Asian Art II - 17th November 2011

Lot 1246

A Chinese blue and white 'Pronk' plate 18th century

Estimate £1,200 - £1,500 | Hammer £1200

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Description

A Chinese blue and white 'Pronk' plate 18th century, well painted with the Arbour pattern with five figures in an elegant arbour and with two small swimming swans, the border with twelve panels containing flowers, fruit and insects, a small clean hair crack, 20cm. Cf. Pronk Procelain, Porcelain After Designs by Cornelius Pronk, p.35 for a dish with the same design in the Groninger Museum.