A PAIR OF PRONK 'LA DAME AU PARASOL' PLATES

CIRCA 1738-40

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A PAIR OF PRONK 'LA DAME AU PARASOL' PLATES
CIRCA 1738-40
With the pattern in Chinese Imari colors, showing a lady standing before water birds as her attendant shades her with the parasol, the honeycomb border interrupted by lady and bird cartouches
9¼ in. (23.4 cm.) diameter (2)

Lot Essay

See R.W. Fuchs, op. cit., p. 62 for an illustration of Cornelis Pronk's original design for this pattern, now in the collection of the Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Also see The Hodroff Collection, Christie's, New York, 24 January 2007, lot 43 for a similar pair.

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