A Chinese Imari ’Dame au Parasol’ Saucer Dish

Decorated in underglaze blue, iron-red and gilt with ‘La Dame au Parasol’ after a design by Cornelis Pronk, finely painted in the center with a scene of an oriental lady walking shaded by a parasol being held by her attendant walking behind her, the lady is gesturing to four waterfowl standing by a grassy bank, the background with reeds and aquatic vegetation, all within a narrow band of rosettes and flower-sprays at the well, the border with figural and bird cartouches on a honey-comb pattern ground, the reverse with seven flying insects in underglaze blue. Period: Qianlong (ca. 1736-1738). Diameter: 23 cm.

See ”Chinese Ceramics in the Rijksmuseum Amsterdam”, C. Jörg, p. 282 for a discussion on Pronk designs.

Condition: For condition report, please contact the department here.

Provenance: An Important Swedish Private Collection, acquired ca. 1965 or earlier. Thence by descent.