Screen
1730-1770 (made)
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| Place of origin |
The Honourable East India Company occasionally traded in lacquer wares from China, but more often such items were carried to Europe by individual captains or merchants of the company, forming part of their private trade.
Object details
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| Materials and techniques | Laquered wood painted with lacquer decoration |
| Brief description | Screen, laquered wood painted with lacquer decoration, China, Qing Dynasty (1730-1770) |
| Physical description | Screen of wood, six-panel folding screendecorated with the technique of gold lacquer painted on a black background thus resembling the desirable but inaccessible lacquers of Japan which appealed to both Chinese and Western taste. Canton specialised in this type of gold-on-black technique and supplied to the Western as well as its own domestic market. |
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| Credit line | Given by S. Mavrojani |
| Object history | Given by Mr. S. Mavrojani, accessioned in 1912. This acquisition information reflects that found in the Asia Department registers, as part of a 2022 provenance research project. |
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| Summary | The Honourable East India Company occasionally traded in lacquer wares from China, but more often such items were carried to Europe by individual captains or merchants of the company, forming part of their private trade. |
| Collection | |
| Accession number | W.37-1912 |
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| Record created | November 21, 2002 |
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