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AN UNDERGLAZE BLUE AND A RARE PAIR OF ROSE-IMARI DISHES Howard, The Choice of the Private Trader,
ENAMELLED ‘PRONK PORCELAIN’ TYPE Yongzheng London, 1994, p.57, pl. 30. This design
PART-GARNITURE Each enamelled with a central scene with seems to be related to Cornelis Pronk’s iconic
Mid-18th century a lady in a garden attended by an umbrella ‘Dame au Parasol’. Interestingly, the fact that
Comprising two square section bottle vases holding servant, the rims with cartouches Pronk’s design was created over ten years
with scooped necks and tapering bodies, and enclosing bats and insects, reserved on an later suggests that the group to which this lot
two similarly formed candle sticks with wide- unusual under-glaze blue diaper ground. belongs may well have been its progenitor.
flaring mouths, all enamelled and painted with Each: 21.5cm (8 1/2in) diam. (2).
floral sprays. The candlesticks: 18.2cm (7
1/8in) high (4). £1,500 - 2,500
CNY13,000 - 22,000 HK$15,000 - 25,000
£2,000 - 3,000
CNY17,000 - 26,000 HK$20,000 - 30,000

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