jpg (An enamelled gold and gem-set pendant, decorated with polychrome enamel in the Neo-Renaissance taste, depicting a woman's head surmounted by a feathered headdress, ...
(Chinese Imari was copied from the Japanese.) Kakiemon, a polychrome enameled porcelain which was frequently copied in Europe, was another well-known manufacturer. Satsuma was a type of pottery made from the early 17th c.
The characteristic features are the abundant use of unfaceted polished gemstones and seed pearls in combination with polychrome enamel decoration. This style has been revived throughout history.
 See also: Chrome, Polychrome, Gold, Enamel, Inlay
  
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