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Chest with nine porcelain 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
Two temple guardians
anonymous, c. 1300 - c. 1400, sculpture, AK-RAK-2007-1-B
These guards stand at the entrance to a temple to ward off evil. They are holding a vajra, with which to crush ignorance. Their open and shut mouths represent the first and last letters of the Japanese script: A and N: this symbolises the totality of sounds and letters, of knowledge. Worshippers who…
On display in Asian pavilion, room 2
Two temple guardians
anonymous, c. 1300 - c. 1400, sculpture, AK-RAK-2007-1-A
On display in Asian pavilion, room 2
Clear Weather with a Southerly Wind
Katsushika Hokusai, 1829 - 1833, print, RP-P-1952-183
Slag op Doggersbank
Sasaya, 1792, lacquer panel, NG-NM-6311
Jizo Bodhisattva
anonymous, c. 1300 - c. 1350, hanging scroll, AK-MAK-162
The Buddha Amida
anonymous, c. 1125 - c. 1175, sculpture, AK-MAK-294
On display in Asian pavilion, room 2
Folding Screen with the Arrival of…
anonymous, c. 1600 - c. 1625, AK-RAK-1968-1-A
Hand guard
Umetada, 1600 - 1900, AK-MAK-1117
Kamerschermen Vroege lente
Unkoku (school of), c. 1630 - c. 1660, AK-MAK-1464-A