CLOISONNE IS A method of decorating metal with enameling. The art is predominately Asian and has been practiced continuously, except during war years, since the sixteenth century — that’s 500 years.

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.

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 ...

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 ...

Question: A distant relative lived in Asia during the 1930s and while there collected several pieces of cloisonne. Can you tell me more about this type of collectible? Are the pieces I have worth ...