Inscription: Translation of inscription by A. Lippe in Archives, 1961:“On the eighteenth day of the ninth month, which begins with a mou-shen day, in the fifth year of the Cheng-kuang (period) of the Great Wei (dynasty),
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This portrait of the artist’s cousin Hartogh van Moerkerken (1622–1694), his first wife, Sibilla Nijkerken (1625–1665), and their son Philippus (1652–1688) is generally dated 1653–54 on stylistic grounds, and more specifically on the basis of the boy’s apparent age (he was born on January 8, 1652, and seems here to be about two years old)
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Inscription: Signed and inscribed (on arm, lower edge, incised): HM 2/10Marking: Stamped (on reverse, bottom, by buttocks): CIRE/ VALSUAN/ PERDUE [in rectangle]
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god Vishnu, Lord of the Waters, but the brass fittings on this shell indicate a link
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