Cloisonné
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Cloisonné is an ancient technique for decorating metalwork objects with colored material held in place or separated by metal strips or wire, normally of gold. In recent centuries, vitreous enamel has
Pectoral of Senusret II, from his daughter's grave, using shaped stones rather than enamel. Cloisonné inlays on gold of carnelian, feldspar, garnet, turquoise, lapis lazuli, 1880s BC
Chinese Ming Dynasty cloisonné enamel bowl, using nine colours of enamel
Early 7th century Anglo-Saxon seax (knife) hilt fitting, gold with garnet cloisonné inlay. Staffordshire Hoard, partially cleaned.
Byzantine cloisonné enamel plaque of St Demetrios, c. 1100, using the senkschmelz or "sunk" technique and the new thin-wire technique
The Khalili Collection of Japanese Art is a private collection of decorative art from Meiji-era Japan, assembled by the British scholar, collector and philanthropist Nasser D. Khalili. Its 2,200 art w
Incense burner (Koro), silver decorated with precious metals and rock crystal, 1890
Pair of samurai figures, bronze with details in gold, silver and shakudō, 1890
Ornament of fish in waves (Okimono) by Ōshima Joun. Bronze, silver, gilt, shibuichi and shakudō. Circa 1900
Pair of two-fold screens with cloisonné enamel panels, 1900–1905