Cloisonne, the art of applying brass wires to the surface of a copper or bronze object and filling the spaces with enamel, has become an important Chinese contribution to world art, even though it was originally introduced to China by Arabs in the 14th century.
景泰藍，是將各種顏色的琺瑯附在銅胎上，燒製而成的瑰麗多彩的工藝美術品。這種最初由西方傳到中國的工藝技術，由於中國工匠的潛心研究，曾經達到登峰造極的境界，中國景泰藍於是成為世界掐絲琺瑯器鑑定和審美的標準。這也是中國工藝家對世界美術的重大貢獻之一。