Eighteenth-century Chinese export porcelain for the French market. From: The Magazine Antiques | Date: March 1, 2005| Author: Lebel, Antoine | COPYRIGHT 2005 Brant Publications, Inc. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group.Copyright information

Jean Baptiste Colbert (1619-1683), Louis XIV's minister of finance, founded the Compagnie des Indes orientales, or French East India Company, in 1664. Two years later he ordered the construction of the port of L'Orient (now Lorient) (1) on the Atlantic Coast from which to develop a regular trade with the Far East. For many years Portugal, the Netherlands, and England had done business in India, China, and Japan through their own trading companies. The decision by France to create a...

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