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Fig. 3.4.2.2.10  Chart from the nautical
                           atlas entitled Spieghel der Zeevaerdt, first
                            published by Lucas Janszoon Waghenaer
                                         (1533/34–1606), 1584
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                          pots are published in Sheaf and Kilburn, 1988, p.   motif was most probably taken from a printed source provided by VOC servants.
                          58, pl. 76 (top row), and p. 71, pl. 110 (bottom row);   As noted elsewhere, the landscape arrangement in three horizontal planes may have
                          respectively. Also see Appendix A, p. 168. A baluster
                          ribbed example from the Hatcher junk is now in the   derived from contemporary Chinese landscape paintings, as suggested by a handscroll
                          Groninger Museum, inv. no. 1984–250. Published in
                          Viallé, 1992, p. 31.               entitled ‘River and Mountains on a Clear Autumn day’ by the late Ming artist Dong
                        983   VOC 316. Cited in Viallé, 1992, pp. 11 and 19.   Qichang (1555–1636) in the Cleveland Museum of Art. 1001  Bowls of the type discussed
                        984   Examples  are published in  Ostkamp, 2011, p.  29,
                          figs. 48–50.                       here, as well as large dishes decorated with stylized flowers in the so-called Transitional
                        985   Published in Christiaan Jörg et al.,  Umi o watatta
                          tojiki ten, Ceramic Crossed Overseas: Jingdezhen,   style, were manufactured at both the Shibaqiao and Lianhualing kilns in Jingdezhen
                          Imari and Delft from the Collection of the Groninger   (Appendix 2). 1002  Two shards excavated from Fort Zeelandia, founded in 1624 at
                          Museum, Sogo Museum of Art, Nagasaki Prefectural
                          Art Museum, Tokyo Daimaru Museum of Art, Nara   Tayouan, provide material evidence of the VOC’s trade of such porcelain bowls and
                          Sogo Museum of Art, Kobe Daimaru Museum of
                          Art, Mainichi Newspapers, Japan, 1999–2000, cat.   dishes via this distribution factory for both East Asia and Europe (Fig. 3.4.2.2.7). 1003
                          No. 12. A pair of candlesticks of this shape with the   In  this  same  letter  of  July  1634,  Batavia  complains  that  ‘The  bell-cups  with
 Fig. 3.4.2.2.8  Zhangzhou blue-and-white   Fig. 3.4.2.2.11  Zhangzhou saucer dish with   candleholder missing and mounted in silver was
 saucer dish   Fig. 3.4.2.2.9  Dutch nautical map of Nova   overglaze enamel decoration  in the Julian Thompson study collection sold at   ears will please, but the ears are proportionately too small, should be made somewhat
                          auction in Sotheby’s London, 14 May 2014, lot 185.
 Zhangzhou kilns, Fujian province  Zembla, 1594  Zhangzhou kilns, Fujian province  986   For a silver candlestick, one of a pair, of related   larger and more in proportion. The new sort of pierings or tableplates should be finer
 Ming dynasty, Wanli/Chongzhen reign   Anonymous, published by Levinus Hulsius,   Ming dynasty, Wanli/Chongzhen reign   shape bearing a mark Amsterdam L (1642) in a
 (1573–1644)  Christoff Lochner, 1598  (1573–1644)  private collection (17.5cm high), see Frederiks, 1958,   and painted more nicely, they look too much like the earthenware that is made in
 Diameter: 47cm  Dimensions: 10.5cm x 14.5cm  Diameter: 36.9cm  p. 64, no. 208.  Holland’. 1004  In all probability the ‘bell-cups with ears’ were like those recovered from
 Groninger Museum, Groningen  Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam  British Museum, London    987   A few English pewter candlesticks of related high-  the Wanli shipwreck (c.1625), and those on board the Nuestra Señora de la Limpia
 (inv. no. 1983-0189)  (museum no. NG-1979-564-2)  (museum no. PDF A.771)  bell shape dating to  c.1600–1620 are known. An




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