Dish

anonymous, c. 1692 - c. 1699

The gold decoration on this dish shows the crowned symmetrical monogram of Johan van Hoorn and Susanna Agneta van Outhoorn who married in Batavia in 1691. The monogram is upside-down. Dutch employees of the Dutch East India Company (VOC) could order Japanese lacquerware from the Dutch trading post on the Deshima peninsula in Japan.

  • Artwork typeplate (dishes)
  • Object numberBK-1990-9
  • Dimensionsheight 4.5 cm x diameter 47 cm, diameter 31 cm
  • Physical characteristicshout, lak

Identification

  • Title(s)

    Dish

  • Object type

  • Object number

    BK-1990-9

  • Description

    Bord van hout met zwart en goud lakwerk met het gekroonde spiegelmonogram van Johan van Hoorn, Gouverneur Generaal van Oost-Indië van 1704 tot 1709 (1653-1711), en diens vrouw Susanna Agneta van Outhoorn, temidden van lauwertakken en bladranken. De achterzijde voorzien van een nashiji-fond. Het monogram staat per ongeluk op z'n kop.

Creation

  • Creation

    maker: anonymous, Japan

  • Dating

    c. 1692 - c. 1699

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Material and technique

  • Physical description

    hout, lak

  • Dimensions

    • height 4.5 cm x diameter 47 cm
    • diameter 31 cm

Explanatory note

  • Willem van Outhoorn was gouverneur-generaal van 1690-1704.

This work is about

  • Person

  • Subject

  • Period

    1690 - 1704

Acquisition and rights

  • Credit line

    Purchased with a contribution from the Bruggeman Bequest

  • Acquisition

    purchase 1990

  • Copyright

    Public domain

Documentation

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