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Antique Meiji Japanese Cloisonne Goldstone Enamel Dragon Vase Attributed to Hond
Located in Long Island City, NY
Antique Meiji Japanese Cloisonne Goldstone Enamel Dragon Vase Attributed to Honda
An antique Japanese copper vase with cloisonne enamel design. Late Meiji period, before 1880.
High Q...
Category
19th Century Japanese Meiji Antique Cloissoné Decorative Objects
Materials
Enamel, Copper
Large Chinese Qing Dynasty Polychrome Enamel Bronze Cloisonne Charger
Located in Vero Beach, FL
Large Chinese Qing Dynasty polychrome enamel bronze cloisonne charger.
Unusual and rare bronze Chinese Qing Dynasty Cloisonne charger. The brightly ...
Category
Early 20th Century Chinese Qing Cloissoné Decorative Objects
Materials
Bronze, Enamel
Antique Pair of Early Meiji Japanese Cloisonne Vases in the Style of Namikawa
Located in Long Island City, NY
A pair of antique Japanese early Meiji period cloisonne vases, in the style of Namikawa Yasuyuki. The vases epitomize Namikawas refined craftsmanship and the finesse of early Meiji J...
Category
Late 19th Century Japanese Meiji Antique Cloissoné Decorative Objects
Materials
Enamel
$1,950 Sale Price / set
35% Off
Antique Japanese Meiji Goldstone Enamel Censer Koro
Located in Long Island City, NY
An antique Japanese, late Meiji Era, lidded and footed enamel over brass censer koro or jar. Circa: late 19th century to early 20th century. The sphere form jar is enameled with imag...
Category
Late 19th Century Japanese Meiji Antique Cloissoné Decorative Objects
Materials
Brass, Enamel
$520 Sale Price
35% Off
19th Century Trophy Form French Champleve and Cloisonne Vase with Cover
Located in New York, NY
Magnificent and very large (23 inch tall) antique (19th century) trophy form vase or urn with cover, finely crafted from bronze with body and lid featuring multi-colored floral and a...
Category
Late 19th Century French Beaux Arts Antique Cloissoné Decorative Objects
Materials
Bronze, Enamel
Japanese Cloisonne Round Box with Fan Design, Meiji Period, c. 1900, Japan
Located in Austin, TX
A very attractive Japanese red ground cloisonne round box and cover featuring a design of fans, Meiji Period, circa 1900, Japan.
The round cloison...
Category
Early 1900s Japanese Meiji Antique Cloissoné Decorative Objects
Materials
Copper, Enamel
Antique Early Meiji Japanese Cloisonne Vase in the Style of Namikawa
Located in Long Island City, NY
An antique Japanese early Meiji period cloisonne vase, attributed to the master artisan Namikawa Yasuyuki. Adorned with intricate foliate and floral patterns, complemented by delicat...
Category
Late 19th Century Japanese Meiji Antique Cloissoné Decorative Objects
Materials
Enamel
$975 Sale Price
35% Off
Large Meiji Japanese Cloisonne Green Goldstone Enamel Millefiori Mask Vase
Located in Long Island City, NY
An antique Japanese copper vase with polychrome cloisonne enamel decor. Late Meiji period, before 1912. Elongated baluster shape. Intricate floral pattern against the dark green back...
Category
Late 19th Century Japanese Meiji Antique Cloissoné Decorative Objects
Materials
Enamel, Copper
Pair of Japanese Cloisonne Goldstone Enamel Double Gourd Dragon Vases
Located in Long Island City, NY
A pair of rare large Japanese, late Meiji era, double gourd enamel vases. Each ware is enameled with polychrome bands and panels with dragon, flora...
Category
Late 19th Century Japanese Meiji Antique Cloissoné Decorative Objects
Materials
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...
