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A RARE BLACK-GROUND 'TRUMPETER' PLATE
QIANLONG PERIOD, CIRCA 1745
With two Turkish musicians, possibly inspired by or after Cornelis
Pronk, gilt spearhead at the rim, all on a lustrous black ground
9 in. (22.8 cm.) diameter
$10,000–15,000
Howard and Ayers, (China For the West, vol.1, p.305) suggest that
this was undoubtedly a specially commissioned design, since
the shapes of pieces are those of European tea-services in about
1740 and as it illustrates music played 'eastward of the Levant',
and discuss the possibility that the pattern may have been
designed by Cornelis Pronk for a private order through the VOC.

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A FAMILLE ROSE 'PRONK DAME AU PARASOL' PLATE
QIANLONG PERIOD, CIRCA 1740
Finely enameled in a rich famille rose palette with the classic
scene designed by Dutch artist Cornelis Pronk for the VOC, the
underside with border of iron-red insects
10 in. (25.4 cm.) diameter
$4,000–6,000
In 1734 the Dutch East India Co. ('VOC') commissioned well-
known artist Cornelis Pronk (1691-1759) to design patterns to
be made in Chinese porcelain. Four oficial designs were made,
535 the porcelain produced for several seasons before 1740, most
patterns made in several color palettes as well as diferent forms,
from small vases to garnitures, large basins and dinner services.
Each design refected a romantic European vision of Chinese life.

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