Antique Chinese and Japanese Illustrations of American 1876 World Fair & Examples of Decorative goods, with cloisonne

As a long term collector of Oriental or Asian or Far Eastern decorative goods, I assemble as much about it as I can find.

My belief is the more you know and understand about a culture as different from ours in North America as Asia is, anything pertaining to it can be helpful. It will educate your perceptions, fill the need for understanding the history and the traditions of each country, enabling you to be a well rounded knowledgeable collector.

This becomes really important, when you deal with many reproduced objects, or repurposed items built with several sources of material.

I never get tired of learning more and discussing this topic. My first love after retirement, which followed with a 3rd place Ebay guide with more than 50,000 hits over a few years. A highly valued informative website, which nobody had approached in the way I did, by dividing Chinese and Japanese cloisonne art and identifying it. Memberships in several Asian collector groups, as well as befriending many people from USA in the process.

My reputation was good, I was quite willing to explain any number of questions regarding this topic. My website flourished to the point I could offer a simple appraisal based on images, for $5. , this was not a great amount but for me it was fair. After a few years I could reach several thousand dollars a year doing this internationally.

Auction houses and estate managers asked me to help identify hundreds of pieces. It was exciting and enjoyable. Today cloisonne is not as sought after as it was in early 2000s, now it has been replaced by a trend for something else such as art glass and paintings.

My images are detailed examples of antiques, some are about 150 year old illustrations:
An exhibit of Japanese cloisonne decorative items from the World Fair in 1876 in Philadelphia.
A Harpers 1879 magazine article from the US, for ladies. (there are 3 pages, you are welcome to them)
A Chinese demonstration box, containing pieces of fired enamel in several colors, and 4 different vases which shows the progression of a metal cloisonne vase from start to finish. Date C1880.
A grouping from 1900 of Japanese artistic pieces.