CIRCA 1736-38

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A SET OF SIX CHINESE IMARI 'LA DAME AU PARASOL' PLATES
Circa 1736-38
Each depicting a lady approaching three cormorants on a river bank, with her parasol-bearer standing behind her, within iron-red and gilt rectangular cell-pattern reserved with shaped cartouches of ladies, one with short rim hairline
9¼ in. (23.5 cm.) diam. (6)

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Please note there are SIX plates in this lot, not seven.

Lot Essay

This design, by the Dutch draughtsman Cornelis Pronk in 1734, was the first drawing he made for the Dutch East India Company; it was sent via Batavia to both China and Japan and services with this design are known in blue and white and in the famille rose palette, as well as Chinese Imari. See C.J.A. Jörg, Pronk Porcelain, Groningen, 1980, pp.14-28, and pp.61-73, for a full discussion of this design.

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