Chinese honorary tapestry

Object of the month

In the China display case at the Mission Museum hangs a so-called honour tapestry. According to the letter from missionary Volpert, which is affixed to the display case, he acquired this tapestry in 1901 in the town of Yanggu. The location and year of acquisition led us to suspect that this might be a case of looted art. Yanggu is situated in the south of Shandong province, where the SVD, the Steyl Missionary Society, had been active since 1879. Between 1899 and 1901, the Boxer Rebellion raged a... Read more