Message #50752

[Tom B.]

Dear Steven & Tom,

Thank you for clearing that up.  I am not trying yo dispute the information, but I recall certain Palace workshops in Beijing being closed.  I think that they mentioned that the work could be done at other locations, so no need for duplication.  The Beijing workshop for enamel on metal produced both painted and cloisonne enamels, so they may have closed down in order to allow all the best artists in that medium to be together at the Yuanmingyuan or one of the other Imperial workshops.

To everyone interested in this topic, I found some remarkable small cloisonne objects:

A RARE PAIR OF IMPERIAL CLOISONNÉ ENAMEL AND GILT-BRONZE TURQUOISE-GROUND SCROLL ENDS
Qianlong four-character marks and of the period

A mere 5.1 cm Long

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Sold for £10,800 (US$ 14,245) inc. premium
FINE CHINESE ART  13 May 2010, LONDON, NEW BOND STREET

http://www.bonhams.com/auctions/17817/lot/395/