Antique Meiji Japanese Cloisonne Enamel Silver Wire Koro Censer Bird in Cherry B
Located in Long Island City, NY
An antique Japanese copper tripod incense burner of Koro type with silver wire cloisonne enamel design. Late Meiji period Dimensions: H 5 1/2 ...
Enamel, Silver
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 ...
Enamel
Antique Russian Soviet Era Silver Gilt Cloisonne Enamel Tea Caddy Spoon Moscow
Located in Portland, OR
A good Russian Soviet Era silver gilt & cloisonne enamel tea caddy spoon, 916 silver purity, Moscow. The spoon in excellent condition, having a gold was...
Silver, Enamel
Antique Meiji Era Japanese Cloisonne Enamel Tea Set
Located in Long Island City, NY
A superb antique Japanese cloisonne enamel tea set from the Meiji Era, 1868 to 1912. The set comprises 2 cups and saucers, teapot, sugar bowl and cream...
Copper, Enamel
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...
Enamel
Antique Pair of Japanese Meiji Era Cloisonné Enamel Brush Pots
Located in Long Island City, NY
An antique Japanese Meiji cloisonne enamel metal brush pot. Circa: late 19th century to early 20th century. The cylindrical form pot is adorned with polychrome images representing fl...
Copper
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...
Porcelain
Japanese Covered Grape Plique a Jour Enamel Kogo - Box and Cover
Located in Long Island City, NY
A Japanese covered silvered and enamel kogo or box for incense. The box is enameled with polychrome images of grape vines with berries made in the Plique a Jour technique on burgundy...
Enamel
Mid 20th century Pair of Chinese cloisonné lidded ginger jars
Located in Pomona, CA
This pair of Chinese cloisonné lidded ginger jars featuring traditional Buddhist decorative symbols on a vibrant yellow ground. They are crafted from a copper base with the fine wire...
Copper
Japanese Meiji Era Cloisonne Enamel Vase Signed
Located in Long Island City, NY
An antique Japanese copper vase with cloisonne enamel design. Late Meiji period, 1868 to 1913. Miniature dark cobalt blue vase with a round body and long neck. The neck is decorated ...
Copper, Enamel
Antique Meiji Japanese Cloisonne Enamel Maroon Ground Plate With Crane In Bamboo
Located in Long Island City, NY
An antique Japanese Meiji era cloisonne enamel plate. The background has a dark brown color shade and features a white crane surrounded by green bamboo leaves and small pink flowers....
Enamel
3 Antique Chinese Agate, Cloisonné & Ruby Overlay Snuff Bottles ROC Early 20c
Located in Richmond, CA
A highly decorative collection of three antique Chinese snuff bottles dating from the late Qing dynasty through the Republic of China period, approximately 1910–1930. The group brin...
Agate, Lapis Lazuli, Copper, Enamel
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...
Brass, Enamel
Large Japanese Cloisonne Lavender Purple Enamel Paulownia and Phoenix Bird Vase
Located in Long Island City, NY
A rare large antique Japanese, Meiji era, enamel over copper vase. The vase has a globular shaped body and a long narrow neck with a fluted mouth. The exterior of the vase is enamele...
Copper, Enamel
$78,800Sale Price|20% Off
Palace Size Cloisonné Enamel Jardinière/Centerpiece attributed to F. Barbedienne
Located in New York, NY
Palace Size Chinese Cloisonné Enamel Jardinière/Centerpiece attributed to F. Barbedienne, Paris This monumental 19th-century jardinière is of large scale, composed of a Chinese clois...
Bronze, Enamel
Mid-20th Century vintage Japanese cloisonné enamel vase
Located in Pomona, CA
This item is a vintage Japanese cloisonné enamel vase featuring a distinctive semi-translucent pigeon blood red ground. It is crafted using the traditional Ginbari (or Akasuke) techn...
Copper
High Quality Antique Japanese Cloisonne Enamel Vase with Blossoming Iris Flowers
Located in Long Island City, NY
An antique Japanese, late Meiji period, enamel over gilt copper vase. with silver wire The unusual shaped vase has a long fluted neck. The ware is enameled with a polychrome image o...
