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    Sale 2561

    CHINESE AND JAPANESE CERAMICS AND WORKS OF ART

    Amsterdam

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    20 November 2002

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    • A rare pair of famille rose 'P
    Lot 143

    A rare pair of famille rose 'Pronk type' beaker vases

    CIRCA 1740

    Price realised

    EUR 8,365

    Estimate

    EUR 3,000 - EUR 4,000

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    A rare pair of famille rose 'Pronk type' beaker vases
    Circa 1740
    Enamelled on each side with a parrot clasping a twin cherry in his right claw, the other leg chained to the swing crossbar suspended from a foliate medallion, reserved on a pale turquoise-green ground, the slightly everted rim and foot encircled by a blue ground and iron-red bands
    23.4 cm. high (2)

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    Lot Essay

    This design is often associated with the Dutch draughtsman, Cornelis Pronk, whose drawings were transferred onto Chinese export porcelain from about 1743-46. Although there is no actual evidence that this was based on one of his drawings, there are certainly similarities in the combination of colours, features within the design and shape of pieces on which this is found. A bowl with this design from the Martin Hurst Collection is illustrated by G. Williamson. The Book of Famille Rose, 1970, pl. XLII. A garniture of five vases with this design is the Peabody Essex Museum, Salem; and another garniture, from the Collection of Edgar and Hedwig Worch, was sold in our New York Rooms, 2 June 1994, lot 408; and at Christie's Amsterdam, 18 November 1997, lot 114.

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    ' ! ' :This Lot is imported from outside the EU. The Buyer's Premium is calculated as 30.505% of the hammer price up to a value of €110,000 plus 19.2% of any amount in excess of €110,000


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