A famille rose Pronk ‘Doctors’ saucer dish, circa 1738-40

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‘Doctors’ saucer dish, circa 1738-40, Cornelius Pronk, famille-rose

A famille rose Pronk ‘Doctors’ saucer dish, circa 1738-40. Estimate 4,000 – $6,000 USD. Photo Christie’s Image Ltd 2015.

Enameled after the well-known design of Dutch artist Cornelius Pronk within an elaborately enameled border of fish and bird cartouches; 9 ¾ in. (24.8 cm.) diameter

Provenance: Acquired from J. Cherny in 1975.

Note: One of the Dutch painter Cornelius Pronk’s four official commissions for the Dutch East India Co. the original watercolor design survives in the Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. While the experiment in commissioned designs was shortly discontinued, dinner sets, tea pieces and large jars and covers were made in « The Doctors ». See C.J.A. Jörg, Porcelain and the Dutch China Trade, pp. 99-101, and Howard & Ayers, op. cit., pp. 193-194.

Christie’s. MANDARIN & MENAGERIE: THE SOWELL COLLECTION AND CHINESE EXPORT ART FROM VARIOUS OWNERS, 26 January 2015, New York, Rockefeller Plaza.

A famille rose Pronk ‘Arbor’ saucer dish, circa 1738-40

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‘Arbor’ saucer dish, circa 1738-40, Cornelius Pronk, famille-rose

A famille rose Pronk ‘Arbor’ saucer dish, circa 1738-40. Estimate 3,000 – $5,000 USD. Photo Christie’s Image Ltd 2015.

Decorated after the Dutch artist Cornelius Pronk’s design with the classic topiary garden scene; 6 1/8 in. (15.5 cm.) diameter

Provenance: Acquired from J. Cherny in 1975.

Note: C. Jorg has determined that this was the fourth and last certain design by Cornelius Pronk for the VOC (Pronk Porcelain, pp 34-35).

Christie’s. MANDARIN & MENAGERIE: THE SOWELL COLLECTION AND CHINESE EXPORT ART FROM VARIOUS OWNERS, 26 January 2015, New York, Rockefeller Plaza.

A blue and white Pronk ‘Arbor’ plate, circa 1738-40

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‘Arbor’ plate, Blue-and-White, circa 1738-40, Cornelius Pronk

A blue and white Pronk ‘Arbor’ plate, circa 1738-40. Estimate 4,000 – $6,000 USD. Photo Christie’s Image Ltd 2015.

Painted after the well-known design of Dutch artist Cornelius Pronk in underglaze blue, the borders with fruit, flowers and butterflies; 9 1/8 in. (23 cm.) diameter

Provenance: Acquired from A.R. Thomas, New York, in 1981.

Christie’s. MANDARIN & MENAGERIE: THE SOWELL COLLECTION AND CHINESE EXPORT ART FROM VARIOUS OWNERS, 26 January 2015, New York, Rockefeller Plaza.

Two Pronk ‘Dame au parasol’ plates, circa 1738

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'Dame au parasol' plate, Blue-and-White, circa 1738, Cornelius Pronk, Imari

Two Pronk ‘Dame au parasol’ plates, circa 1738. Estimate 6,000 – $8,000 USD. Photo Christie’s Image Ltd 2015.

Painted after the well-known design of Dutch artist Cornelius Pronk, in Imari and gilt or blue and white; 9 ¼ in. (23.5 cm.) diameter, the larger

Provenance: Acquired from P. Suval, Inc., New York, in 1975 [the Imari plate].
Acquired from A.R. Thomas, New York, in 1981 [the cobalt blue plate].

Christie’s. MANDARIN & MENAGERIE: THE SOWELL COLLECTION AND CHINESE EXPORT ART FROM VARIOUS OWNERS, 26 January 2015, New York, Rockefeller Plaza.

A rare famille rose Pronk ‘Dame au parasol’ plate, circa 1738-40

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'Dame au parasol' plate, circa 1738-40, Cornelius Pronk, famille-rose

A rare famille rose Pronk ‘Dame au parasol’ plate, circa 1738-40. Estimate 6,000 – $9,000 USD. Photo Christie’s Image Ltd 2015.

Enameled after the well-known design of Dutch artist Cornelius Pronk, the cell-pattern pink border alternating cartouches of ladies and ducks, the reverse decorated with iron-red insects; 9 in. (23 cm.) diameter

Provenance: Acquired from P. Suval, Inc., New York, in 1975.

Property from a midwestern private collection

Christie’s. MANDARIN & MENAGERIE: THE SOWELL COLLECTION AND CHINESE EXPORT ART FROM VARIOUS OWNERS, 26 January 2015, New York, Rockefeller Plaza.