Antique Chinese Plique A Jour Enamel & Brass Covered Bowl Floral Excellent For Sale

Antique Chinese Plique A Jour Enamel & Brass Covered Bowl

Floral

Excellent condition very beautiful.

Plique-à-jour (French for \"letting in daylight\") is a vitreous enamelling technique where the enamel is applied in cells, similar to cloisonné, but with no backing in the final product, so light can shine through the transparent or translucent enamel. It is in effect a miniature version of stained-glass and is considered very challenging technically: high time consumption (up to 4 months per item), with a high failure rate. The technique is similar to that of cloisonné, but using a temporary backing that after firing is dissolved by acid or rubbed away.