Lot 35
35
A CHINESE IMARI 'DAME AU PARASOL' PLATE
PROPERTY OF A GENTLEMAN
A CHINESE IMARI `DAME AU PARASOL' PLATE

QIANLONG PERIOD, CIRCA 1736-1738

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A CHINESE IMARI 'DAME AU PARASOL' PLATE
QIANLONG PERIOD, CIRCA 1736-1738
Decorated after a design by Cornelis Pronk, depicting a lady approaching three cormorants on a riverbank, with her parasol-bearer behind her
10 ¼ in. (26 cm.) diameter

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Lot Essay

The drawing for this design was the first Pronk made for the Dutch East India Company and was sent in 1734 to both China and Japan to be copied onto porcelain. See C.J.A. Jörg, Pronk Porcelain, Groningen, 1980, pp. 14-28, and pp. 61-73, for a full discussion on this design. The original drawing is now in the Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam.

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