RARE CAFETIERE COUVERTE EN PORCELAINE BLEU BLANC

CHINE, CIRCA 1740

Details

RARE CAFETIERE COUVERTE EN PORCELAINE BLEU BLANC
CHINE, CIRCA 1740
De forme légèrement évasée, ornée d'un registre principal à décor de papillons et insectes, entouré de frises de rinceaux feuillagés et roses et de bandes à motifs d'écailles, ces derniers repris sur le couvercle, rehauts d'or ; la prise du couvercle recollée
Hauteur: 32 cm. (13 5/8 in.)

Provenance

From a French private collection

Further details

A RARE BLUE AND WHITE 'PRONK' COFFEE-POT AND COVER
CHINA, CIRCA 1740

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Lot Essay

As Howard notes in The Choice of the Private Trader, the present design is "clearly the work of the studio of Cornelis Pronk". The decoration on the handle relates closely to that on Pronk's 'Trumpeter' service.
See another Famille rose identical example sold in our New York Rooms, 21 January 2009, lot 206.

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