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Technique: Cloissoné
Japanese Ombre Cloisonné Enameled Vase
Located in Malibu, CA
Cloisonné enameled bud vase delicately trimmed with contrasting blonde enamel scallop pattern on the top & bottom. The aqua in ombre with gradual subtle tones. A very rare piece. Mad...
Category
Mid-20th Century Japanese Cloissoné Vases
Materials
Bronze, Enamel
$637 Sale Price
25% Off
Pair Antique Japanese Cloisonné Enamel Vases
Located in Germantown, MD
Pair Antique Japanese Cloisonné Enamel Vases
Measures 5" in width, 5" in depth and 8" in height.
Category
19th Century Japanese Meiji Antique Cloissoné Vases
Materials
Enamel, Brass
$1,200 / set
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 Vases
Materials
Brass, Copper, Enamel
Antique Large Meiji Japanese Cloisonne Enamel Hawk Floral Vase
Located in Long Island City, NY
An antique Japanese Meiji period cloisonne vase with an eagle. Circa early 20th century, 1900s. The vase is decorated with an autumn landscape with white chrysanthemums and an image ...
Category
Early 20th Century Japanese Meiji Cloissoné Vases
Materials
Enamel
Antique Pair Of Japanese Cloisonne Enamel Vases With Hawks, Cranes, Scenes
Located in Long Island City, NY
A pair of antique Japanese Meiji period facet cloisonne vases, featuring captivating bird motifs. Their substantial size and ribbed design make them standout pieces. Adorned with int...
Category
Early 20th Century Japanese Meiji Cloissoné Vases
Materials
Enamel
Large Pair of Floral Chinese Cloisonné Enamel Vases on Wooden Plinths
Located in London, GB
Large pair of floral Chinese cloisonné enamel vases on wooden plinths
Chinese, 20th Century
Height 123cm, diameter 52cm
This impressive pair of Chinese cloisonné enamel vases are de...
Category
20th Century Chinese Cloissoné Vases
Materials
Metal, Enamel
$33,336 Sale Price / set
30% Off
Large Antique Japan Meiji Butterflies Cloisonne Enamel Vase
Located in Long Island City, NY
A large antique Japanese Meiji period enamel vase. The vase has an amphora shaped body and a narrow neck. The vase is enameled with a polychrome image of butterflies made in the Cloi...
Category
Late 19th Century Japanese Meiji Antique Cloissoné Vases
Materials
Enamel
$2,250 Sale Price
50% Off
Antique Cloisonne Enameled Cabinet Vase Early 20thC
Located in Big Flats, NY
Antique Cloisonne Enameled Cabinet Vase, Early 20thC.
5 1/8" x 2 3/4" x 2 3/4".
This exquisite antique cloisonné enameled cabinet vase dates to the early 20th century. Featuring ...
Category
20th Century Cloissoné Vases
Materials
Metal
$280 Sale Price
20% Off
Rare Large Pink Pair of Antique Meiji Japanese Cloisonne Enamel Vases
Located in Long Island City, NY
A pair of large antique Japanese, Meiji era vases with Pink cloisonne enamel decor. Of an elongated baluster shape with a short neck. The exterior shows...
Category
Late 19th Century Japanese Meiji Antique Cloissoné Vases
Materials
Enamel
Large Antique Meiji Japanese Cloisonne Enamel Vase Birds Flying In Garden
Located in Long Island City, NY
An antique Japanese Meiji Era Silver and enamel vase. Circa: Late 19th Century The baluster form vase is enameled with polychrome images of blossoming flowers and plants and birds ma...
Category
Early 20th Century Japanese Cloissoné Vases
Materials
Enamel, Silver
Pair Of High Quality Meiji Japanese Cloisonne Vases
Located in Long Island City, NY
A beautiful pair of high quality antique Japanese Meiji Era brass and enamel vases, 1868 to 1912. Both are of a baluster form with elegant narro...
Category
Late 19th Century Japanese Meiji Antique Cloissoné Vases
Materials
Enamel
Antique Japanese Cloisonne Meiji Bird Tree Enamel Vases
Located in Long Island City, NY
Large Pair of Antique Meiji Japanese Cloisonne Enamel Vases Hawks on Cherry Blossom Tree
Silver wire High Quality attributed to Hayashi or Ota
A pair of antique Japanese Meiji peri...
