What is enamel?

Enamel is also known as the Buddha Lang, whisk Lang, hair blue, is a mineral silicon, lead, borax, feldspar, quartz and other raw materials in accordance with the appropriate proportion of mixing, respectively, adding a variety of coloring metal oxides, after baking and grinding to make a powdered color, and then according to its enameling process of the different practices, inlaid or drawn on the body of the body of the metal as a body, the baking and become enamel products.

Ancient Chinese custom will be attached to the surface of the pottery or porcelain tires called "glaze"; attached to the building tiles on the so-called "glaze"; and attached to the surface of the metal is known as the "enamel ".

Expanded Information:

< p>The art of cloisonné originated on the island of Cyprus in the European Mediterranean, and the earliest known standard enameled ware is a six Mycenaean gold ring unearthed in a 13th century BCE tomb.

Cloisonné is known as "copper enamel", because it was prevalent in the Ming Dynasty during the Jingtai period, the production technology is more mature, the use of enamel glaze is mainly blue, so the name "cloisonné".

To the Qing dynasty cloisonné craft has made great progress, the Qing court "manufacturing office" set up "enamel work", specializing in the manufacture of court cloisonné ware, rich categories, breakthroughs in early bottles, pots, bowls and plates, expanding to the level of furniture, with its complexity of technology, exquisite modeling, colorful and beautiful. With its sophisticated craftsmanship, exquisite shape and brilliant colors, it has become one of the most representative traditional crafts in Beijing - one of the Eight Greatest Crafts of Yanjing.

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