Gold, Silver & Enamel is the class in the chapter on Crafts on gold and silver work and enamel ware. Makers hammered gold and silver into shape, chased patterns on them, gilded and inlaid them, and made vessels such as wine pots, tea sets and boxes, and also ornaments and ritual pieces. This class covers gold and silver vessels and gold and silver ornaments, and also enamel ware, including cloisonné, painted enamel and champlevé. Gilded bronzes and bronzes inlaid with gold and silver belong to Ritual Bronzes, gold-set jades to Jade Culture, crowns and costume to Silk & Brocade, gold and silver decoration on lacquerware to Lacquer Arts, and porcelain to Ceramic Arts.
Mural guide
On dark blue cloth a gold tray holds a gold phoenix ornament, a hairpin, earrings and bracelets; beside it stand a silver vase, enamel boxes and a long carved gold ornament, a bowl of colour powders sits at the lower left, and a hand at the right paints an enamel lid.
Gold, Silver & Enamel
Gold and silver hammered into shape, chased and gilded became vessels, ornaments and ritual pieces, and cloisonné and other enamel ware are told here too.