Category
Late 19th Century Japanese Antique Cloissoné Vases
Materials
Enamel
Mid-20th Century Vintage Chinese Hand Made Cloisonne Vases - Pair
Located in Pomona, CA
This pair of magnificent Chinese Cloisonné Vases are the perfect decor piece. With beautiful floral design, it is a majestically hand crafted work of art that is sure to capture ever...
Category
Mid-20th Century Chinese Chinese Export Cloissoné Vases
Materials
Copper
$292 Sale Price
20% Off
Large Antique Japanese Cloisonne Enamel Vase Attributed to Kyoto Shibata
Located in Long Island City, NY
A large antique Japanese Meiji period vase attributed to Kyoto Shibata. Features vivid depictions of birds and floral motifs, showcasing the meticulous application of cloisonne ename...
Category
Late 19th Century Japanese Meiji Antique Cloissoné Vases
Materials
Enamel, Brass
Large Pair of Japanese Cloisonné with Blue Birds signed Gonda Hirosuke
Located in Long Island City, NY
A set of two vases with magnificent flowers and birds decoration, classic form for Japanese works of the Meiji era. The baluster form vases are enameled with polychrome images of blossoming flowers and plants made in the Cloisonne technique on a glossy cobalt blue ground. The base is marked with the mark of Gonda Hirosuke...
Category
Early 20th Century Japanese Meiji Cloissoné Vases
Materials
Enamel
High Quality Antique Japanese Cloisonne Enamel Blossoming Iris’s Vase
Located in Long Island City, NY
A high quality antique Japanese, late Meiji period, enamel over gilt copper vase. The vase has an urn shaped body and a fluted neck. The ware is enameled with a polychrome image of b...
Category
Late 19th Century Japanese Meiji Antique Cloissoné Vases
Materials
Enamel, Copper
$800 Sale Price
55% Off
Signed Ando Jubei Green Baluster Cloisonné Vase
By Ando Jubei
Located in Somis, CA
A beautiful pristine condition Ando Jubei wireless cloisonné vase in baluster form. In his signature green enamel, portraying an intricate arabesque design of a blooming clematis vin...
Category
20th Century Japanese Meiji Cloissoné Vases
Materials
Metal, Enamel
$650 Sale Price
45% Off
Large Antique Meiji Japanese Cloisonne Enamel Flying Cranes Vase
Located in Long Island City, NY
A large antique Japanese, Meiji era, Silver wire enamel over brass copper vase. Circa: 1900s. The urn form vase is enameled with polychrome images of cranes made in the Cloisonne tec...
Category
Early 20th Century Japanese Meiji Cloissoné Vases
Materials
Brass, Enamel, Copper
Vintage Chinese Cloisonne Enamel Vase with Floral and Leaf Motifs
Located in Dallas, TX
Decorate a table or a buffet with this colorful baluster vase. Created in China circa 1980, the vase features floral and leaf motifs in the cloisonné technique (decorative work in wh...
Category
Late 20th Century Chinese Cloissoné Vases
Materials
Multi-gemstone, Brass
Large Pair Of Meiji Japanese Cloisonne Enamel Wireless Vases Mt Fuji Sun Set
Located in Long Island City, NY
A pair of antique Japanese Meiji Era wireless cloisonne or musen shippo vases. The vases have a light blue ground with a landscape depicting Mount Fuji on one vase and a landscape wi...
Category
Late 19th Century Japanese Meiji Antique Cloissoné Vases
Materials
Enamel
Antique Early Meiji Japanese Cloisonne Gold Stone Enamel Stripe Vases Attributed
Located in Long Island City, NY
Antique Early Meiji Japanese Cloisonne Gold Stone Enamel Stripe Vases Attributed to Honda
A pair of antique Japanese, early Meiji era, enamel over gilt copper vases. The exteriors of...
Category
19th Century Japanese Meiji Antique Cloissoné Vases
Materials
Copper, Enamel
Signed Sato Japanese Cloisonné Vase Imperial Yellow with Chrysanthemum
Located in Somis, CA
A rare non-ginbari Sato cloisonné vase, from showa period, crafted on an imperial yellow Musen-jippo background. The classic form showcases vibrant...
Category
20th Century Japanese Showa Cloissoné Vases
Materials
Metal, Enamel
$650 Sale Price
40% Off
Antique Meiji Japanese Cloisonne Black Enamel 11 Sparrows on Vase
Located in Long Island City, NY
An antique Japanese copper vase with cloisonne enamel design. Late Meiji period.
Elongated vase with pronounced neck.
Black body decorated with...
