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Bed-post BAT 3823
These are very unusual objects. !njtially, when lhey were found we had no idea whallhey were. It was only through reading Pelsaert's Journals and Drake-Brockman (1966) that it became clear lhat these were the bed-posts mentioned by Pelsaert in hisRemonstrantie. Thecartouches on lhese items all depict aMoorish, Arabian or Indian person in a Middle Easlern or Indian scene, certainly not a Chinese or Oriental scene. The person is invariably reclining on a bed wilh pillars and dtapes in the background. In one scene, a ewer and basin can be seen in the foreground. The engraved scroll-work is again similar to the other silverware.
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