Found:


Chest with nine bottles

anonymous, c. 1680 - c. 1700, chest, NG-444

The box was probably made in Batavia (Jakarta). The bottles are from Japan. They would have been used for expensive spice oils to prepare food, perfumes or medicines. Representatives of the Dutch East India Company (VOC) would present these as gifts to Asian potentates.

On display in room 2.9

A Dutch Merchant, Possibly Andreas…

Chitqua (attributed to), c. 1770, figure, BK-1976-49

Van Braam Houckgeest ran the Dutch East India Company (VOC) base in Canton harbour in south China from 1790 to 1795. He may have commissioned this figure of himself on a previous journey in China. Chinese sculptor Chitqua specialised in this kind of clay portrait, mainly for foreigners. Similar…

On display in room 1.5

Cabinet

Pierre Gole (possibly), c. 1645 - c. 1650, furniture, BK-16117

On display in room 2.23

Pendant in the form of a cock

anonymous, c. 1590 - c. 1610, pendant (jewelry), BK-NM-7459

On display in room 0.9

Tea service with tray (déjeuner…

Manufacture de Sèvres, 1779, BK-1965-102-A

On display in room 1.9

Lobed dish with dragon, tiger,…

anonymous, c. 1670 - c. 1690, plate (dishes), AK-NM-6350-B

On display in room 0.10

Schotel, veelkleurig beschilderd…

Meissener Porzellan Manufaktur, c. 1725 - c. 1730, BK-17420-N

On display in room 1.4

Part of a tea service

Manufactuur Oud-Loosdrecht, c. 1774 - c. 1778, BK-1977-20-H-1

On display in room 0.10

Saucer with a putto on clouds

Ansbach, 1785, service (set), BK-16394-Q-2

On display in room 0.10

Kop, veelkleurig beschilderd met…

Weesper porseleinfabriek, 1759 - 1771, BK-NM-12282-A

On display in room 0.10