The making of cloisonn integrates bronze and porcelain-working skill. It is the pinnacle of traditional Chinese handicraft. Beijing is where cloisonn making originated. Chinese like to decorate their homes with cloisonn articles.
Young women love cloisonn bracelets and earrings.
Cloisonn articles are often used as gifts. People are attracted by their blue beauty and glittering thin copper strips. Cloisonn articles can be as big as sacrificial utensils, screens,tables and chairs, and as small as chopsticks, earrings, candy boxes, toothpicks and smoking tools. They are works of art as well as articles with practical value. Jade articles range from the very big to the very small.