# Chest with nine porcelain bottles

- By: anonymous
- Date: 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](https://www.rijksmuseum.nl/en/collection/object/NG-444--c7fa45993a84274e3d88c0356506c6e0)
- Rights: [Public Domain Mark](http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/)
- Picture: https://iiif.micr.io/iQNAf/full/!1920,1080/0/default.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 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.