CIRCA 1738

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A PAIR OF FAMILLE ROSE 'ARBOUR' PLATES
CIRCA 1738
Each enamelled after a design by Cornelis Pronk with two ladies seated under an arbour acompanied by four boys, one watching ducks in a stream in the foreground, the green trellis-pattern border reserved with fruit, insect, and floral cartouches
9 in. (23 cm.) diam. (2)

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Lot Essay

The Dutch draughtsman, Cornelis Pronk (1691-1754), was commissioned by directors of the Dutch East India Company in 1734 to produce designs to be transferred on to Chinese porcelain which they hoped would be more successful than Chinese designs. However, due to the expense of transferring his designs onto porcelain, the volume of Pronk's work is relatively small, and his designs ceased in 1738. This is Pronk's fourth and last certain design for the Dutch East India Company, and was drawn in 1737.

A saucer dish with this design was included in the Dr. Anton C. R. Dreesmann Collection, sold in these Rooms, 10 April 2002, lot 418.

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