# Porcelain and pepper from the VOC trading ship the Witte Leeuw

- By: niet van toepassing
- Date: before 1613
- Medium: pepper
- Classification: pepper
- Dimensions: diameter 13 cm
- Museum: [Rijksmuseum](https://www.rijksmuseum.nl/en/collection/object/NG-1977-63-W--c3a112f4bff4b3456fe88cc578ebb27a)
- Rights: [Public Domain Mark](http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/)
- Picture: https://invisiblenetwork.ai/thumbs/web/9bc41347db22acbabe195a1ac5614cb3.jpg
- Who can see it: Little Ones profiles and older (museums give no ratings; placed by Invisible Network from the museum's own words)

The Dutch East India Company (VOC) brought costly Asian goods to the Netherlands. Sometimes a ship would sink underway, as did the Witte Leeuw in 1613. In addition to porcelain – intact pieces as well as shards – the remains of a load of pepper were recovered in 1976. Some pieces of porcelain have fused together with pieces of wreckage and the seabed. The delicate white wine cup became attached to a piece of iron among the shells.