# Still-Life with Chinese Teabowls

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## Artwork

- Artist: [ROESTRAETEN, Pieter Gerritsz. van](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/roestraeten-pieter-gerritsz-van-ra385efc687ba25>)
- Date: 1651-1700
- Technique: Oil on canvas, 35 x 48 cm

## Commentary

It is noteworthy that every element of this still-life is mirrored by the gleaming surface of the table. Tea, with tobacco, was among the major Dutch imports, the Netherlands by then being the most far-flung of colonial trading empires.

## Related artworks

- [Vanitas](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/roestraeten-pieter-gerritsz-van-ra385efc687ba25/vanitas-r16938b7a0ac5c3>)
- [Vanitas Still-Life](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/roestraeten-pieter-gerritsz-van-ra385efc687ba25/vanitas-still-life-r4f9acbb47b6338>)

## Attribution

[Web Gallery of Art](<https://beta.wga.hu/pages/about>)