Category
Mid-20th Century German Mid-Century Modern Cloissoné Decorative Objects
Materials
Copper, Enamel
Early Meiji Period Japanese Cloisonne Enamel Bulbous Vase with Geometric Pattern
Located in Long Island City, NY
An antique Japanese copper vase with cloisonne enamel design against a bright turquoise background. Meiji period.
The vase is of a bulbous shape with a long fluted neck. Birds flyin...
Category
Late 19th Century Japanese Meiji Antique Cloissoné Decorative Objects
Materials
Enamel, Copper
$1,300 Sale Price
35% Off
Rare Pair of Antique Japanese Cloisonne Enamel Meiji Vases
Located in Long Island City, NY
A pair of rare antique Japanese bronze vases from the Meiji period, decorated with enamel using the cloisonne technique. Two matched globular vases with a relief pattern of cloisonne...
Category
Late 19th Century Japanese Meiji Antique Cloissoné Decorative Objects
Materials
Enamel, Bronze
$780 Sale Price / set
35% Off
Chinese Export Cloisonné Box
Located in Chapel Hill, NC
Lovely Chinese export cloisonné box made of brass and enameled with a beautiful mountain scene decoration in vibrant yellow color resting on ball feet. This chinoiserie box is marked...
Category
1910s Chinese Chinoiserie Vintage Cloissoné Decorative Objects
Materials
Brass, Enamel
Pair of Japanese Cloisonne Enamel Amphora Shaped Vases
Located in Long Island City, NY
A pair of high quality Japanese, Meiji era, enamel over brass vases. Each vase has an amphora shaped body and a short wide neck. Each ware is enameled with polychrome medallions depi...
Category
Late 19th Century Japanese Meiji Antique Cloissoné Decorative Objects
Materials
Enamel, Brass
Antique Early Meiji Japanese Cloisonne Vase in the Style of Namikawa
Located in Long Island City, NY
An antique Japanese early Meiji period cloisonne vase, attributed to the master artisan Namikawa Yasuyuki. Boasts a striking baluster shape adorned with phoenix birds, intricate foli...
Category
Late 19th Century Japanese Meiji Antique Cloissoné Decorative Objects
Materials
Enamel
Antique Early Meiji Japanese Cloisonne Enamel Translucent Floral Red Vase
Located in Long Island City, NY
Antique Early Meiji Japanese Cloisonne Enamel Translucent Floral Red Vase
An antique Japanese copper vase with polychrome cloisonne enamel design. Early Meiji period, ca. 1870s. Sli...
Category
19th Century Japanese Meiji Antique Cloissoné Decorative Objects
Materials
Copper, Enamel
$450 Sale Price
62% Off
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...
Category
Late 19th Century Japanese Meiji Antique Cloissoné Decorative Objects
Materials
Brass, Enamel
Antique Japanese Cloisonne Gold Stone Ginger Jar Butterflies and Phoenix Birds
Located in Long Island City, NY
An antique Japanese Meiji era tripod and covered enamel gilt metal ginger jar.
The jar is enameled with polychrome images of a Phoenix bird, butterflies and blossoming flowers and f...
Category
Mid-19th Century Japanese Antique Cloissoné Decorative Objects
Materials
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...
Category
Late 19th Century Japanese Meiji Antique Cloissoné Decorative Objects
Materials
Enamel
$780 Sale Price / set
35% Off
Rare Antique Pair of Engraved Japanese Bronze Vases, Japan, 19th Century
Located in Amsterdam, Noord Holland
Antique Pair of Engraved Japanese Bronze Vases Japan Rare.
Additional information:
Material: Bronze, Cloisonne & Metal
Region of Origin: China
Period: 19th century
Condition: Condit...
Category
19th Century Chinese Antique Cloissoné Decorative Objects
Materials
Bronze
Antique Decorative Vase, French, Cloisonne, Baluster Urn, Victorian, circa 1880
Located in Hele, Devon, GB
This is an antique decorative vase. A French, cloisonné baluster urn, dating to the Victorian period of the late 19th century, circa 1880.
P...
