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A LARGE 'PRONK PORCELAIN' FAMILLE ROSE BASIN on a number of well-documented Pronk pieces. Most likely this design was a
QIANLONG PERIOD, CIRCA 1740 private commission undertaken by Pronk for a V.O.C. director or investor.
Enameled on each side with two swans on a riverbank, a colorful bird fying in
the center, the interior with a border of swimming ducks surrounding a group The birds and marshy grasses seen on this basin are highly reminiscent of
of fsh those found as details in the Dame au Parasol, Handwashing and Doctor's
18Ω in. (47 cm.) long Visit patterns. It has been suggested that this subject may represent an
Aesop's or La Fontaine fable, subjects that were also popular at Meissen, as
$12,000–18,000
were the Parrot on a Perch and the Pekinese and the Parrot often associated
While not one of the four commissioned designs by Cornelis Pronk for the by taste with the Pronk group.
Dutch East India Co. this magnifcent basin clearly belongs with his oeuvre
A nearly identical basin, but in Chinese Imari colors, was in the collection of
by virtue of both pattern and form. Its shape is identical to that of a number
Benjamin F. Edwards III and sold Christie's New York, 20 January 2004, lot
of large Pronk basins known and its distinctive borders relate closely to those
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