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Sifting through online auction items for Chinese cloisonné, I noticed a trend in the style of clouds used in the background.   From ...

I’ve come to think of this stereotypical cloisonné dragon design as “Lao Tian Li’s” because it is so distinctive and coincident with his li...

A Google search on this topic will reveal many examples of the necklace that Qing Dynasty officials were obliged to wear as part of their fo...