Abstract
This paper investigated the characteristics of teawares represented in the 17th century Dutch Vanitas’ still-life, which was the outcomes of sae trade in the Dutch golden age. Asian new products such as spices, china wares, apparels, tea had changed Dutch lifestyles, who imported Asian style and transformed according to their taste. By analyzing the still-life and teawares, Dutch regents loved to purchase blue and white ware from China, especially Kraak-style porcelain were much favored with Yixing wares, tea set, and water waste wares. Dutch people imported Chinese teapots and modified for adding tops to pump-barrel, gold and silver-gilt mounts, and ornaments to the tops of teapots. They imitated Chinese tea culture in one hand, at the same time they modified spoons, sugar tong, and klapmuts bowls, on the other hand. All in all, the Netherlands in the 17th century not only imported tea and teawares from Asia, but also acted as cultural transmitters or implanters to Europe.
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