A 'PRONK PORCELAIN' PLATE

CIRCA 1738

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A 'PRONK PORCELAIN' PLATE
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 painted with seven underglaze blue insects
9¼ in. (23.5 cm.) diameter

Lot Essay

The 'La Dame au Parasol' pattern, one of four designs commissioned by the V.O.C. from the Dutch artist Cornelis Pronk, was sent out to Canton in 1736 and painted on tea and dinner services shipped to the Netherlands in 1737 and 38. Pronk's watercolor survives in the collection of the Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. See C.J.A. Jorg, Catalogue, Pronk Porcelain, pp. 32-34.

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