Abstract
The article presents some preliminary results of examinations of Chinese Coromandel lacquer and other related objects. After an insight into the history of the different terms used for Coromandel lacquers in western languages and in Chinese, the article compares descriptions of the priming (ground layers, cloth and paper) in historical sources with results of published investigations. Cross sections taken from five objects (three Coromandel screens, a screen with raised decoration and a painted Chinese lacquer taken from a French encoignure of the middle of the 18th century) were examined by reflected light and ultraviolet light microscope. The XRD and EDX examinations of the ground layers and of the pigments of the polychrome painting of one object are presented. The article is understood as a preparatory study for a project that should be based on data from a broader variety of objects and should also try to include art historical expertise, especially on dated objects, and results of the investigations of Chinese colleagues. The assumption that certain types of Coromandel and related lacquers were produced in South China may be backed by these investigations.
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