright turquoise ginbari foil background, two similar vases of primarily black and burgundy cloisonné - one with a butterfly motif, the other with a floral motif, and two similar vases of primarily dark blue and green cloisonné, both with floral and butterfly motifs.
Turquoise ginbari vase...
Category
Early 20th Century Japanese Meiji Cloissoné Furniture
Materials
Copper, Enamel, Foil, Wire
Japanese Meiji Period Cloisonne Enamel Vase by Ando Jubei
By Ando Jubei
Located in Newark, England
Free international shipping
Ando Cloisonne Company Mark
From our Japanese collection, we are delighted to introduce this Japanese Cloisonne Enamel Vase by Ando Jubei. The Cloisonn...
Category
Early 1900s Japanese Meiji Antique Cloissoné Furniture
Materials
Enamel, Wire
Large Signed Ando Jubei Japanese Cloisonné Vase Orchids 10"
By Ando Jubei
Located in Somis, CA
A large, rare masterpiece of Ando Jubei's wireless cloisonné artistry in excellent condition, depicting two orchids in full bloom, capturing their delicate beauty and verdant vitalit...
Category
20th Century Japanese Meiji Cloissoné Furniture
Materials
Metal, Enamel
$960 Sale Price
46% Off
Japanese Cloisonné Foil Urn Vase
Located in Guaynabo, PR
This is a cloisonné foil metal vase depicting a continuous scenes around it of three large white cranes, a volcano and some green leaves in a turquoise background. Under the base the...
Category
20th Century Japanese Japonisme Cloissoné Furniture
Materials
Metal
$716 Sale Price
20% Off
Antique Meiji Japanese Cloisonne Enamel Rooster Vase
Located in Long Island City, NY
A large Japanese amphora shaped enamel over brass vase. The vase is enameled with polychrome images of a rooster and a hen in flowers and leaves made in the Cloisonne technique on tu...
Category
19th Century Japanese Meiji Antique Cloissoné Furniture
Materials
Enamel, Brass
$1,080 Sale Price
40% Off
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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