QIANLONG PERIOD, CIRCA 1738

Details

A FAMILLE ROSE 'PRONK DOCTORS' BOTTLE VASE
QIANLONG PERIOD, CIRCA 1738
The classic scene enameled on a pear-shaped bottle vase
9 1/8 in. (23.1 cm.) high

Provenance

With The Chinese Porcelain Company, New York.

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Lot Essay

The second Pronk pattern is known as ‘The Doctors’, or 'The Doctors Visit to the Emperor'. A number of dinner services and tea sets were sent to the Netherlands in 1741 in this pattern, but it is the rarest to find today.

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