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Dish with a Depiction of Dutch Merchants
From the collection of Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Free to download, adapt and use — no permission needed.
About this work
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’s own descriptionCredit lineSchaaltje met afbeelding van Hollandse kooplieden. 1750 - 1799. anonymous. Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Public domain.
