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Technique: Cloissoné
Exquisite Silk Round Rug with Imperial Hunting Scene Carpet
Located in Long Island City, NY
Exquisite Qum Silk Round Rug with Imperial Hunting Scene, 20th Century — 100% Hand-Knotted Silk
An exceptional and rare circular Qum silk rug, intricately hand-knotted with extraor...
Category
20th Century Cloissoné Furniture
Materials
Enamel
Japanese Cloisonné Enamel Vase by Ando Company, Showa Period
By Ando Jubei
Located in Newark, England
Striking Blue Cloisonne Enamel Vase
From our Japanese collection, we’re pleased to offer this cloisonné enamel vase by the Ando Company, dating to the late Showa period, circa 1945....
Category
Mid-20th Century Japanese Showa Cloissoné Furniture
Materials
Silver, Enamel
Chinese Pink background Cloisonné "Hundred Antiques" Pattern vase
Stand
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
20th century Chinese export Pink background Cloisonné "Hundred Antiques" Pattern vase & carved hardwood Stand
Indulge in the allure of Chinese craftsmanship with this exquisite 2...
Category
20th Century Chinese Chinese Export Cloissoné Furniture
Materials
Bronze
$1,196 Sale Price
20% Off
Antique 19th c Woodblock Print by Mizuno Toshikata - Sino Japan Battle_of_Son.
Located in Amsterdam, Noord Holland
A very strong woodblock print
Long live the Great Japanese Empire! Our army's victorious attack on Seonghwan, Mizuno Toshikata 1866–1908
or
Hurrah and Hurrah Again for the Great E...
Category
19th Century Chinese Meiji Antique Cloissoné Furniture
Materials
Bronze
$1,262 Sale Price
20% Off
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 Furniture
Materials
Enamel, Silver
Magnificent Cloisonné Enamel
Gilt Bronze Tripod
Cranes
Incense Burner
Top
Located in Tarzana, CA
Magnificent Cloisonne Enamel & Gilt Bronze Tripod 'Cranes' Incense Burner & Cover. In the Qianlong style, impressively cast and supported on the shoulders of three cranes. The globul...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Chinese Chinese Export Cloissoné Furniture
Materials
Bronze, Enamel
$12,250 Sale Price
65% Off
Rare Pair of Octagon Shaped Japanese Cloisonné Dragon and Flower Vases
Located in Long Island City, NY
A set of two Japanese vases, Meiji era, 1868 to 1912. Two high quality antique vases of an ovoid form tapering to the bottom and bearing a long neck tapering to the upper rim. The ex...
Category
Late 19th Century Japanese Meiji Antique Cloissoné Furniture
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 Furniture
Materials
Copper, Enamel
A Fine Japanese cloisonne enamel Vase by OTA TOSHIRO . Meiji period
Located in London, GB
A Fine Japanese Cloisonné Enamel Vase by Ota Toshiro
Meiji/Taisho period
Of slightly tapered form with a narrow neck, worked in gold and silver wire a...
Category
19th Century Japanese Antique Cloissoné Furniture
Materials
Enamel
Vintage Russian Silver Gilt and Polychrome Cloisonné Enamel Spoons
Located in Jesmond, Newcastle Upon Tyne
An exceptional, fine and impressive set of eight antique Russian silver and enamel spoons; an addition to our silver flatware collection
These exceptional vintage Russian silver and enamel spoons have an oval shaped bowl onto a elongated stem.
The reverse surface of each bowl is embellished with cloisonné floral and scrolling leaf designs on black enamel background, accented with various unusual tones of polychrome enamel highlighting the bead, spindle and tear drop ornamentation.
The enamel segments are encompassed with applied silver gilt paralleling rope twist ornamentation.
The posterior surface of each handle incorporates a lobed knop to the shoulders.
The spoons terminate with blue and maroon toned cloisonné enamel decorated hand pieces encompassed with alternating bead and spindle designs, in addition to a lobed coronet style finial to each terminal.
The hallmarks to the anterior surface of the stem of these impressive Russian enamel spoons...