Copper, Enamel
20th Century Chinese Antique Cloisonne Figurine with Musical Instrument
Located in Pomona, CA
Look at this magnificent Chinese Antique Cloisonne Beauty Figurine. It was hand made from gold copper cloisonne. This stand Beauty has very d...
Metal
1880's Pair of Chinese Cloisonné Enamel Censer, Ducks on the Fitted Wood Base
Located in Norton, MA
Chinese bronze cloisonne enamel censer in a form of ducks sitting on the fitted wood base. It's been carefully designed in every detail.
Copper
$274Sale Price|20% Off
Cloisonné Brush Washer Bowl, Japanese Dragon Motif, Meiji Period circa 1880
Located in Lincoln, Lincolnshire
This is an unusual cloisonné Brush Washer bowl, made in Japan and dating to the 19th Meiji Period, circa 1890. The circular bowl sits on a low foot The main decoration has styl...
Ceramic
High Quality Antique Meiji Japanese Cloisonne Enamel Gold Stone Charger Plate Bu
Located in Long Island City, NY
High Quality Antique Meiji Japanese Cloisonne Enamel Gold Stone Charger Plate Butterflies A high quality Japanese, enamel charger or plate. The plate is adorned with polychrome imag...
Enamel
Large Pair Of Japanese Cloisonne Enamel Green Floral Cherry Blossom Vases
Located in Long Island City, NY
A pair of identical Japanese enamel over copper vases. Each vase has a globular shaped body and a wide neck with a fluted mouth. Each vase is enameled with a polychrome design repres...
Copper, Enamel
Antique Japanese Cloisonne Enamel Gold Stone Vase with Butterflies Attr Honda Yo
Located in Long Island City, NY
An antique Japanese copper vase with polychrome cloisonne enamel decor. Meiji period. Fish tail shape with pronounced base. Intricate butterfly motif and floral patterns. Gold stone ...
Copper, Enamel
Antique Japanese Cloisonne Enamel Turquois Rainbow Color Butterfly Plate
Located in Long Island City, NY
An antique Japanese enamel over copper plate. The plate is enameled with a polychrome butterfly design surrounded by floral and foliage patterns made in the Cloisonne technique on a ...
Copper, Enamel
Japanese Cloisonne Totai Enamel Ceramic Jar Butterflies and Dragonflies
Located in Long Island City, NY
An antique Japanese late Meiji era covered Totai enamel on ceramic ginger jar. Circa: late 19th century The ware is enameled with polychrome images of blossoming flowers, butterflies, and dragonflies made in the Cloisonne technique. The cover of the ware is made in the same design. The neck and the base are adorned with polychrome floral, and foliage 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
Pair Colorful Floral Cloisonne Vases On Carved Bases
Located in Chicago, IL
Pair of Chinese floral-decorated and mirror-image black cloisonne vases. Colorful flora and fauna depicted in green, red, blue, gold, purple and t...
Antique Woodblock Print Ukiyo-e Kunisada UTAGAWA (1786-1865) - Geisha with Pa..
Located in Amsterdam, Noord Holland
A lovely figural print Kunisada UTAGAWA (Toyokuni III) (1786-1865) - Condition Woodblock in good condition, but the frame is old and broken. Missing underside. The passe partout h...
Bronze
Antique Chinese Cloisonne Enamel Opium Oil Lamp
Located in Forney, TX
A rare and a bit unusual Qing Dynasty (1636-1912) cloisonne enameled opium lamp. Originating in China in the 19th century, the silver-tone oil lamp features a six sided base with uni...
Metal, Enamel
A Pair of Large Meiji Japanese Cloisonne Enamel Vases with Iris's
Located in Long Island City, NY
A pair of large antique Japanese copper vases with cloisonne enamel design. Late Meiji period,The vases have a rounded body, pronounced necks and bas...
Copper, Enamel
$1,000Sale Price|20% Off
Antique Chinese Qing Dynasty Bronze Cloisonne Enamel Censer Insence Burner 1900
Located in Portland, OR
A good, large, antique Chinese Qing dynasty bronze and cloisonne censer, circa 1900. The lidded censer having a Chinese lion (Shi) to the lid, the...
