Cloisonne gets its name from the metal “cloisons,” French for “partitions,” that are filled with enamel, creating the multicolor designs. Despite the French name, the technique has been used in ...

View Pr Small Antique Chinese Cloisonne Vases - Damaged By Lao Tian Li; blue and white; height: 3 1/2 in x diameter: 2 1/2 in.; . Access more artwork lots and estimated & realized auction prices on ...

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 ...

When you are strolling through thrift stores, some items will always catch your eye. They may have a unique shape, beautiful colors or designs, or there's just something old about them that makes them ...

A Chinese cloisonné vase, originally valued at a bargain price of $400 to $600, sold for 2,000 times its estimate last week, realizing $812,500 in an online auction. Consigned by a family in ...

Here's the thing about shopping estate sales and thrift stores: You never know what treasures you might find — but, there's a caveat. You actually have to know what you're looking at in order to ...

Some ceramic wares that were deliberately made to look like cloisonne enamels from Asia could fool a beginner. The Longwy factory of France started making pottery in 1798. In 1872, it began producing ...