anonymous
Plaque van Kanton-émail
May one see it?
Unknown: the museum keeps its counsel
Rijksmuseum
Amsterdam, Netherlands
The owner is known. Whether it is on view today, the museum does not say, and we were not trained to guess.
- Source
- The museum's own collection data
About the sculpture
Cantonese art for export. It was mainly for tea that the VOC - like other European trading companies - needed a base in Canton. But this South China harbour was also a centre for craft industries where Europeans were able to purchase all kinds of luxury articles. Often these were made by Chinese craftsmen and artists to specific orders from a European client or in imitation of a European example.
Rijksmuseum
Particulars
- Accession number
- NG-1984-14
What it shows
In the catalog
Sources
- Rijksmuseum: the museum's own open data · fetched 7 days ago
- Image: Rijksmuseum — public domain
