An Imari-style export plate based on Cornelis Pronk’s ‘La dame au Parasol’

Description:

China, early Qianlong period
D. 23,2 cm
Decorated according to a design by Cornelis Pronk, depicting a lady and her companion under a parasol, alongside ducks and bamboo; the rim is decorated with cartouches featuring figures and birds on a honeycomb-patterned ground; the reverse side features underglaze blue insects.
From a European private collection
For similar examples, see D. Howard and J. Ayers, op. cit., Vol. I, p. 299, no. 292; D. F. Lunsingh Scheurleer, op. cit., fig. 193; C. Le Corbeiller, op. cit., p. 54, No. 24; and J. M. Beurdeley, op. cit., p. 56, where the Chinese prototype and the prototype in blue and white, Pronk’s interpretation, a Chinese Imari version and a later example of the ‘Famille rose’ are illustrated - A short hairline crack (2 cm) on the rim, otherwise in good condition