Simon Bryquer
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Simpler in what way?
It is my understanding that in cloisonn?, in addition to applying enamel, one also outlines each miniscule shape with a microscopically thin (gold but mostly copper)wire, sometimes filigree wire. I don't know what cloisonn? examples you've seen that makes you come to the conclusion that it is a simpler art.
Are we speaking of the cloisonn? miniature masterpieces of the Renaissance, especially the Florentine works and later the French or during the Golden Age of Cyprus were it originated. By the way the Chinese have a great tradition of cloisonn? that goes back to the end Yuan Dynasty ( 1271-1368) or as some claim to Emperor Zhu Zhangji at the beginning of the Ming Dynasty( 1368-1648) but the technique is somewhat different.
Wonder what Miklos Merczel would have to say about the art of cloisonn?.
Simon