1469173

19th CENTURY SUPERB LARGE COISONNE GINGER JAR #1469173

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19th CENTURY SUPERB LARGE COISONNE GINGER JAR #1469173
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THIS IS ONE OF THE MOST BEAUTIFUL GINGER JARS I HAVE SEEN FROM THE EARLY 19TH CENTURY. THIS IS A 19TH CENTURY LARGE CLOISONNE GINGER JAR, FLOWER PATTERN. CLOISONNE VASE, ENAMELLED ON COPPER DECORATED WITH A WONDERFUL FLOWER TROOP. EMBELLISH IT TO STILL HAVE MANY FLOWERS AND PATTERN. THE HEIGTH OF THE JAR IS 9 TO 10-INCHES. HISTORY OF THE CLOISONNE VASE CLOSON IS A FINE ART MASTERED IN CHINA IN THE 14TH CENTRUY. BECAUSE MANY OF THESE CHINESE WORKS OF ART WERE PRODUCED IN SPECIAL BLUE ENAMEL, THEY BECAME KNOWN IN THE CHINESE LANGUAGE AS "CHING-T'AI-LAN', OR CHING-T'SI-BLUE. JAPANESE CLOSONNE BECAME A STANDARD BY WHICH CLOSONNE FROM OTHER COUNTRIES WERE MEASURED. THIS SMALL PIECE OF DECORATIVE ART BELONGS TO AN ENAMELLING TECHNIQUE THAT CONSISTS OF SOLDERING TO A METAL SURFACE A DELICATE METAL STRIPS BENT TO THE OUTLINE OF A DESIGN AND FILLING THE RESULTING CELLULAR SPACES, CALLED CLOSIONNE (FRENCH: "PARTITIONS" OR "COMPARTMENTS"), WITH VITREOUS ENAMEL PASTE. THE OBJECT THEN IS FIRED, GROUND SMOOTH, AND POLISHED. ALL AUTHORITIES AGREED; ART OF CLOSONNE IS WESTERN IN ORIGIN, WHICH IN ALL PROBABILITY WAS INTRODUCED INTO CHINA BY TRADERS OR BY TRAVELLING CRAFTSMEN. CONNOSSEURS WILL AGREE THE MINIATURE CHINESE CLOISONNE VASES BELONG TO THE WORK OF HIGHLY SKILLED CRAFTSMEN CENTURIES AGO. UNLIKE THE PRESENT DAY PIECES, THESE ART PIECES HAS A SMOOTH TEXTURE FROM HIGHLY SKILLED CRAFTSMANSHIP; AN ENAMELLING TECHNIQUE, WHICH CONSISTS OF SOLDERING TO A METAL SURFACE DELICATE METAL ...
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#: M068</td>
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<tr><td>Condition:MINT</td></tr>
<tr><td>Year:19TH CENTURY</td></tr>
<tr><td>Country:CHINA</td></tr>

<tr><td>Height:10</td></tr>

<tr><td>Width:8.5</td></tr>
<tr><td>Weight:3</td></tr>
<tr><td>Title:19th CENTURY SUPERB LARGE COISONNE GINGER JAR</td></tr>

<tr><td>Materials:ENAMEL ON COPPER</td></tr>

<tr><td>Location:Mayfield, Kentucky/Brookport, Illinois</td></tr>
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