A RARE CHINESE EXPORT PRONK 'TRUMPETER' CREAM JUG AND COVER

CIRCA 1740

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A RARE CHINESE EXPORT PRONK 'TRUMPETER' CREAM JUG AND COVER
CIRCA 1740
Enameled on each side with a musician, one wearing a yellow robe playing a French horn, a series of gilt borders
5½ in. (14 cm.) (2)

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Lot Essay

This rare pattern with its Turkish-looking musicians wearing American Indian headdresses is one of a small group of designs associated with Dutch artist Cornelis Pronk (1691-1754), though no original drawing has been discovered. Two 'Trumpeter' tea services seem to have been made, this one and one with a simpler spearhead border, possibly slightly later.

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