Treasure Ships. Art in the Age of Spices. (includes artefacts retrieved from the VOC ship Batavia, which sank off the Western Australian coast in the seventeenth century)
Adelaide: Art Gallery of South Australia and Art Gallery of Western Australia, 2015. 1st ed., folio, pp 352, original pictorial boards, profusely illustrated with colour plates and illustrations. Very good condition.
Lavishly illustrated exhibition catalogue of 250 items from the 1500s to the early 1800s featuring the spectacular and exotic art produced for global markets during the period known as the 'Age of Spices'. Demand for spices spurred on the great voyages of exploration and the establishment of vast empires across Asia. Treasure Ships presents the stories of the spice markets, slave trade and shipwrecks, as well as illustrating the astonishing beauty of Chinese porcelain, known as ‘white gold’ and celebrating vibrant Indian textiles created for export around the world. Included in this book are paintings, sculptures, textiles, ceramics, furniture, decorative arts, maps, early manuscripts and shipwreck artefacts retrieved from the VOC ships, Batavia and the Gilt Dragon, which sank off the Western Australian coast in the seventeenth century. Also includes the oldest depiction of Australian land in print, Francisco Pelsaert's account of the fated Dutch journey of the VOC (Dutch East India) Ship Batavia to the East Indies. Please note: this is a HEAVY BOOK so please contact us direct for postage rates. Item #106195
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