EIGHT PRONK PORCELAIN DINNER PLATES

CIRCA 1738-1740

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EIGHT PRONK PORCELAIN DINNER PLATES
Circa 1738-1740
Painted in the Chinese Imari palette with La Dame au Parasol showing a lady standing before waterbirds as her attendant shades her with the parasol, the distinctive cell border interrupted by lady and bird cartouches
9in. (23.5cm.) diameter (8)

Lot Essay

One of the four official designs commissioned from the artist Cornelis Pronk by the directors of the Dutch East India Company. Pronk's original drawing survives in the Rijksmuseum. See C.J.A. Jorg, Pornk Porcelain for a full discussion.

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