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Chest
Also titled Kistje
c. 1680 - c. 1700
- Medium
- ivory, silver (metal)
- Classification
- jewel case
- Dimensions
- height 13.8 cm x width 20 cm x depth 11 cm x weight 1023 g
- Museum
- Rijksmuseum
- Rights
- Public Domain Mark, as the museum states it.
- Who can see it
- Little Ones profiles and older: it shows gentle subjects for the very young. How works are placed
About this work
During the 17th and 18th centuries, Ceylon was renowned for its small, splendidly carved objects in wood and ivory. Wherease the large flowers derive in part from indigenous Asian decorative motifs, they were adapted to suit the taste of Dutch patrons. This little chest is comparable to the one depicted in the lap of one of the Cnoll daughters in the family portrait on view above.