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1940s Russian Vintage Cloissoné Furniture
Materials
Silver, 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...
Category
Late 19th Century Japanese Meiji Antique Cloissoné Furniture
Materials
Enamel, Silver
Large Pair Of Japanese Cloisonne Gold Stone Enamel Bamboo Tree Vases Attributed
Located in Long Island City, NY
A pair of Japanese enamel over copper vases. Each vase has an urn shaped body and a wide neck. Each ware is enameled with polychrome medallions depicting a bird seated on a branch, b...
Category
Early 20th Century Japanese Meiji Cloissoné Furniture
Materials
Copper, Enamel
$6,000 Sale Price
50% Off
A Japanese Meiji Era Cloisonne Enamel Dragons and Ho Ho Bird Lobed Lidded Jar
Located in Long Island City, NY
An antique Japanese copper lidded jar with cloisonne enamel design. Late Meiji period, before 1912. Elongated lobulated shape with pronounced base. The piece is richly decorated with...
Category
Late 19th Century Japanese Meiji Antique Cloissoné Furniture
Materials
Enamel, Copper
Pair of Chinese Red Cloisonné Zodiac Vases, with Stands
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
Pair of Chinese red cloisonné zodiac vases, with stands, each one with gilt brass phoenix bird ring handles, with 'cracked ice' and floating animal medalli...
Category
20th Century Chinese Chinese Export Cloissoné Furniture
Materials
Brass, Enamel
$2,360 Sale Price / set
20% Off
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 ...
Category
Late 20th Century Chinese Chinese Export Cloissoné Furniture
Materials
Metal, Enamel
1920s Small Cloisonné Vase with Flowers and Butterflies
Located in Tarrytown, NY
1920s Small Cloisonné Vase with Flowers and Butterflies
Turquoise, Blues, Greens, Reds, Pink
Small knick inside edge of lip (as shown in p...
Category
1920s Chinese Vintage Cloissoné Furniture
Materials
Brass, Enamel
Early 20th century large cloisonne enamel elephant
Located in Debenham, Suffolk
Early 20th century large Chinese cloisonne enamel elephant on stand circa 1900.
A real rare decorative piece.
Profusely enamelled, modelled carrying a saddle and flaming finial. I...
Category
Early 20th Century Chinese Victorian Cloissoné Furniture
Materials
Enamel
A Very Rare Pair Chinese Kangxi Period Cloisonné Planters w/ Landscape Scene
Located in New York, NY
An Extremely Rare Pair of Chinese Kangxi Period Cloisonné Planters with Landscape Scene. These vessels are formed in deep bowl shapes with recessed, gilt-lined rims and short, slight...
Category
18th Century Chinese Qing Antique Cloissoné Furniture
Materials
Bronze
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
Large Antique Japanese Cloisonne Enamel on Porcelain Totai Jar Signed
Located in Long Island City, NY
A large antique Japanese late Meiji era covered Totai enamel on porcelain ginger jar. Circa: late 19th century to early 20th century. The ware is enameled with a polychrome fan shaped medallions with blossoming flowers, and butterflies, surrounded by floral and butterfly wings patterns made in the Cloisonne technique. The cover of the ware is decorated with a polychrome image of a flower surrounded by floral, foliage, and butterfly wings made in the same technique. The neck, the base, and the lid are adorned with polychrome geometrical, and floral 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...
Category
Late 19th Century Japanese Meiji Antique Cloissoné Furniture
Materials
Enamel
$630 Sale Price
65% Off
Ormolu and Cloisonné́ Enamel Orientalist Clock Set
Located in London, GB
Comprising a central clock with two flanking vases, the case with central and side panels decorated with flowers and herons, the two vases similarly decorated.
Height, width and dep...
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Late 19th Century French Antique Cloissoné Furniture
Materials
Bronze, Enamel
$16,395 / set
Chinese Gilt Brass Cloisonné “Scroll and Floral” Nine‑Piece Desk Set, 20th C
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
Chinese Gilt Brass Cloisonné “Scroll and Floral” Nine‑Piece Desk Set, 20th Century, Unmarked
A rare and complete nine‑piece Chinese gilt brass cloisonné desk set...
