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Lot Essay
The initials are most certainly those of Gerrit de Heere, one of the directors of the V.O.C. at Deshima (1694).
In total some thirty initials have been identified on this type of Japanese apothecary bottles. They mainly belonged to high placed officials of the V.O.C. For similar bottles with different initials, see O. Impey, Japanese Export Porcelain, Amsterdam, 2002, p. 104, no. 116 and 117; and C.J.A. Jörg, Fine and Curious, Japanese Export Porcelain in Dutch Collections, Amsterdam, 2003, p. 221. fig. 276.
In total some thirty initials have been identified on this type of Japanese apothecary bottles. They mainly belonged to high placed officials of the V.O.C. For similar bottles with different initials, see O. Impey, Japanese Export Porcelain, Amsterdam, 2002, p. 104, no. 116 and 117; and C.J.A. Jörg, Fine and Curious, Japanese Export Porcelain in Dutch Collections, Amsterdam, 2003, p. 221. fig. 276.