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Color code: #4279DB Color code: #981313 Color code: #DDA5AA Color code: #FBF6E1 Color code: #B5BFCC Color code: #2F4F4F
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
anonymous, c. 1670 - c. 1690, bowl, BK-1968-250-A
On display in room 0.10