Cabinet on stand

anoniem, c. 1670 - c. 1700

All over Europe craftsmen tried to imitate Chinese and Japanese lacquer, but the essential ingredient, the resin from the so-called lacquer tree, could not be obtained outside East Asia. The scenes depicted on this cabinet – the ship and the tower with bells – are partly based on the earliest illustrated description of China published in Europe. Written by the Dutchman Joan Nieuhof, it was printed in Amsterdam in 1665.

Artwork typefurniture, case furniture
Object numberBK-1985-25
Dimensionswidth 145.0 cm, height 186.0 cm x width 159.0 cm x depth 60.5 cm, depth 52.0 cm
Physical characteristicsgrenenhout, verlakt en ingelegd met parelmoer

Identification

Title(s)
Cabinet with imitation laquerware scenes based on Nieuhof's 'Gezantschap...'
Object type
Object number
BK-1985-25
Description
Kast van without versierd met lakwerk en parelmoer. De kast rust op een open onderstel met twee laden, vier poten aan de voorkant en drie aan de achterkant, verbonden door platte regels. De poten zijn deels balustervormig, deels getordeerd. De rechthoekige tweedeurskast heeft een rechte kap met een bol fries en een geprofileerde kaplijst. Op de onderregels na is het gehele meubel, inclusief de deuren en twee laden aan de binnenkant, versierd met chinoiserieën uitgevoerd in goudlak, met parelmoeren accenten.
Catalogue reference
- 'Recent Acquisitions at the Department of Sculpture and Decorative Arts, Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam: Supplement', The Burlington Magazine 132 (1990) nr. 1047, p. 445, afb. VI.
- Veilingcatalogus Sotheby's London 'Arts of Europe', 10-07-2013, nr. 18 'Japanned cabinet': 'There is a cabinet in the Rijksmuseum stated to be North Netherlandisch of almost identical form with very similar decoration of a sailing vessel on the left door and pagodas on the right door...'

Creation

Creation
- furniture worker: anoniem, Paris
- furniture worker: anoniem, Northern Netherlands [rejected attribution]
Dating
c. 1670 - c. 1700
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Material and technique

Physical description
grenenhout, verlakt en ingelegd met parelmoer
Material
Technique
Dimensions
- width 145.0 cm
- height 186.0 cm x width 159.0 cm x depth 60.5 cm
- depth 52.0 cm

Acquisition and rights

Documentation

- 'Recent Acquisitions at the Department of Sculpture and Decorative Arts, Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam: Supplement', The Burlington Magazine 132 (1990) nr. 1047, p. 445, afb. VI.
- Veilingcatalogus Sotheby's London 'Arts of Europe', 10-07-2013, nr. 18 'Japanned cabinet': 'There is a cabinet in the Rijksmuseum stated to be North Netherlandisch of almost identical form with very similar decoration of a sailing vessel on the left door and pagodas on the right door...'

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