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The Cloisonné-Style Vase features hand-painted bird and flowering branch motifs on an azure ground, referencing the historic technique of dividing enamel colours with fine metal wire. Crafted from porcelain, the surface detail is accented with gold rims at both the base and lip, adding a refined metallic contrast to the painted decoration. At 52cm tall, its oversized form gives the piece a strong visual presence while the intricate hand-applied artwork rewards closer inspection.
Cloisonné — the technique of dividing enamel colours with fine metal wire — originated in the ancient Near East and reached its most refined expression in imperial Chinese workshops of the Ming dynasty, where birds among flowering branches became one of its defining subjects. This piece continues that tradition: porcelain, hand-painted, 52cm, the azure ground interrupted by the same motifs that once decorated objects made exclusively for the emperor's household. Gold rims at the base and lip. A piece that carries its own context into whatever room it enters.
