A tiny vase purchased from a U.K. thrift store for £2.50 ($3.20) by an eagle-eyed couple turned out to be a rare Japanese artifact that could sell for more than £10,000 ($13,000) when it heads to ...

A Chinese cloisonné vase, originally valued at a bargain price of $400 to $600, sold for 2,000 times its estimate last week, realizing $812,500 in an online auction. Consigned by a family in ...

Appraisal: Japanese Meiji Cloisonné Vases, ca. 1890, from Detroit Hour 1. In Detroit Hour 1, Robert Waterhouse appraises Japanese Meiji Cloisonné vases, ca. 1890.

Machine generated contents note: pt. I History -- 1.Early Enameling History -- 2.The Post-1830 Japanese Cloisonne Tradition -- 3.Technical and Stylistic Refinement, 1880 to 1915 -- 4.Expanding ...

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The Ahrens Company was one of many companies set up under the new Meiji government’s programme whereby western specialists were invited to Japan to help modernise the country’s existing industries.