A CHINESE IMARI 'DAME AU PARASOL' SAUCER DISH

CIRCA 1738-40

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A CHINESE IMARI 'DAME AU PARASOL' SAUCER DISH
CIRCA 1738-40
Showing a a Chinese lady reaching out to three waterbirds standing beside reeds, her attendant shading her with an elaborate parasol, a floral border on the well and the rim with lady and bird cartouches on an iron-red and gilt honeycomb ground, blue insects 'pencilled' on the reverse
7½ in. (19 cm.) diam.

Lot Essay

The "Dame au parasol" pattern, one of four commissioned from the Amsterdam artist Cornelis Pronk by the V.O.C., was sent out to Canton in 1736 and painted on tea and dinner services shipped to the Netherlands in 1737 and 38. Pronk's 1734 watercolor design survives in the collection of the Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. See C.J.A. Jorg, Catalogue, Pronk Porcelain, pp. 32-34.

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