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Cloisonne

Even though I cant afford to buy any of the above items, I can still capture them with my camera and share with you the beauty of these extremely fine art works.

 

Cloisonné, an ancient metalworking technique, is a multi-step enamel process used to produce jewelry, vases, and other decorative items.

 

Cloisonné was first developed in central Europe by the Huns, and it spread to the rest of the Germanic peoples, achieving these peoples high quality objects, such as fibulae, brooches and sword fittings. It spread then into the Byzantine Empire and from there along the Silk Road to China. Chinese cloisonné, which is called 景泰藍 (Pinyin: jǐngtài lán; "blue of Jingtai"), is probably the most well known and ubiquitous. Russian cloisonné from the Tsarist era is highly prized by collectors. Chinese cloisonné is sometimes confused with Canton enamel, a similar type of enamel work that is painted on freehand and does not utilize partitions to hold the colors separate.

 

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cloisonne 

COMMENTS
Debdog said at 11:19 a.m. on Jul 4, 2008:
DAvid, these are BEAUTIFUL!
Andre. said at 11:29 a.m. on Jul 4, 2008:
Nice. Thanks for the tour
Hhwind said at 11:34 a.m. on Jul 4, 2008:
Wow friend beautiful collection great shots
Chilla said at 11:38 a.m. on Jul 4, 2008:
You have presented these beautiful vases so well in this tabblo and the additional note adds to the interest.
Chaitiamma said at 11:52 a.m. on Jul 4, 2008:
Thanks Debra, Andre, Teo and Celia.
Tishfish said at 11:54 a.m. on Jul 4, 2008:
Ooooh WOW, beautiful vases ! ! ! ! ! Great job.
Chaitiamma said at 11:59 a.m. on Jul 4, 2008:
Thanks Doreen.
YorkJodi said at 1:16 p.m. on Jul 4, 2008:
These are very beautiful... it would be hard to pick one IF I could afford one... I have always liked cloisonne but have only seed jewelry & small boxes... never such big, lovely vases... Thanks
Candlepower said at 5:38 p.m. on Jul 4, 2008:
Brilliant and oh so gorgeous!!!
21-gramm said at 7:03 a.m. on Jul 5, 2008:
wonderful art, David!
I like a vasa whish fishes on bottom!
Chaitiamma said at 12:19 p.m. on Jul 5, 2008:
Thank you Jodi, Pat and Den, I love them all, but alas, cant afford any ..........LOL
Ira said at 12:59 p.m. on Jul 5, 2008:
Perfect works of art! Delightful! The interesting comment. Great culture!
Maz2001 said at 1:37 p.m. on Jul 5, 2008:
Beautiful.
Chaitiamma said at 1:50 p.m. on Jul 5, 2008:
Thanks Ira and Jane.
Gerardfotografeert said at 3:48 p.m. on Jul 7, 2008:
Beautiful collection and beautiful tabblo. awesome.
Chaitiamma said at 11:27 a.m. on Jul 8, 2008:
Thank you Gerard.
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