Une passion chinoise. La collection de monsieur Thiers. Afrique du Nord sont restées quasiment inconnues jusqu’au

sont restées quasiment inconnues jusqu’au début des années 80

Collection «les guides bleus«

Light blue enamel frit

whether they were the work of nature itself or the action of man

Une passion chinoise. La collection de monsieur Thiers. Afrique du Nord sont restées quasiment inconnues jusqu’auChinese art occupies a prominent place at the Louvre. More than 600 works, notably from the collections of the patron Adle de Rothschild, the royal collections, and that of Adolphe Thiers, who from 1871 to 1873 was President of the French Republic. For the first time, the latter is presented in the exhibition "A Chinese Passion," which reveals to the general public the wealth of singular works, testifying to the passion for Chinese culture and art of