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

Blue Macaw

Meissener Porzellan Manufaktur, 1731, BK-17496

German scientists discovered the ingredients of Chinese porcelain in the 18th century. Elector August the Strong was such a fan of this hard, translucent white material that he filled his Japanese Palace in Dresden with porcelain objects. In the 1730s, he had a series of large birds and animals…

Baluster jar with a seated woman…

anonymous, c. 1645 - c. 1660, pot, AK-NM-6462

Charger with a qilin

anonymous, c. 1350, AK-RBK-1965-88

Nightlight in the form of a cat

anonymous, anonymous, c. 1760 - c. 1770, figure, AK-NM-6520

On display in room 1.5

Bowl, with a depiction of ‘A…

Meissener Porzellan Manufaktur, c. 1760, bowl, BK-1959-10

Snuffbox with scenes of Saxon…

Meissener Porzellan Manufaktur, c. 1750, BK-17457

On display in room 0.10

Koffiekan met deksel, veelkleurig…

Meissener Porzellan Manufaktur, 1731, BK-17421-A

Monkey with a snuffbox

Meissener Porzellan Manufaktur, c. 1730 - c. 1733, BK-17492

On display in room 1.4

Cockatoo

Meissener Porzellan Manufaktur, 1734, BK-17494

On display in room 1.4