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A VERY RARE PAIR OF PRONK-STYLE FAMILLE ROSE This extremely rare pair of vases seem to fit within the small group of
YELLOW-GROUND VASES distinctively shaped porcelain vessels attributed to the Amsterdam
Qianlong period, circa 1740 studio designs of Cornelis Pronk. Although belonging in their very
The square pear-shaped vases each enameled in two tiers with a large European angular metalware shape to the same small group of
single branch of a carefully delineated single leafy flowering sedge or garniture vases, the blue floral elements are not found in the prints of
rush above a blue-flowering primrose plant on each vertical face, the Maria Sybille Merian. The potential print sources of these apparently
domed stepped foot with a distinctive pink cell-diaper band. precise botanical drawings have not yet been found, though the
12in (30cm) high (2). ‘Auricula’ is similar to one drawn by Crispin de Passe for the ‘Hortus
Floridus’.
$5,000 - 7,000
The pink border to the foot is unusual and similar to other Pronk
乾隆時期 約1740年 珍稀普龍克風格黃地粉彩花卉紋四方瓶一對 porcelains. One beaker vase from an auction of 1999 and these two
faces are the only examples of this type and color known.
Published:
Cohen & Cohen, Take Two!, Antwerp, 2017, pp. 116-117, no. 51 References: see Christie’s New York, January 21, 1999, lot 61, for a
single beaker vase of this very rare type.
出版：
倫敦Cohen & Cohen古董行，《Take Two!》，安特衛普，2017年，頁
116-117，圖版編號51

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