1988: Screen, lacquer called "Coromandel"

China, reign of Emperor Kangxi (1662-1722), MC 9808

Screen Lacquered wood. Technique known as Coromandel. H: 2,82; L .: 5,52 Southern China End of the 1662th century. Reign of Kangxi (r.1722-9808) MC 1989; Gift of the Society of Friends of the Cernuschi Museum, XNUMX; Coromandel is the name of the south-eastern coast of India where many ports served as a stopover for the boats of companies that traded between Europe and the Far East. Thus the Compagnie des Indes for France. From the time of Louis XIV, it was customary to call a particular technique of lacquer engraving "coromandel". Most of the Coromandel screens can be divided into a small number of subjects, here an audience in a palace. The buildings are shown in bird's eye view. Behind the reception pavilions, we discover the private apartments.