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This painting depicts a still-life with a lobster, fruit and blue and white ‘kraak’ dishes, from the Ming dynasty, Wanli period, all laid upon a table partly covered in cloth, a large roemer filled with white wine on a casket, a Façon-de-Venise glass also filled with white wine and a silver tazza with grapes and plums.
Jan Davidsz. de Heem first painted his celebrated luxury still-lifes (pronkstilleven), abundant displays on tables overladen with ornate glass and silverware, fruit and crustacea in Antwerp. The combination of glass, jewel casket and lobster recurs in a number of paintings of this period.
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