A set of three Chinese Imari 'Dame au Parasol' plates and a dish

CIRCA 1735

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A set of three Chinese Imari 'Dame au Parasol' plates and a dish
Circa 1735
Each decorated in underglaze blue, iron-red and gilt with 'La Dame au Parasol' after a design by Cornelis Pronk, the central scene with a lady holding a parasol above another woman before water-fowl standing by a grassy bank, within a narrow band of flower-sprays at the well, the border with figural and bird cartouches on a honey-comb pattern ground, the reverse with insects in underglaze blue
23.4 and 24.9 cm. diam. (4)

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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. Two watercolours by Pronk- 'La Dame au Parasol' and 'The Doctors' Visit'- are in the Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. The design known as 'La Dame au Parasol' was the first to be commissioned in 1734.

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