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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;kardinalisimo, post: 50388, member: 118&quot;]Hm, there seems to be a rule that in general, older stuff ( brass, wood whatever) is supposed to be of a better quality than recent ones. </p><p>That may be true to some extent but cannot be the only factor for determining age. </p><p>Let&#039;s take Chinese porcelain. Indeed, some old pieces are of great quality but you can find wares from late Qing and Early Republic periods ( which are considered antique) to be poorely made&nbsp; and with sloppy decoration.&nbsp; Of course, not Imperial pieces but pieces that were made for the ordinary people for every day use.</p><p>Then, you have recent replicas that are very finely made.</p><p>I believe Asian cloisonne was not made only for the Palace or other officials. Most likely during the later periods they started to be made for the ordinary people and exported. And probably the pieces were of poorer quality.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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