Category
Late 19th Century French Victorian Antique Cloissoné Decorative Objects
Materials
Brass, Enamel
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...
Category
Early 20th Century Chinese Art Deco Cloissoné Decorative Objects
Materials
Bronze, Enamel
Mid Century Chinese Cloissoné Mantel Clock
Located in Chicago, IL
Mid Century Chinese Cloisonné Mantel Clock
Decorate your mantlepiece with this intricately designed cloisonné clock. The clock face is ...
Category
Mid-20th Century Chinese Chinoiserie Cloissoné Decorative Objects
Materials
Metal
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...
Category
19th Century Asian Antique Cloissoné Decorative Objects
Materials
Bronze
$78 Sale Price
40% Off
Pair Antique Late 19th Century Chinese Cloisonné Enamel Vases.
Located in New Orleans, LA
Pair Antique Late 19th Century Chinese Cloisonné Enamel Vases.
Category
Late 19th Century Chinese Antique Cloissoné Decorative Objects
Materials
Enamel
Pair of Antique Meiji Japanese Cloisonne Silver Wire Enamel Vases Blossoming Gar
Located in Long Island City, NY
A pair of antique Japanese, late Meiji period, silver wire enamel vases. Each vase has an amphora shaped body and a fluted neck. The wares are enameled with a polychrome image of a p...
Category
Late 19th Century Japanese Meiji Antique Cloissoné Decorative Objects
Materials
Enamel
Antique Japanese Blue Flower Vase with Copper/ Cloissoné, 1950s
Located in Paris, FR
This is a blue flower vase made in Japan around 1950 in Showa era.
It is designed some flowers and butterflies.
This style made with copper is cal...
Category
1950s Japanese Vintage Cloissoné Decorative Objects
Materials
Copper
$399 Sale Price
20% Off
Antique Japanese Cloisonne Enamel Lotus Flower Bowl
Located in Long Island City, NY
An antique Japanese cloisonne enamel bowl crafted during the Meiji period. The bowl is designed in the shape of a lotus flower, a revered symbol of purity and enlightenment in Japane...
Category
Early 20th Century Japanese Meiji Cloissoné Decorative Objects
Materials
Enamel
$800 Sale Price
46% Off
Enamel Brass Vases Flowers Butterflies Cloisonné́, Pair
Located in New York, NY
A beautiful pair of predominantly black, 'Emerald' green and orange, Asian cloisonné´ and brass vases, circa early to mid-20th century, Asia. ...
Category
Mid-20th Century Japanese Cloissoné Decorative Objects
Materials
Brass
Pair of Chinese Black
Gilt Brass Fish Scale Cloisonné Vases, with Stands
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
Pair of Chinese Black & Gilt Brass Fish Scale Cloisonné Vases, with Stands
China, circa 1980s
This elegant pair of Chinese black and gilt brass ...
Category
20th Century Chinese Chinese Export Cloissoné Decorative Objects
Materials
Brass, Copper
Cloisonné and Opaline Box with Colored Flowers and Animals Pattern 20th Century
Located in Auribeau sur Siagne, FR
This Box is a opalaline and cloisonné Box. It has been made in czechoslovakia in the 20th Century. Brown Color.
The decoration patterns are flowers and Ducks.
Category
20th Century Czech Cloissoné Decorative Objects
Materials
Brass
$427 Sale Price
20% Off
Large Japanese Meiji Cloisonne Enamel Vase with Birds of Paradise
Located in Long Island City, NY
A fine quality Japanese cloisonne vase having a flared rim to slender neck and baluster body. The surface is enameled with highly detailed polychrome medallions depicting highly deta...
Category
Late 19th Century Japanese Meiji Antique Cloissoné Decorative Objects
Materials
Brass, Enamel
Pair of Chinese Cloisonné Vases
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Pair of mid 20th century Chinese cloisonné over ceramic vases. This fun and whimsical pair depicts carp fish in a water scene with possible lotus leaf or lily pad and other water cre...
