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A RARE FAMILLE ROSE PRONK ‘POTENTATE’ BASIN
CIRCA 1738
Richly enameled with garlands of spring fowers suspended from scrollwork on purple, rose,
black and turquoise trellis grounds, a row of scallop shells around the shoulder and in the
interior a foral garland above four Asian fgures

25Ω in. (64.7 cm) wide

$20,000-30,000

PROVENANCE:

The Doris Duke Collection; Christie’s, New York, 3 June 2004, lot 478.

This pattern, known as ‘The Potentate’, is one of the rarest amongst the group attributed
to the Dutch artist Cornelis Pronk (1691-1759). Though not one of his four offcial
commissions for the V.O.C., ‘The Potentate’ relates closely both in detail and overall
concept to ‘La Dame au Parasol’ and ‘The Doctors’.

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