Bronze, Enamel
Rare Antique Japanese Meiji Cloisonne Enamel Water Dropper
Located in Long Island City, NY
An antique Japanese copper water dropper with cloisonne enamel design. Meiji period, 1868 to 1913. Cylinder shape, moveable top handle. Polychrome floral pattern against the dark gre...
Copper, Enamel
$916,204 / item
Cloisonné Vase Mini - Jade Enamel
Located in Milano, IT
This Cloisonné vase , crafted in a historic Murano furnace, by Italian designer Giovanna Ferrero Ventimiglia reaffirms her creative flair as she skillfully plays with two materials o...
Enamel
Japanese Totai Covered Cloisonne Enamel Porcelain Jar
Located in Long Island City, NY
A Japanese covered Totai enamel on porcelain ginger jar. The ware is enameled with polychrome images of blossoming flowers, butterflies, and dragonflies made in the Cloisonne techniq...
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
Chinese Matching Cloisonné Enamel Cigarette Case, Match Slot and Ashtray, 19c
Located in Norton, MA
Presenting 2 antique of Chinese matching cloisonné enamel cigarette case, match slot, and ashtray, red. Round cigarette box: 3" H x 2....
Copper
Rare Antique Meiji Japanese Cloisonne Enamel Charger With Figures 12 Inches
Located in Long Island City, NY
An antique Japanese copper serving plate with polychrome cloisonne enamel design. Meiji period, ca. 1880s. Round footed piece. Turquoise blue ground color. The plate depicts a samura...
Enamel, Copper
Antique Miniature Japanese Cloisonne Enamel Celadon Color Vase with Butterflies
Located in Long Island City, NY
A miniature Japanese Meiji period vase, 1868 to 1912. The globular vase slightly tapering to the bottom decorated in polychrome enamels and copper wi...
Enamel, Copper
Chinese cloissone' enamel vase
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This Cloisonne' vase exemplifies the refined craftsmanship of Chinese decorative arts in the style of the Qing dynasty period . The hexagonal form features intricate floral designs i...
Bronze, Copper, Enamel
Rare Antique Japanese Bronze Vase with Temple Mark on the Underside, 19th C.
Located in Amsterdam, Noord Holland
Antique Japanese Bronze Vase With a Temple Mark on the underside Japan Rare Additional information: Material: Bronze, Cloisonne & Metal Region of Origin: China Period: 19th century ...
Bronze
Large Vintage Chinese Cloisonne Scalloped Rim Bowl, circa 1950's, China
Located in Austin, TX
A large and attractive vintage Chinese white ground cloisonne scalloped rimmed bowl, mid 20th century, circa 1950's, China. The large vintage cloisonne bowl of generous proportions,...
Copper, Enamel
Large Chinese Cloisonné Enamel Incense Burner Modeled as a Caparisoned Elephant
Located in New York, NY
A large Chinese cloisonné enamel incense burner modeled as a caparisoned elephant on a stepped octagonal base, circa 1880. The body is worked in turquoise ground cloisonné with repea...
Enamel, Bronze
Antique Edo Japanese Cloisonne Geometric Design Box
Located in Long Island City, NY
An antique Japanese flat brass enamel ceremonial food container with a cover. Characterized by cloisonne floral designs adorning the surface, this ceremonial container showcases the ...
Brass, 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...
Copper, Enamel
Antique Japanese Cloisonne Enamel Brush Geometric Patterns Brush Pot, style GOTO
Located in Long Island City, NY
A Japanese Cloisonne enamel over gilt copper brush pot. Circa: late 19th century The cylindrical form pot is adorned with polychrome floral, foliage and geometric motifs made in the...
Copper, Enamel
Antique Meiji Japanese Cloisonne Enamel Millefiori Covered Jar
Located in Long Island City, NY
An antique Japanese Meiji period cloisonne covered jar adorned with exquisite floral designs. This cloisonne jar showcases the mastery of Japanese artisa...
Enamel
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 ...
