
anonymous
Mag men het zien?
Amsterdam, Nederland
De eigenaar is bekend; of het werk nu te zien is, is onbekend.
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 Amsterdam