Coromandel work

Coromandel work
lacquer work popular in England c1700 and marked by an incised design filled in with gold and color. Also called Bantam work, Coromandel lacquer.
[after the COROMANDEL COAST, where objects decorated with such work were transshipped to Europe]

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