Lot Essay
Howard and Ayers refer to this design as "The Pekinese and the parrots" and speculate that it may be the work of Cornelis Pronk and his studio, (China for the West, vol. I, London, 1978, p. 296).
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PROPERTY FROM A PRIVATE COLLECTION
A PAIR OF "LEAPING PEKINESE" PLATES
CIRCA 1740
Details
A PAIR OF "LEAPING PEKINESE" PLATES
CIRCA 1740
Enameled in blue with details picked out in greyish black, the leaping Pekingese surrounded by panels showing a parrot, a cockatoo, a pair of doves and a flying crane, reserved on a distinctive trellis ground
9 in. (22.9 cm.) in. (2)
CIRCA 1740
Enameled in blue with details picked out in greyish black, the leaping Pekingese surrounded by panels showing a parrot, a cockatoo, a pair of doves and a flying crane, reserved on a distinctive trellis ground
9 in. (22.9 cm.) in. (2)
Provenance
Anonymous sale; Christie's, Amsterdam, 23 May 2006, lot 267.
Brought to you by
Andrew Holter
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