Decorative Shield

anonymous, c. 1654

From 1647 the VOC had leather shields decorated with lacquer in Japan, which they sold in India. The Dutch were also interested in such decorative shields, which they had emblazoned with their initials or family coat-of-arms. This one was ordered by Gabriel Happart, head of the VOC post in Japan in 1654.

  • Artwork typeshield
  • Object numberNG-1978-92
  • Dimensionsdiameter 54.6 cm x height 4.5 cm x thickness 0.4 cm
  • Physical characteristicsgelakt leer

Identification

  • Title(s)

    Decorative Shield

  • Object type

  • Object number

    NG-1978-92

  • Description

    Rond schild met wapen met helmteken en opschrift. Wapen gevierendeeld twee maal staande leeuw - twee maal drie franse lelies. Aan de buitenrand van het schild een rand met bloemenranken.

  • Inscriptions / marks

    inscription: ‘HAPPART’

Creation

  • Creation

    maker: anonymous, Japan

  • Dating

    c. 1654

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Material and technique

  • Physical description

    gelakt leer

  • Dimensions

    diameter 54.6 cm x height 4.5 cm x thickness 0.4 cm

This work is about

  • Person

  • Subject

  • Place

  • Period

    1650

Acquisition and rights

Documentation

    • Christiaan Jan Adriaan Jörg, 'Japanese Lacquerwork decorated after European prints', in: Collections of essays in commemoration of the 30th anniversary of the institute of oriental and occidental studies, Kansai University, Osaka 1981, p. 57-80, afb. 18. [in documentatiemap Geschiedenis NM-6287-6311]
    • Oliver Impey, 'A lacquered shield', The Ashmolean 2 (summer 1983).

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