PROVENANCE: From The Estate of FAIRMONT FARMS MANSION, within the city of Fairmont, West Virginia, September 1940, by E.T. NEWELL & Co, Inc., Auctioneers, 710 N. Howard ST, Baltimore, MD. (470) Cloisonne vaseDimensions: Width: 21cm, Height: 39 cm, weight: 3330gChinese Ming Dynasty Xuande Gilt Bronze Cloisonne Gu Vase. This cloisonne vases is cast from high quality fine copper, with a thick copper body, having baluster shaped body, large, tall and thick, bulging belly on the mid, trumpet-shaped on the tall neck, emerge six auspicious fins from top to base, raised with high round splayed foot base and deep concave. The body cast with Chinese calligraphy surround scrolling ruyi flowers blossom, foliage and auspicious pattern, attracting unceasingly admiration. The cloisonne cast has been done with impressive fluency and detail. As sacrificial sets are considered quite rare. The Under-base bears a reign mark, a four cast gilt script characters reign mark, Made in The Years Xuande Reign Period of The Great Ming Dynasty. Notes: The cloisonne technique was mostly used for jewelry and small fittings for clothes, weapons or similar small objects decorated with geometric or schematic designs, with thick cloison walls. 14th century this enamel technique had spread to China, where it was soon used for much larger vessels such as bowls and vases; the technique remains common in China to the present day, and cloisonne enamel objects using Chinese-derived styles were produced in the 18th century. However, by the beginning of the 18th century the Kangxi Emperor had a cloisonne workshop among the many Imperial factories. The most elaborate and highly valued Chinese pieces are from the early Ming Dynasty, especially the reigns of the Xuande Emperor and Jingtai Emperor (1450–57), although 19th century or modern pieces are far more common. The Chinese industry seems to have benefited from a number of skilled Byzantine refugees fleeing the Fall of Constantinople in 1453, although based on the name alone, it is far more likely China obtained knowledge of the technique from the middle east. In much Chinese cloisonne blue is usually the predominant color, and the Chinese name for the technique, jingtailan (Jingtai blue ware), refers to this, and the Jingtai Emperor. Chinese cloisonne is amongst the best known enamel cloisonne in the world.