Lot Essay
See a very similar dish in the Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, inv. RBK16295B, illustrated by C.J.A. Jörg, Pronk Porcelain, Groningen, 1980, p. 61, no. 6, where the author suggests that this scene could have inspired Cornelis Pronk to create his design for `La Dame au Parasol' (see lots 52 - 55).