Jewel of the Nile


Jewel of the Nile
Sale Price:$30.00 Original Price:$69.00
Cinnabar and clossine with great silver findings.Cloisonné is decorative enamelwork in which metal filaments are fused to the surface outlining a design filled in with enamel paste. Cloisonné enamelware dates back over 500 years in China being especially popular during part of the Ming Dynasty (mid 15th-centure). Owing to its brilliant colors and designs, cloisonné has been highly appraised around the world. Hand crafted by an elaborate and complicated process of hammering, soldering, enamel-filling, enamel firing, polishing and gilding. Cloisonné beads are no different in this process, and their energies are similar to those of flaked stone.
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