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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
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
Model of the island of Deshima
anonymous, 1850 - 1851, maquette, NG-721
On display in room 1.17
Kamerschermen Vroege lente
Unkoku (school of), c. 1630 - c. 1660, AK-MAK-1464-A
On display in Asian pavilion, room 2
The Buddha Amida
anonymous, c. 1125 - c. 1175, sculpture, AK-MAK-294
On display in Asian pavilion, room 2
Shallow bowl with a pearl chasing…
anonymous, c. 1690 - c. 1710, bowl, AK-MAK-1492
On display in room 0.10
Box with Joan van Hoorn’s coat of…
anonymous, c. 1700 - c. 1710, BK-2017-65
On display in room 1.5
Flask
anonymous, c. 1690 - c. 1710, AK-RAK-2017-17
On display in room 1.5
Incense burner with a cover and…
anonymous, c. 1670 - c. 1690, AK-NM-6351-A
On display in room 0.10