Little Bit about China

 

This is a brass cup used to drink alcohol from by palace royalty during the years of 220 - 265. New leaders of China would have their own style of cups and teapots

The emperor used these teapots during the years of 1616 – 1736. Of course these are likely copies of the original because the original tea pots are on display at the forbidden city in Beijing. Most were made of solid gold and many types emeralds were used for decoration

Pronounced As: kloizna, -sna , method of enamel decoration of metal surfaces, such as vases and jewel boxes. Metal filaments (which form the cloisons or separating elements) are attached at right angles to the surface outlining the design to be used. These miniature compartments are filled with colored enamel in paste form, and the object is then heated in order to fuse the enamel to the surface and develop its transparency and permanent colors. When finished, the enamel and cloisons are closely joined in a smooth, even surface showing the pattern in various colors defined by the metal partitions, which prevented their fusing with one another. Probably invented in the Middle East, cloisonné has been highly perfected by the Chinese

cloisonné chopsticks are also very popular

A set of chop sticks stored in a small wooden box. The Chopsticks and case are made of wood. The Chinese call this red wood but is not the same red wood we have in the USA. This red wood is very hard

Chopsticks removed from the case. The top slides off instead of being a hinged lid.

A reed instrument used by the Buo Yei Miao people. The boys would play this instrument when courting a girl. This custom is still practiced by the Miao boys of China. There is many sizes of these instruments and are played at festive events