A SET OF 'PRONK PORCELAIN' DINNER AND SOUP PLATES
A SET OF 'PRONK PORCELAIN' DINNER AND SOUP PLATES

CIRCA 1738

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A SET OF 'PRONK PORCELAIN' DINNER AND SOUP PLATES
CIRCA 1738
In the 'La Dame au Parasol' pattern, showing a Chinese lady shaded by her attendant as she feeds three waterfowl who stand by rushes before her, the rim with lady and bird cartouches reserved on a distinctive honeycomb ground, the reverse carefully painted with seven underglaze blue insects, comprising nine dinner plates and ten soup plates
9 3/8 and 9 in. (23.7 and 22.9 cm.) diam. (19)

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