Chest with nine porcelain bottles Chest with nine porcelain bottles bottles Chest with nine porcelain bottles Chest with nine bottles; Box of Asian wood. Four upper corners with ajour decorated silver fittings; same as the key plate and 2 hinge plates (lotus flower motif). 2 silver handles on the sides; machined. Divided into 9 square boxes in which 9 bottles of Japanese porcelain (Kakiemon). Compartments and inside lid covered with velvet; trimmed with white twisted cord. Two pieces of ribbon ensure that the lid is not forced. The bottles are decorated on the sides with plants and on shoulders with a slender motif. Inscription; bottom of bottle: VOC.; flowers; lotus; ornament; Deshima; Dutch East India Company; anonymous; Batavia; c. 1680 - c. 1700; silver (metal); velvet (fabric weave); porcelain (material); h 36.0 cm x d 33 cm w 27 cm x l 25.5 cm x h 16.5 cm l 7 cm x w 7 cm x h 15 cm