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Eventually these proved too expensive, and the venture was One bottle vase is also known with this design on a celadon ground,
abandoned in about 1740, though some of the designs were revived in which is known on a pair of Archer vases (another Pronk design) but
the later 18th century, including the Parasol design for which an original otherwise very rare. All of which indicates that these designs are all
drawing survives - and a ‘flowers and moth’ design recombining contemporary and interconnected in their creation and with the Pronk
details from prints by Marie Sybilla Merian - which had also been used workshop production.
for various other details in the Pronk designs. What remains today is a
rare and fascinating range of porcelains, with distinctive coloring and of For other examples see F. Gordon Morrill Collection, Doyle, NY,
a very high quality. September 16, 2003, lot 25, where another five-piece garniture was
sold; also Christie’s Amsterdam, 18 November 18, 1997, lot 114; and
These bottle shapes are uncommon, though similar garnitures are Christie’s New York, 02 June 2 1994, lot 408
found with the ‘Doctor’s Visit’, an established Pronk design, both in
blue and white and famille rose. The coloring of the parrots closely References: Williamson, 1970, plate XLII, a famille rose teabowl and
follows that of the Meissen/Schenk design, also found on a Chinese saucer with this design; Howard, 1994, p. 240, no. 284, a blue and
famille rose example with white face, blue head, yellow forewings and white five-piece garniture with the Pronk design, the ‘Doctors’s Visit’
pink body. The Schenk drawing has not been found but it is possible which has the same unusual shapes as here; and Jörg, 1980, p. 79,
that he produced the designs for both of these parrots as they share a famille rose ‘Doctors’s Visit’ bottle like these, which is also on the
the same elements: cherries, a chain and a small tray attached to the cover.
perch seen in another pair of plates in this sale (lot 52).

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