Stunning museum quality pair of Bronze Cloisonne vase with Dragon and Phoenix ( Ying and Yang ) from the Qing Dynasty , Qianlong period 1735-1795 imperial type with mark. from an important private Chinese collection. hard to find together Museum item . 10.83*6.50*6.50(in) Cloisonne, Beijing famous traditional handicrafts, has a history of over 600 years. Also known as "copper padding thread enamel", the common name "- Blue", also called "inlay enamel", is a kind of fetal copper, with a soft flat copper wire, pinch into a variety of pattern welding, and then the enamel glaze firing patterns and filled in a utensil. Because of its popularity in the Ming Dynasty Jingtai years, more mature production techniques, the use of enamel glaze mainly in blue, hence the name "cloisonne".

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