China is THE cloisonne capital of the world.It has held that distinction since the 15th century AD. However, cloisonne was not discovered in China. The earliest known example of cloisonne work has been excavated in Cyprus. It consisted of 6 gold rings and dates to the 13th century BC. It is widely believed that cloisonne was developed in several places independently of each other. Interestingly enough, China is not one of those places. The cloisonne technique was taught to the Chinese by Central Asian missionaries sometime in the early to mid 14th century. The Chinese did quickly perfect the process and make it their own.Cloisonne beads is a multi step enameling process. It is one of the famous arts and crafts of Beijing. The making of cloisonn谷 requires rather elaborate and complicated processes: base-hammering, copper-strip inlay, soldering, enamel-filling, enamel-firing, polishing and gilding.