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Cloisonné Butterfly Paperweight

Item #78116

Sale Price (non-members): $19.99

Sale Price (members): $17.99

Original Price: $30.00

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Functional art for the home library or office is crafted in the ancient art of hand enameled copper. This Cloisonné Butterfly Paperweight is richly ornamented with floral motifs and accented with 18k gold-plated filigree. 3"h.

Museum Provenance

It recalls cloisonné objets d’art with butterfly motifs represented in our Asian ethnological collection, National Museum of Natural History.

Every Smithsonian purchase will arrive with a museum provenance card explaining how it is adapted from or inspired by an object or objects in our collection.

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Cloisonn Butterfly Paperweight

3.8

(based on 6 reviews)

67%

of respondents would recommend this to a friend.

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Attractive (4)

Cons

Best Uses

Gifts (5)

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- Midrange shopper (4)
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- Yes (5)

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3/29/2012

2.0

Nice Except for Butterfly Head

By sierra foothills

from Sierra Foothills, CA

About Me Budget Shopper

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Attractive Design

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Comments about Cloisonn Butterfly Paperweight:

The butterfly's eyes are poorly done and appear comical/tacky. It spoils the whole paperweight. The colors are lovely.

2/14/2012

1.0

Cloisonne Butterfly Paperweight.

By Jo

from Ridgecrest, CA 93555

About Me Midrange Shopper

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Unattractive

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Comments about Cloisonn Butterfly Paperweight:

Very disappointed with item. Overall poor workmanship. Color is muddy, not sharp and clear plus red-orange smudges at the base. Outlining was inconsistent. I decided to purchase this as a gift for myself after visiting a Beijing cloisonne workshop in October 2011. A mistake.

1/13/2012

5.0

Very Attractive paperweight

By John

from Ceddar Falls, Iowa

About Me Midrange Shopper

Pros

An eyecatching paperweigh
Attractive Design

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Comments about Cloisonn Butterfly Paperweight:

Person I gave it to uses it as decrative item rather than a paper weight, She lovdes the colors.

1/9/2012

5.0

Beautiful!!!

By Bigdog

from CA

About Me Midrange Shopper

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Attractive Design

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Comments about Cloisonn Butterfly Paperweight:

The photo does not do this paperweight justice! It is so amazingly beautiful!

1/6/2012

5.0

Beautiful gift

By jennyb

from Lafayette, IN

About Me Budget Shopper

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Attractive Design
Durable

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Office

Comments about Cloisonn Butterfly Paperweight:

It is so pretty to look at, as well as being useful.

12/11/2011

5.0

An exquisite item and perfect for a gift

By None

from jmurray100[@]

About Me Midrange Shopper

Pros

Lovely to behold

Cons

None

Best Uses

Personal gift

Comments about Cloisonn Butterfly Paperweight:

A beautiful gift--and just the right size.

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Cloisonné Butterfly Paperweight

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