Metal, Copper
$3,040Sale Price|47% Off
Chinese Cloisonné Bowl Carved Gem Stone/ Serpentine Medallion & Ring Handles
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
Chinese Cloisonné Bowl Carved Gem Stone/ Serpentine Medallion & Ring Handles China, Later 20th Century An exquisite Chinese cloisonné bowl from the 20th ce...
Bronze
High Quality Antique Meiji Japanese Cloisonne Enamel Vase With Hydrangea
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...
Brass, Enamel
LATE 20th CENTURY PAIR OF CLOISONNÉ CHINESE VASES
Located in Firenze, FI
Beautiful pair of cloisonné vases in enameled and gilded metal, with hand-carved and ebonized wooden bases. The vases have a globular shape with a funnel neck. The enameled decoratio...
Metal
Large Pair of Antique Meiji Japanese Cloisonne Enamel Vases Birds of Paradise
Located in Long Island City, NY
A pair of matching Japanese vases featuring the globular body rising from a short spreading foot to a tall slender neck with flaring rim, decorated in variously coloured cloisonne en...
Enamel
Vintage Chinese Cloisonné Lapis Blue Round Lidded Box or Bowl
Located in Doylestown, PA
A striking Chinese lapis blue cloisonné round lidded box or bowl, early 1980s. Vibrantly decorated with a green border, ombre cherry blossoms, a single butterfly, gilded accents and ...
Metal, Enamel
Two Cloisonné Enamel and Silver Russian Drinking Cups
Located in London, GB
This matching pair of early 20th century Russian drinking cups (or vodka cups, also known as beakers) are made of solid silver. Cylindrical in form, the ...
Silver, Enamel
Japanese Cloisonne Enamel Vase Ando School Pink White Minimalist
Located in Long Island City, NY
A refined Japanese cloisonné enamel vase attributed to the Ando school, dating to the late Meiji or early Taisho period, distinguished by its restrained aesthetic and elegant use of ...
Enamel
Large Antique Meiji Japanese Cloisonne Enamel Covered Jar with Butterflies Goto
Located in Long Island City, NY
An antique Japanese gilt copper lidded jar with cloisonne enamel design. Large Antique Meiji Japanese Cloisonne Enamel Covered Jar with Butterflies...
Enamel, Copper
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
Large Chinese Hardstone Flower Tree Model in a Cloisonné Enamel Pot
Located in London, GB
Large Chinese hardstone flower tree model in a cloisonné enamel pot Chinese, 20th Century Height 44cm, width 35cm, depth 21cm This impressive flower tree model, crafted from an ass...
Stone, Agate, Quartz, Metal, Enamel
Pair of Japanese Cloisonne Silver Wire Meiji Golden Age Wisteria Vases
Located in Long Island City, NY
A matched pair of antique Japanese vases of elongated shape with long flared necks. Meiji period, 1868-1913. The pieces are decorated wi...
Enamel, Silver
ntique Woodblock Print Ukiyo-e Kunisada UTAGAWA (1786-1865) - "Utagawa Kunisada
Located in Amsterdam, Noord Holland
A lovely figural print Kunisada UTAGAWA (Toyokuni III) (1786-1865) - "The Tale of Genji" Utagawa Kunisada The Tale of Genji - Chapter 12 Condition Woodblock in good condition, ...
Bronze
Japanese Cloisonne Totai Enamel Jar with Paulownia Flowers
Located in Long Island City, NY
An antique Japanese late Meiji era covered Totai enamel on ceramic ginger jar. Circa: late 19th century . The body and the lid of the ware are enameled with polychrome floral, foliate scroll, and foliage motifs made in the Cloisonne technique. The neck and the base are adorned with polychrome geometrical, and foliage motifs made in the same technique. Signed with red and blue 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
Mid-20th Century Hand-Crafted Vintage Chinese Cloisonne Vase - Peony Blossoms
Located in Pomona, CA
This magnificent Chinese Antique Cloisonné Vase is the perfect decor piece. With beautiful floral and bird design, it is a majestically hand crafted work of art that is sure to captu...
Brass
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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