Category
Late 19th Century Japanese Meiji Antique Cloissoné Vases
Materials
Copper, Enamel
Antique Chinese Cloisonné Enamel Gu Form Vase, 17th/18th Century, Kangxi Period
Located in New York, NY
A Fantastic, rare, and antique Chinese Cloisonné Enamel Gu Form vase, 17th/18th century, Kangxi Period. This cloisonne vase is extremely rare to find in this quality, condition, age,...
Category
Late 17th Century Chinese Qing Antique Cloissoné Vases
Materials
Bronze
Large Pair of Early 20th-Century Chinese Cloisonné Vases, 1910s
Located in Brescia, Brescia
A striking and monumental pair of cloisonné enamel vases, likely Chinese in origin, dating to the early 20th century (circa 1910s). Standing at 51.5 cm in height with a generous 30 c...
Category
1910s Chinese Chinoiserie Vintage Cloissoné Vases
Materials
Brass, Metal
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 Vases
Materials
Enamel
$480 Sale Price
20% Off
Massive Chinese Cloisonné Vase with Phoenix, Magnolia, Lotus and Chrysanthemums
Located in New York, NY
A massive Chinese blue cloisonné vase or urn depicting a colorful imperial phoenix with gilt bronze wires among birds and butterflies in an imperia...
Category
1920s Chinese Vintage Cloissoné Vases
Materials
Enamel
$22,400 Sale Price
20% Off
A Pair of Meiji Era Japanese Cloisonne Enamel Cherry Blossom and Geometric Patte
Located in Long Island City, NY
A pair of antique Japanese copper vases with cloisonne enamel design. Late Meiji period, before 1912. Cylindrical shape with pronounced base and ...
Category
Early 20th Century Japanese Meiji Cloissoné Vases
Materials
Enamel, Copper
Large Antique Meiji Japanese Cloisonne Enamel Porcelain Totai Vase
Located in Long Island City, NY
An antique Japanese Meiji period cloisonne enamel porcelain vase, characterized by its exquisite multi colored floral and foliage motifs on a green ground. The use of a vibrant color...
Category
Late 19th Century Japanese Antique Cloissoné Vases
Materials
Porcelain
Antique Chinese Cloisonne Enameled Brush Pots With Bats
Located in Long Island City, NY
A pair of antique Chinese brush pots. The cylindrical form pots are enameled with bat images made in the cloisonne technique on turquoise gr...
Category
Late 19th Century Chinese Antique Cloissoné Vases
Materials
Enamel
$480 Sale Price / set
60% Off
Antique Meiji Japanese Cloisonne Enamel Vase Bamboo and Birds
Located in Long Island City, NY
PLEASE NOTE THIS LISTING IS FOR JUST ONE VASE, NOT TWO....
THE VASE FOR SALE IS THE VASE PICTURED IN THE LISTING.
An antique Japanese Meiji period cloisonne vase of a baluster shap...
Category
Late 19th Century Japanese Antique Cloissoné Vases
Materials
Enamel
$1,000 Sale Price / set
75% Off
Hayashi School Cloisonné Vase Pair, Meiji Period with Tomobako
Located in Newark, England
Meiji Period (1868-1912)
From our Japanese collection, we are delighted to present this exceptional pair of Japanese Cloisonné Enamel Vases by the Hayashi School, dating to the Mei...
Category
Early 1900s Japanese Meiji Antique Cloissoné Vases
Materials
Silver, Enamel
Rare Large Japanese Cloisonne Ginbari And Enamel Vase Cranes And Roosters Blue
Located in Long Island City, NY
A rare large Japanese Ginbari enamel over copper vase. The urn shaped vase is enameled with a polychrome design representing cranes, hens, roosters and other birds made in the Ginbar...
Category
Late 19th Century Japanese Antique Cloissoné Vases
Materials
Enamel, Copper
$5,850 Sale Price
35% Off
Large Meiji Japanese Cloisonne Enamel Eagle Floral Design Yellow Vase
Located in Long Island City, NY
A Japanese enamel over copper vase. The exterior of the ware is enameled with a polychrome design depicting an eagle seated on a rock over a seascape made in the Cloisonne technique....
Category
19th Century Japanese Antique Cloissoné Vases
Materials
Enamel, Copper
Japanese Cloisonne Enamel Porcelain Vase W Handles
Located in Long Island City, NY
A Japanese enamel on porcelain vase. The vase has a baluster shaped body with a fluted mouth, adorned with a polychrome design representing medallions with blossoming flowers and bir...
