$4,095
Estimate: $2,000 - $3,000
Auction: February 24, 2022 10:00:00 AM EDT
After designs by Cornelius Pronk (Dutch, 1691–1759); comprising two plates in the 'Dames au Parasol' pattern, and a famille rose saucer in the 'Arbor' pattern. (3).
Dia: 10 1/4 (largest); Dia: 6 in. (saucer)Provenance
Saucer: Polly Latham (per label to underside, as circa 1738-40).
One plate: Leland Little Auction, Hillsborough, North Carolina (per label to underside).
Property from a private American collection.
Thence by descent.
Note
The Dutch East Indian company commissioned the Dutch artist Cornelius Pronk in 1734 to create designs for reproduction in China for the export market. The 'Dames au Parsol' pattern was his most popular design. For example of 'Dames au Parsol' pattern, see Thomas V. Litzenburg Jr., Chinese Export Porcelain in the Reeves Center Collection at Washington and Lee University (2003) p. 175, no. 170; for example of 'Arbor' pattern, see ibid, p. 177, no. 172.