Close up on cloisonne
9 months, 4 weeks ago

Close up on cloisonne

China Daily  

Guan Dian and her husband, Li Jinglong, run cloisonne workshops in Beijing.ZOU HONG/CHINA DAILY About eight years ago, Li Jinglong and Guan Dian visited the Palace Museum in Beijing. Born and raised in Beijing, 35-year-old Li is no stranger to cloisonne, since there were a pair of cloisonne vases in his grandparents' home. His wife, 34-year-old Guan, who learned to paint as a child and later became a designer after graduating from the Beijing Institute of Fashion Technology, is also familiar with cloisonne, as it appears in her art books. As a result of their visit, the couple made the bold decision to open a workshop to promote Chinese-style cloisonne.

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Museum shines spotlight on cloisonne
7 months, 1 week ago

Museum shines spotlight on cloisonne

China Daily  

Visitors appreciate exhibits donated by Robert Chang to the Shanghai Museum. Donations by influential Hong Kong antiques dealer and collector include pieces unparalleled for their beauty, Zhang Kun reports. Thanks to the donations of a patriotic connoisseur, the Shanghai Museum has become one of the country's first public museums with a showroom dedicated to cloisonne enamel objects. On May 8, …

Museum shines spotlight on cloisonne
7 months, 1 week ago

Museum shines spotlight on cloisonne

China Daily  

Visitors appreciate exhibits donated by Robert Chang to the Shanghai Museum. Donations by influential Hong Kong antiques dealer and collector include pieces unparalleled for their beauty, Zhang Kun reports. Thanks to the donations of a patriotic connoisseur, the Shanghai Museum has become one of the country's first public museums with a showroom dedicated to cloisonne enamel objects. On May 8, …

Museum shines spotlight on cloisonne
7 months, 1 week ago

Museum shines spotlight on cloisonne

China Daily  

Visitors appreciate exhibits donated by Robert Chang to the Shanghai Museum. Donations by influential Hong Kong antiques dealer and collector include pieces unparalleled for their beauty, Zhang Kun reports. Thanks to the donations of a patriotic connoisseur, the Shanghai Museum has become one of the country's first public museums with a showroom dedicated to cloisonne enamel objects. On May 8, …

Tracing a golden legacy
9 months, 4 weeks ago

Tracing a golden legacy

China Daily  

Zhang Yongzhen and his apprentice Xi Wen are two master artisans of cloisonne at the Beijing Gongmei Group. JIANG DONG/CHINA DAILY Future relics Zhang calls cloisonne goods "treasures that will be seen as cultural relics 1,000 years later". The objects' bodies were usually made of copper or bronze, which were expensive materials that could only be owned by royal families …

Close up on cloisonne
9 months, 4 weeks ago

Close up on cloisonne

China Daily  

Guan Dian and her husband, Li Jinglong, run cloisonne workshops in Beijing.ZOU HONG/CHINA DAILY About eight years ago, Li Jinglong and Guan Dian visited the Palace Museum in Beijing. Born and raised in Beijing, 35-year-old Li is no stranger to cloisonne, since there were a pair of cloisonne vases in his grandparents' home. His wife, 34-year-old Guan, who learned to …

Close up on cloisonne
9 months, 4 weeks ago

Close up on cloisonne

China Daily  

Guan Dian and her husband, Li Jinglong, run cloisonne workshops in Beijing.ZOU HONG/CHINA DAILY About eight years ago, Li Jinglong and Guan Dian visited the Palace Museum in Beijing. Born and raised in Beijing, 35-year-old Li is no stranger to cloisonne, since there were a pair of cloisonne vases in his grandparents' home. His wife, 34-year-old Guan, who learned to …

Tracing a golden legacy
9 months, 4 weeks ago

Tracing a golden legacy

China Daily  

Zhang Yongzhen and his apprentice Xi Wen are two master artisans of cloisonne at the Beijing Gongmei Group. JIANG DONG/CHINA DAILY Future relics Zhang calls cloisonne goods "treasures that will be seen as cultural relics 1,000 years later". The objects' bodies were usually made of copper or bronze, which were expensive materials that could only be owned by royal families …

Close up on cloisonne
9 months, 4 weeks ago

Close up on cloisonne

China Daily  

Guan Dian and her husband, Li Jinglong, run cloisonne workshops in Beijing.ZOU HONG/CHINA DAILY About eight years ago, Li Jinglong and Guan Dian visited the Palace Museum in Beijing. Born and raised in Beijing, 35-year-old Li is no stranger to cloisonne, since there were a pair of cloisonne vases in his grandparents' home. His wife, 34-year-old Guan, who learned to …

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