Category
Late 19th Century Japanese Antique Cloissoné Vases
Materials
Enamel
$5,525 Sale Price
35% Off
Large Pair of Japanese Cloisonné Enamel Vases of Birds Flying Over Cherry Blosso
Located in Long Island City, NY
A pair of large antique Japanese Meiji Era enamel over brass vases attributed to Hayashi Kodenji, Japanese, 1831 to 1915. Circa: 1900s. Unsigned. The baluster form vase is enameled with polychrome images of gold sparrows in blossoming flowers made in the Cloisonne technique. Hayashi Kodenji was a pivotal figure in the history of Cloisonne enamel manufacturer. He was instrumental in the formation and leadership of the Shippo cho enamellers guild, and it is probable that he worked for the Nagoya-based Shippo Kaisha. He exhibited and won prizes at many international exhibitions: Nuremberg 1885 Silver, Paris 1889...
Category
Late 19th Century Japanese Meiji Antique Cloissoné Vases
Materials
Enamel, Brass
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 Vases
Materials
Copper, Enamel
Two Chinese Gilt Bronze Mounted Cloisonné Enamel Vases
Located in London, GB
These cloisonné enamel vases are wonderful pieces of Chinese decorative art. They were crafted in the last decade of the Qing dynasty, which lasted from 1644 to 1911.
The vases a...
Category
Early 20th Century Chinese Chinese Export Cloissoné Vases
Materials
Enamel, Bronze, Ormolu
$14,287 Sale Price / set
30% Off
Antique French Neoclassical Style Ormolu and Cloisonne Enamel Clock Set
Located in London, GB
This exceptionally detailed clock set consists of a mantel clock and a pair of accompanying vases, which are all crafted in ormolu and extensively decorated in vibrant cloisonné enam...
Category
19th Century French Neoclassical Antique Cloissoné Vases
Materials
Ormolu, Bronze, Enamel
$11,426 Sale Price / set
30% 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 Vases
Materials
Copper, Enamel
$780 Sale Price
35% Off
Japanese Cloisonné Vases Butterflies
Flowers, 19th Century Meiji Period, Pair
Located in Lincoln, Lincolnshire
These are a very decorative pair of cloisonné vases, made in Japan and dating to the 19th Meiji Period, circa 1875.
The vases have a good baluster shape with a circular form. They...
Category
19th Century Japanese Meiji Antique Cloissoné Vases
Materials
Ceramic
Antique Early Meiji Japanese Cloisonne Enamel Goldstone Mount Fuji Vase
Located in Long Island City, NY
An antique Japanese Meiji period goldstone vase, attributed to Honda Yasaburo, an artist active from the 1870s to 1910. The vase features two intricately detailed plaques on its body...
Category
Late 19th Century Japanese Meiji Antique Cloissoné Vases
Materials
Enamel
Large High Quality Antique Japanese Cloisonne Enamel Meiji Vases with Birds
Located in Long Island City, NY
A pair of large antique Japanese copper vases with polychrome cloisonne enamel decor. Late Meiji period, before 1912. Elongated shape with pronounced neck. Birds and flowers motif ag...
Category
Late 19th Century Japanese Meiji Antique Cloissoné Vases
Materials
Enamel, Copper
19th Century Cloisonné Enamel Dragon Vase, Meiji Period Japan
Located in London, GB
This intricately decorated antique Japanese vase was crafted in the Meiji period (1868-1912). The vase is of circular form and features a waisted base, large, ovoid body and a lid wi...
Category
Late 19th Century Japanese Meiji Antique Cloissoné Vases
Materials
Enamel
Chinese Cloisonne "Bamboo" Vase
Located in San Diego, CA
A nice Chinese export cloisonne bamboo shaped vase with floral motif, circa 1970s. The vase is in very good condition with no dings or dents and measure 5.5"D x 12"H. Unique Piece! ...
Category
Mid-20th Century Chinese Chinese Export Cloissoné Vases
Materials
Brass, 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...
Category
Late 19th Century Japanese Antique Cloissoné Vases
Materials
Copper, Enamel
Early 20th Century Antique Chinese Cloisonne Vase
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 cr...