Category
Mid-20th Century Chinese Chinese Export Cloissoné Furniture
Materials
Brass
Pair of Chinese Jade/Stone Bonsai Flower Trees, Each in a Cloisonné Planter
Located in New York, NY
cloisonné planter decorated with objects' motif on blue ground
Category
Mid-20th Century Chinese Cloissoné Furniture
Materials
Jade, Metal, Enamel
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 Furniture
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 Furniture
Materials
Copper, Enamel
A Large Japanese Cloisonne Enamel vase attributed to Ando Jubei
By Ando Jubei
Located in London, GB
A Large Japanese Cloisonne Enamel vase attributed to Ando Jubei.
Taisho period (1912 – 1926)
A large baluster Cloisonne-Enamel vase worked in musen and silver wire of varying gauge...
Category
Early 20th Century Japanese Cloissoné Furniture
Materials
Enamel
Longwy France Art Deco Cloisonné Enamel Bowl with Daisies, 1930
Located in AMSTERDAM, NL
This Longwy Art Deco bowl, handcrafted in France in July 1930, displays the manufactory’s celebrated cloisonné-style enamel work at its peak. The decor...
Category
1930s French Art Deco Vintage Cloissoné Furniture
Materials
Enamel
$913 Sale Price
50% Off
Antique Chinese Bronze Cloisonné Lidded Kamcheng SE Asia market B
Located in Amsterdam, Noord Holland
Very colorful in the taste of South East Asia, Bencharong porcelain style, 18th-19th century.
Condition:
? Overall condition; very good condit...
Category
18th Century Chinese Qing Antique Cloissoné Furniture
Materials
Bronze
$3,320 Sale Price
20% 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 Furniture
Materials
Enamel, Brass
Antique Greek Civil War Pure Silver Cloisonne Case Engraved Athens Army Day 1946
Located in Portland, OR
An antique Greek pure silver & cloisonne case, circa 1910.
Despite this case dating circa 1910 it has a later engraved legend to the base "Greek Army Day Athens, 15th May 1946", from...
Category
1910s Greek Edwardian Vintage Cloissoné Furniture
Materials
Silver, Enamel
Fine Japanese Kyoto Shippo Cloisonne Enamel Vase, 19th C
Located in London, GB
A fine Japanese Kyoto Shippo Cloisonne enamel vase 19th C
Meiji Period
JAPANESE CLOISONNE ENAMEL VASE,?decorated with cranes and butterflies amongst lotus and iris blooms reser...
Category
Mid-19th Century Antique Cloissoné Furniture
Materials
Enamel
Enamelled and Cloisonné Silver Box, Jade Inlay, China, 19th Century.
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
Enamelled and cloisonné silver box, jade inlay, China, 19th century.
Enamelled and cloisonné silver box, jade inlay, China, 19th century.
H: 6cm, W: 11cm, D: 7cm
Category
19th Century Chinese Chinoiserie Antique Cloissoné Furniture
Materials
Silver
Napoleon III Gilt-Bronze and Cloisonné Enamel Jardinière on White Onyx Base
Located in New York, NY
Napoleon III Gilt-Bronze and Cloisonné Enamel Jardinière on White Onyx Base
This oval form jardinière is wrapped with black, white and gold cloisonné enamel, with a shield at the ...
Category
Late 19th Century Napoleon III Antique Cloissoné Furniture
Materials
Onyx, Bronze, Enamel
Pair of Meiji Era early 20th Century Bottle Shape Cloisonné Vases
Located in New York, NY
A matched pair of Japanese Cloisonné vases in exactly the same shape and size, but with different colors and design patterns. Both have highly detailed geometric borders and other pa...
Category
Early 20th Century Japanese Cloissoné Furniture
Materials
Metal, Enamel
Two Chinese Cloisonné Enamel Eggs "Flowers" with Wood Stands #10
Located in Norton, MA
Presenting two beautiful Chinese cloisonné enamel eggs depicting flowers with wood stands, early 20th century.
