Early 20th C Red Chinese Cloisonne Box with Floral Design tins created more than a hundred

created more than a hundred years prior (in 1898

(I can just picture Ernest Hemingway bringing this back from one of his African hunting trips

and then the lush dark green strokes and swirls on top of it

Richard Huelsenbeck

and when not in use

Early 20th C Red Chinese Cloisonne Box with Floral Design tins created more than a hundredA nice hinged Chinese cloisonn box, 1920s or so, finely done rich red with flowers on all sides against a gold labyrinthine design, and with a terrific blue scalloped border and interior. Hinges are in great shape and it stands squarely on four round brass feet. Cloisonn refers to the technique of creating designs on metal vessels with colored glass paste placed within enclosures made of bronze or brass wires, which have been bent or hammered into the