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A page from Anthology of Persian Poetry, Timurid, c. 1450, made of ink, gold leaf, opaque watercolor, silver leaf, book bound by leather. MET

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“𝐄𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐲 𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐠𝐞𝐝𝐲 𝐢𝐬 𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐝𝐞𝐦𝐧𝐞𝐝 𝐭𝐨 𝐩𝐥𝐚𝐲 𝐢𝐭𝐬𝐞𝐥𝐟 𝐚𝐠𝐚𝐢𝐧, 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐧𝐞𝐫 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐜𝐫𝐮𝐞𝐥𝐞𝐫.”

Chinese cloisonné (known locally as “jingtailan” 景泰蓝) from the Qing dynasty.

Cloisonné is first recorded in Beijing during the Yuan dynasty (1271-1368) and it has been suggested that the technique was introduced to China at that time via the southwestern province of Yunnan, which under Mongol rule, was ruled by Muslim governors and received an influx of Islamic people. Foreign influence (Byzantine and Islamic) contributed to the development of Chinese cloisonné in the 13–14th centuries. The earliest datable pieces being from the reign of the Xuande Emperor (1425–35), which show a full use of Chinese styles, suggesting experience in the technique by that time.

Cloisonné objects were intended primarily for the furnishing of temples and palaces, because their flamboyant splendor was considered appropriate for these structures, but not well suited to a more restrained atmosphere, such as that of a scholars home. It was also dismissed by some as appealing to feminine taste and being “suitable only for a lady's chambers”.