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AN IMARI PRONK PLATE, circa 1735

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AN IMARI PRONK PLATE, circa 1735
Painted with 'la dame au parasol' after a design by the Dutch draughtsman Cornelis Pronk, the central scene with a lady holding a parasol above another lady before water-fowl standing by a grassy bank within a narrow band of flower-sprays at the well and figural and bird cartouches on an iron-red and gilt cell-ground at the border, the reverse with underglaze-blue insects
25.5cm. diam.

拍品专文

Cornelis Pronk painter, designer and draughtsman was appointed in August, 1734 at the age of forty-three, by the Dutch East India Company to 'make all designs and models to our satisfaction, of all such porcelain as will be ordered from time to time in the Indies,...'. The volume of his known work is small. In fact, it is possible to find only two drawings which are attributed with good reason to Pronk or his studio. Both are in the Rijksmuseum in Amsterdam-namely designs known as 'La Dame au Parasol' and 'The Doctor's Visit to the Emperor'. cf. Howard and Ayers, op cit. p.293 for further details.

cf. C.J.A. Jorg 'Pronk Porcelain', p. 73 for a similar example illustrated in colour.