Small vase – China – 1900s – Structure in gilded bronze and cloissoné – Fruits and leaves in polychrome hard stones.

Small jar, perhaps a model of a larger specimen.

Cloissonné structure (or Byzantium Luster) which is a technique of artistic enamel decoration, in which thin threads (filigrees) or strips or small metal partitions (usually copper), cells or alveoli (called in French cloisons), are welded or glued to a support slab of the work to be built; subsequently, in the areas raised by the metal, enamel is poured, thus obtaining a sort of mosaic whose tiles are exactly circumscribed by the metal strips. 

Imagine the time it takes to create an artifact with a similar technique.

Early 1900s, China, handles and upper stick in gilded bronze, flowers, fruit, leaves and even pistils in polychrome hard stones.

Perfect general condition.

Delightful and meticulous small antiquity, qualities that have perhaps reached the highest level with Oriental Art.