A CHINESE IMARI 'LA DAME AU PARASOL' DISH

CIRCA 1737

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A CHINESE IMARI 'LA DAME AU PARASOL' DISH
circa 1737
Painted, enamelled and gilt after a design by Cornelis Pronk, a lady accompanied by another holding a large canopy greeting three exotic birds approaching beneath a clump of bulrushes, the border reserved on an iron-red ground with eight alternate panels of single birds and ladies
10in. (25.5cm.) diam.

Lot Essay

See footnote for lot 285.
For similar examples, cf. D. Howard and J. Ayers, op.cit., vol.1, p.299, no.292; D. F. Lunsingh Scheurleer, op.cit., fig.193; C. Le Corbeiller, op.cit., p.54, no.24; and J. M. Beurdeley, op.cit., p.56, where the Chinese blue and white prototype, Pronk's interpretation, a Chinese Imari version and a later famille rose example are all illustrated. See also the Pronk Porcelain Exhibition in the Groninger Museum and the Gemeente Museum, The Hague, Catalogue pp. 14 - 26 for a detailed account of the production of this design, including Pronk's drawings, Japanese versions, and the quantity of pieces produced, and nos. 6 - 37 for illustrations of a variety of pieces with this design.

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