MID 19TH CENTURY

細節

A Japanese scroll painting
MID 19TH CENTURY
Two Dutchmen in naval uniforms standing beside a Dutch flag, in ink and colour on paper, with a three-line inscription and red seals, mounted on brocade and battik, minor stains and old creases
70 cm. x 38 cm.

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拍品專文

The Dutchmen represent members of the envoyship of Captain Koops, who arrived in Nagasaki with the frigate 'Palembang' in 1844, in order to hand over a letter from King Willem II to the Shogun. In this letter, the King requests the opening up of Japanese harbours for international trade.