Beijing Cloisonné Pen Holder, Catchall & Incense Holder
€29.88
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A versatile cloisonné piece handcrafted in Beijing, functions as a pen holder, catchall, and incense holder. Copper base with hand-filled coloured enamel using the traditional Chinese partition technique.
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Description
Beijing cloisonné pen holder, catchall, and incense vessel: three functions resolved in one copper form. The surface holds color with the permanence of fired enamel, a quality no other technique achieves with quite this depth or saturation.
Cloisonné production in Beijing traces its formal history to the Yuan Dynasty, when the technique arrived via the Silk Road from Byzantine metalworking traditions. By the Ming era it had become a court art, reserved for imperial households and diplomatic gifts. The process demands distinct stages: copper base fabrication, wire-bending and soldering to define each cell, enamel application by color, repeated kiln firings at 800 degrees, and final hand-polishing to reveal the surface’s luminosity. Each piece requires days of skilled labor.
This holder stands 12 cm in height with a 7 cm diameter opening, proportioned for a full set of writing implements or a single stick of incense. The body is copper, lathe-formed and worked by hand. Each cell is outlined with brass wire no wider than a hair, filled with mineral enamel in the traditional Beijing palette: lapis, vermilion, jade green, and gold. The exterior is polished to a high finish; the interior retains a brushed copper surface.
Beijing cloisonné pen holder, catchall, and incense holder. Material: copper base, brass wire, mineral enamel. Height 12 cm, diameter 7 cm at opening. Handcrafted in Beijing, China. Multi-function desk object. Category: Chinese cloisonné, desk accessories.
A Beijing craft lineage in daily use. Precise, durable, and genuinely made. It belongs on the desk it improves.
