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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
Lavabo
anonymous, c. 1450 - c. 1500, BK-NM-13030
Shipwreck off a Rocky Coast
Adam Willaerts, 1614, painting, SK-A-1955
Cabinet
Pierre Gole (possibly), c. 1645 - c. 1650, furniture, BK-16117
On display in room 2.23
Maria Josepha of Saxony, Dauphine…
Jean-Etienne Liotard, 1749, drawing, SK-A-238
Pendant in the form of a cock
anonymous, c. 1600, pendant (jewelry), BK-NM-7459
On display in room 0.9
Betimmering, deel, met twee…
anonymous, 1600 - 1699, BK-KOG-593
Fukami Jikyu in maanlicht
Tsukioka Yoshitoshi, 1887, print, RP-P-1983-391
Tea service with tray (déjeuner…
Manufacture de Sèvres, 1779, BK-1965-102-A
On display in room 1.9