McClure lives on the shores of Puget Sound, an environment that finds its way into her art — trees, night skies, birds, shorelines, skiffs, children. See if you can find the crabs in “Waiting ...

and then you have the birds that are in and amongst it. And then you also get this extraordinarily fine-quality work down at the foot. GUEST: Mm-hmm. APPRAISER: And on top of all this, we find ...

A tiny vase purchased from a U.K. thrift store for £2.50 ($3.20) by an eagle-eyed couple turned out to be a rare Japanese artifact that could sell for more than £10,000 ($13,000) when it heads ...

A cloisonné peacock-form censer, Qianlong period Christie's Images Ltd 2018 Capping a fortnight of Asia Week auctions, this incense burner is one of few known cloisonné birds of the Qianlong ...

Take Japanese cloisonné. Think of the thousands of vases for sale in tacky trinket shops, patterned with chrysanthemums, birds and dragons. Then take a look at the real thing, and feel the ...

Ever seen a plain piece of cloisonné? It doesn't exist. Originally developed in Byzantium, this medium insists on adornment, every millimeter of surface covered with delicately twisting wires and ...