With 170 treasures from China, Japan, India and Batavia, the Rijksmuseum is organising an exhibition starting on 17 October to tell the story of the excitement created by the Asian treasures that were shipped to Holland in the Golden Age. Lacquer work, ivory, silver, silk, ebony, jewellery and enormous quantities of porcelain poured into Amsterdam, the then bustling ‘capital of the world’, to enrich the interiors of the increasingly prosperous Dutch bourgeoisie.
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Kendi, anonymous, 1580 – 1620
Still Life with a Turkey Pie (1627) Pieter Claesz
Bed cover, early 18th century. Peabody Essex Museum, Salem, USA
Vest, 18th century. Peabody Essex Museum, Salem, USA
Chest, painted with leaf tendrils, flowers, birds and a coat of arms with the monogram VM attributed to Willem Kick (1618)
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Suzanne Valadon’s shifting gaze