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…

Bowl, with a depiction of ‘A…

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

Koffiekan met deksel, veelkleurig…

Meissener Porzellan Manufaktur, 1731, BK-17421-A

Kop, deel van een servies,…

N.V. Haagsche Plateelfabriek Rozenburg, 1913, BK-1968-66-A

Terrine, veelkleurig beschilderd…

Meissener Porzellan Manufaktur, c. 1750 - c. 1760, tureen, BK-17474-1

On display in room 0.10

Plate bearing the arms of the…

anonymous, c. 1730 - c. 1735, plate (dishes), AK-NM-13402

Bord, veelkleurig beschilderd met…

Meissener Porzellan Manufaktur, c. 1750 - c. 1760, plate (dishes), BK-17474-157

Oval basin with four masks…

anonymous, c. 1740, AK-RAK-1991-20

Bord, veelkleurig beschilderd met…

Meissener Porzellan Manufaktur, c. 1750 - c. 1760, plate (dishes), BK-17474-118