Miscellaneous

Porcelain, glaze, overglaze painting with enamel

paints, gilding

China. 1700–1710s

Height (with the lid) 21.5 cm

Photo: L. Heifitz

Silk: China, 17th century

Tailoring: Workshop Chamber of the Moscow Kremlin, 1690s

Blue patterned silk (damask) with a pattern of a grape vine with jerboas on it

Back length: 186 cm

Photo: A. Lavrentyev

China. Late 16th–early 17th century

Gold, sapphires, rubies; hammering, filigree, polishing

Photo: S. Solovyov

based on the map of Nicolas Witsen 1690, depicting a scene of the reception of the Ysbrants Ides’s Russian mission 1692–1695 by the Chinese mperor Kangxi

Paris. 1704–1720

Paper; etching, watercolour

Photo: S. Suyetova

Mechanical toy

China

Imperial workshops

1710– 1720

Silver, tin, ivory, lacquer, enamel, silk, corals; gilding, hammering, engraving, carving, painting

Photo: V. Terebenin