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A PAIR OF GILT-DECORATED FAMILLE ROSE PRONK
‘DOCTORS VISIT’ DISHES
Qianlong, circa 1740
Each enamelled after the Cornelius Pronk design with three doctors
conversing in a terraced garden under a tree, surrounded with a
border decorated with wildfowl and cartouches enclosing fish. Each:
19.5cm (7 5/8in) diam.
£3,000 - 4,000
HK$31,000 - 41,000
CNY27,000 - 36,000
622
A PAIR OF ENAMELLED PRONK ‘PARROT ON A PERCH’
BEAKER VASES
Qianlong, circa 1740
Each slender beaker vase finely enamelled after a Cornelius Pronk
design with a parrot on a perch suspended from a melon-form
ornament, the bird chained to the stoop and with colourful plumage,
the right talon grasping a cherry sprig, with a blue border at the flared
mouth and foot.
24cm (9 1/2in) high (2).
£3,000 - 5,000
HK$31,000 - 51,000
CNY27,000 - 45,000

This design is often attributed to Cornelis Pronk but the direct
622 evidence is still lacking. However, the ‘parrot’ pattern can also be
found on Makkum earthenware as well as Meissen porcelain from
the 18th century. The present examples were probably part of a
five-piece garniture, such as the set illustrated in William R. Sargent,
Treasures of Chinese Export Ceramics from the Peabody Essex
Museum, Massachusetts, 2012, p. 248, no. 123.

Compare with a pair of bottle vases, probably the complimentary
garniture vessels to the present lot type, sold in Sotheby’s New York,
18 January 2018, lot 529.

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