Please to offer this RARE PAIR OF BLUE CHINESE CLOISONNE WUGONG ALTAR CANDLESTICKS CANDLE HOLDERS WITH A DEEP CENTRAL WAX TRAP BOBECHE WELL AND DECORATED WITH YELLOW DRAGONS AND RED FIRE FLAMES AGAINST A COBALT BLUE GROUND!! This Wonderful pair measures about TWELVE inches tall to the top of the spickets. This Wonderful Set is in estate condition as pictured. Each candle stick with a bell-shaped base supporting a tapering cylindrical shaft fitted with a central wax dripping tray and surmounted with a brass pricket, the base with polychrome scrolling lotus against a bright cobalt blue ground all between a band of upright lappets below and wavy bands above, with yellow fire breathing dragons and blue waves and ruyi-form clouds, the central drip tray with an everted rim and ornamented to both sides with concentric bands of the’Three Friends of Winter’, floral motifs, and ruyi-form clouds. A very Nice piece to add to your Asian collection or Decor!! A little information about the ancient Chinese technique of Cloisonne from the internet follows. Cloisonne is an enamelling technique in which the pattern is formed by wires soldered to the surface of the object to be decorated, which is usually made from copper, forming cells or cloisons, each of which holds a single colour of enamel paste which is then fired, and ground and polished. The cloisonne technique has been in use since the 12th century BC in the west, but the technique did not reach China until the 13th or 14th century. It became popular in China in the 18th century. Initially bronze or brass bodies were used, and in the 19th century copper, at which time the quality of items produced began to decline. Chinese cloisonné is the best known enamel cloisonné. In the west the cloisonne technique was revived in the mid 19th century following imports from China, and its use continued in the Art Nouveau and Art Deco periods. Cloisonné is the technique of creating designs on metal vessels with colored glass paste placed within enclosures made of copper or bronze wires, which have been bent or hammered into the desired patterns. Known as cloisons (French for “partitions”), the enclosures are generally either glued or soldered onto the metal body. The glass paste, or enamel-which gets its color from metallic oxides-is painted into the contained areas of the design. The vessel is usually fired at a relatively low temperature, about 800 degrees Celsius. Enamels tend to shrink during firing, and the process is repeated several times to fill in the design. Once this process is completed, the surface of the vessel is rubbed until the edges of the cloisons are visible. I have other fine pieces listed as well. If you have any questions please feel free to ask and don’t forget to check out my other listings. This item is in the category “Antiques\Asian Antiques\China\Other Chinese Antiques”. The seller is “picker12011″ and is located in this country: US. This item can be shipped to United States.

• Primary Material: Cloisonne
• Color: Blue
• Region of Origin: China