Visitors admire cloisonne artworks on display at the showroom of Beijing Enamel Factory on June 28. JIA TIANYONG/CHINA NEWS SERVICE Bent over a luminous vase of pink peonies, a young craftsman guided ...

“Making [cloisonné] is incredibly time-consuming,” says Davies. “A single cloisonné bead can involve hundreds of hours.” Each bead is set with a gold wire inlay, which is then filled with glass enamel ...

CLEVELAND, Ohio -- Cloisonné is a colored enamel that is applied to a base of metal or porcelain. Metal bases are more serviceable, but they can be damaged through denting. Porcelain is more fragile, ...

Cloisonné, one of China's intangible cultural heritages, originated from Europe and introduced to China through the legendary Silk Road. For hundreds of years, cloisonné was an expensive form of art ...