Chest with nine porcelain bottles
Also titled Kist met negen flessen
c. 1680 - c. 1700
- Medium
- Coromandel ebony, silver (metal), velvet (fabric weave), porcelain
- Classification
- fles
- Dimensions
- height 36 cm x depth 33 cm
- 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
The Dutch East India Company maintained good relations with Asian rulers. To promote their commercial interests, they greased palms with presents: globes, paintings, animals, and chests with bottles, like this one. The expensive aromatic oils in the bottles were the actual gift. The bottles were ordered in Japan and the chest was custommade by joiners in Batavia.
