Cloisonne is an art technique that features complex patterns, complicated manufacturing procedures, and a gleaming glaze. It is a cultural convergence of the East and the West and is now one of ...

“There are maybe one or two factories in China that can still do it at this level,” designer Marc Newson says of cloisonné, the ancient technique of inlaying enamel into dainty patterns on metal.

Machine generated contents note: pt. I History -- 1.Early Enameling History -- 2.The Post-1830 Japanese Cloisonne Tradition -- 3.Technical and Stylistic Refinement, 1880 to 1915 -- 4.Expanding ...

Guan Dian and her husband, Li Jinglong, run cloisonne workshops in Beijing. [Zou Hong/China Daily] About eight years ago, Li Jinglong and Guan Dian visited the Palace Museum in Beijing. Like many ...

Bent over a luminous vase of pink peonies, a young craftsman guided his enameling tool in patient, practiced circles at a factory in central Beijing, breathing new life into China's cloisonne ...

AMA, Aichi Prefecture--Yuuki Tamura, the fifth-generation proprietor of a long-established cloisonne ware studio here, worries deeply about the future of the traditional craft, particularly a lack of ...

Zhang Tonglu is a nation-level intangible cultural heritage inheritor of cloisonne. Ancient Chinese cloisonne is a cultural icon of Beijing, and visitors often marvel at these truly fine art pieces.

Metalwork has been decorated using the cloisonne technique for centuries in both Asia and Europe. Objects of many kinds, such as vases, plates, bowls and pendants for jewelry, as well as great ...

A 2-inch wide reliquary casket of champlevé enamel on copper in the British Museum was made about 1180-1190 and depicts scenes from the martyrdom of Saint Valerie set against a background decorated ...

IIIF provides researchers rich metadata and media viewing options for comparison of works across cultural heritage collections. Visit the IIIF page to learn more. Formed with the cloisonné technique, ...