Category
Mid-20th Century Chinese Chinese Export Cloissoné Decorative Objects
Materials
Ceramic
$4,080 Sale Price / set
36% Off
Antique Japanese Cloisonne Enamel Gold Stone Vase
Located in Long Island City, NY
An antique Japanese enamel metal vase. The amphora shaped vase is enameled with polychrome medallions with birds, Phoenix birds, insects, bloss...
Category
Early 20th Century Japanese Cloissoné Decorative Objects
Materials
Enamel
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...
Category
Late 19th Century Japanese Antique Cloissoné Decorative Objects
Materials
Enamel
Large Pair of High Quality Japanese Cloisonne Goldstone Enamel Vases Sparrows in
Located in Long Island City, NY
A pair of large high quality Japanese enamel over brass vases
The sphere shaped vases are covered with polychrome enamel medallions depicting sparrows in blossoming flowers, and Phoe...
Category
Late 19th Century Japanese Meiji Antique Cloissoné Decorative Objects
Materials
Brass, Enamel
Large Japanese Meiji Lidded Cloisonne Enamel Jar
Located in Long Island City, NY
A large antique Japanese Meiji Era lidded brass and enamel jar. Circa: late 19th century to early 20th century. The sphere form jar is enameled with a polychrome medallion scene with two male figures and a medallion with an image of a dragon surrounded by blossoming flowers and plants patterns...
Category
Early 20th Century Japanese Cloissoné Decorative Objects
Materials
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...
Category
Late 19th Century Japanese Meiji Antique Cloissoné Decorative Objects
Materials
Enamel, Copper
Antique Japanese Cloisonne Meiji Goldstone Enamel Censer Koro with Dragons
Located in Long Island City, NY
An antique Japanese, late Meiji Era, lidded and footed enamel over brass censer koro or jar. Circa: late 19th century to early 20th century. The sphere form jar is enameled with meda...
Category
Late 19th Century Japanese Meiji Antique Cloissoné Decorative Objects
Materials
Enamel, Brass
Small Round Cloisonné Vase Chinese in Nice Red Flowers Floral, 20th Century
Located in Amsterdam, Noord Holland
A Small round cloisonné Vase 20th c Chinese In nice Red Flowers FLoral, Top quality 20th c cloisonne.
Additional information:
Material: Bronze, Cloisonne & Metal
Region of Origin: C...
Category
20th Century Chinese Cloissoné Decorative Objects
Materials
Bronze
19thC Japanese Cloisonné Brush Washer Bowl, 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...
Category
19th Century Japanese Meiji Antique Cloissoné Decorative Objects
Materials
Ceramic
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...
Category
Early 20th Century Chinese Chinese Export Cloissoné Decorative Objects
Materials
Metal
Japanese Cloisonne Enamel Double Dragon French Mounted Gilt Bronze Centerpiece
Located in Long Island City, NY
An antique Japanese gilt bronze centerpiece urn or jardiniere with enameled body. Late Meiji period, before 1912. The foot is decorated with sculptural sea creatures. The item has fi...
Category
Late 19th Century Japanese Meiji Antique Cloissoné Decorative Objects
Materials
Enamel, Bronze
$1,820 Sale Price
35% Off
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 Decorative Objects
Materials
Bronze
1920s French Louis XV Style 5 Candlelight Ornate Bronze Candelabra
Located in Miami, FL
Early 20th Century French Louis XV 5 Arms Ornate, Cast Bronze Candelabra.
Louis XV style French brass candelabra with five candle cups and nice cast details.
In good vintage conditio...
Category
Early 20th Century French Louis XV Cloissoné Decorative Objects
Materials
Bronze
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...
Category
20th Century Cloissoné Decorative Objects
Materials
Bronze
Chinese Ormolu and Cloisonné Enamel Vase for the Islamic Market
Located in London, GB
Chinese Ormolu and Cloisonné enamel vase for the Islamic Market
Chinese, early 20th century
Dimensions: Height 19cm, diameter 23cm
Crafted in China...