Category
Early 20th Century Chinese Chinese Export Cloissoné Furniture
Materials
Copper
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 Furniture
Materials
Brass, Enamel
Antique Japanese Cloisonne Flying Geese Enamel Plate Goto
Located in Long Island City, NY
An antique Japanese late Meiji era decorative enamel over copper plate or charger. Attributed to Goto
The interior of the plate is adorned with a polychrome design of flying geese ...
Category
Late 19th Century Japanese Meiji Antique Cloissoné Furniture
Materials
Enamel, Copper
$2,700 Sale Price
40% Off
Japanese Meiji Period Cloisonne Enamel Koro Tsukamoto Hikokichi
By Tsukamoto Hikokichi
Located in Newark, England
Silver Mounted
From our Japanese collection, we are thrilled to offer this Japanese Cloisonne Enamel Koro by Tsukamoto Hikokichi. The Cloisonne Enamel Koro of exceptional quality sh...
Category
Early 20th Century Japanese Meiji Cloissoné Furniture
Materials
Metal, Enamel
Two Chinese Cloisonné Enamel Eggs "Flowers and Animals" with Wood Stands #9
Located in Norton, MA
Presenting two beautiful Chinese cloisonné enamel eggs depicting flowers and animals with wood stands, early 20th century.
Category
Early 20th Century Chinese Chinese Export Cloissoné Furniture
Materials
Copper
A Pair of High Quality Meiji Japanese Era Black Cloisonne Enamel Wisteria and Bi
Located in Long Island City, NY
A pair of antique Japanese copper vases with cloisonne enamel design. Late Meiji era, before 1912. Elongated shape with pronounced neck. The piec...
Category
Late 19th Century Japanese Meiji Antique Cloissoné Furniture
Materials
Enamel, Copper
Chinese Cloisonné Enamel Egg "Flying Drago" with Wood Stand, Early 20th Century
Located in Norton, MA
Presenting a beautiful Chinese cloisonné enamel egg depicting a dragon flying in the cloud of the sky with a wood stand, early 20th century.
Category
Early 20th Century Chinese Chinese Export Cloissoné Furniture
Materials
Copper
Antique Early Meiji Japanese Cloisonne Enamel Translucent Floral Black Vase
Located in Long Island City, NY
Antique Early Meiji Japanese Cloisonne Enamel Translucent Floral Black Vase
An antique Japanese copper vase with polychrome cloisonne enamel design. Early Meiji period, ca. 1870s. Sl...
Category
19th Century Japanese Meiji Antique Cloissoné Furniture
Materials
Copper, Enamel
Antique Chinese Qing Dynasty 1644-1911 Enamel on Copper Cloisonne Plate Bowl
Located in Portland, OR
A fine antique Chinese Qing Dynasty (1644-1911) cloisonne shallow bowl, circa 1880.
The bowl is finely decorated with gold spiral cloisons on a black enamel ground, to the center is ...
Category
1880s Chinese Qing Antique Cloissoné Furniture
Materials
Copper, Enamel
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...
Category
Late 19th Century Japanese Meiji Antique Cloissoné Furniture
Materials
Enamel
$800 Sale Price
20% Off
A Fine Japanese Cloisonné-Enamel Vase/Jar with Cover Attributed to Ando
Located in London, GB
A Fine Japanese Cloisonné-Enamel Vase/Jar with Cover Attributed to the Ando Company,
Meiji to Taishō period, early 20th century
Of baluster form with a domed cover surmounted by a k...
Category
19th Century Japanese Antique Cloissoné Furniture
Materials
Enamel
$1,352 Sale Price
40% Off
A Fine Pair of Japanese Cloisonné Vases with Ginbari Floral Decoration, 19th C
Located in London, GB
A Fine Pair of Japanese Cloisonné Vases with Ginbari Floral Decoration, Meiji Period (late 19th – early 20th century)
Of elegant baluster form with gently flared necks, this refined...
Category
19th Century Japanese Antique Cloissoné Furniture
Materials
Enamel
Large Chinese Cloisonne Enamel Over Bronze Charger
Located in Long Island City, NY
A large antique Chinese Meiji Era bronze and enamel charger. Circa: late 19th century to early 20th century. The charger is enameled with polychrome i...
