Tripod incense burner with lid

An item at Metropolitan Museum of Art

This incense burner features two types of enameling: cloisonné on the body and three legs, and champlevé on the two handles. The latter method requires artists to carve enclosures into the metal body that were then filled with enamel, instead of using copper wires. Much rarer than cloisonné in China, champlevé enamel appears to have been only briefly experimented with in the imperial workshop during the fifteenth century.

Asian Art

An exhibit at Metropolitan Museum of Art

The Met's collection of Asian art—more than 35,000 objects, ranging in date from the third millennium B.C. to the twenty-first century—is one of the largest and most comprehensive in the world. Each of the many civilizations of Asia is represented by outstanding works, providing an unrivaled experience of the artistic traditions of nearly half the world.

Metropolitan Museum of Art