Category
Early 20th Century Chinese Chinese Export Cloissoné Decorative Objects
Materials
Bronze, Enamel, Ormolu
$4,286 Sale Price
30% Off
1920s Cloisonné Vase with Flowers and Butterflies
Located in Tarrytown, NY
1920s Cloisonné Vase with Flowers and Butterflies
Category
1920s Chinese Vintage Cloissoné Decorative Objects
Materials
Brass, Enamel
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.
Category
1920s Vintage Cloissoné Decorative Objects
Materials
Glass
Brass and Enamel Cloisonné́ Vases, Pair
Located in New York, NY
A beautiful pair of vintage Asian black and pastel color enamel cloisonné´ and brass vases, circa 20th century, Asia. Beautiful, detailed desi...
Category
20th Century Asian Cloissoné Decorative Objects
Materials
Brass
$812 Sale Price / set
35% Off
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...
Category
1910s Chinese Qing Vintage Cloissoné Decorative Objects
Materials
Stone, Copper, Enamel
Contemporary Tear Drop Verde Grass Design Cloisonné Vase by Robert Kuo
By Robert Kuo
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Tear Drop Vase
Verde Grass Design
Glass Enamel
Cloisonné
Limited Edition
Contemporary
The cloisonné technique is an enameling on metal technique that dates back to the Byzantine Emp...
Category
2010s Cloissoné Decorative Objects
Materials
Copper, Enamel
Black
White Cloisonné Enamel Bronze Decorative Box - France 1970
s
Located in New York, NY
In the style of Maria Pergay. Bi color, black and white enamel "cloisonné" decorative box made of bronze. The alloy carries a strong portion of copper which give the box a warm and ...
Category
1970s French Vintage Cloissoné Decorative Objects
Materials
Bronze, Enamel
Japanese Champlevé Cloisonné Square Copper Jardinière
Located in New York, NY
Antique champlevé cloisonné enamel on copper square jardinière. With bat designs on each side, they fly through the clouds and sky above the...
Category
Early 20th Century Japanese Japonisme Cloissoné Decorative Objects
Materials
Copper
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,...
Category
1950s Chinese Qing Vintage Cloissoné Decorative Objects
Materials
Copper, Enamel
Contemporary Tear Drop Cloisonné Vase in Verde Grass Design by Robert Kuo
By Robert Kuo
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Tear Drop Vase (Short)
Verde Color
Grass Design
Cloisonné
Glass Enamel
Copper
Each piece is individually crafted and is unique.
The cloisonné technique is an enameling on metal t...
Category
2010s Cloissoné Decorative Objects
Materials
Copper, Enamel
Pair of Cloisonne Triple Crane-Form Censers and Covers
Located in New York, NY
The cloisonne censer formed by hollow shared body of three cranes standing on long legs.
Category
Mid-20th Century Cloissoné Decorative Objects
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 ...
Category
Early 20th Century Japanese Meiji Cloissoné Decorative Objects
Materials
Metal
Set Antique Oriental Cloisonné Graduated Containers, Early 20th Century
Located in Bishop
s Stortford, Hertfordshire
A fine antique set oriental cloisonné graduated lidded containers of flattened rounded form each with a green foil leaf design to the cover with butterflies and leaf patterned design...
Category
Early 20th Century Chinese Cloissoné Decorative Objects
Materials
Copper
Pair 19th Century French Chinoiserie Cloisonne Bronze Vases
Located in New York, NY
Pair of exceptional antique (late 19th century) French gilt bronze vases in the Chinoiserie style with fine cloisonne enamel designs of flowers on a geometric ground with stylized li...
Category
Late 19th Century French Chinoiserie Antique Cloissoné Decorative Objects
Materials
Bronze, Enamel
Shop Cloisonné Vases, Boxes, Table Lamps and Other Enameled Objects 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.
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