A RARE 'PRONK PORCELAIN' BOTTLE VASE

CIRCA 1738

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A RARE 'PRONK PORCELAIN' BOTTLE VASE
CIRCA 1738
Finely enamelled in a delicate famille rose palette with the design of Cornelis Pronk known as "the Doctors", the standing figure watching a tall stork who flaps his wings beneath flowering boughs
9¼ in. 23.2 cm.) high

Provenance

The Property of a Gentleman, sold Christie's London, 15 May 1995, lot 196
An American private collector

Lot Essay

The "Doctors' Visit to the Emperor" was the second Pronk commission for the V.O.C., but due to the expense of its production only limited pieces were ordered, in the 1738 and 1739 seasons. Other "Doctors" bottles known have been in the Jarras collection, sold Christie's London 13 June 1990, lot 91; in the C.T. Loo collection, illustrated by M. Beurdeley, op. cit., p. 178; and in a private Amsterdam collection, illustrated by Lunsingh-Scheurleer, op. cit., fig. 201.

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