A RARE SMALL PRONK PORCELAIN FIVE-PIECE GARNITURE

CIRCA 1740

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A RARE SMALL PRONK PORCELAIN FIVE-PIECE GARNITURE
Circa 1740
Comprising three baluster vases and covers and a pair of beaker vases, each decorated after a design by Cornelis Pronk for the VOC showing red-ground panels of cockatoos between blue zigzag borders and iron-red and gilt butterflies
7 5/8in. (19.4cm.) high (5)

Lot Essay

One of the rarer of the group of Pronk-designed or inspired patterns, this is closely related to the parrot-on-the-perch pattern, also found in small garnitures. Cockatoo examples have been sold Sotheby's New York, 24 January 1995, lot 1155 (three pieces) and Sotheby's Monaco, 4 March 1984, where it was noted that a Japanese porcelain version from the collection of Richard de la Mare had been sold at Much Hadham Hall, 30 September 1980, lot 126

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