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Message:: [QUOTE="IDcloisonne, post: 3825560, member: 19366"]I am the person who owned IDcloisonne, for 6 years I had a good following, and things grew from the site purpose, such as being asked to identify Asian cloisonne pieces for auctions etc. Just noticed lately the interest is growing again, and the prices are fantastic. I am answering the last comment and the membership who participated here, I don't remember ever seeing this shape item as a lid for a jar, I still think it is a bowl, and was probably part of a saucer and bowl set, perhaps for some other use during a meal, for water to dip your fingers in, or for holding leftover bones and such. The type of cloisonne wire detail for the background was traditional Chinese symbols, that often had a role in the subject matter, I think for most of the 100 years Chinese cloisonne exports were popular, 1890-1990, these same backgrounds were done, but as time went by, they became sparser and applied by machine instead of by hand, the footless bowl here is called the 'T Fret' and the other pieces actually show how it was modified as well as the brilliant gold application on the newer cloisonne pieces.[/QUOTE]