Category
Early 20th Century Chinese Chinese Export Cloissoné Vases
Materials
Copper
$371 Sale Price
25% Off
Large Chinese Cloisonné Enamel Floral Vases Wood Stands
Located in London, GB
Large Chinese Cloisonné Enamel Floral Vases Wood Stands
Chinese, 20th Century
Vases: Height 78cm, diameter 36cm
Bases: Height 15cm, diameter 38cm
Overall: Height 93cm, diameter 38c...
Category
20th Century Chinese Chinese Export Cloissoné Vases
Materials
Metal, Enamel
$14,287 Sale Price / set
30% Off
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 ...
Category
Late 19th Century Japanese Meiji Antique Cloissoné Vases
Materials
Copper, Enamel
Large Pair of Meiji Japanese Cloisonne Enamel Vase of Birds in a Garden
Located in Long Island City, NY
A pair of large symmetrical antique Japanese Meiji period enamel over brass vases. Each vase has an amphora shaped body and a narrow neck. Each vase is enameled with a polychrome ima...
Category
Late 19th Century Japanese Meiji Antique Cloissoné Vases
Materials
Brass, Enamel
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 Vases
Materials
Copper, Enamel, Foil, Wire
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 Vases
Materials
Enamel, Copper
$1,440 Sale Price
20% Off
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...
Category
Late 19th Century Japanese Meiji Antique Cloissoné Vases
Materials
Enamel, Silver
Antique Meiji Era Japanese Cloisonne Enamel Bud Vase with Butterflies
Located in Long Island City, NY
A high quality late 19th century Japanese bud vase featuring a globular body and a tall, everted neck. The vase is enameled with a polychrome image of b...
Category
Early 20th Century Japanese Meiji Cloissoné Vases
Materials
Enamel
Vintage Chinese Cloisonne Enamel Vase with Floral Motifs on Wooden Stand
Located in Dallas, TX
Decorate a table or a buffet with this colorful baluster vase. Created in China circa 1980, the vase sits on a carved ebonized wood stand and features floral motifs on branches in th...
Category
Late 20th Century Chinese Cloissoné Vases
Materials
Multi-gemstone, Brass
Chinese Cloisonné small Vase with flowers
bird, Circa 1920
Located in Lincoln, Lincolnshire
This is a very decorative small cloisonné vase, made in China and dating to the first quarter of the 20th Century.
The vase has a good globular baluster shape. It has been well mad...
Category
Early 20th Century Chinese Qing Cloissoné Vases
Materials
Ceramic
Pair of Chinese Cloisonné Cylindrical Precious Object Vases
Located in Bishop
s Stortford, Hertfordshire
An exceptional and stunning pair cylindrical Chinese cloisonné enamel sleeve vases dating from the early 20th century, probably late Qing. The tall pair of vases...
Category
Early 20th Century Chinese Qing Cloissoné Vases
Materials
Metal
A High Quality Antique Meiji Japanese Cloisonne Enamel Vase With Flying Eagle
Located in Long Island City, NY
An antique Japanese Meiji Era brass and enamel vase. Circa: early 20th century. The baluster form vase is enameled with a polychrome image of an...
Category
Late 19th Century Japanese Meiji Antique Cloissoné Vases
Materials
Brass, Enamel
Japanese Early Meiji Cloisonne Enamel Lidded Jar
Located in Long Island City, NY
An antique Japanese copper jar with lid. Early Meiji period, mid 19th-century. The item is richly decorated with geometrical cloisonne enamel ornaments against the turquoise background. Collectible Oriental...
Category
Mid-19th Century Japanese Antique Cloissoné Vases
Materials
Enamel, Copper
$600 Sale Price
20% Off
Antique Enamel Bronze/Copper Persian Vase Flowers Birds Polychrome, ca 1900
Located in Amsterdam, Noord Holland
A very nicely made piece with beautiful colors. Flowers and birds.
Additional information:
Material: Bronze & Cloisonne
Period: ca 1900
Condition: Small age signs like ware and miss...
Category
19th Century Antique Cloissoné Vases
Materials
Bronze
$78 Sale Price
40% Off
Find Exquisite Antique Cloisonné Vases for Sale on 1stDibs
As ceramic vases and other types of decorative vessels are gaining popularity again — the personalization of handmade craftsmanship has served as a sort of anti-Internet to screen-weary designers — antique cloissonné vases can help introduce interesting colors and patterns to your space.
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, enamel is one of the most dynamic, and alluring, mediums in the world. And cloisonné vases, bowls, lamps and other objects and vessels ornamented with lustrous enamel can truly liven your home.
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 antique cloisonné vases and other cloisonné objects for sale on 1stDibs.
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