Category
Late 19th Century Chinese Meiji Antique Cloissoné Furniture
Materials
Enamel, Bronze
Pair Large Antique 19th Century Cloisonne Vases
Located in New York, NY
Unusual and finely crafted pair of large Chinese cloisonne enameled vases of rectangular shape with gilt metal masks and ring handles, 25 1/2 by 10 by 10 inches.
Category
1950s Vintage Cloissoné Furniture
Materials
Brass, Enamel
Two Chinese Cloisonné Enamel Egg "Flowers and Birds" with Wood Stands #8
Located in Norton, MA
Presenting a beautiful Chinese cloisonné enamel egg depicting flowers and birds with wood stands, early 20 century.
Category
Early 20th Century Chinese Chinese Export Cloissoné Furniture
Materials
Copper
Chinese Cloisonne Enamel Cricket Cage, with Dragon Heads, Circa 1900
Located in Stamford, CT
Chinese cricket cage with cloisonne enameled decoration and applied dragon heads. Of unusual form with two tiers of cages each with their own sliding doors. Made of zinc with colorfu...
Category
Early 20th Century Chinese Qing Cloissoné Furniture
Materials
Zinc
Pair of Chinese Bonsai Jade/Stone Flower Trees, Each in a Cloisonné Planter
Located in New York, NY
each cloisonné planter decorated with floral motif on blue ground
Category
Late 20th Century Chinese Cloissoné Furniture
Materials
Agate, Jade, Metal, Enamel
19th Century French Green Marble Cross and Holy Water with Cloisonné Technique
Located in Dallas, TX
This marble and cloisonné cross with a holy water recipient was created in France, circa 1880. The beautiful, antique piece has intricate cloisonné wor...
Category
Late 19th Century French Antique Cloissoné Furniture
Materials
Multi-gemstone, Marble, Brass
Priests of Pallas Festival Kansas City Chinese Cloisonné Card Tray, 1906
Located in Bishop
s Stortford, Hertfordshire
An unusual and scarce Chinese attributed Art Nouveau cloisonné card tray made for the Priests of Pallas Festival in Kansas City in 1906. The Festival wa...
Category
Early 1900s Chinese Art Nouveau Antique Cloissoné Furniture
Materials
Metal
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 Furniture
Materials
Metal
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 Furniture
Materials
Brass, Enamel
Antique Imperial Russian Solid Silver Gilt Cloisonne Enamel Kovsh Moscow 1908
Located in Portland, OR
A very good antique Imperial Russian silver-gilt cloisonne enamel kovsh, Moscow, circa 1908.
The kovsh of traditional shape with all over muti-color cloisonne enamel decoration, the ...
Category
Early 1900s Russian Art Nouveau Antique Cloissoné Furniture
Materials
Silver, Enamel
Large Meiji Period Cloisonne Enamel Vase
Located in London, GB
Of ovoid form, with a narrow neck and outward flaring rim, on dark blue ground depicting wisteria blossoms in white and purple cascading from the shoulder with birds throughout and w...
Category
Late 19th Century Japanese Meiji Antique Cloissoné Furniture
Materials
Enamel
Antique Pair of Red, Blue and Multicoloured Cloisonné Tables
Located in Toronto, ON
These rare tables have a spectacular presence due to their grand size and intricate work. Cloisonné, derived from the French word “enclosed” is an ancient technique of decorating met...
Category
Early 20th Century Chinese Cloissoné Furniture
Materials
Metal
Lot of Four Chinese Cloisonne Vases
Teapot, 20th Century
Located in Ottawa, Ontario
Lot of four chinese cloisonne
vases and teapot
20th century.
From left:
Baluster-shaped black ground vase with flowering prunus
emerging from a rock, ruyi band around flaring ...
Category
Mid-20th Century Chinese Chinese Export Cloissoné Furniture
Materials
Metal
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....
Category
Mid-20th Century Japanese Cloissoné Furniture
Materials
Bronze, Enamel
$637 Sale Price
25% 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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