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A FAMILLE ROSE ‘PRONK DOCTORS’  A FAMILLE ROSE ‘PRONK ARBOR’
PLATE                           PLATE                             A RARE SET OF FIVE ‘SOUTH SEA
CIRCA 1738                      CIRCA 1738                        BUBBLE’ PLATES
                                                                  CIRCA 1725
10 in. (25.5 cm.) diameter      The reverse with an iron-red and
                                purple frieze                     A satirical comment on the 1720
$4,000-6,000                    9 in. (22.8 cm.) diameter
                                                                  fnancial speculation disaster using
                                $3,000-5,000
                                                                  the Commedia del’Arte

                                                                  8¡ in. (20.3 cm.) diameter           (5)

                                                                  $10,000-15,000

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